Mike Harrison

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

"Developing countries, especially China, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and EU relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for electricity generation"

Go, China!

@katharinehayhoe.com @edhawkins.org @davidho.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social

“She may have shattered a stained glass ceiling…”

For this delightful metaphor…

“including references and citations to non-existent reports by academics at the universities of Sydney and Lund in Sweden”

Somebody somewhere put their name to this report; somebody somewhere claimed to have “checked it”…

A salutary AI lesson/case study for all professional advisers.

Disturbing when you’re quietly working on important pensions actuary stuff in the office…

Caption this? 🐦

How are YOU getting to work?

Reality hits home.

Strong stuff from the FT.

“the high-profile loan guarantee risks setting a dangerous precedent, signalling to other large firms that they too can forgo insurance or security investments and rely on state intervention”

a black and white photo of a man crawling in the mud ALT: a black and white photo of a man crawling in the mud

It’s a WINDY one for Sunday Runday…

Weekend FT.

Note to self - it’s not new retail investors (aka buyers) who are taking advantage of a “surge in the price”, it’s old ones (aka sellers).

#tulips

I wonder how many of “the public” have actually read the ECHR…

Define irony…

“His business imports the majority of its flags from Taiwan”

Not helping the cause of UK universities to boost revenue from international students.

I’m going to (naively perhaps) bet on “no” and bet that Reform will end up as the dampest squib since the SDP come the next General Election…

Maybe they should go for “stay really cautious because s#!t happens” rather then “stay agile”?

I agree, Steve, but even as pensions insiders we still have to hedge our advice to clients and our guidance to friends “just in case”… which is unhelpful.

I will be interested to hear what actions any trustees at all anywhere have taken following useful advice to “stay agile”…

I am conflicted but a five year promise would work for me, Steve!

I am going to be SO disappointed if the government touches the pensions tax free cash sum.

And I’d expect a public sector revolt.

But I bet it’s just kite flying again.

Perhaps @torstenbell.bsky.social could confirm before many more people are bounced into decisions out of fear?

Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.

“It is the first time in nearly 500 years of history that the Church nominated a woman to lead it”

Quite a moment.

These are the polls that really matter.

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More Milli-banned than Milliband.

Hell yes!

Prescience based on… well… science…

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“the best means of quelling dissent is for a government to look like winners who have a firm grasp on what they are doing”

Yup.

I will remember the lawyers who said “let’s wait and see what happens” and the ones who said “let’s dig out all the past files and ask loads of questions immediately”…

How much should the new maintenance grant be? One question that we didn’t tackle in our rapid write up of the return of the maintenance grant is how much the maximum should be.

“while students aren’t put off HE via higher loans for borrowing, parents very much will be if the overall budget for stuff doesn’t stack up at the outset”

This parent agrees.

There are plenty of other excellent post 18 options.

Brilliant as ever.

@economist.com is worth the subs just for Bagehot!

Correct.

I genuinely don’t understand why the government is talking so much about Reform. We’re not in a General Election campaign!

Get on with delivering what you’ve promised!!

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There may be a tiny little chance that Reform are getting disproportionate media coverage…

Today’s FT.