Jasper Blom
@jasprblom.bsky.social
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.
Mooie #KenUwPolitiekeKlassiekers van toen @groenlinks een houseparty organiseerde in een Tweede Kamer verkiezingscampagne
whos going to the green party rave?
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Mooie #KenUwPolitiekeKlassiekers van toen @groenlinks een houseparty organiseerde in een Tweede Kamer verkiezingscampagne
Interessante info over de rendementen op energieportfolio's en de mogelijkheden om goede overall ROI te halen en toch Paris-proof te zijn, lezenswaardig
Dutch newspaper NHD covered my recent publication on climate-consistent banking
www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/regio/zaanst...
www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/regio/zaanst...
Zaandamse Anne Kervers doet alles voor het klimaat: van studie naar investeringen tot een snelweg blokkeren
De bananenboom in de tuin van Anne Kervers zou het misschien beter doen met een paar graden extra warmte. Maar voor de wereld is de nu voorspelde 2,8 graden hogere temperatuur rampzalig, zegt de Zaandamse klimaatactiviste. Zij kijkt teleurgesteld naar de klimaattop van dit jaar die niets optimistisch bood. En zij verheugt zich op haar promotie, komend jaar, met haar onderzoek naar de rol van banken in het klimaatbeleid.
www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Interessante info over de rendementen op energieportfolio's en de mogelijkheden om goede overall ROI te halen en toch Paris-proof te zijn, lezenswaardig
Leuk overzichtje van bluesky-loze collega's Zeilmaker & Dufraing van de relatie tussen de klimaatzaken van @milieudefensie.bsky.social, klimaatwetenschap, en rechtsbeginselen rond rechtvaardigheid zoals common-but-differentiated-responsibilites arsaequi.nl/product/mili...
Milieudefensie v. Shell slaat de brug tussen recht en wetenschap - Ars Aequi
De klimaatcrisis wacht niet. Ingrijpende emissiereducties zijn noodzakelijk om de opwarming van de aarde tot 1,5°C te beperken. Overheden en bedrijven blijven in gebreke. Milieudefensie grijpt daarom ...
arsaequi.nl
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Leuk overzichtje van bluesky-loze collega's Zeilmaker & Dufraing van de relatie tussen de klimaatzaken van @milieudefensie.bsky.social, klimaatwetenschap, en rechtsbeginselen rond rechtvaardigheid zoals common-but-differentiated-responsibilites arsaequi.nl/product/mili...
Interesting that you would need a new bill for this
Legislators in New York and Hawaiʻi are considering bills that allow their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies if climate-related disasters cause residents’ property insurance premiums to rise.
Aloha.
Aloha.
States consider suing fossil fuel industry over insurance hikes
New York and Hawaii could expand the legal battlefield and seek to hold companies liable for disasters that cause premiums to rise.
www.eenews.net
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Interesting that you would need a new bill for this
a bit of good news to start the day: 'The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973 and was driven by a record roll-out of clean energy projects' www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s
‘Historic’ moment in biggest coal-consuming countries could bring decline in global emissions, analysis says
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:46 AM
a bit of good news to start the day: 'The simultaneous fall in coal-powered electricity in the world’s biggest coal-consuming countries had not happened since 1973 and was driven by a record roll-out of clean energy projects' www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A civil servant standing up for institutional independence and checks&balances. And yet, I can't help but think about the Fed's departure from the NGFS in the face of clear evidence of price pressures from climate change...
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A civil servant standing up for institutional independence and checks&balances. And yet, I can't help but think about the Fed's departure from the NGFS in the face of clear evidence of price pressures from climate change...
Nice factoid from Graeber's Debt, which I never realized when seeing the Rosetta Stone (always too crowded to read the plaque): it announces a debtors amnesty - a much more common occurrence in times past
January 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Nice factoid from Graeber's Debt, which I never realized when seeing the Rosetta Stone (always too crowded to read the plaque): it announces a debtors amnesty - a much more common occurrence in times past
'Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing surveyed more than 950 institutional investors (...). The headline result is simple: more than four out of five expect to increase allocations to sustainable investments over the next two years. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
Markets Already Pricing Fossil Fuel Phaseout After COP30
Financial markets are already pricing a fossil fuel phaseout, signaling capital shifts despite weak COP30 language.
www.forbes.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:44 AM
'Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing surveyed more than 950 institutional investors (...). The headline result is simple: more than four out of five expect to increase allocations to sustainable investments over the next two years. www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...
