Daniel Firger
@dfirgs
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Climate-focused investor, advisor and innovator. Dad. Founder @GreatCircleCap. Co-founder #VentureClimateAlliance. Former @bloombergdotorg @FSB_TCFD.
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Joined December 2010
Where do things stand & what's the right path forward for US #climatepolicy post-#OBBBA? Here's a must-listen new @ezraklein pod featuring the brilliant.@JaneAFlegal & @JesseJenkins. Well worth an hour of your week to get smart on where we go from here šÆ
nytimes.com
Trump just shredded Americaās most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.
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RT @tylerhnorris: This new @techreview is the deepest journalism Iāve seen on AIās impact on the US power sector. Iām honored to be includeā¦.
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RT @JohnArnoldFndtn: This is a great decision by Gates that will maximize his impact. All organizations become less effective over time, paā¦.
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Not great. In Brazil, cocoa growers are āadaptingā to climate change by transitioning intoā¦ cattle ranching. Totally reasonable response at the micro level. Totally insane outcome at the macro level. @schneider_netto @emazzacurati @bodnarclimate .
news.exeter.ac.uk
Feelings of fear and hopelessness can lead agricultural producers to fall into āclimate trapsā when attempting to combat the worse effects of climate change. Ā A study of 3,000 agricultural producers...
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The āResource Curseā but for the coming AGI era. A critically important cautionary note:.
By default, AI will replace all of us in the economy, creating a new social contract where powerful actors won't have to care about regular people. @LRudL_ and I have written an essay series called. The Intelligence Curse. in which we outline the problem and how to solve it š§µ
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Old enough to remember when this kind or rhetoric came from the White House: . "No matter how the int'l situation changes, China's actions to respond to climate change will not slow down and its efforts to promote int'l cooperation will not weaken." .
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š. @EthanAll.
Our special report on Energy & AI is out now! . It shows AI is set to drive surging electricity demand from data centres in the coming decade. But it also offers the potential to transform how the energy sector works. Read the first-of-its-kind analysis ā¬ļø
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That said, @laurimyllyvirtaās thoughts on China always tend to be smart & strategic.
Update 24 hours later: it looks like the new plan is to isolate China. Maybe that was the plan all along, maybe Trump blinked because of an impending financial meltdown, who knows.
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For those thinking through the #energytransition or #climatefinance implications of these crazy China tariffs, hereās about the only honest statement Iāve seen this morning:. āYou canāt model this.ā ā ā¦@ApacAdvisorsā©.
nytimes.com
A deepening trade war could further weaken ties between the superpowers. The effects will reverberate everywhere.
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RT @jakeclevine: As Trump torches the global economy, heās quietly dismantling the most basic climate protections we have ā which will alsoā¦.
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Iāve been fortunate to see Mark operate both up close and from afar over the last decade and can confirm: heās ready.
nytimes.com
The prominent central banker and investor was chosen in a crucial leadership race amid threats from President Trump. He is expected to quickly call a federal election.
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In simpler, saner times, @MarkJCarney would continue to talk about cooperating on climate finance and capital markets reform. Instead, he has to deal with a pointless, self-destructive ātrade warā waged by Washington.
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Carney to become Canadian Prime Minister!. āAmerica is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form. We didnāt ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves.ā.
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RT @EENewsUpdates: Climate grant recipient to start spending $2B as Trumpās EPA tries to claw it back
eenews.net
āWe have an obligation to fulfillā the grant agreement, Power Forward Communities CEO Tim Mayopoulos said in an interview with POLITICO.
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RT @yassaminansari: Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes. Freezing all federal grants is a radā¦.
politico.com
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
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RT @aaronrutkoff: For the definitive account of what really happened at an almost-failed COP29, you need to read the @climate team.
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āImpact investing is both at a crossroads and in the crosshairs. ā @franseegull, kicking off @PEI_news #ImpactNA24 panel on the US election result and implications for #impinv.
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Wow. @emollick's test drive of @AnthropicAI's new Claude computer use model announced today is just wild. Brave new world of AI agents (almost?) ready for prime time.
oneusefulthing.org
Some quick impressions of an actual agent
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