🧵 We're starting!

Our housing event 'Beyond Building, Fixing the Housing Crisis' is beginning in parliament.

We'll be hearing from Sian Berry, Beth Stratford, josh ryan-collins and many others on solutions to the housing crisis

Join the conversation using #PositiveMoneyLive

'only 2 of the 43 theory modules we graded discussed ecological sustainability, no economics modules discussed slavery or colonialism'

New policy report out today with UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Global Systems Institute exploring how financial authorities can understand and begin to act on the threat that ecosystem tipping points (ETPs) pose to economic and financial stability. ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

BREAKING: Hundreds of trade unionists are blockading major arms factories in England and Scotland that manufacture weapons supplied to Israel.

We will not stand by as weapons made in Britain are used to commit genocide against the Palestinian people! #ShutItDown4Palestine

“Restoring nature by luring private finance comes with many risks — and an unknown price tag”

New blog by Laurie Macfarlane on the risks of relying on private finance to fix the nature crisis:
futureeconomy.scot/posts/47-can-p…

🧵NEW: Over 50 economists and experts have written to the governor of the Bank of England calling for urgent action to align the financial sector with climate goals, and reverse cuts to climate work.

Read the full thing 👉positivemoney.org/2024/03/over-5…

🧵NEW: The Bank of England’s collateral framework is a core part of the financial system that you’ve probably never heard of.

But in its current state, it’s helping environmentally damaging companies, when it could be supporting greener ones 👇

positivemoney.org/2024/02/stop-t…

“Whilst the government must urgently re-prioritise its green finance agenda, the Bank should not be using the government’s backsliding as an excuse to do the same.”

Ellie McLaughlin on why Bank of England cutting back its climate work is a huge misstep.

greencentralbanking.com/2024/02/26/ban…

Incredible logic from Bank of England - climate change is a risk to financial stability, but because the Government are pursuing a dangerous anti-green agenda .... we're working less on it

📢 BREAKING: Three-quarters of us are now worried about the impact climate change will have on our bills!

And if our new report is anything to go by, we’re right to be concerned…positivemoney.org/publications/i…

Governments can borrow more cheaply than private companies (around 1.5-2.5 percentage points).

Scaling back public investment and relying on the private sector to deliver the energy transition will cost hundreds of millions per year in interest alone.

📺Tune in today at 3pm to see our head of economics Danisha giving evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee 👇👇👇

'According to Lockheed Martin, “the fingerprints of British ingenuity can be found on dozens of the aircraft’s key components”. Ingenious British hands look extremely bloody'

I wrote about Workers for a Free Palestine's pickets of arms factories & the F-35 supply chain

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

CAN EUROPE Climate Action Network South Asia CAN-Rac Canada Pacific Islands Climate Action Network (PICAN) CAN Tanzania (Climate Action Network Tanzania). South Africa Climate Action Network (SACAN) There can be no climate justice without human rights — watch civil society in the People's Plenary issue a united call for a #CeasefireNow .

#COP28

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Today trade unionists have shut down 4 sites in Britain which produce components for the F-35 fighter jet currently being used in Israel's bombardment of Gaza. #StopArmingIsrael

🤔Why do we only ask “how will we pay for it” when it comes to funding vital public services or to tackle crises like climate change?

Our latest blog explores this Q & explains why we shouldn't accept that we don't have enough money for the public good.👇
positivemoney.us/why-can-we-fun…

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Important opportunity to share our experiences of renting with the committee debating the Renters Reform Bill next week.

Landlords are arguing they’re hard done by and that more rights for renters will make it worse for us - anyone who has rented in the UK knows that’s not true!