Russia, growth & IMF: if we correct 16% interest (line) by 7% inflation (bar) real interest in Russia is 9%. I‘d expect slump in GDP. IMF reports huge growth of real GDP. Probably inflation expectation is biased, thus real GDP growth lower. (Great Kladderadatsch on the horizon)

As I wrapped my trip to China, found a few minutes to visit a record store, talk music, and pick up a few LPs (Chinese rock and Taylor Swift).

It's what I love most about music — the way it lets you connect with people and cultures wherever you go.

Shame on you, Columbia University! Total failure of university leadership. Who else is stupid enough to pay $65,000 a year in tuition for this swan song to academic and ethical standards?

As Daniel Kammen hands over the reigns as Editor-in-Chief of #ERL to Radhika Khosla he looks back at his 18 years in the role: ow.ly/rQUz50RajQY Daniel M Kammen

The #Energy #Climate & #Environment program at IIASA is looking for an #IntegratedAssessment modeler to join the #MESSAGEix team!

Come work with us on policy-relevant scenarios and state-of-the-art #opensource #ScientificSoftware tools...
📝 iiasa.ac.at/employment/job…

Global disparities in health spending are staggering. Obs. But dont just shrug. Let the numbers sink in! $145 v. $6469! The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reports are essential reading.
healthdata.org/sites/default/…

Ein sehr differenzierter Hintergrund von #Deutschlandfunk zur Zukunft der Kernenergie, zu dem ich beitragen konnte. Bottom-line: Zu teuer, zu langsam, zu inkompatibel mit Erneuerbaren um für den Klimaschutz einen substantiellen Unterschied machen zu können deutschlandfunk.de/atomenergie-co…

OUT NOW! Our new study on the many benefitial effect of changing dietary choices towards less meat, less processed food and higher share of unsaturated fats. Result: Big synergies between private health and global climate benefits.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

OUT NOW! My colleagues worked a lot on getting this model right, and the result is somewhat surprising, isn't it?
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

What you do not measure, you cannot control.

Is Coal dead? It's tempting to toll the bell, but it is not a done deal. AU-company Neurizer goes a step further and plans to set fire on coal in an abandoned mine to gasify in-situ. This means: no coal diggers required, gigantic carbon pool untapped.
aumanufacturing.com.au/neurizer-urea-…

The Pope is not infallible. You show Vladimir Putin the white flag and he will murder everyone. The Pope is wrong.

Coal phase-out: Our new review paper presents a comprehensive assessment of coal transitions in mitigation scenarios consistent with the Paris Agreement. We identify three archetypal coal transitions and study the dynamics in global long-term scenarios. 👉
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

OUT NOW!
Global coal-phase and the climate change mitigation objectives of the Paris Agreement. Great analysis of IAMs and energy models. Great work lead by Finn Müller Hansen & Jan Minx from MCC Berlin.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…

Is Tucker still in Moscow? He will be amazed by the low price of human life in Putin's Russia.

Democracies don’t have famines

The recordings and the presentations of the IAMC-ICONIC webinar are now available!
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EU's #DGClima is set to announce the target of reducing the block's GHG emissions by 90% until 2040 rel to 1990 levels. Sounds ambitious? We performed a detailed analysis of the implications for the energy transition, available as a pre-print (!) here: researchsquare.com/article/rs-319…

That is not a case for economics anymore. I‘d like to hear the opinion of psychiatrists.

Heute vor 82 Jahren trafen sich 15 hochrangige Vertreter der NS-Regierung zur #Wannseekonferenz , um den industriellen Massenmord an 11 Millionen europäischen Juden zu planen. Dieses Treffen führte schließlich zur Vernichtung von 6 Millionen Juden.

Nie wieder!

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