Heather Grabbe

Appliance efficiency standards save consumers billions, reduce pollution and fight climate change About 40% of total US energy consumption is used by household and industrial appliances, such as heating and cooling systems, refrigerators and lighting.

"The existing national standards are projected to reduce overall national energy consumption by 10% between 2025 and 2035."

theconversation.com/appliance-ef...

OMG coal plants are belching out CO2 emissions to generate all the electricity Google AI uses to generate this stuff.

The penguin was wearing a suit

Timothy Snyder

I wasn't aware @timothysnyder.bsky.social is leaving/has left Yale for Toronto. @jasonstanley.bsky.social, too. munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...

And Future

Beertopia Europe. What’s not to like?

Insurers warn that US weather agency mass firings will hit climate risk data [FREE TO READ] Reinsurance trade group appeals to US commerce secretary Lutnick to preserve data collection after thousands of jobs axed

Insurers warn that mass firings at NASA, the US Geological Survey and other science agencies could threaten the public weather and geospatial data they use to manage natural disaster risks — and could raise prices for consumers:
on.ft.com/3DI4Q1K

The EU and the UK should aim to conclude a security and #defence partnership by the time of their planned summit in May. 🇪🇺 🇬🇧

🆕 @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief by @lscazzieri.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/w68A47x

Lots of terrible & misinformed takes on Poland tonight, proving once again how shallow the coverage of Poland by most international media is: this time based on an out of context misreading of Tusk’s remark on nuclear & a misunderstanding of his comments on military training. 🫠

🎙️ "On the military side, defending the continent will be not only much cheaper, but also much more effective if we do it collectively." @guntramwolff.bsky.social discusses with @rebeccawire.bsky.social & @heathergrabbe.bsky.social on how Europe should step up its own defence game. buff.ly/1PuvTWm

Public support for climate action: can governments deliver on citizens’ expectations? How can governments gain Europeans' trust in the green transition?

Join @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & me for the launch of our @bruegel.bsky.social report at a hybrid event on 25Feb using @dpart.bsky.social research (conducted with @neeleeilers.bsky.social) asking whether publics really stopped caring about climate change. Sign up👇
www.bruegel.org/event/public...

En route to Brussels pondering the #btw25. Climate was less salient in the campaign and as top issue, but people haven't stopped caring! I look forward to discussing what that means tomorrow when launching @heathergrabbe.bsky.social's and my @bruegel.bsky.social report with @dpart.bsky.social data

🌍 Europeans still want climate action, but don't trust governments to deliver 🤔

This Policy brief by @eichhornjan.bsky.social and @heathergrabbe.bsky.social shows:
1️⃣ Europeans support climate action
2️⃣ But do not trust governments to deliver a just transition.

🔗 https://buff.ly/4gSaPPa
#EconSky

I'm very excited to be launching the policy brief on Europeans' views on the climate crisis and a deep dive into Germany after the #btw25 by @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and I at @bruegel.bsky.social with data from our @dpart.bsky.social report on changing climate perceptions published today.

Always a pleasure to work with you, Jan!

Public support for climate action: can governments deliver on citizens’ expectations? How can governments gain Europeans' trust in the green transition?

Missed this week’s event on public support for climate action? 🌍

Watch the full discussion with experts @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @eichhornjan.bsky.social , Michaela Holl and Kurt Vandenberghe on how governments can meet citizens' climate expectations.

🎬 Watch here: buff.ly/3Qp1fZa

Europeans still want climate action, but don't trust governments to deliver Despite recent election results, underlying concern about climate change has not changed significantly

This event launched the new Bruegel Policy Brief: "Europeans still want climate action, but don't trust governments to deliver" by @heathergrabbe.bsky.social and @eichhornjan.bsky.social 🌿

🧷 Read the Policy Brief here: buff.ly/4gSaPPa

The choices Europe must make to secure its future Europe at a crossroads: security, strategy, and the future of Ukraine

🎙️ @rebeccawire.bsky.social @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @guntramwolff.bsky.social examine the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape in Europe, driven by the ongoing war in Ukraine, shifting alliances, and the changing role of the United States in NATO.

Listen now! #EconSky

The real threat to American prosperity Nobel-winning economist Daron Acemoglu on trade wars, tech industry hubris — and how loss of faith in US institutions could spiral

“Stability requires that people trust institutions, and institutions become more likely to fail when people think they are failing.”

Compulsory reading for Europeans, too
www.ft.com/content/4e3f...

EU states not prepared for new carbon pricing Member states are not adequately preparing for the CO2-pricing on heating fuels. MEP calls for "serious discussion" about social measures.

ETS 2 – carbon pricing for transport and buildings – is critical for EU climate policy, but it must be carefully managed to protect vulnerable citizens and maintain support for the transition.

Glad to be quoted in Correctiv's reporting on this important issue: correctiv.org/en/europe/20...

🔎 Draghi on a shoestring: the European Commission’s Competitiveness Compass 🧭⁠

Read the new Analysis by @jzettelmeyer.bsky.social 💡 following on from his and
@heathergrabbe.bsky.social 's Policy brief (https://buff.ly/40Pk51D) on the EC's policy programme.
#EconSky

💡➡️🔗 https://buff.ly/410iQNl

Merz was cruising to victory. And then he wanted more, broke his own statement, riled up Merkel, split the CDU. And has actually done what was hard and unlikely: give people an argument to vote AfD.

Am I the only one noting that after demonizing China for years, Trump seems to be letting them off lightly, while going full tilt against Canada? Is it Musk's business interests? Have Chinese players been buying Trumpcoin?

Yes, Orban's opening salvo was to comprehensively defund the political opposition or any other institution (media, civil sector, universities) who could stand up to him. He didn't have to do it by stealth like this; he did it out in the open.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered... Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
― George Orwell, 1984

‘Vicious cycle’: how far-right parties across Europe are cannibalising the centre right Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votes - but it’s not working

As J-M Le Pen always said: voters prefer the original to the copy. Acting tough on immigration is not just not working for Europe's centre right parties, it's pushing them out the door

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

‘Vicious cycle’: how far-right parties across Europe are cannibalising the centre right Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votes - but it’s not working

Great piece by @jonhenley.bsky.social. I get to outline the vicious cycle of far right support. As mainstream parties move right on immigration, voters adjust their positions to the right, far-right support increases, mainstream parties move more to the right...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.

Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.