Accountancy is the distraction international climate institutions pursue. They err because reducing emissions would imply devaluing the fossil fuel assets of powerful actors. 🧵

#assets #assetStranding #carbonPricing #fossilFuels #carbonCredits #offsets #industrialPolicy #climatePolicy #economy #windfallProfits #carbon

"The cause of climate change is the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels. But instead of focusing on the fundamental root cause, we’ve been focused on the interim product, emissions.
"But what I show in the book is that managing tons is an extremely narrow and technical understanding of the problem of climate change."

Jessica Green: https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-big-flaw-in-climate-policy-were-trying-to-solve-the-wrong-problem/

#assets #carbonPricing #fossilFuels #carbonCredits #offsets #industrialPolicy #climatePolicy #economy #windfallProfits

The big flaw in climate policy: We’re trying to solve the wrong problem

Jessica Green, author of ‘Existential Politics,’ argues that the international community’s focus on measuring emissions helped delay real action on climate change.

Yale Climate Connections
Mark Carney #liberals should bring in a substantial (want to say large) windfall profit tax on corporations and individuals. Anytime there's a reduction in fuel taxes, the oil and gas corporate network absorbs the savings and does not pass them on. #Tax #WindfallProfits tax winfall #Profits
Die Koalition der Schonung der superrich hat gepubst. Na und . Gefasel über #Übergewinn - wo #Oligopole extreme #windfallprofits machen. Die Mentalität von #HedgefondsManagern als Grundkonsens dieser Koalition?!!

@ApaulD
Yes, everything you say resonates loud & clear. Why don’t they [Big Oil, Big Gas] surprise us all by agreeing pleasantly to share their “windfall profits” with the country that hosts them? (Don’t answer: rhetorical!)

#bigOil #bigGas #AusPol #windfallProfits #profitSharing #profiteering

Potz Tausend - In #Houston bettelt unsere #Gaslobbyistin #Reiche mit Dementi ihrer vorherigen Prognosen! Ende April kein FullNachschub mehr für Benzin! Stampft ihre eigenen Prognosen in die Tonne - in den USA. Kein Mucks zur Abschöpfung von #WindfallProfits keine Verbilligung des sog. #DTicket. Das Elend des #Fossilismus der Merz-Clique an der Regierung frisst sich unendlich fort.
Iran war drives oil prices above $100 a barrel for first time since 2022

Donald Trump insists rise in energy prices is ‘very small price to pay’ as Middle East war sparks fresh stock market sell-off

The Guardian

Researchers found that #windfallprofits from oil and gas companies during the 2022 #energy crisis could have covered existing industrialized nations' commitments to poorer countries for nearly five years: http://go.tum.de/675927

#COP29 #fossilfuels

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Windfall profits from oil and gas could cover climate payments

The windfall profits of oil and gas companies due to the energy crisis amounted to around 490 billion US dollars in 2022, according to a new study.

EU Parliament approves €35 billion loan to Ukraine

The loan will be repaid with profits from Russian central bank assets currently immobilised in the EU.

EURACTIV
EU Parliament approves €35 billion loan to Ukraine

The loan will be repaid with profits from Russian central bank assets currently immobilised in the EU.

EURACTIV