"opvallend" #GenosseDerBosse 'In de jaren 90 was het opvallend genoeg een PvdA’er, Willem Vermeend, die Nederland verder in de richting van fiscale vrijplaats voor bedrijven duwde' www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ge...
De wederopbouw van een belastingparadijs: hoe Nederland na de oorlog een fiscale vluchthaven werd
Tot 1940 zette de financiële sector alles op alles om een belastingverdrag met Duitsland te voorkomen, want dat zou het einde betekenen van Nederland als financieel toevluchtsoord. Maar na de oorlog b...
www.ftm.nl
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"opvallend" #GenosseDerBosse 'In de jaren 90 was het opvallend genoeg een PvdA’er, Willem Vermeend, die Nederland verder in de richting van fiscale vrijplaats voor bedrijven duwde' www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ge...
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
look forward to engage with Kingsnorth's new book, here discussed by @rupertread.bsky.social. Dark green food for thought. I, for one, will be thinking through whether rootedness is localised or stems from a connection to the biosphere wherever we are perspecteeva.substack.com/p/what-else-...
What else are we against, if we are AGAINST THE MACHINE?
Rupert Read on Paul Kingsnorth’s latest book
perspecteeva.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
look forward to engage with Kingsnorth's new book, here discussed by @rupertread.bsky.social. Dark green food for thought. I, for one, will be thinking through whether rootedness is localised or stems from a connection to the biosphere wherever we are perspecteeva.substack.com/p/what-else-...
zeer relevante quote uit het boek van @coenvdven.bsky.social over de linkse fusie: "in het Europees Parlement stemmen de NL sociaaldemocraten vaker mee met de Groenen dan met de eigen S&D fractie." Het fusievehikel zal in Europa met de billen bloot moeten en kiezen voor een vd partijfamilies..
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
zeer relevante quote uit het boek van @coenvdven.bsky.social over de linkse fusie: "in het Europees Parlement stemmen de NL sociaaldemocraten vaker mee met de Groenen dan met de eigen S&D fractie." Het fusievehikel zal in Europa met de billen bloot moeten en kiezen voor een vd partijfamilies..
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
This year has been brutal for the #climate movement.
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Rollbacks, repression, & outright denial, especially in the US, have made progress feel fragile & uneven.
Which is exactly why it matters to pause & look back at what did move forward in 2025.
Here are 12 real wins 🏆, one for each month 🧵⬇️
Got around to this one in the holiday break. One wonders: if banks say they find the climate transition of their customers important enough to ease credit conditions for green companies, then why are banks' own transition plans so woefully inadequate? www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
Climate performance matters for bank credit in the euro area
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
www.ecb.europa.eu
December 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Got around to this one in the holiday break. One wonders: if banks say they find the climate transition of their customers important enough to ease credit conditions for green companies, then why are banks' own transition plans so woefully inadequate? www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/d...
nice read from @cornelban.bsky.social 'price stability and planetary stability can no longer be separated. Every rate hike now carries climate consequences. Liquidity provision has become a form of environmental policy—whether central bankers admit it or not' geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Central Banking for the End of Times
Frankfurt measured the risk, Beijing moved the money, and Washington looked away.
geoeconomic.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
nice read from @cornelban.bsky.social 'price stability and planetary stability can no longer be separated. Every rate hike now carries climate consequences. Liquidity provision has become a form of environmental policy—whether central bankers admit it or not' geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Rather happy with my reading pile for this holiday season (and yes, I know I am late to the 'Debt' party)
December 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rather happy with my reading pile for this holiday season (and yes, I know I am late to the 'Debt' party)
'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
Paris-aligned investments offer similar returns and stability | Banque de France
Post No. 422. This study shows that Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices for both equities and bonds. Thus, from an investor’s perspective, Paris alig...
www.banque-france.fr
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
interesting observation from @annpettifor.bsky.social underscoring why state of the art climate litigation is targeting finance: "The fossil fuel sector would not be where it is today without the finance sector. So I regard the finance sector as more powerful" greencentralbanking.com/2025/12/15/c...
