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Lead researcher ING climate lawsuit @milieudefensie and lecturer @uva.nl. IPE of global financial governance by day, Anthropocene politics by night. Views are my own.

'we encourage Christians to apply scrutiny to the actions of their banks, to seek clarity on how their money is being used, and to ensure their assets are not invested in ways that harm children and human rights, and the ecosystems that sustain them' www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-inv...

Important intervention (under an awfully presumptuous title): 'Human rights here are not an afterthought; they are the organising principle for how we measure progress, set priorities and resolve trade‑offs.' Curious what the report says about multinationals www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Finance & banking sector is at number 2 spot in 🇪🇺 corporate lobby league (of those spending €1 million+) with €67 million 🏦 No sector has more entries in the league than this one: 37 🤝 VDL 2 Commission is delivering several finance deregulation initiatives corporateeurope.org/en/2026/06/e...

Een kleine eilandstaat kreeg het voor elkaar dat het Internationaal Gerechtshof zich uitsprak over de klimaatverplichtingen van landen. En de gevolgen daarvan? Die zijn nu al zichtbaar in rechtszaken wereldwijd. Klimaatjurist Margaretha Wewerinke-Singh stond Vanuatu bij in deze zaak.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is inviting churches, ecumenical partners, and faith-based organizations worldwide to support an open letter backing an OECD complaint submitted by Methodist church...

The number of climate-related financial sector policies grew by over 25% in 2023-25. A 🆕 OECD report identifies actions for policymakers to drive alignment of finance with climate goals and capture investment opportunities in the net-zero transition. ➡️ www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, says Olivier De Schutter and others

JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say The world’s largest banks committed $906bn in financing to the fossil fuel industry last year, an “unfathomable” increase in investment locking in years more of coal, oil and gas production as the world continues to overheat, a new report has found. The surge in new fossil fuel lending, up $64bn or nearly 8% on 2024, shows that the world’s largest 65 banks are making decisions incompatible with international agreements to restrain rising global temperatures, according to the coalition of environmental groups behind the new analysis. Continue reading...

In ‘Follow the Money interviewt’ spreken journalisten Annette van Soest en Harm Ede Botje met sleutelfiguren uit verschillende FTM-dossiers. Van toezichthouders en wetenschappers tot politici en juris...

Profiel | De Russische anarchist en wetenschapper Peter Kropotkin kwam begin 20e in opstand tegen de cynische interpretatie van Darwins ‘survival of the fittest’ én tegen de macht van de staat en het kapitalisme. Anno 2026 is zijn gedachtegoed weer springlevend. 👉️ www.groene.nl/artikel/same...

Volgend weekend wordt PRO opgericht en GroenLinks opgeheven. Voor de lancering van het boek over GroenLinks -vorige week vrijdag- mocht in een quiz presenteren. Voor een groter publiek, heb ik vragen in iets aangepaste vorm hier online gezet. leidenuniv.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...