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Benjamin Jullien

@benjullien.bsky.social
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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 · 7h
Great stuff from @popular.info Watch Trump's new chatbot debunk his lies Hours after its launch, America.gov's chatbot was censored (for telling the truth, not "alternative facts"!) popular.info/p/watch-trum...
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Watch Trump's new chatbot debunk his lies
Hours after its launch, America.gov's chatbot was censored.
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 9h
New study: Many young people are experiencing feelings of “institutional betrayal” due to a perceived “disconnect” between their visions for addressing climate change and the actions of institutions (no wonder...) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Reclaim Finance @reclaimfinance.org · 28/09/2026
❗ Hasard du calendrier : quelques jours avant la Journée Investisseurs de TotalEnergies, la Caisse des Dépôts (10ème investisseur de TotalEnergies) a annoncé qu’elle n’achèterait plus d’obligations émises par les entreprises productrices de pétrole — comme TotalEnergies. Notre communiqué ⤵️
reclaimfinance.org
La Caisse Des Dépôts coupe une partie des financements à l'expansion fossile - Reclaim Finance
La Caisse des Dépôts a annoncé mettre fin à l'achat de nouvelles obligations dans les entreprises productrices de pétrole, comme TotalEnergies.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Buried at the end of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's NYT interview: the single most terrible yet somehow confusingly appropriate metaphor for fossil-fuelled AI I have ever seen ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"CEOs who style themselves as philosopher-kings building God have instead become something much more mundane: real estate developers who need a lot of fossil fuels."
newrepublic.com
The Big Greedy Data Center Next Door
Data centers may be the perfect encapsulation of an economy built to benefit the already rich. After construction started on a vast facility in Vineland, New Jersey, residents didn’t just get mad; the...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Only halfway through New York Climate week - here's a little cheatsheet for the key AI greenwashing tropes you're going to hear. Please go check our latest investigation into NVIDIA's unjustified climate claims here: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 24/09/2026
Germany, France & the Netherlands now have solid phase-out plans.
dw.com
Germany sets out plan to phase out fossil fuels by 2045
Germany sets out a plan to phase out coal, oil and gas by 2045, reaffirming a climate strategy focused on electrification.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to a new @quotaclimat.org and Droit à l’Info survey, 64% of people in France think the ecological transition is moving too slowly. Yet climate disinformation risks undermining support for action. Read the findings in full: quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
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Désinformation climatique : les Français proches de la bascule, les médias conservent le pouvoir de la désamorcer - quotaclimat
Alors que 64 % des Français jugent la transition écologique trop lente, l’enquête inédite réalisée par Cluster 17 pour Droit à l’Info auprès de 5 009 personnes révèle la réceptivité aux narratifs de d...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026
Hey!!! Here's a new @crikey.com.au piece - on why the bullshitty AI doom hype frenzy perfectly represents the tech industry's cutlist climate denialism and their unhealthy methane addiction. Plus the media's total failure to grasp the real risks at play. www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/22/a...
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Debt markets today are treating #climaterisk associated with rising temperatures a lot more seriously than they did just half a decade ago, according to Sarah Kapnick, global head of climate advisory at JPMorgan Chase & Co. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
JPMorgan Sees ‘Big Shift’ in Debt Market’s View of Climate Risk
Debt markets today are treating the risks associated with rising temperatures a lot more seriously than they did just half a decade ago, according to Sarah Kapnick, global head of climate advisory at ...
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Unlike A.I., climate change’s existential threat is not hypothetical. It is killing people now. It also feels like a lot of people have conveniently forgotten about the urgency of solving this problem.”
nytimes.com
The Big Threat Has Been Climate Change. Now Comes A.I. (Gift Article)
Both are human-caused, both are frightening, and one of them has raced to the forefront of the global conversation.