Central bank independence should be reframed in light of climate change, say economists
Monetary and fiscal policy should work in tandem while balancing risk of political interference, say economists Geoff Mann and Ann Pettifor.
greencentralbanking.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
interesting observation from @annpettifor.bsky.social underscoring why state of the art climate litigation is targeting finance: "The fossil fuel sector would not be where it is today without the finance sector. So I regard the finance sector as more powerful" greencentralbanking.com/2025/12/15/c...
Higher thresholds for ESG reporting proposed in EU's Omnibus present a dual challenge for large banks: fewer competitors are faced with reporting requirements, while fewer of their customers will be obliged to produce the data on which they rely. Bad idea all around think.ing.com/articles/esg...
ESG Omnibus: Three proposals but a common path towards major scope reductions
New proposals would drastically shrink the number of companies required to report ESG disclosures
think.ing.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Higher thresholds for ESG reporting proposed in EU's Omnibus present a dual challenge for large banks: fewer competitors are faced with reporting requirements, while fewer of their customers will be obliged to produce the data on which they rely. Bad idea all around think.ing.com/articles/esg...
Triodos bank's 'financial system vision' is well worth the read with a relevant analysis and interesting - and sometimes even radical - reform proposals. Commendable that a private financial institution brings out such a vision! www.triodos.com/en/press-rel...
Triodos Bank calls for fundamental overhaul of financial system and backs stronger public guidance over capital flows
Triodos Bank today announced its renewed vision for the future of finance, calling for a fundamental transformation of the financial system to better serve s...
www.triodos.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Triodos bank's 'financial system vision' is well worth the read with a relevant analysis and interesting - and sometimes even radical - reform proposals. Commendable that a private financial institution brings out such a vision! www.triodos.com/en/press-rel...
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Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
While Western central banks hesitate on climate, China’s acts - LSE Business Review
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a central banking problem.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
New update from @shareaction.bsky.social 'most banks are failing to take the concrete steps needed to transition their business from a fossil-dependent economy to new green opportunities' shareaction.org/reports/in-d...
In Debt to the Planet 2025
ShareAction's latest assessment of environmental and social strategies in the European banking sector
shareaction.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
New update from @shareaction.bsky.social 'most banks are failing to take the concrete steps needed to transition their business from a fossil-dependent economy to new green opportunities' shareaction.org/reports/in-d...
onderzoek DNB "Alle generaties bankklanten waarderen een ‘groene bank’, die rekening houdt met natuur en klimaat" (www.dnb.nl/algemeen-nie...). Wil je meehelpen om te zorgen dat ook ING die waardering verdiend? Ga naar milieudefensie.nl/niet-met-mij...
Samen zeggen we: ING, Niet Met Mijn Geld
Wat ING met jouw geld doet is onzichtbaar, maar niet bepaald onschuldig. Terwijl jij probeert te sparen voor je toekomst, financiert ING bedrijven die diezelfde toekomst in gevaar brengen: van nieuw o...
milieudefensie.nl
December 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
onderzoek DNB "Alle generaties bankklanten waarderen een ‘groene bank’, die rekening houdt met natuur en klimaat" (www.dnb.nl/algemeen-nie...). Wil je meehelpen om te zorgen dat ook ING die waardering verdiend? Ga naar milieudefensie.nl/niet-met-mij...
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The G-20 has done important work on sovereign debt, access to finance and debt crisis resolution.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
December 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The G-20 has done important work on sovereign debt, access to finance and debt crisis resolution.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.
I visited their website to read materials from their recent summit. All the links to previous work of the G-20 are gone -- they point only here.
Sad for global governance and embarassing for the US.