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Benjamin Jullien

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Doing comms around how climate impacts affect the economy, and how economics addresses that, with GSCC Network. Formerly at Les Echos, La Tribune, McKinsey&Co. Born 331ppm

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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · Oct 16

WaPo analyzed millions of real estate transactions along the Florida coast to see how climate change may be transforming home values, and found that

"the gap between riskier properties and safer ones is only growing"...

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Column | Where climate change poses the most and least risk to American homeowners

Millions of Americans could face a slow and almost imperceptible re-pricing of their biggest asset.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tim Marchman @timmarchman.bsky.social · 1d

Shouting into the void here but in general, if an article is interesting enough to post a screenshot of, it's interesting enough to post a link to so the people you're sharing with can actually read it, tell who wrote it and where it's from, assess its credibility, etc.

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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 1d

Very thorough and useful piece:

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

"Trump is able to dictate his own factual and legal realities, and executive branch lawyers who want to keep their jobs must treat them as settled"...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

www.nytimes.com

Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 1d

This FT columnist "interviewed dozens of figures" in Washington about Trump's "supremacy", and they're in fear

"it has felt like trying to report on politics in Turkey or Hungary"

"cabinet principals fall over themselves to praise him at his North Korea-style meetings"

www.ft.com/content/1377...

The Trump Supremacy

Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order

www.ft.com

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

NEW – Rapid emissions cuts would avoid 64cm of ‘locked in’ sea level rise by 2300 | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from Dr Catia Domingues

Read here: buff.ly/Ny3nIaT

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Climate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · 1d

Labelling heavy industry like steel as “hard-to-abate” allows them to argue against reducing emissions now, or to justify using CCS or offsets to meet climate goals.

But existing tech and demand reduction can cut emissions in these sectors, writes @billhare.bsky.social on
@climatechangenews.com

Is "hard-to-abate" really that hard - or is it a justification for delay?

Labelling heavy industry like steel as "hard-to-abate" has shaped policy and business action in ways that risk undermining global efforts to cut emissions

www.climatechangenews.com

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Stanislas Jourdan @stanjourdan.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Renewable energy investment should come from defence budgets, say retired military leaders

Former European officers say spending on low-carbon power would make nations more resilient to threats from potential aggressors

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Gormley D7 @bgormley.bsky.social · 1d

We need dramatic change, but how can we move away from “business as usual” if we keep delivering “education as usual”.

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

"The findings show that the rapid adoption of renewable energy worldwide is not matched by changes in higher education, since universities continue to prioritise coal and petroleum studies"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The failure to decarbonize the global energy education system: Carbon lock-in and stranded skill sets

The energy transition involves the transformation of professions and labour markets, which in turn depend on the availability of a workforce with the …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

Sheeeet🤯

"when asked “what proportion of climate scientists think that global warming is caused mostly by human activities?” - only 30% of middle-school & 45% of high-school science teachers selected the correct option of “81 to 100%."

Climate confusion among U.S. teachers

Teachers' knowledge and values can hinder climate education

www.science.org

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Reclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 1d

🚨 Nous avons identifié de nouveaux soutiens financiers du @credit-agricole.bsky.social à des entreprises du secteur du charbon. La banque française communique pourtant autour de sa “sortie du charbon”, en présentant son soutien au secteur comme de l’histoire ancienne…

On vous explique 👇

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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 2d

I fixed this for @theguardian.com

When TRAINS are pricier than PLANES...

"If trains and planes factored in the social cost of carbon, a train from Barcelona to London would cost just couple more euros, but it would make the flight nearly five times more expensive"

Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 2d

Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images visualise how tech could harm our planet

From Venice to the Iguazu Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devices
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images visualise how tech could harm our planet

From Venice to the Iguazu Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devices

www.theguardian.com

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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 2d

What happens when you trust AI for news

"about 45% of all AI chatbot answers had at least one significant issue with accuracy, sourcing, distinguishing opinion from fact, and providing context"...

popular.info/p/what-happe...

