Interesting concept, inspired by Country Overshoot Day and the like. For Belgium, we've passed our energy dependence day already. It was April 7 .... Net fossil fuel imports account for 73.4% of primary energy demand.
Can't agree more
EDF casse sa tirelire pour l’électrification
ECB to European governments: Please please invest in renewables, it’ll make our job so much easier. Plain as day.
La hause des prix du gaz va impacter le prix de l'électricité, même quand celle-ci est produite majoritairement à partie de technologie bas-carbone (renouvelables + nucléaire). Comment corriger cette distortion? Natalia Fabra (CEMFI) propose d'étendre la solution ibérique à toute l'Europe.
How to make AI and content creators friends and not foes. This proposal makes sense.
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Picture showing the percentage of wholesale gas covered by Russian long-term contracts, domestic production, other long-term contracts and spot / flexible LNG. 2021 vs. 2022
As a prep for an interview with a journalist, I looked for info on the prevalence of long-term contracts for gas in Europe. I found this: globallnghub.com/europes-expo... I don’t know whether the situation in 2026 is similar, but if it is, it’s time for the industry to hire more risk managers. 😱
Timely info for those who worry about energy prices. The study comes from Norway. #substitutioneffect
In Belgium in 2025, wholesale electricity prices were negative for 408 hours. Not a great deal for producers. Today, incumbent Engie announces free electricity for its clients when this happens. #demandflexibility www.lecho.be/monargent/en...
🌿Nature as equity
❓️How can public money and financial markets work together to protect the environment?
🎙️ In this episode of The Sound of Economics, @rebeccawire.bsky.social sits down with Bruegel’s @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & @estellecantillon.bsky.social
🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/c3uwiEb
While Zillow is removing its climate risk data from public view, the first truly open climate risk database.
Kudos, @carbonplan.org
📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social
🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity.
Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this: @heidiwilliams.bsky.social, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! (Also: me.)
Cost=zero. Applications due January 9th! #EconSky @ifp.bsky.social
Nice win-win way to phase-out gas: the utility identifies pipelines due for replacement. If it is cheaper to electrify all the buildings served by that pipeline than digging, they pay for electrification. In Belgium, we're still extending the gas network 🙁
My first COP ! 😀 Looking forward to share our proposals for decarbonisation, nature restoration and conservation, and intl cooperation and climate finance alongside a great group of co-authors. Link to join online 👇
German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
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Last month, I spoke with Tim Philipps @talknormal.co.uk about our proposal for reforming nature-based markets and scaling up funds for nature restoration and conservation. The podcast is here 🎙️ Comments welcome ! Presenting this paper has helped us crystallize and improve our proposal.
How to address the problem of poor children being assigned to poor schools, in England
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#econsky
On how priority rules in school admissions can contribute or instead harm educational equity (access to effective schools). Based on data from all secondary schools and local authorities in England. 🏫
One of the key barriers to electrification is the ratio of electricity to gas prices.
The tax rate on electricity used in industry is much higher in most European countries than the tax rate on fossil gas.
There are many options for reform: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ember-energy.org
📈 Record interest in ERC Starting Grants 2026!
4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.
👩🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.
More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln
#ChooseEurope
Yes! Yes, we are hiring! Two positions are opened, one in International Trade. The other one in Microeconomics. Full time. Great colleagues. Great location. Have you already applied ?
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#job #economics #professorship @ulbruxelles.bsky.social
For those who follow the debate in France on the @gabrielzucman.bsky.social tax : the mood among the ultra rich is about the same 🫠
@yvesrouyet.bsky.social, @chloevandriessche.bsky.social, @imaginebrussels.bsky.social and @strobbe.bsky.social in Brussels.
Was cursing against DB for being late again and sabotaging long-distance, low-carbon travel. A missed connection in Cologne would have cost me 3 extra hours of travel. And then🙏 they announced that the train to Brussels would wait for the connecting passengers. Thank you @deutschebahn.com !
Please share 📢 The Belgian Climate Centre (Federal Gov) is hiring a Head of Department to lead its team and mission at the heart of Belgium’s climate transition.
www.climatecentre.be/post/job-opp...
Deadline: Sept 22 (need to speak either FR or NL)
Good for them and good for you! Congratulations and welcome to Europe.
A quote from robertreich.substack.com/p/a-betrayal... that also applies to our leaders in the EU. Time to uphold int'l and humanitarian law. Time to ask for journalists to be let in. And of course high time to let humanitarian organizations and food in.
Does it work for conservation ? Our proposal is best suited for re/afforestation. The economics of the conservation is very different & the flow benefits are smaller. Maybe w/ blended finance. 6/6
