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Recent talk recorded with slides.

Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-...

The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme...

Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.

I consider this to be a must-watch for everyone, everywhere. @kevinclimate.bsky.social doesn't sugar-coat the situation we're in, he tells it straight.
We need to understand the deep trouble we're in.

Healthy forests are our right! Every ruined forest. Every polluted river. Enough. A key EU law to hold coffee, rubber, and palm oil giants accountable for deforestation is being weakened to protect profiteering - not our safety or ...

Forests are paying the price for corporate profit. An anti-deforestation law is being watered down - but the European Commission’s President can still hold the line. Public pressure now matters. Add your voice for forests. action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-02...

Letter to the informal European Council meeting: Under pressure, Europe’s industry needs direction, not deregulation - CAN Europe As Europe’s biggest industrial players gather first in Antwerp and the informal European Council meets the day after in Alden Biesen castle, the dominant message is clear: roll back climate and enviro...

Deregulation is not an industrial strategy.

Our message to the informal European Council meeting this week is that under heavy pressure, Europe’s industry needs direction, not deregulation.

Industrial policy driven by deregulation has failed before - let's not repeat the mistake.

4/ Danish friends have pointed out that halibut is now also protected in the Danish zone of Skagerrak these winter months. The question is then: how is this enforced? And can we trust these bottomtrawlers will not target redlisted or protected species when they have been caught red-handed before?

Here's the ratio:
7.3 trillion / 220 billion = 33

That means for every $1 invested in protecting nature, about $33 x more is spent on activities that degrade it.

UN Expert Says Companies Dealing in Illegally Seized Venezuelan Oil Face Legal Risk Despite U.S. claims of legal impunity, companies engaging in the refining, shipping and sale of illegally seized oil—particularly those headquartered in the EU—might face judicial hurdles.

By me: UN human rights and business expert Fernanda Hopenhaym says companies dealing in illegally seized Venezuelan oil face legal exposure
Despite US claims of legal impunity
drilled.media/news/hopenhaym

Drivers of global tourism carbon emissions - Nature Communications The tourism carbon footprint grew 2.3 times faster than the rest of the economy, reaching nearly 9% of global emissions by 2019. Rapid tourism demand growth (3.8% per year) has outpaced energy efficie...

Tourism is the most obvious form of unsustainable growth. It runs almost fully on oil, as other transport purposes do.

There is little electrification across the entire sector.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out? Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?

“Economic growth has a near mythical status in the affections of economists and politicians.”

The oddity in Finland is that we barely have any growth, and now it is pursued in the most harmful ways.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto. Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.

"While his father Steve Witkoff acts as President Trump’s all-purpose special envoy, 32-year-old Zach Witkoff now heads up World Liberty, which has doled out at least $1.4 billion to both families"
extraordinary reporting from @wsj.com
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

Explainer: How ‘Shared Socioeconomic Pathways’ explore future climate change - Carbon Brief Over the past few years, an international team of climate scientists, economists and energy systems modellers have built a range of new “pathways” that examine how global society, demographics and eco...

"Economic development is slow, consumption is material-intensive, and inequalities persist or worsen over time."

It might feel uncomfortable to challenge the growth narrative and to discuss inequality, but we're on the worst pathway now.

www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-ho...

‘Top 1%’ of emitters caused almost a quarter of growth in global emissions since 1990 - Carbon Brief Just 1% of the world’s population was responsible for almost a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions over 1990-2019, new research finds.

“I find that, in 2019, the bottom 50% of the world population emitted 12% of global emissions, whereas the top 10% emitted 48% of the total.”

It is not enough to question the GDP obsession; we also need to discuss how pollution and wealth are connected.

www.carbonbrief.org/top-1-of-emi...

Kritik mot Sveriges plan för att skydda naturen - Syre Under måndagen la regeringen fram sin handlingsplan över hur Sverige ska kunna skydda naturen och leva upp till de åtaganden som man gjort internationellt inom FN. Men handlingsplanen kommer för sent…

Drygt ett år försenat la regeringen idag fram sin handlingsplan över hur Sverige ska kunna skydda naturen och leva upp till de åtaganden som man gjort internationellt inom FN. Men handlingsplanen är otillräcklig, menar WWF.

Introducing the Climate Brink Dashboard A new place to find daily updated climate data

You can toggle between light mode and dark mode, as well as between static and interactive graphics (the interactive ones can take a long time to load on slower internet connections). I've written more about what is included in the new dashboard here:

I've created a new dashboard for The Climate Brink that is updated daily with ERA5 global mean surface temperature data. It includes daily anomalies, monthly and annual forecasts, and a bunch of interactive data visualizations: dashboard.theclimate...

