Climate Crisis
Carbon Brief – COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém
A breakdown of what was actually agreed at Cop 30: Not an impressive list at all. Read the article HERE.
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Geopolitics
Ben Wray – The Dutch Confronted China. It Didn’t Go Well.
The story of the Nexperia fiasco tells us a lot about European decline. In Jacobin. Read the article HERE.
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Larry Summers and the Hunger Games
Who remembers the food shock of 2005-2008? Just another global policy disaster from then Treasury Secretary Summers Read Article HERE Photo licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
EU politics
Eldar Mamedov: Is the EU already trying to sabotage new Ukraine peace plan?
The goal appears not to be a better peace, but to hollow out the American proposal until it becomes unacceptable to Moscow Read Article HERE
Economics
finimize: German Auto Jobs Fall To 12-Year Low As Sector Faces Pressure
Germany’s car industry workforce has shrunk to just over 721,000 workers – its lowest level in 12 years – as the sector loses more jobs than any other major industry, squeezed by trade tensions, chip […]
Economics
Ann Pettifor: Central Banks and Government Budgets – As If Democracy Matters
In Britain Tax austerity threatens to follow monetary and fiscal austerity Read the Article HERE With acknowledgement to Bonil
Geopolitics
Middle East Eye: Full text of the US resolution for Gaza approved by the UN Security Council
UN Resolution 2803 places Donald Trump in control of Gaza and, using vague language, says if certain targets are met there could be a pathway to the creation of a Palestinian state Read Article HERE […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: China, the big threat?
China and its economic successes are on everyone’s lips. Under the previous government (and under pressure from the US), Germany already designated China a ‘systemic rival,’ whatever that may mean in concrete terms. In any […]
Geopolitics
Antiwar.com: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution Placing Gaza Under Control of US-Led Board
Hamas rejected the resolution and said any international force that tries to disarm the group will become a party to the conflict Read Article HERE Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Corruption
Politico – TotalEnergies accused of complicity in war crimes over Mozambique container massacre
‘French energy giant TotalEnergies was formally accused Monday of complicity in war crimes and torture in a criminal complaint filed in Paris over a massacre at its Mozambique gas plant’. Read the full article HERE.