Lukas Bogner
@lbogner.bsky.social
PhD fellow at Roskilde University, Denmark
studying politics, expertise & law in climate finance.
studying politics, expertise & law in climate finance.
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Lukas Bogner
@lbogner.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Now out with New Political Economy: What's going on in the legal back-end of 'innovative' climate finance constructs? I provide some additional clues to why it's so hard to de-risk private climate finance by public means. Open access, too! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New commentary!
I’ve been doing some work on World Bank experiments with trust funds for conservation in the 1990s.
It looks like, having run out of other ways to private finance our way out of climate crisis, they’re back at COP 30 with the TFFF.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-n...
I’ve been doing some work on World Bank experiments with trust funds for conservation in the 1990s.
It looks like, having run out of other ways to private finance our way out of climate crisis, they’re back at COP 30 with the TFFF.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-n...
The world’s new US$125 billion rainforest trust fund revives a 1990s idea – and shows its limits
Cop30’s flagship Tropical Forests Forever announcement puts investors before rainforests.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
New commentary!
I’ve been doing some work on World Bank experiments with trust funds for conservation in the 1990s.
It looks like, having run out of other ways to private finance our way out of climate crisis, they’re back at COP 30 with the TFFF.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-n...
I’ve been doing some work on World Bank experiments with trust funds for conservation in the 1990s.
It looks like, having run out of other ways to private finance our way out of climate crisis, they’re back at COP 30 with the TFFF.
theconversation.com/the-worlds-n...
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I've written a short piece on international law, fetishism, and ideology - now out on Legal Form. I suggest that international law is an ideological fetishism of international relations.
In our latest post @mariethogersen.bsky.social meticulously unpacks what *exactly* is ideological about international law. Against those who locate this merely in international law's content, she directs us to international law's fetishistic character.
legalform.blog/2025/11/17/i...
legalform.blog/2025/11/17/i...
International Law as Ideology: A Commodity Form Approach — Marie Thøgersen
‘Doctrinal international legal scholars contribute to the reproduction of [a] fantasy: They reproduce and give legitimacy to particular ideas as autonomous forces, reifying the dynamics of so…
legalform.blog
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I've written a short piece on international law, fetishism, and ideology - now out on Legal Form. I suggest that international law is an ideological fetishism of international relations.
I'm very happy that my dissertation about legal expertise in climate finance was accepted for defense, which will be on November 24th, 14:00 CET. For those interested in listening in online, there's more info here: ruc.dk/en/events/lu... :)
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I'm very happy that my dissertation about legal expertise in climate finance was accepted for defense, which will be on November 24th, 14:00 CET. For those interested in listening in online, there's more info here: ruc.dk/en/events/lu... :)
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🚨New Article Out! “The Scottish Road to Net Zero: Corporate Welfare and Assetization Cascades”
The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.
The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.
October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨New Article Out! “The Scottish Road to Net Zero: Corporate Welfare and Assetization Cascades”
The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.
The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.
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The fact that not only is the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still increasing, but the *rate of CO2 increasing* in the atmosphere is still increasing is true nightmare stuff.
“[Last year] CO2 in the global surface atmosphere increased by 3.5 ppm, the largest one-year increase since modern measurements began... This increase was driven by continued fossil CO2 emissions, enhanced fire emissions and reduced terrestrial/ocean sinks… which could signal a climate feedback.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The fact that not only is the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still increasing, but the *rate of CO2 increasing* in the atmosphere is still increasing is true nightmare stuff.
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#Denmark politicians wage a #culture #war on #academia —with @roskildeuni.bsky.social as their go-to target.
These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out:
@berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
@politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...
These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out:
@berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
@politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
#Denmark politicians wage a #culture #war on #academia —with @roskildeuni.bsky.social as their go-to target.
These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out:
@berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
@politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...
These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out:
@berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/...
@politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...
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Me and a bunch of brilliant colleagues got an op-ed responding to the recent political attacks on Roskilde University in the Danish newspaper Politiken today.
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Me and a bunch of brilliant colleagues got an op-ed responding to the recent political attacks on Roskilde University in the Danish newspaper Politiken today.
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Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.
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Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social
Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations
International organisations (IOs) collect and disseminate a wide array of statistics. In many cases, the phenomena these statistics seek to quantify defy precise measurement. Hard-to-measure statis...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social
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I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.
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“Historically, science fiction has served as a playground for radical imagination, challenging oppressive systems and imagining alternatives. But in Silicon Valley, the genre’s emancipatory potential has been stripped away, repurposed as a legitimizing script for what I call reactionary futurism.”
My new piece is up: Silicon Valley billionaires use science fiction to justify dystopia, AI overlords, space colonies, escape plans. I call this “science fiction materialized”. But radical science fiction offers blueprints for resistance + rebuilding and new worlds. untoldmag.org/silicon-vall...