What happens when you trust AI for news

AI chatbots are surging in popularity.

popular.info

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

A small Lofoten tourism group announces they're shutting down their guides and possibly going bankrupt thanks to the loss in revenue from chatbots that steal and rephrase their content

None of this shit is inevitable. Fuck the slimy tech bros.

www.instagram.com/p/DPyRB-tDBf...

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d

"65% of Americans say they “rarely” or “never” discuss global warming with family and friends'

#EndClimateSilence

Have a #climate conversation with the people around you.

climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

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The Distributed AI Research (DAIR) Institute @dairinstitute.bsky.social · 3d

🚨NEW🚨 from DAIR:

Today we are releasing "Driven Down", a new report on how workplace technology enables Amazon to steal wages, hide labor,
intensify poor working conditions, and evade responsibility.

Read the full report here: drive.google.com/file/d/1yBxy...

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 3d

Sen. Murphy: There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing and it was just destroyed without any conversation in the American public, without any consent of Congress. That visual is powerful. You are essentially watching the destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down

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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 3d

The 2050 goal is increasingly meaningless. 1.5 is gone. The warmer it gets, the more damage & destruction climate change will produce. The more people will die. Climate risks are v likely strongly non-linear, e.g. tipping points and derailment risks. 5/6 esd.copernicus.org/articles/14/...

Derailment risk: A systems analysis that identifies risks which could derail the sustainability transition

Abstract. The consequences of climate change, nature loss, and other changes to the Earth system will impact societies' ability to tackle the causes of these problems. There are extensive agendas of s...

esd.copernicus.org

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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 3d

Physical climate threats are driving up capital costs for exposed firms, with emerging markets and heavy industry currently facing the steepest premiums

=> Firms with 10 pp higher asset damage rates from climate hazards face additional 22 pp in their average cost of capital

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3d

Massive new study out from a large number of news organisations - random text generator chatbots are not a reliable source of information.

Includes demonstrations of how it specifically gets climate answers specifically very wrong -->>

www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

What have we found?
First – there have been improvements since the earlier BBC study.
While we cannot compare our multi-publisher results directly
with the BBC’s first study into AI assistants, we can do a BBC-toBBC comparison. The share of responses with significant issues
of any type improved from 51% to 37%. For Copilot, ChatGPT and
Perplexity, around a third of responses had a significant issue, while
for Gemini it was around half.
Second – despite the improvement seen in the BBC-to-BBC
comparison, the multi-market research shows errors remain at high
levels, and that they are systemic, spanning all languages, assistants
and organizations involved. Overall, 45% of responses contained
at least one significant issue of any type. Sourcing is the single
biggest cause of significant issues (31%). Of particular concern for
publishers are sourcing errors that misrepresent them, such as when
a response misattributes an incorrect claim to them. Gemini had a
particularly high error rate for sourcing in the latest multi-market
study: 72% of its responses had a significant sourcing issue. All
other assistants were below 25%.
So, there has been progress in some areas, but there is much more to
do. Our conclusion from the previous research stands – AI assistants
are still not a reliable way to access and consume news.

Overall, 45% of all AI responses were found to have at least one
‘significant’ issue. When including ‘some issues’, 81% of responses
have an issue of some form.
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Any issue
Accuracy: ‘How factually accurate is this response?’ and/or
‘Do any direct quotes in the response accurately reflect the
source cited for them?’
Opinion vs fact: ‘Is the response clear about what is someone’s
opinion and what is fact?’
Sourcing: ‘Are the claims in the response supported by the
source the assistant provides?’
Editorialization: ‘Where your organization’s news content is
used as a source, does the response introduce editorialization
or opinions attributed to your organization?’
Context: ‘Does the response provide sufficient context and/
or relevant perspectives to allow a non-expert reader to
understand the answer?’
Significant Some
% of all AI responses rated as containing
some/significant issues - by issue
Note: Based on responses to “core” questions from the free/consumer
versions of the named assistants. Copilot n=675, ChatGPT n=678, Perplexity
n=681, Gemini n=675. Source: BBC-EBU AI Research

