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Peter Mckillop

@petermckillop.bsky.social
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Founder of ClimateandCapitalMedia.com, Global2050.org and publisher of GreenCentralBanking.com.

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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Here’s why an #Australia #coal town models #climate *and* #economic progress @petermckillop.bsky.social @barclay2.bsky.social @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social @karihuus.bsky.social @blairpalese.bsky.social www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/how-asean-ca...
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How ASEAN can build an energy future beyond coal - Climate and Capital Media
An Australian coal town offers a model for climate progress and economic stability
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Blair Palese @blairpalese.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
My latest on the Aussie election & @albomp.bsky.social now is the moment! Let’s get to it! “How Australia’s landslide vote for Labor is a win for #renewables” - www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/how-australi... #climatecapitalforum #auspol #alp @petermckillop.bsky.social
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How Australia’s landslide vote for Labor is a win for renewables - Climate and Capital Media
Despite its legacy coal and gas industries, Australia has the potential to become a clean energy superpower
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction
Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction
Bulldozers and explosives are flattening Gaza from the ground — what soldiers say is a systematic campaign to make the Strip unlivable.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This is why the Democrats lost - they have no spine to stand up against Trump
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The Democrats are so pathetic for lying down to Trump
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The Democrats are pathetic for putting up with this Trump rubbish
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
After the #US bailed out of the $21.5 billion Just Energy Transition Project, Germany jumped in with Japan. @barclay2.bsky.social @karihuus.bsky.social @blairpalese.bsky.social @petermckillop.bsky.social @climateandcap.bsky.social
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IFC accelerates Indonesia’s shift to green building - Climate and Capital Media
The IFC and OCBC Indonesia are launching a $53 million loan linked to decarbonization targets in retail properties.
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Climate and Capital Media @climateandcap.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
" #Climate change is taking the gloves off.” That’s MunichRe on the #LAfires. @accuweather.com puts LA fires’ #economic losses at $250B+, nearly triple 2023 US losses. See @petermckillop.bsky.social on why the LA fires signal an insurance crisis. @barclay2.bsky.social @climateandcap.bsky.social
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Giant insurer Munich Re: “Climate change is taking the gloves off” - Climate and Capital Media
Trump will soon see his administration engulfed by the climate crisis he so vigorously denies
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
What do #Dresden and #LosAngeles firestorms have in common? Exxon. Standard Oil, now #Exxon, produced 3,000 tons of petroleum jelly incendiary bombs for Dresden; Exxon’s oil and gas (and others) now overheating atmosphere. mailchi.mp/climateandca... mailchi.mp/climateandca...
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Pacific Palisades is America’s new Dresden
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Has anyone told Trump that Greenland is not green?
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Bah Humbug! 😱 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals
Campaigners say consumption such as travel, gifts and food are destroying planet and the meaning of Christmas
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I wrote a lot of the reviews. These books are compelling
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
How many more ‘Road to Damascus’ headlines do we have to endure? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/w...
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Road to Damascus Littered With Relics of Fallen Assad Government
Reporters for The New York Times entered Syria on Monday, finding remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive rule.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The impact of the assassination are already starting to make an impact. www.axios.com/2024/12/05/b...
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off decision to cap anesthesia for surgical patients
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson cast an intense spotlight on unpopular insurance company policies.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The business he oversaw was at core of the denial of service strategy
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Delivering 75 percent of the revenue
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Mr. Trump: Democracies bend but they don’t break. Don’t fuck with them … Mhttps://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000009856421/south-korea-emergency-martial-law.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Video: South Korea’s President Lifts Martial Law After Order Sparked Protests
Protests broke out in Seoul after President Yoon Suk Yeol temporarily declared an emergency martial law on Tuesday. Hours later, the National Assembly swiftly rebuked the order and voted to lift it.
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Connor Gibson @grassrootbeer.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Explosive details confirmed in this @reuters.com investigation @raphae.li: DCI group was involved in (indirectly) hiring hackers and leaking hacked documents to interfere with climate denial lawsuits against ExxonMobil. DCI shared the info with Exxon before leaking it. Exxon paid DCI $10M / year
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
So much for the Teal movement
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28/11/2024
On one of the busiest travel days of the year in the United States, here's a visualization of the human footprint... (red = flights, blue = ships, green = roads, yellow = lights) Graphic from NOAA's Science On a Sphere: sos.noaa.gov/catalog/data...
Global map showing transportation sectors by different colors and lines, such as for roads, shipping, and air flights. This reveals how connected the world is.
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William F. Lamb @wflamb.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The International Court of Justice is working on an advisory opinion on the legal obligations of countries in preventing climate change. I helped a team of IPCC authors to prepare evidence for the court, which was delivered yesterday. www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul... @pik-potsdam.bsky.social
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Now that I fully agree with
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Another number. There are 334 million Americans. 76 million people voted for Trump. How do plan to convince them?
