Ali Hendessi 𒀠𒄿

Ooh! Very, very cool research.

Decarbonizing at home, burning fuel abroad?

Ownership of fossil fuel investments reflects global wealth inequality and shows new forms of colonial-style extraction.

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Despite global climate pledges, global capital flowing into fossil fuel projects still amounts to approximately USD 1.1 trillion - about one third of total energy investments.

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Because fossil fuel companies often have complex transnational corporate structures, it’s hard to know who really owns them. This lack of transparency also makes it difficult to enforce effective regulation.

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Climate inequality report 2025 | Climate Change: A Capital Challenge, Why Climate Policy Must Tackle Ownership - WID - World Inequality Database This new report reveals how wealth drive the climate crisis, and proposes new policy options to address it.

[6/6] Given the ongoing investments in fossil fuel infrastructures and their severe environmental impacts, the reports calls for a ban on all new fossil fuel investments.

Read more in the report: wid.world/news-article...

Happy Samhain (sow-in)
The festival of the end of autumn and the beginning of the dark half of the year.

The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.

Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition

www.vox.com/politics/466...

We live on a planet on the brink of disaster This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos

We live on a planet on the brink of disaster

This year’s State of the Climate Report warns of imminent climate chaos

By Brian McHugh

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk

I think people are getting ahead of themselves. 🤪
What’s happened is for the benefit of the royal family. 👑
It is NOT about justice. ⚖️

#Andrew

This is by far the most brilliant take down of the Gates memo that I’ve read. It utterly dismantles the false choice between poverty alleviation and climate mitigation that Gates advances — and not even just by saying “climate makes poverty worse.”

I won’t spoil it here — you must read it!

Net Zero Still Achievable Despite Slowing Climate Policy Progress The objectives of the Paris Agreement are still attainable, but swift emissions reduction and policy changes across the board are needed.

Net Zero Still Achievable Despite Slowing Climate Policy Progress, Report Shows

Climate Change Decreasing Odds of Optimal Marathon Conditions A new study of 221 marathons shows that the optimal running conditions are becoming less common as the planet heats up.

Climate Change Decresing Odds of Optimal Running Conditions at All 7 World Marathon Majors Locations

Well, I didn’t see that coming‼️

Remembering the widespread protests against the draconian Covid-19 lockdown . Where people were literally locked in their homes, instead of mass vaccination. The scale of the protests lead to a sudden end to the lockdown.
Even if the 95% were correct, today it would be no where near that. 🧵

US Justice Department places prosecutors on leave for January 6 reference The prosecutors reportedly called the Trump supporters who participated in the January 6 attack a 'mob of rioters'.

The prosecutors reportedly called the Trump supporters who participated in the January 6 attack a 'mob of rioters'.

Left photo, food line in USSR. Right photo, food line in USA, last week‼️

Three diverse individuals—an activist, a suited person, and a worker—link arms in unity, trampling a snake with a swastika near an industrial skyline.

A popular front today wouldn’t mean everyone is suddenly best friends. It means movements stop playing defense in isolation and start fighting together, as if something bigger is at stake. Because it is.

inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

A pallas’s cat standing in the snow, crouched in a curious stance as if it's ready to pounce.

Colour camera trap image of a red fox standing in a snowy mountainous landscape. The sun is shining bright; it stands with its eyes closed.

Colour camera trap image of a snow leopard walking to the right of the frame in a snowy and rocky landscape. The light is dull and the snow leopard blends well to its rocky surroundings.

Black and white camera trap image of a Himalayan wood owl mid-flight. Its wings spread up tall.

Camera traps at new heights. 📸

In Arunachal Pradesh, at 4,200m above sea level, WWF India have documented some incredible species living at this altitude, including 6 wild cat species!

Part of our ongoing work to support snow leopards and their prey, with thanks to #DarwinInitiative.

What if the Big Law Firms Hadn’t Caved to Trump? It’s not inconceivable that, had the firms resisted the President’s executive orders, his momentum for lawlessness might have been curbed.

Law firms have an established duty to uphold the integrity of the system they work in, not only for their own benefit but for the benefit of society. If more of them had stood up to Trump, they might have curbed his lawlessness.

The Global Story - How a Venezuelan prison gang became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown - BBC Sounds Trump calls Tren de Aragua “narco-terrorists”. His critics say he’s created a bogeyman.

“Trump is looking for something big, pyrotechnic and muscular. And he’s looking for somewhere to do it.”

Great listen‼️

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Global Story - How a Venezuelan prison gang became the face of Trump’s immigration crackdown - BBC Sounds Trump calls Tren de Aragua “narco-terrorists”. His critics say he’s created a bogeyman.

Trump’s belligerent posture towards Venezuela explained.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

From Robert Brenner's "Economics of Global Turbulence".

And from the FT earlier this month:
"10 AI startups — not a dollar in profit among them — have gained nearly $1 trillion in market value over the past 12 months."

UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy

UK unveils ‘carbon budget delivery plan’ to get back on track for net zero targets

Ed Miliband says pushing for renewable energy and lower emissions will reduce household bills and boost economy.
@fionaharvey.bsky.social

Great global transformation | Branko Milanovic 6.30pm Thurs 6 Nov | Branko Milanovic | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

Next week!

We are hosting the first launch of Branko Milanovic's new book The Great Global Transformation, which reveals the seismic shifts that are shaping our world today.

The event will be followed by a book signing 📖

Register now ⬇️

The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right Labour is facing pressure after one of its MPs joined forces with a far-right group in attacking the party, DeSmog can reveal. Over recent months, Graham Stringer – who has been the MP for Blackley, M...

🔴 NEW - The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right

📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social

The Witchfinder General: East Anglia’s dark secret As we tell ghost stories to children, it is time to remember a true horror that stalked these lands

As children tell ghost stories this week, it’s worth remembering a real horror that once haunted East Anglia – when the Witchfinder General stalked these lands and hundreds died as a result. Justice turned upside down by superstition and greed.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Melting Ice Caps Could Bring Dormant Volcanoes to Life, Research from the Chilean Andes Shows - Inside Climate News In a feedback of fire and ice, thinning ice sheets over geologic hot spots could allow more eruptions, while increased volcanic activity may speed the meltdown.

We are literally playing with global fire by overheating the planet with fossil fuel pollution.

Very concerning, if true.

US absence from UN Cybercrime Treaty praised by groups over privacy abuse Digital rights advocates and industry execs worry that treaty would lead to abuse by authoritarian regimes.

EFF urges governments not to sign the UN Cybercrime Convention. “It creates expansive cross-border surveillance and data sharing channels without enforceable human-rights safeguards and applies far beyond cybercrime,” Katitza Rodriguez told SC Magazine. www.scworld.com/news/us-abs...

Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.