Jessica Green
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Jessica Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social

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

Economics 32%
Environmental science 21%
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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

This paper shows how the US renewable energy just doesn't have the firepower to go head to head w oil and gas.
doi.org/10.1007/s105...
Following the money: trade associations, political activity and climate change - Climatic Change
The political activities of industries associated with the production and consumption of fossil fuels have thwarted state efforts to advance climate policy. Yet research on the role of trade associati...
doi.org

Yup!

Domestic politics definitely vary. Sometimes green asset owners split by tech. EX Iberdrola opposed solar subsidies due to its wind holdings. Many energy firms hold a mix of green/fossil which can lead to pro-fossil behaviour in some cases.

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@greenprofgreen.bsky.social and I reflect on #COP30's failure to even mention fossil fuels. In its silence Canada hides behind petro-states like Saudi Arabia and Russia. It's time to join more constructive fossil fuel producers in a coalition of the willing.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/02/o...
UN climate talks and Canadian policy can't ignore fossil fuels
COP30 ended with an astounding contradiction: an agreement to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 without acknowledging the need to wind down use of the fossil fuels.
www.nationalobserver.com

This is brilliant. I want to do this!!!

So the Alberta / Ottawa MOU is Smith pledging her allegiance to Trump, once again.

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This wild perversion of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement is exactly what @greenprofgreen.bsky.social talks about in her book "Existential Politics". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

Umm...the PRESIDENT of #COP30 says that getting climate diplomacy done requires going outside the #ParisAgreement.

The significance of this admission cannot be understated.

It's time to look to other int'l institutions to be the engine of climate policy: tax, trade, investment, finance.

Have *more* costs

His principles have returned!

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Agree 👆

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9/ This is reckless climate and economic policy. And magical thinking. Net zero doesn’t happen without reducing fossil fuel supply. At least the US has the cojones to say it doesn’t give a shit about climate. @mark-carney.bsky.social is still pretending that Canada does. FIN

8/ Tho the MOU states its commitment to net zero by 2050, butalmost nothing in it will further that goal. There is nothing about phasing out fossil fuels, or even reducing their extraction / use at all (nuclear notwithstanding).

7/ ‘Simplifying’ regulatory processes, including a 2 year time limit on permits and approvals. Fast tracking will likely come at the cost of substantive consultations with indigenous groups.

6/ Removal of oil and gas emissions cap. Suspension of clean electricity regs, to be supplanted by industrial carbon pricing, which will be increased and put into place in Apr 2026)

3/ More power for AI for Canada and its allies.
4/ Development of a nuclear strategy.
5/ Commitment to reduce methane to 75% below 2014 levels by 2035. (this is good)

2/ The biggest CCUS project in the world to make Alberta’s exceedingly dirty and expensive oil, less dirty and more expensive. Tax credits to incentivize private $$ investments in CCUS, and... wait for it... *including for enhanced oil recovery*. WTAF?

1/ “one or more private sector constructed and financed pipelines.” This is such a risky investment for private $$ I don’t see it happening. But still, we obviously shouldn’t even be talking about building pipelines. It's the energy equivalent investing in VHS tapes in 2025.

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The Carney/Smith #MOU is a climate dumpster fire. We knew it was coming, but boy howdy, it really sucks. THREAD

See a new and improved version in my new book Existential Politics!

This is a BIG deal and a hopeful message: countries can cooperate to avoid a race to the bottom.
New OECD data, just out today:

For the third year running, the average global corporate tax rate *increased* - and more countries now *raise* than lower their corporate taxes.

This follows the adoption of the global minimum tax and essentially reverses four decades of racing to the bottom.
New OECD data, just out today:

For the third year running, the average global corporate tax rate *increased* - and more countries now *raise* than lower their corporate taxes.

This follows the adoption of the global minimum tax and essentially reverses four decades of racing to the bottom.

So thrilling to see @billmckibben.bsky.social speak at @utoronto.ca AND be able to give him a copy of my book! 😁

so none of this is confirmed (yet), but it looks like Canada is about to make a bunch of stupid decisions on climate -- risky, short-sighted, and economically irresponsible. right on the heels of #COP30.
Carney and Smith to unveil energy deal in Calgary Thursday, source says
B.C. Premier says he spoke with Carney about concerns over potential oil pipeline
www.theglobeandmail.com

Of course!

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. #COP30

4/ As per my tweet yesterday, language on overshoot (bad!) and hilarious congratulations on reducing warming from 4C to 2.3-2.5C. We’re doin’ great folks!! FIN

3/ Climate finance. Lots of language emphasizing urgency and need. New 2yr work program on climate finance + New high level ministerial.

This amping up pressure by creating more venues where developed countries have to account for themselves and their lousy record on finance.

2/ New bodies / processes.

Global Implementation Accelerator to speed up implementation of NDCs

Belém Mission to 1.5 to ramp up ambition (in addition to ratchet req's already in the PA)