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature For millions of people around the world, rising sea levels are already reshaping economies, livelihoods and cultures... www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-ho...
carbonbrief.org
Explainer: How sea level rise poses an ‘existential threat’ to humans, heritage and nature - Carbon Brief
For millions of people around the world, rising sea levels are already reshaping economies, livelihoods and cultures.
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*According to the AI industry, we should be more worried about a fictional machine god than about the climate catastrophe that these data centers exacerbate, the asthma suffered by those living near them, the rising electricity bills of the public subsidizing them, or the water that is redirected."
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Climate disasters are growing. So are cuts to programs that prepare for them “The reality is that we need trillions of dollars every year, but developed countries have not met their obligation" - @harjeet11.bsky.social
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This year’s powerful El Nino and the record global heat it’s driving, along with severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies, could lead to nearly half a million more deaths worldwide by the end of February, with the heaviest toll expected in poorer countries apnews.com/article/el-n...
apnews.com
This year's El Nino-driven heat could cause nearly half a million more deaths, group says
This year's powerful El Nino and the record heat it's driving could lead to nearly half a million more heat-related deaths worldwide by the end of February.
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NewClimate Institute @newclimate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🆕 Primer: How policymakers in the #EU can address, prepare for and react to climate #disinformation. Preventing the viral spread of false narratives is essential for effective climate action, healthy democratic debate, and Europe’s credibility on the global stage. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3VpwSaK
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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The climate breakdown “must be an issue for foreign ministers and prime ministers. As well as energy and climate ministers. The security community, not just the activist community. The generals, not just the green campaigners,” he said.
apnews.com
Climate Week talks balance hope for clean energy against uncertainty over artificial intelligence
World and business leaders this week will grapple with the urgent costs of climate change. Experts say the rise of artificial intelligence and data centers, which consume a lot of energy, and higher f...
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
British Columbia sues OpenAI, saying ​a mass shooting at a school could have been prevented if the company had warned law ‌enforcement that the shooter used ChatGPT to plan the massacre "Safety team members recommended contacting the police, but Altman and other OpenAI leadership overruled them"...
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A group of 22 nations, incuding several European countries, have adopted a declaration saying that artificial intelligence “must remain under human direction, oversight and control” and suggesting to create a global supervisory regime www.politico.eu/article/20-c...
politico.eu
22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board.
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 22/09/2026
"Rather than offering protection, policy must help carmakers to adjust to a new competitive environment. Because of climate and costs, the future is electric. Discussions on slowing the transition to EVs are an unhelpful distraction. [.] Regulatory unpredictability is itself a competitiveness cost."
bruegel.org
The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection
European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UK flood-prone communities risk being trapped with uninsurable homes, warns @mothersriseup.bsky.social, as investigation shows major insurers are still investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
businessgreen.com
'It's time to change the rules': Growing 'uninsurability gap' prompts calls for major UK flood insurance reform
Campaign group Mothers Rise Up warns flood-prone communities risk being trapped with uninsurable homes, as investigation shows major insurers are still investing billions of dollars in fossil fuels
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Make Polluters Pay International @makepolluterpayint.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🌍 Today at the UN, we presented 2 million+ signatures calling for fossil-fuel companies to pay for the climate damage they cause. The powerful response: “Polluters must pay… We are with you. Use every tool at your disposal to hold the polluters accountable. You are on the right side of history."
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Half of all new online articles are now AI-generated, says a new Deutsche Bank report
Chart from Deutsche Bank tracking human vs. primarily AI-generated new online articles from 2020 to 2026. Went from a 100%-0% split to roughly 50-50 in just the past year.

Source: Graphite (citing 55.4k articles from Common Crawl examined by AI detectors)
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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Private fliers pollute 14x more than commercial Only the world's richest 0.003% flies private, and half of those flights are for fun. Private flight is 16% of FAA operations, but contributes less than 0.6% of the taxes financing the FAA. New report from @ips-dc.org ips-dc.org/report-high-...
