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$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge war windfall from consumers, analysis finds Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

$30m an hour: big oil reaping huge Iran war windfall from consumers, analysis finds

Exclusive: Climate action blockers including Saudi Arabia, Russia and major fossil fuel firms set to make extra $234bn by end of 2026

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Oxfam and Shared Planet have completed a first-of-its-kind mapping of where 62 countries (including all G20 countries), the European Union, and the African Group stand on making fossil fuel companies…... Oxfam and Shared Planet have completed a first-of-its-kind mapping of where 62 countries (including all G20 countries), the European Union, and the African Group stand on making fossil fuel companies ...

I initiated this project during my recently concluded tenure at Oxfam. Thanks to Anders Dahlbeck, Arimbi Wahono, Sze-Vei Leong and Martina Sole for making this happen. Full details, including the complete country list, in my LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/ashfaq...

Polluter pays mapping - Summary slides Polluter pays taxation country mapping Summary of findings March 2026

The mapping covers national laws and policies, government positions, and stances in global forums like the UN Tax Convention negotiations. A summary of the project and conclusions to date is in these slides: docs.google.com/presentation...

Fossil fuel profit taxes country position mapping .xlsx

New from @Oxfam and Shared Planet: a first-of-its-kind mapping of where 62 countries, the EU, and the African Group stand on making fossil fuel companies pay -- through higher corporate taxes, financial penalties, or levies on extraction. Available: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

5 countries ask Brussels to tax energy companies benefitting from Iran crisis Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain want extra corporate profits generated during the Mideast conflict to be distributed fairly.

💥 5 countries ask the #EU to tax the obscene #windfall profits of #fossilfuel companies.

At @350.org, we calculate 100bn+ has been transferred in excess costs to these companies just in 1st month of war.

The countries: Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain.

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By allowing impunity in Gaza, governments created the conditions for what may follow. The moment to attach real consequences to violations of international law, like comprehensive arms embargoes and targeted economic sanctions is now.

Countries that abetted the Gaza genocide or failed their obligations to prevent it under the Genocide Convention (in spite of a reminder of these obligations from the ICJ) signalled to Trump and Netanyahu that mass atrocities carry no consequences.

Netanyahu could undermine this ceasefire and thereby prompt Trump to act on his appalling threats to end Iran's civilisation, with catastrophic consequences for Lebanon too

Here's the risk. Netanyahu's objective is to turn Iran into a failed State. He subverted a US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza in March 2025, following which Israel continued to carry out a genocide, in part through famine caused by its siege. I worry he will achieve the same goal here

At least one head of government did NOT breathe a sigh of relief when the ceasefire was announced. Netanyahu's office immediately declared it does not cover Lebanon, contradicting the Pakistani mediators who said it covered all fronts. Israeli strikes on Lebanon continued.

Oxfam will be among the many who demand that anyone who orders these attacks be held accountable.

Deliberately inflicting conditions of life intended to bring about the physical destruction of a national group constitutes genocide. Trump's threats are a threat of genocide: www.ohchr.org/en/instrumen...

Trump has threatened that 'a whole civilization will die tonight' in Iran. Governments worldwide must state that destroying Iran's power plants is unacceptable and will carry real costs: Economic sanctions on the US, suspension of military cooperation & boycotts of US sports and cultural events.

VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: In defence of praying during Iftar in Trafalgar Square The question here is not one of whether such prayer is an attempt to “dominate”. It is about whether one has the right to publicly express their religious identity in this country.

An important message of solidarity and rationality: www.jewishnews.co.uk/voice-of-the...

An incredible breakdown of what was lost when USAID was dismantled and attacked by the Trump administration, who was responsible, how the impact of this on people has been dire.

Thank you @lastweektonight.com👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Last week, we hosted a book launch event 'Eco-Social Contracts for Just and Sustainable Futures' with @gsos-lse.bsky.social at LSE.

The panel called for an eco-social contract that fundamentally redefines the relationship between people, planet & power.

🎧Listen to the recording: buff.ly/y8RJQgA

Legal and policy pathways for OECMs This study examines national approaches to OECMs and offers insights to help strengthen equitable and effective conservation toward the 30×30 target.

Fantastic to see this new WWF - @cisdl.bsky.social brief on Advancing Legal and Policy Frameworks for Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs): Global Lessons for Policy and Practice. Congrats to the entire team, esp. Dr Daniel Ruiz de Garibay www.worldwildlife.org/publications...

Tax the Rich. They’re Not Going Anywhere Christopher Marquis and Nick Romeo expose the fallacies behind the millionaire-exodus panic.

To develop a reasonable position on any proposed tax increase on the wealthy, we need to dispel the “millionaire exodus” narrative.

III working paper by @samfriedman.bsky.social, @andy-summers.bsky.social, Victoria Gronwald, and Emma Taylor cited in a new article for TIME ⬇️

Join us for this wonderful event on February 24. Thank you London School of Economics, @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social for hosting this important discussion on Pathways to Breathe Clean Air.

“This is the dismantling of the humanitarian infrastructure [in Gaza]. It sidelines principled humanitarian actors and replaces them with entities that lack clear humanitarian mandates – including privatised military contractors.” - Oxfam's Bushra Khalidi www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book that serves as both a call to action and a guide for...

Details on how to register to attend in person or online: afsee.atlanticfellows.lse.ac.uk/events/eco-s...

Eco-Social Contracts for Sustainable and Just Futures This open access volume offers a transformative and actionable vision for sustainable and just futures, with examples from the Global South and North.

And here is the link to the book being launched: Eco-Social Contracts for Sustainable and Just Futures
Mobilising Collective Power to Deal with the 21st Century Polycrisis: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The social contract is broken—and for much of humanity & nature, it never really worked. Join us this Wednesday, 18 February at LSE (6.30 - 8.00 pm) in person or online for a book launch on eco-social contracts with Mary Robinson, Najma Mohamed and Manisha Desai.

📮 Full text of the letter calling on the Government to engage with the growing risks First Past the Post now presents

✍️ Signatories include leading academics, political scientists and constitutional experts - including a former Chief Executive of the UK Electoral Commission

👇 Read it in full

Over 50 Academics Warn That Voting System Is Not Fit For Multi-Party Politics Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system

⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before

🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust

Do you have a link to the letter. It was not provided in the article in politics home

At @australiainstitute.org.au webinar @josephestiglitz.bsky.social argued for very high tax rates on corporate natural resource super-profits.
As long as there are excess returns, companies will continue to invest.
Tax those super-profits heavily the resources belong to the Australian people.
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Today, Administrator Zeldin took a chainsaw to the Endangerment Finding, undoing this long-standing, science-based finding on bogus grounds at the expense of our health.