I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook

Excellent explanation of Bill Gates' belief system.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Vor allem in Gelsenkirchen oder Hagen rechnet sich die Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gute Chancen aus, den ersten Oberbürgermeister im Westen zu stellen.

Gelsenkirchen: SPD 66 Prozent, AfD 33

Hagen CDU 70 Prozent, AfD 30 Prozent

how it started how it's going

»Solange die Vermögenssteuer nicht wieder eingeführt ist, sollten wir uns jeder Debatte um soziale Kürzungen wie längere Arbeitszeit, spätere Rente, Wegfall Pflegestufe 1 oder Kürzung des Bürgergeldes verweigern. Es ist genug Geld da, nur eben vollkommen ungerecht verteilt.« Markus Reuter https://bsky.app/profile/markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org/post/3lzvhafhwxk2i

#Vermögenssteuer @markus.reuter.netzpolitik.org

Trump and Putin are threatening to carve up Europe between them. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939 | Simon Tisdall Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problem, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisd...

Trump's and Putin's pincer movement on Europe.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Urbanists OUTSIDE North America Worth Following! Join the conversation

NEW STARTER PACK! This time I’m hoping to encourage and support global urbanists from OUTSIDE North America here on Bluesky, so hopefully this will help! Who’ve I missed? Just joined? Let me know! I’ll keep updating, so please keep checking & sharing this pack! And let’s try using #GlobalUrbanists.

Ergebnis der Stichwahl: Henze SPD 66,83 Prozent. Emmerich, AfD 33,17 Prozent.

Awesome. #Gelsenkirchen you rock. #noAfD

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting

Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

‘Water off a duck’s back’: will Israel’s growing isolation make its leadership change course? For many Israelis, Netanyahu’s warning to get used to growing isolation confirmed what they already suspected of his priorities

Banning Israel from the ESC may be ill conceived. It punishes Netanyahu's opposition, and may even take away their voice, while being meaningless for Netanyahu's base. Instead, such moves increase the perception of "we against the world", not helping Gaza.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Former world leaders call for new climate taxes on oil & gas industry: Greenpeace comment - Greenpeace International This year’s COP30 in Brazil must affirm the polluter pays principle and take steps to ensure that the fossil fuel industry and other high emitting sectors contribute to the escalating cost of climate ...

Dozens of former world leaders have joined the global call to make Big Oil & Gas pay for the destruction they’ve caused.

8 in 10 people worldwide support taxing fossil fuel giants to pay for climate damages.

Now, leaders from five continents are backing that call.

Stories - The Bennett Institute

Bennett Institute’s Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social contributes to the UN report published today on Harnessing Climate and Sustainable Development Goals Synergies which highlights the benefits of acting jointly on climate and sustainable development.

bennettinstitutesussex.org/stories/how-...

Kinder spielen auf einer für den Verkehr gesperrten Straße im Berliner Stadtteil Wedding bei einer Aktion der temporären Spielstraße; zu sehen sind unter anderem Tischtennis, Laufräder, Straßenmalkreide, Roller und ein großes buntes Schwungtuch.

Kinder spielen auf einer für den Verkehr gesperrten Straße im Berliner Stadtteil Wedding bei einer Aktion der temporären Spielstraße; zu sehen sind unter anderem Tischtennis, Laufräder, Straßenmalkreide, Roller und ein großes buntes Schwungtuch.

Kinder spielen auf einer für den Verkehr gesperrten Straße im Berliner Stadtteil Wedding bei einer Aktion der temporären Spielstraße; zu sehen sind unter anderem Tischtennis, Laufräder, Straßenmalkreide, Roller und ein großes buntes Schwungtuch.

Kinder spielen auf einer für den Verkehr gesperrten Straße im Berliner Stadtteil Wedding bei einer Aktion der temporären Spielstraße; zu sehen sind unter anderem Tischtennis, Laufräder, Straßenmalkreide, Roller und ein großes buntes Schwungtuch.

Ein Foto-Rückblick auf die Spielstraße in der Glasgower Straße. Von Uta und einigen anderen Ehrenamtlichen organisiert, fanden einmal im Monat Nachmittage der Begegnung zwischen Jung und Alt in der Nachbarschaft des Englischen Viertels statt.

📷 @martina.ozdemir.photography @spielstrasse.13349

Frächter fordern bauliche Trennung von Radwegen Nach dem tödlichen Unfall auf der Eder-Kreuzung im Salzburger Stadtteil Parsch vergangene Woche fordert jetzt auch der Sprecher der Sparte Transport und Verkehr in der Wirtschaftskammer eine bauliche ...

Man muss sagen das ist endlich mal ein guter Artikel vom ORF zum Thema Radfahren.