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High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess - Institute for Policy Studies
High Flyers 2026: The High Cost of Private Jet Excess
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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 18/09/2026
And not just Canadians one must add. Much of the rest of world sees this in exactly the same way.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A short thread on “legitimate concerns”. The phrase is used repeatedly by UK government ministers. The Home Secretary is at it again this week. But only ever - as far as I can tell - in one context: people’s response to the arrival of asylum seekers. Please read whole 🧵before responding - thanks
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just look at the glee on Nigel Farage’s face as he watches a Piddington resident cry about the overt racism she, her Caribbean heritage husband, and their two children have felt in the village during the referendum. Time and again he’s showing us exactly who he is.
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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Before the UN general assembly next week, I joined 1,500+ academics from 100+countries in calling on global leaders to create an International Panel on Inequality modelled after the IPCC, as recommended by the G20 Committe on Inequality led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social last year. Please share.
theguardian.com
Global leaders urged to join initiative to fight extreme inequality
More than 1,500 academics and economists sign letter, calling growing gap between richest and poorest ‘a policy choice that can be reversed’
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New survey (N=18,245, 18 countries) into public attitudes on climate adaptation: 70% expect climate change to raise their cost of living or disrupt how they earn a living 66% want their government doing more to help the country adapt climateopinion.org/when-climate...
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Climate Opinion Research Exchange
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Qui aurait pu prévoir ?"... Seuls 45% des Français sont conscients pas que les impacts du changement climatique vont peser sur le coût de la vie => guère plus qu'en Arabie Saoudite (où on a de bonne$ raison$ d'être dans le déni), et bien loin du UK, qui a fait son "national emergency briefing"...
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
génial trolling de "l'IA va tous nous tuer"
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Türkiye, Australia confront coal phase-out test at UN General Assembly Ahead of #COP31, "A No New Coal commitment from Türkiye and a clear phase-out trajectory for coal assets from Australia (would be) realistic and powerful goals"... backchannel1.substack.com/p/turkiye-au...
backchannel1.substack.com
Türkiye, Australia confront coal phase-out test at UN General Assembly
New York is a vital moment for COP31 hosts, China and others to cement the UN Secretary General’s coal-phase out legacy.
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Jaap Burger @jaapburger.eu · 17/09/2026
As I’ve written before, there’s no distinction between politics and the car industry in Germany. Three state governors from different parties are once again calling on Europe to allow the internal combustion engine free rein. To be honest, they're incapable of thinking.
baden-wuerttemberg.de
Drei Autoländer – eine gemeinsame Botschaft
Baden-Württemberg, Bayern und Niedersachsen fordern von der Bundesregierung und der EU konkrete Maßnahmen, um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Automobilstandorte zu sichern.
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Rob Majteles @robmajteles.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Do the work, do the math: sustainability drives investor returns by redefining beta risk and identifying alpha opportunities. Ignore the noise and the idiot noisemakers. Win. Repeat. “Sustainable Funds Outperform, Hit Record AUM in H1 2026” www.esgtoday.com/sustainable-...
esgtoday.com
Sustainable Funds Outperform, Hit Record AUM in H1 2026: Morgan Stanley - ESG Today
Sustainable investment funds outperformed their traditional fund peers in the first half of 2026, with stronger performance in every major region, according to a new report* from the Morgan Stanley In...
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Removing tobacco ads saved lives by reducing levels of smoking. As a Bristol resident who cares deeply about climate change and air pollution, I am proud that Bristol has gone even further than other UK councils in curbing polluting ads. It feels like common sense" www.desmog.com/2026/09/16/b...
