RT @pseudoerasmus: I often see invoked the late economic historian Nick Craft's book to support the view that the policy changes of the 198….

On the other hand, if you started with £40 around the time of the dinosaurs you'd need to average a mere 0.00003% return to end up with 31.2 billion. Don't know what rates were like in the Jurassic period (don't think even Piketty went back that far) but it sounds modest.

RT @devinitorg: Thanks @vchadw for featuring the latest report from @euanritchie, which highlights problems with #ClimateFinance reporting….

RT @Labour4PR: The most disproportionate election in British history #GE2024. PROVISIONAL RESULT. 🔴 Labour: 34% votes = 63% seats.🔵 Tory: 2….

Really looking forward to being part of this panel at #LCAW2024, with other speakers far more knowledgeable than I. I'll be talking about @devinitorg's new work on lack of consistency in climate finance reporting, and modest recommendations that could move us in right direction.

RT @CAN_UK_: It’s time for the #G7 to #PayUp for climate finance. We didn’t get progress this week in Bonn at #SB60, so we need real actio….

RT @Josh_Gabbatiss: At the heart of the #SB60 climate talks in Bonn is a big document that everyone hopes will form the basis for a new goa….

5) this all ignores some very questionable reporting practices. A forthcoming @devinitorg report will investigate this further and give some (hopefully) useful recommendations. .

4) reasonable to exclude Ukraine, but this does also exclude around $400m of climate finance. It may seem surprising that some countries have claimed that aid to Ukraine's energy sector has a "principal" climate focus, but there we are. And obviously. .

3) there is a timing issue: much of what is counted as "2022" in UNFCCC data won't be 2022 in OECD data because what counts as a "commitment" is different. At least $1.2bn of GER's CF from *2019* is still not in the CRS, so it's hard to directly compare years. Finally,.

2) Looks like Japan accounts for at least half the increase in bilateral climate finance commitments, and Japan was obviously less impacted by the Ukraine crisis. (Although, Japan's climate finance certainly has issues. . But also. .

1) Great thread on the new @OECD climate report finding that $100bn has been passed. @EconMitch is right that it is weird that bilateral climate finance increased despite ODA falling in 2022 (excl. refugees and Ukraine). A few nerdy caveats though:.

RT @leecrawfurd: Does lead, even at low levels, really reduce IQ? @StuartJRitchie & @TomChivers are sceptical: But….

RT @EconMitch: Climate Finance: Are we spending blind?. $73bn of public money is spent on international climate finance - but we know littl….

RT @_miller_mark: New post on why @icai_uk criticism of BII investments in Indian cosmetics manufacturer and social media platforms miss t….

(At the margin there is a question around whether the UK is overestimating, or inadvertently counting some costs beyond 1yr so breaking a rule. But fundamentally the DAC rules allow this and *that* is the problem).

. Strange comments from the OECD DAC in this @Rob_Merrick article. True, the UK does not have to count all the hotel costs for refugees as ODA. But it doesn't speak well of the rules if those that set them are criticizing countries for following them.

“What is climate finance? Dunno. But we’re definitely providing 100bn of it”. @martgbek and I explore the resistance among providers of climate finance to agree on how to measure it, and what Charles Goodhart might have to say about the controversy.

Good analysis of the euphemism-laden @OECDdev mid-term peer review of UK ODA. The review finding that . "Further work is needed to fully seize the opportunities of an integrated ministry" . is certainly one way of putting it.

RT @susannahhares: That the IFC (& @BillGates @ImaginableFut) refuse to pay compensation to victims of sexual abuse by their teachers is de….