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Anna Merrifield

@annamerrifield.bsky.social
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Director for Climate and Environmental Diplomacy at Finland’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Here as a human being interested in a number of issues beyond my day job. On other platforms as ()AnnaTheFinn

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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hesari kirjoittaa, miten Suomi varautuu kevään lintuinfluenssaan. Toissa vuonna lintuinfluenssa lähti leviämään turkistarhoilla. Turkistarhojen aiheuttamalle pandemiariskille ei siis kerta kaikkiaan ole vaihtoehtoa, sen kanssa pitää vain elää…? 🤷‍♀️🙄
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Marjo Ollikainen @marjoollikainen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Enää ei tarvitse miettiä, onko koko vientiteollisuus + Energiateollisuus Suomen kunnianhimoisen hiilineutraalisuustavoitteen 2035 takana. Tässä julistuksessa se sanotaan selvällä suomen kielellä.
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Marjo Ollikainen @marjoollikainen.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Teknologiateollisuuden toimitusjohtaja Minna Helle tiivistää toimialan kannan ilmastolakiin: ”Suomen kunnianhimoinen hiilineutraaliustavoite on vientiyrityksillemme erinomainen käyntikortti.” #ilmasto
Kuvassa vaalea nainen ja teksti:
”Suomen kunnianhimoinen hiilineutraaliustavoite on vientiyrityksillemme erinomainen käyntikortti.”
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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
”Actuaries aren’t speculating—they’re issuing a final warning. Their 50% GDP collapse projection is based on the accelerating severity of extreme events, the risk of compounding tipping points, and the systemic fragility of the global economy.”
forbes.com
50% GDP Collapse Ahead? Actuaries Sound The Alarm—Who’s Listening?
A 50% GDP collapse? Actuaries warn of economic devastation if we fail to act on climate risk. Entire industries could crumble—Why are we ignoring the warning?
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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Macron to TV reporters last night: “If there is one person, whose nuclear threats we have all heard, who is playing at world war three, don’t look for him in Kyiv; look rather in Moscow” www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
lefigaro.fr
«Il faut respecter ceux qui depuis le début se battent» : Macron réagit à l’affrontement verbal entre Trump et Zelensky
Donald Trump a accusé vendredi Volodymyr Zelensky de ne «pas être prêt pour la paix» avec la Russie tant que les États-Unis étaient impliqués, lui reprochant également d’avoir «manqué de respect» à so...
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 05/02/2025
European countries joined Arab nations today in rebuking a shock announcement by United States President Donald Trump that he wants to take control over Gaza and forcibly displace its inhabitants to neighboring countries including Jordan and Egypt.
politico.eu
Global fury builds over Trump’s plan to turn Gaza into the Middle East ‘Riviera’
U.S. president faces outrage from Arab countries and key European capitals over his “dangerous” proposal that Palestinians should be removed from the coastal enclave.
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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
”We’re Russian. We know what happens when Big Tech coddles dictators.”
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | We’re Russian. We know what happens when Big Tech coddles dictators.
Tech companies are complying with dictators’ laws, compromising human rights and freedom of speech.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 28/01/2025
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China www.ft.com/content/f3c69a7d-0db1-48…
ft.com
Middle East becomes fastest-growing renewables market outside China
UAE’s Masdar and Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power lead build out of huge solar farms
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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
BREAKING: The Trump administration has instructed organizations in other countries to stop disbursing HIV medications purchased with U.S. aid, even if the drugs have already been obtained and are sitting in local clinics. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
nytimes.com
Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries (Gift Article)
PEPFAR’s computer systems also are being taken offline, a sign that the program may not return, as Republican critics had hoped.
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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
”Miten pimeitä ovatkaan ihmiset, jotka löytävät valon, toivon ja ystävällisyyden juhlasta syyn aggressioon ja vihaan.” 🕯️Voimia Owusulle ja hänen läheisilleen!
hs.fi
Pääkirjoitus | Rasismista on tullut Suomessa julma huvi
Synkän rasismikeskustelun vuoden huipensivat Lucia-neidon saamat vihaviestit.
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Anna Merrifield @annamerrifield.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
”Asked why Assad had not helped in the transition of power, Lavrov said: “No one’s perfect.” He made no reference to the 17 times Russia had vetoed UN security council resolutions in order to protect Assad” www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
theguardian.com
Fall of Damascus sidelines Russia and brings Turkey to the fore
As Moscow’s top diplomat reeled in Doha, his Turkish counterpart appeared to know he had the upper hand
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 19/11/2024
Analysis: China’s emissions have now caused more global warming than EU | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/3OgNUkQ
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting. Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.
Cover from The Economist from two years ago "Say goodbye to 1.5°C; why climate policy is off target". It has a graphic of the Earth with an apple on its head, and a arrow shot through the Earth.
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Tony Agotha @tonyagotha.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Second week at #COP29 has begun. EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra has arrived, as many other EU ministers to take over technical negotiations. #TeamEU strong presence. First press conference with Climate Commissioner Hoekstra at 3pm (Baku), noon (BXL): unfccc.int/COP29/schedu...
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Doctors for The Environment Australia @docsenvaus.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
The 2024 Lancet Countdown report warns that climate change is posing "record-breaking threats" to people's health and could be the cause of over 3 million deaths annually by 2100. Today is Health Day at #COP29- the #climate crisis is a #health crisis, and our world leaders must address it as such.
theconversation.com
Five ways that climate change threatens human health
Everyone working in health needs to prepare for and be equipped to respond to the health consequences of the climate crisis.
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