desmog.com
Bristol Becomes First UK City to Ban Fast Fashion Adverts Over Industry’s Environmental Toll
Policy update also restricts advertising for fossil fuels products and services in council owned ad sites.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Drought across Europe this summer was made worse and roughly three times more likely by climate change, says @climameter.bsky.social 90.8 million people and €2.6 trillion in assets exposed to climate-amplified drought conditions 10% of the resulting damage directly attributed to climate change.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The fossil-fuel industry is still paying advertising and PR agencies to shape its image, protect its reputation and normalise the continued use of oil and gas. @cleancreatives.bsky.social newly released F-List identifies a record 1,321 active contracts enabling that work in 2026. buff.ly/pFxel0f
theguardian.com
Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026
In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security
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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW: How did the summer heatwaves and wildfires change attitudes to climate and Net Zero, if at all? A short thread on analysis of tracker polling now summer is winding down. 🧵 (for @persuasionuk.bsky.social with @yougov.co.uk)
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Exactement ce qui s'est passé en France sous Macron (et déjà sous Hollande, notamment avec sa proposition de "déchéance de nationalité" pour les binationaux")
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Merci de donner à voir ces personnes, leur humanité, leurs parcours et conditions de vie, et ne plus invisibiliser les personnes qui décèdent du fait de la chaleur. www.lemonde.fr/planete/visu...
lemonde.fr
Qui sont les morts de la canicule ? « Le Monde » raconte des vies derrière les chiffres
Selon les données publiées mercredi par Santé publique France, 8 124 personnes sont mortes à cause de la chaleur pendant les canicules entre fin mai et fin août. Personnes âgées, travailleurs... « Le ...
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, says @carbonbrief.org Each month of disruption – and each new flashpoint, such as in Yemen – is increasing the incentive to switch to alternatives... www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
carbonbrief.org
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis - Carbon Brief
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz crisis, according to Carbon Brief analysis.
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Militarism as a Highly-Emitting Ideology The wealthiest 23 countries spend 30 times as much on their militaries as they spend on providing climate finance for the world’s most vulnerable countries... reearthinitiative.substack.com/p/militarism...
reearthinitiative.substack.com
Militarism & the Climate Crisis (1/5): Militarism as a Highly-Emitting Ideology
This is the first in a series of five articles, exploring the relationship between militarism and the climate crisis.
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Benjamin Jullien @benjullien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A surge in clean energy has kept CO2 emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026. => first time in over 50 years with no growth over a two-year period despite growing demand www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind...
carbonbrief.org
Analysis: India’s power-sector emissions flat for two years due to clean-energy surge - Carbon Brief
A surge in clean energy has kept carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in check across India’s power sector, with no growth from the first half of 2024 to the same period in 2026.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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bloomberg.com
Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
the times we live in
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Heatwave triggers potato shortage in Europe The extreme weather wiped out about 3.1mn tonnes of potatoes, worth between €400mn and €620mn, according to @eciu.net www.ft.com/content/8eda...
ft.com
Heatwave triggers potato shortage in Europe
Extreme weather wiped out about 3.1mn tonnes of spuds, worth up to €620mn
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Climate Risk Economics @climateeconomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
On climate change, "The choice is not between paying or not paying. It is between paying earlier for mitigation and adaptation, or paying more later for disaster relief, reconstruction, food insecurity and displaced populations”... www.ft.com/content/9e7a...
ft.com
A hotter planet meets dearer money
Rising borrowing costs mean new financing instruments will be needed for developing economies to deal with climate change
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A 725% INCREASE IN EMISSIONS!!!! caad.info/blog/nvidias...
caad.info
Nvidia’s Indirect Emissions Risen 725% Since 2020 As ‘AI Profiteer’ Sells Itself As A Climate Champ – Climate Action Against Disinformation
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The 2026 F-List from @cleancreatives.bsky.social is out now. 802 creative agencies are still working directly with fossil-fuel companies, helping to shape the branding and messaging behind the industry driving the climate crisis. Find out who is on the list ⬇️ buff.ly/1t4OIrj
f-list.cleancreatives.org
F-list 2026
Search the F-List 2026 to uncover the 802 advertising and PR agencies behind 1,321 documented fossil fuel contracts worldwide.
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