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Strange choice Earth or Mars. You decide. I have.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Here’s the problem. Elon Musk can’t make a dime on something that is priceless, but free. 👇
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Hmmm -sure. But America has about as much in common with these nations as love and hate.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Can you imagine if they spent all that money and time trying to fix the Earth instead?
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Rookie mistake. Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum took Trump’s bate and hinted at retaliation over US president-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. Stay cool and bargain privately not in the press. www.ft.com/content/af59...
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Mexico hits back as Trump’s tariff threat shakes markets
President Claudia Sheinbaum hints at retaliation and says US southern neighbour is tackling migrant and drug problem
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Bury the news alert! The US Energy Dept may use the Thanksgiving break to release a report warning LNG is more dangerous than coal. “The assumption is that a good time to release such a report would be the Friday after Thanksgiving,” an energy lobbyist told Politico. www.eenews.net/articles/doe...
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DOE study may conclude LNG worse for climate than coal, lobbyists say
The long-awaited study on the climate effects of liquefied natural gas could be released next week, according to people familiar with the process.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Bottom line on COP impact: * 2023, the world spent $2.44 trillion on weapons. * Fossil Fue companies have made $1tn a year in profit annually for half a century, says Tracy Carty, of Greenpeace International:
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Tracy Carty, of Greenpeace International, said fossil fuel companies – which have made $1tn a year in profit annually for half a century – should have been forced to pay into the finance pool. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Cop29 climate finance deal criticised as ‘travesty of justice’ and ‘stage-managed’
Some countries say deal should not have been done and is ‘abysmally poor’ compared with what is needed
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Here is why the abysmal failure of COP29 matters www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-sh...
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Dan Sherrard-Smith on LinkedIn: The 2 most important minutes you'll ever watch The most important… | 61 comments
The 2 most important minutes you'll ever watch The most important explanation of climate change ⬇️ This video from Johan Rockström and the World Economic… | 61 comments on LinkedIn
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Colleague @blairpalese.bsky.social wrap on the train wreck called COP29. “Is this all there is? As our colleague in Azerbaijan @HunterLovins wrote, it is heartbreaking. Global climate activist Greta Thunberg called it a “death sentence” in a Tweet.” @climateandcap mailchi.mp/climateandca....
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COP out
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Wow. This came out the blue. Is the Justice Department settling last minute scores? It seems gratuitous- no matter how well intended. Adani is a close ally of Indian PM Modi and this will go nowhere under Trump. So what is the point? amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/...
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Billionaire Gautam Adani indicted in New York on bribery charges | CNN Business
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other executives were indicted in New York for roles in a multi-billion-dollar fraud scheme, the US Department of Justice said Wednesday.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Well that is a start
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Oil and chemical companies who created a high-profile alliance to end plastic pollution have produced 1,000 times more new plastic in five years than the waste they diverted from the environment, according to new data obtained by Greenpeace. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The latest from the Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A patch of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Patches of wildflowers in cities can be just as good for insects as natural meadows – study
Researchers found no difference in the diversity of species in urban meadows compared with those in rural settings
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Bobby Kennedy Jr. nwas spotted with a chainsaw in the vicinity
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
No one articulates the climate crisis better than Al Gore. Here is his latest take at COP29. @greencb.bsky.social @climateandcap.bsky.social youtu.be/o0WBeg1NJ7A?...
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Al Gore and Climate TRACE Unveil Groundbreaking Data to Target High-Impact Emissions Reductions
YouTube video by We Don't Have Time
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Confused how to classify hydrogen? This excellent graph from @Boston University's Institute for Global Sustainability is an excellent cheat sheet! www.linkedin.com/posts/visual...
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Visualizing Energy on LinkedIn: #hydrogen
#hydrogen can be produced in many ways, resulting in a hydrogen “color” classification to compare pathways. Different colors depend on the initial molecule…
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This is really fascinating and we plan to hilight in our weekly CCM email. So in layman's terms what is "synthetic hazard data," and how might it impact the insurance industry? Thanks
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Cameron Rye @cameronrye.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
Earlier this year, we wrote about using Large Language Models for reinsurance scenario narratives. We predicted AI may soon be able generate synthetic hazard data too. With OpenAI's new o1-preview model released yesterday, we're getting closer! It produce this scenario for Miami.
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Progress! #GreenClimateFund's $100 million Somalia grant supporting climate resilience in #conflictzones comes as Somalia, Yemen, Iraq, Chad and Burundi launch “Network of Climate-vulnerable Countries Affected by Conflict" at #COP 29. odi.org/en/events/pa @greencb.bsky.social #Climateandconflict
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Peter Mckillop @petermckillop.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
You may be right - or wrong - but I’ve lived under their shadow for 68 years, so I take every threat from Russia very seriously. If you go by standard war gaming, nukes will be introduced in lowest density /region possible to force a NATO decision on escalation. That is a win/win for Russia.
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