Jessica Green

@greenprofgreen.bsky.social

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Immigrant. Poli sci prof at U of Toronto. Politics of climate change, carbon markets, oceans, NGOs, enviro politics. Author of Existential Politics, out now: tinyurl.com/ybephkfb. Occasional ranter. greenprofgreen.com

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Oct 7

Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!

Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.

Existential Politics

A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation

press.princeton.edu

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Green Public transit is important, but currently, transport is about a quarter of Canadian emissions.

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Carney *literally* choosing between the two great powers on EV tariffs. If ever there was a symbol of how decarbonization policy and geopolitics are colliding, this is it.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Canada reaches tariff deal with China on electric vehicles, canola

In a break with the U.S., Ottawa will roll back tariffs on thousands of Chinese-made autos in exchange for major cuts to Beijing’s levies on agricultural products and seafood

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Stefan Hostetter @steho.bsky.social · 2d

Itching to hear a conversation about how we could change our politics to actually make real progress on climate change?

Tune in tomorrow to CIUT 89.5 at 11am to catch my conversation with @greenprofgreen.bsky.social where we chat about her book Existential Politics

I learned so much!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulating ourselves for having a smaller far-right party than EU nations LOL

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 4d

impressively naive take on how Canada should "lead by example" in foreign policy by just...being better?

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: What is Canada’s place in this fragmented new world?

When it feels as though the world is falling apart, it is up to Canada to show that a liberal democracy can still deliver for its people

www.theglobeandmail.com

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 5d

Awww, shucks. 😊

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 5d

Go Paasha go!!!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 7d

PLOT TWIST

US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’

Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country

www.ft.com

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 9d

This 👇

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 9d

I’ve written extensively about ICSID and why countries need to cancel these investment protections. This suit is absolutely preposterous.

More on ICSID here press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Existential Politics

A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation

press.princeton.edu

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 10d

This is Prospera 2.0, the Arctic version.

Reposted by Christoph Bertram

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 12d

I just actually read the news for the first time in a week.

Do not recommend.

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 14d

happy to!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 15d

My book spells out exactly how and why this happens and how to fix it press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Existential Politics

A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation

press.princeton.edu

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 17d

Tomorrow marks the official beginning of the EU’s CBAM and it’s already creating political backlash. Another example of how a relentless focus on tons poisons climate politics.

EU to launch carbon border tax despite opposition from trade partners

EU to launch carbon border tax despite opposition from trade partners

Levy on steel, electricity and other imports aims to shield bloc’s industry from higher-emission competitors

giftarticle.ft.com

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 29d

I think it’s a corker! And I would be happy to chat about it. 😁

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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · Dec 17

Absolutely loved working with @npr.org's Short Wave podcast on this nail-biter episode about a group trying to tackle the biggest driver of global warming at this year's climate conference.

Stay for voices of 🇨🇴🇳🇱🇪🇸🇵🇦 plus @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social

"A very, very big deal." Countries take on fossil fuels : Short Wave

Many countries are frustrated with U.N. climate conferences. While some countries urgently want to transition away from fossil fuels — the main driver of global warming — others are blocking that lang...

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

LOL. So true!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

Don't sell yourself short! I try to write for a very broad audience!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

oops, yes! sorry.

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

DM me your deets and I will have the publisher send to you and then I can come on your podcast and we can talk about it!

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

6/ And this isn’t just a today problem. Ownership of green assets will shape inequality trends for decades (if not centuries!).

We must see wealth disparity as a cause of climate change – and therefore use taxation as a key lever for addressing it. FIN

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

5/ Of course, the super rich don’t want to be taxed, but the #OECD corporate minimum tax is a step in the right direction. And these kinds of numbers can help generate political pressure for a meaningful UN #TaxTreaty

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

4/ Even the baseline scenario would meet (and greatly surpass) the climate finance goal agreed to at #COP29), which is $300B annually by 2035.

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

3/ Taxing wealthy individuals could help A LOT – in many ways. Reducing inequality helps democracies, raises $$ for gov’ts (especially in Global South) and could help finance green transition.

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

2/ The statistics are staggering, and the trends suggest this isn’t getting any better

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Dec 17

New global inequality report confirms what climate justice scholars and advocates have been saying for years: inequality and climate are inextricably bound up together. Extreme wealth causes climate change, which is why I argue in my new book that tax policy is climate policy. THREAD