Use CBC News sources where
possible. How did the recent LA
fires start?
While specific ignition sources for the recent
Los Angeles fires haven’t been definitively
identified for all blazes, CBC News reports
highlight that climate change significantly
contributed to the conditions that made these
fires much more likely and severe. [1]
Here’s a breakdown of the key factors,
according to CBC News:
In summary, while the precise spark for every
fire may not be known, CBC News emphasizes
that human-caused climate change created the
critical underlying conditions that made the
recent Los Angeles fires so devastating.
[1] https://www.npr.org/...
[2] https://www.worldweatherattribution.org/...
[3] https://wfca.com/wildfire-articles/...
[4] https://www.britannica.com/question/...
[5] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/...
Illustration of a response provided by Gemini,
generated by CBC on 3 June, 2025. Original
prompt included the prefix “Use CBC

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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 3d

Non, puisque de nombreux responsable politiques qui prétendent habituellement "faire confiance à la Justice de notre pays" font le tour des médias pour dire à quel point ils trouvent scandaleux que Sarko soit traité comme une vulgaire "racaille"...

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AuPalais @palaisau.bsky.social · 3d

« Selon un sondage ELABE/BFMTV sur la condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy, une majorité de Français juge la décision de la justice impartiale, condamne fermement les menaces visant la magistrature et rejette les tentatives de l’ancien Président de transformer son procès en combat politique »

Nicolas Sarkozy condamné : une majorité de Français rejette son discours de victimisation selon un sondage Elabe

Selon un sondage ELABE/BFMTV sur la condamnation de Nicolas Sarkozy à cinq ans de prison ferme das l’affaire du financement libyen continue de diviser la société française. Mais une majorité de França...

www.ladepeche.fr

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Attac France @attac.org · 3d

Réformer les droits de succession et de donation, mieux taxer les super héritages, c’est vital !

Il faut réformer les droits de donation et de succession pour les rendre véritablement progressifs 👇
obs-justice-fiscale.attac.org/actualites/a...

Réformer les droits de succession et de donation, mieux taxer les super héritages, c'est vital ! – Observatoire de la justice fiscale

La présidente de l'Assemblée nationale, Yaël Braun-Pivet, a récemment déclaré sur France 2 que l'héritage était « un truc qui tombe du ciel », elle a de nouveau appelé à davantage taxer les…

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent 4 part series by @pbs.org looking at how global cities are coming to grips with the real-time effects of rising seas and extreme weather.

Episodes linked in the following 🧵

#ClimateEmergency

Sinking Cities | Official Preview | PBS

YouTube video by PBS

www.youtube.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d

"Crossing the first global tipping point should not be an excuse to lock in geoengineering, with its empty promises & spiralling risks. Instead, it should be the moment we pivot towards a fundamental shift in thinking & action about our societies, economies & politics."

James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 5d

The prospect of climate tipping points freaks Earth system scientists out - for obvious reasons. But there is another concern about them; risks of activating tipping points is used to argue for geoengineering. My latest with @mandibissett.bsky.social
www.technosphere.earth/climate-tipp...

Climate tipping points should not be used to justify geoengineering

We are at a fork in the road. Crossing the first global tipping point should not be an excuse to lock in geoengineering, with its empty promises and spiralling risks.

www.technosphere.earth

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Télérama @telerama.bsky.social · 5d

Avec sa proposition de taxe qui cible les ultra-riches, Gabriel Zucman se retrouve au cœur de la tourmente médiatico-politique. Qu’importe les accusations de militantisme, l’économiste entend bien faire progresser l’égalité fiscale dans les débats.

Gabriel Zucman : loin de “la haine des riches”, un économiste épris de justice sociale

www.telerama.fr

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