Nach einem tödlichen Unfall in Salzburg sind sich alle einig dass es baulich getrennte Radinfra braucht.

Die Schuld wird hier nicht auf die Radfahrer gelenkt sondern auf die Infra.

salzburg.orf.at/stories/3322...

Bild: Fahrradstraße in Paris Text: The cycling revolution in Paris. Bicycles already surpass cars as a means of transportation in the interior of Paris. Source: elpais.com

#GoodNews: In Paris sind inzwischen mehr mit den Fahrrad unterwegs als mit dem Auto. 🚲💚
#Verkehrswende #StädteFürMenschen

Komisch. Wir kommen im Podcast zur Erkenntnis, dass Kirk mit einigen seiner "legitimen" Meinungen gegen das deutsche Grundgesetz verstoßen hätte (Art. 1 und 5) und vermutlich nach §130 StGb Volksverhetzung (seine Holocaustrelativierung) betrieb.

Netzwerk mit Nebenwirkungen: Jens Spahn und der Milliardär Christan Angermayer gilt als Freund von Jens Spahn – und offenbar profitierte er als Investor von einer Großbestellung der Bundesregierung.

Wer verstehen will, warum Jens Spahn bei Miosga den Trumpismus verharmlost & die Linke derart verteufelt, dem lege ich unsere @gabrielakeller.bsky.social Recherche zu Jens Spahns engen Verbindungen zu MAGA-Milliardären & trumpschen Stiftungen ans Herz - erklärt vieles:
correctiv.org/aktuelles/ge...

100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money? Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say

IN THE USA…

Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?

Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing…
www.cbsnews.com/news/100000-...

every time we do a ubi study it comes back like 99% of people have a greater quality of life and contribute more to economy numbers, and a week later there's a new nber paper that's like what if we legalized hunting humans for sport.

Today our transmission grid capacity is only used about 55% of the time. Our distribution grid, less than 30% of the time. But for 50-100 hours a year everything could be used close to 100% of their capacity — so we overinvest in those hours.
@tnorris.bsky.social

#AcademicSky

Tonight is the night when the Messias is reborn (after having been killed two weeks ago) creating a new cult with Trump as its obvious leader, characterized by retribution, not love.

He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.

Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.

His new vision is to see Uruguay’s success story replicated in other countries.

Es ist eine grosse Ehre, den 2025 Deutschen Umweltpreis zu erhalten! Danke an alle meine jetzigen und ehemaligen Gruppenmitglieder und viele Kolleg:innen!
@lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social @yasserhaddad.bsky.social @yannquilcaille.bsky.social @michaelgwindisch.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

IPCC SR Cities (AR7) Scientists on Bluesky Join the conversation

Here is a separate starter pack of the #IPCC scientists on bluesky involved in the SR Cities:
go.bsky.app/FiBdsVT
@dianaurge.bsky.social @siir-kilkis.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @sarahlynnburch.bsky.social @bmhayward.bsky.social @efesce.bsky.social
(full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...)

IPCC WGIII Chapter 5 remains one of the most comprehensive resources on the social science of climate change mitigation to date. I cannot recommend it enough! (6/6)

Read it here: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

@efesce.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @elkeweber.bsky.social

UNGA adopts terms of reference for AI Scientific Panel and Global Dialogue on AI governance | Digital Watch Observatory The UN’s latest resolution signals a turning point in global AI governance, setting the stage for both scientific oversight and multistakeholder dialogue on how AI will shape societies worldwide.

Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social has participated in discussions with the UN to help shape the establishment of two new AI governance mechanisms: an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.

See Digital Watch - dig.watch/updates/un-g...

stylised image of tree in a circuit board

Great to be part of the UK-India AIxcelerate programme with Felix Creutzig @efesce.bsky.social participating in an ideas workshop to co-develop AI solutions across six priority sectors, Health, Engineering Biology, Climate, Energy, AgriTech, and FinTech.

www.linkedin.com/posts/the-di...

New Research: The Inherent Conflict of Interest in Carbon Markets The allure of “verified” carbon credits is obvious, but new research finds the verification process deeply flawed by the fact that auditors are hired and paid by project developers, creating a financi...

The answer to the many, many stories of shady carbon credits has been verification. Surely if these credits are audited, we can trust them, right? A new study says nope, conflict of interest abounds. @rishpardikar.bsky.social has the story for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/carbon-...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Nice paper! Though: Residues, manure, municipal waste: typically they are already used as fertilizers, biodiversity valuable materials, or cooking fuels. These are at risk of being replaced, e.g., with unsustainable palm oil. Sustainability potentials probably lower (?)