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Claire Dupont
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Research Prof governance of climate & sustainability transformations, Ghent Uni, Belgium. Former Chair of Scientific Committee of European Environment Agency. Member of Luxembourg’s Climate Policy Observatory. On sabbatical at Dublin City University .. more

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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 8d
New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA

Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs?

More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 29
Thank you to so many of you for reaching out - I’m overwhelmed by the response and interest. I will be in touch again in the coming weeks!
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 18
Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Aug 27
I'm literally looking out my window and this is true, it is both sunny and raining at the same time
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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · Aug 27
Today in Irish weather it is both sunny and raining at the same time.

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Aug 27
I'm literally looking out my window and this is true, it is both sunny and raining at the same time
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Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · Aug 27
Today in Irish weather it is both sunny and raining at the same time.
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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 26
Evi van Dorsselaer, Joris Voets & @cladupont.bsky.social draw on the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance to explore:

- City-wide vs. neighbourhood collaboration

- Leadership, resources & shared goals

- Limits of current frameworks"
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @efjeurope.bsky.social · Aug 25
Join us tomorrow 26/08 at 11.30 at Mont des Arts #Brussels to honour the 200+ journalists killed in #Gaza and demand: Israel, stop killing journalists!

A public reading of the names of the journalists killed in Gaza will pay tribute to their courage, condemn their murder and call for justice.
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 19
Merci beaucoup!
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 19
Thanks Peter, that would be great, I'll reach out by email in the next few weeks. DMs are well and truly being slid into 😆!

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 18
Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · Aug 18
The area burned in Spain by climate-induced wildfires this year is estimated to exceed 344,000 hectares: double the size of London
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Última hora de los incendios en España, en directo | La superficie quemada en España este año supera las 344.000 hectáreas, según las primeras estimaciones de Copernicus
El fuego avanza en Galicia, Extremadura y Castilla y León y obliga a desalojar el entorno del lago de Sanabria | La ministra Robles reconoce que no se podrá acabar con los incendios hasta que remita l...
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 17
This morning my 10 year old daughter woke up in a rage this morning. She went on a rant about all the stupid, idiot people that are ruining the world.

Her list included Trump, Putin, Kim-Jong Un, the Taliban, the ‘Benjamin guy in Israel’… ‘All these selfish, lying men!!’
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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 12
Evi van Dorsselaer, Joris Voets & @cladupont.bsky.social Dupont draw on the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance to explore:

- City-wide vs. neighbourhood collaboration

- Leadership, resources & shared goals

- Limits of current frameworks
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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 12
🏙️ How can cities collaborate better to implement Nature-Based Solutions?

New study on Ghent 🇧🇪 & Heerlen 🇳🇱 dives into how urban actors co-govern NBS to tackle climate risks like heat islands.

Read the article 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/index.php/Im...
Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Cities: Testing and Refining the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance | GreenDeal-NET
This article examines collaborative governance in urban nature-based solutions, assessing the IFCG framework in Ghent and Heerlen.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 31
Have you ever thought of O’Connell Street as “one of the great thoroughfares of the world…where the most beautiful women were to be seen”?
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 30
Essential information for any visitor:
“Drainage excellent and thoroughly up-to-date. Magnificent water supply”
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 30
A treasure uncovered at my parents’ home: a visitor’s guide to Dublin City, published circa 1926.
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 11
This is indeed an article worth reading!
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Lightning Dolt @jonofgreenjuice.bsky.social · Jul 11
Gonna force everyone I know to read this article by @billmckibben.bsky.social in this week's New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Lightning Dolt @jonofgreenjuice.bsky.social · Jul 11
Gonna force everyone I know to read this article by @billmckibben.bsky.social in this week's New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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Markus Pauli @markuspauli.bsky.social · Jun 27
New Special Issue 'The External Dimensions of the European Green Deal' by @greendealnet.eu: link.springer.com/journal/1078... @simonohnen.bsky.social @earsomj.bsky.social @claraweller.bsky.social ‪‪‪@buzogany.bsky.social @cladupont.bsky.social @gorandominioni.bsky.social @retoolproject.bsky.social
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on the theoretical, ...
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Jan Dusík from @ec.europa.eu Directorate-General for Climate Action addressing the conference this afternoon. He mentions public fatigue of environmental and climate doom, and the need to address immediate issues (jobs, security). @greendealnet.eu
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Let’s think about future-proofing. @tomaswyns.bsky.social guides the discussion on innovation, competitiveness, and the clean industrial deal with Neil Makaroff and Florian Anderhuber
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Kamila Paquel from the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change calls for stronger efforts to defend (institutions of) democracy, particularly building on EU values as laid down in the Treaties. We need credible information to flow to citizens and access to justice.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Ben Eersels, from G1000, provides a strong argument in favour of establishing a rules-based approach to citizen participation, to establish minimum standards. He highlights that citizen assemblies can contribute to resolving the ‘crisis of representation’ @greendealnet.eu
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Fascinating reflections from Frederik Hafen @eeb.org on rules-based approach to participation: there is a need to provide legal foundation and create justification for budgeting for participation, while also taking care to avoid ‘citizen washing’ @greendealnet.eu
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
‘Thin ice’ of course

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
Karin Bäckstrand brings attention to the past resilience of the EU’s sustainability policy and upholding of democratic principles, although the challenges are mounting and strains are showing.
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jun 19
@oberthuerseb.bsky.social opens procedures today before we move on to a fascinating discussion ‘democracy on think ice?’ @greendealnet.eu
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Jun 18
Special Issue & Symposia: Call for Proposals by 15th July.

EP is committed to publishing high quality Special Issues & Symposia that make a significant & innovative contribution to the field of environmental politics, broadly defined.

Full details: environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Jun 9
New discussion article!

EU climate policy in turbulent times: understanding the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, by @ivh.bsky.social @oberthuerseb.bsky.social @cladupont.bsky.social

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ABSTRACT Early studies of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on EU climate policy have found that the crises reinforced EU climate policy. We go beyond these analyses by investigating key drivers underlying the EU’s climate policy responses and their dynamics. This enables us to, first, better understand how the responses emerged and, second, explore the circumstances under which EU climate policy development may remain resilient under evolving crisis circumstances. We explore four factors: Commission climate policy entrepreneurship, the East–West climate policy divide among Member States, economic assets and interest groups, and the climate movement. We find that the crises enabled a side-lining of the East–West divisions while offering an opportunity for the Commission to promote its flagship European Green Deal. However, the further development of the four factors suggests that conditions for EU climate policymaking have deteriorated.
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