Thomas Pogge
tpogge.bsky.social
Thomas Pogge
@tpogge.bsky.social

Global Justice, Human Rights, Poverty, Undernourishment, School Meals, Deprivation Data, Climate & Pollution, Ecological Impact Fund, Otiose Debt, Global Financial Corruption, Leave No One Behind

Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, United States. In addition to his Yale appointment, he is the Research Director of the Centre for the Study of the Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo, Norway, a Professorial Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Central Lancashire's Centre for Professional Ethics, England. Pogge is also an editor for social and political philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. .. more

Political science 46%
Economics 17%

Global warming has been accelerating from 0.19 to 0.25 degrees Celsius per decade.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

From Inside Climate News.
The impact of Trump's policies on greenhouse gas emissions.

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The environmental regulations Trump is scrapping have reduced cardiovascular deaths from PM2.5 pollution from 42,000 in 2001 to 23,500 in 2020.
We should strengthen these regulations and reduce racial disparities in their effects.
ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Cardiovascular deaths from air pollution declining in the U.S., but racial disparities persist
A new study from the Yale School of Public Health shows that air pollution-related cardiovascular deaths are increasingly concentrated among traditionally
ysph.yale.edu

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Despite annual economic growth of ca. 5%, CO2 emissions in China are down over the last two years - slightly. They now stand at 8.6 tonnes per person versus 14 tonnes for the US.
Details from Carbon brief.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...

US midterm elections are coming up in November, including 35 senate seats, all seats in the House of Representatives, & many offices in the states.
Elections in the US are privately funded, often by rich firms & individuals seeking legislative favors.
This is how it looks:

After China, India is the world's second-largest coal consumer, burning 1.26 billion metric tons annually.
This is expected to more than double by 2050 to a peak of 2.62 billion metric tons per year.
We must do much better!
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
India will use more coal over the next 25 years, report says
India's coal consumption could more than double by mid-century before plunging sharply as the country shifts toward cleaner energy, long‑term projections published by government think-tank NITI Aayog ...
www.reuters.com

Al Jazeera investigation reveals how US-supplied thermal and thermobaric munitions burning at 3,500C have left no trace of nearly 3,000 Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com

Transparency International's new Corruption Perception Index is out.

The US is in 29th place, below most developed countries.

Its score is 64, continuing its decline from a 2015 high of 76 (0-100 scale).

www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2025/...
2025 Corruption Perceptions Index - Explore United States’s results
How does United States measure up in the 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index?
www.transparency.org

Donald Trump is suing the IRS, the US tax authority operating under his authority, for $10 billion (equivalent to $75 from each US household).
Some NGOs and former officials weigh in with an amicus brief.
www.commoncause.org/wp-content/u...
www.commoncause.org