The key role of sufficiency for low demand-based carbon neutrality and energy security across Europe - Nature Communications A low energy demand, 1.5 ∘C compatible pathway is provided for Europe from a country scale modelling perspective. The pathway shows in 2050 a 50% reduction of final energy demand and a 100% renew...

"Without sufficiency measures, Europe misses the opportunity to transform energy demand, leaving considerable pressure on supply side changes combined with unproven carbon removal technologies."

#Sufficiency has many co-benefits, including energy security and improved public health.

The current market-based paradigm delivers results in power generation, but does not reduce emissions fast enough in other sectors. Transport is the largest emissions source in the EU.

Sufficiency isn't anti-growth, but requires some consumption to be recomposed. Fairness matters in that.

Att så många länder erkänner det som borde vara uppenbart för alla är ju bra. Att det sker först nu och att det är så uppseendeväckande att det skapar rubriker, säger en del om tillväxtdogmatismens omfattning.

*Green card application in process and work permit, married to US citizen
*Lived in US for 20 years, no criminal record
*In detention for five months with no charge, despite judge approving release
*He disputes ICE claim that he signed forms agreeing to deportation

Fredrik Lindströms hårda kritik — mot konsumtionskulturen

Problemen med vår konsumtionskultur, tillväxtekonomin och den utpräglade individualismen som kännetecknar vår del av världen finns med i nästan allt jag gör, säger Fredrik Lindström till Dagens ETC.

Tidöpartierna överrumplade av kritiken mot utvisningar Den nya, tuffa migrationspolitiken har plötsligt och överraskande drabbats av motvind.

Det blir så här när debatten om invandring handlar om enskilda människor med namn och livsöden, inte om en anonym folkmassa laddad med negativa egenskaper. Återstår att se om tillräckligt många väljare växer upp och förstår att rösträtt även innebär ett ansvar.

Makthavare – bilda er, bry er, bete er - Syre Kortsiktig ekonomisk nytta tillåts trumfa långsiktig samhällsnytta i den svenska natur- och miljöpolitiken, skriver Charlotte Swanstein, och uppmanar politiker i regering och riksdag att bära det…

DEBATT: Kortsiktig ekonomisk nytta tillåts trumfa långsiktig samhällsnytta i den svenska natur- och miljöpolitiken, skriver Charlotte Swanstein, och uppmanar politiker i regering och riksdag att bära det ansvar makten ger dem.
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The new IPBES Business & Biodiversity report makes clear how economies can’t thrive without nature.

Healthy ecosystems are not optional. They're the foundation for business resilience & long-term prosperity.

Learn more: ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES12Med...

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Regeringens handlingsplan för biologisk mångfald: ”För lite, för sent” Regeringen har presenterat sin handlingsplan för hur Sverige ska leva upp till det globala FN-ramverket för biologisk mångfald. Men planen innehåller väldigt få nya satsningar och WWF anser att regeri...

Kritik mot regeringens handlingsplan för att leva upp till det globala FN-ramverket för biologisk mångfald.
– Den plan som presenterats idag är ett år försenad och motsvarar inte ambitionen i det globala ramverket.
www.natursidan.se/nyheter/rege...

IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy - Carbon Brief The "undervaluing" of nature by businesses is fuelling its decline and putting the global economy at risk, according to a major new report.

NEW – IPBES: Four key takeaways on how nature loss threatens the global economy | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org

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Businesses must transform or go under, biodiversity panel warns in new report It is high time to redirect economic development so that it supports the nature it depends on, shows a new landmark report on biodiversity by the intergovernmental biodiversity platform IPBES, to whic...

Businesses must transform or go under
www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

“The loss of biodiversity is among the most serious threats to business. Yet the twisted reality is that it often seems more profitable to businesses to degrade biodiversity than to protect it.” - S Polasky

IPBES: Förlust av biologisk mångfald hotar finansiell stabilitet - Syre Förlusten av biologisk mångfald utgör nu en kritisk risk för både finansiell stabilitet och människors välbefinnande, enligt en ny bedömning från IPBES – den mellanstatliga vetenskapliga panelen för…

Förlusten av biologisk mångfald utgör en kritisk risk – både finansiell stabilitet och människors välbefinnande, enligt en ny rapport från IPBES.
– Jag vill inte vara alarmist – men det går fort, säger Maria Widemo, chef för Naturvårdsverkets artenhet.
tidningensyre.se/2026/09-febr...

A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns Business can remain profitable while protecting the environment but invest in nature-positive operations, says a landmark report by IPBES.

A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns
www.ipsnews.net/2026/02/a-bu...

@ipbes.net #IPBES12 @busanibafana.bsky.social #ForNature @cicirussell.bsky.social

There it is 🚀 the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment!

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