How Silicon Valley Billionaires Use Sci-Fi to Rule – and How We Can Resist - Untold
Tech billionaires use science fiction to justify a dystopian future of AI rule and space colonization – but radical sci-fi still gives us tools to resist and rebuild.
untoldmag.org
August 31, 2025 at 8:14 AM
“Historically, science fiction has served as a playground for radical imagination, challenging oppressive systems and imagining alternatives. But in Silicon Valley, the genre’s emancipatory potential has been stripped away, repurposed as a legitimizing script for what I call reactionary futurism.”
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This is very good so far but one thing it doesn't have is a visual representation of just how far these companies are from breaking even on their AI-related capex:
July 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
This is very good so far but one thing it doesn't have is a visual representation of just how far these companies are from breaking even on their AI-related capex:
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Deutschland muss zur Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels bis 2035 aus fossilem Gas aussteigen. Trotzdem lobbyiert Siemens Energy weiter für den ungebremsten Ausbau von Gaskraftwerken. Fakt ist: Sauberes Gas ist eine dreckige Lüge! Mehr dazu im neuen Bericht von urgewald: www.urgewald.org/shop/siemens...
Siemens Energy – Grünes Image, fossiles Lobbying
Champion der Energiewende: So präsentiert sich Siemens Energy gern nach außen. Auf der Unternehmenswebsite bezeichnet sich der Konzern als Unterstützer im „Übergang zu einer nachhaltigeren Welt“ und h...
www.urgewald.org
August 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Deutschland muss zur Einhaltung des 1,5-Grad-Ziels bis 2035 aus fossilem Gas aussteigen. Trotzdem lobbyiert Siemens Energy weiter für den ungebremsten Ausbau von Gaskraftwerken. Fakt ist: Sauberes Gas ist eine dreckige Lüge! Mehr dazu im neuen Bericht von urgewald: www.urgewald.org/shop/siemens...
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🚨New article out with @mattvermeir.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social: "Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? MDBs & the Trilemma of Private Capital Mobilization"
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? Multilateral development banks and the trilemma of private capital mobilization - Anissa Bougrea, Mattias Vermeiren, 2025
This article offers the first comprehensive account of the challenges Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) face in implementing the Wall Street Consensus, a fi...
journals.sagepub.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
🚨New article out with @mattvermeir.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social: "Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? MDBs & the Trilemma of Private Capital Mobilization"
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
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🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
July 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🔥 ⚖️ 🌐HAPPENING NOW: Historic #ClimateJustice Ruling being delivered by the 🇺🇳 🧑⚖️ International Court of Justice.
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
🚨This ruling could signal a new dawn for climate law & accountability
📝 🧵 Live thread below with context, summary & analysis 👇
#ClimateJusticeAO #AOLetsGo
This article now has a volume & issue number 🥳
Now out with New Political Economy: What's going on in the legal back-end of 'innovative' climate finance constructs? I provide some additional clues to why it's so hard to de-risk private climate finance by public means. Open access, too! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This article now has a volume & issue number 🥳
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📢 Publication alert – How often have you thought "Oh, that's a bad policy"? Then this is the right book (OA) for you: "Ineffective Policies: Causes and Consequences of Bad Policy Choices", co-edited by Roberge, McKeen-Edwards & Campbell-Verduyn. ⬇️ /1
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
📢 Publication alert – How often have you thought "Oh, that's a bad policy"? Then this is the right book (OA) for you: "Ineffective Policies: Causes and Consequences of Bad Policy Choices", co-edited by Roberge, McKeen-Edwards & Campbell-Verduyn. ⬇️ /1
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...
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Teaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.
March 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Teaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.
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4. Lukas Bogner wrote a great piece on the role of law and transnational expertise in shaping the 'asset coding' of green finance that upholds many pillars of conventional finance (and hence limits its effectiveness)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
4. Lukas Bogner wrote a great piece on the role of law and transnational expertise in shaping the 'asset coding' of green finance that upholds many pillars of conventional finance (and hence limits its effectiveness)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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a few years in the making: our special issue on the IPE of Green Finance is complete!
🧵on its content:
1. Sarah Sharma and I wrote a (long) editorial introducing the idea of a green finance ecosystem and calling for a 'deep engagement' of IPE w. gr. finance 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵on its content:
1. Sarah Sharma and I wrote a (long) editorial introducing the idea of a green finance ecosystem and calling for a 'deep engagement' of IPE w. gr. finance 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
a few years in the making: our special issue on the IPE of Green Finance is complete!
🧵on its content:
1. Sarah Sharma and I wrote a (long) editorial introducing the idea of a green finance ecosystem and calling for a 'deep engagement' of IPE w. gr. finance 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵on its content:
1. Sarah Sharma and I wrote a (long) editorial introducing the idea of a green finance ecosystem and calling for a 'deep engagement' of IPE w. gr. finance 👇
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I had some fun writing an accessible text for learners seeking resources to problematize mainstream economics. This is especially meaningful to me because since my bachelor's in economics, I have spent much of the past decade thinking about how to study politically the economy shorturl.at/lohRl
March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I had some fun writing an accessible text for learners seeking resources to problematize mainstream economics. This is especially meaningful to me because since my bachelor's in economics, I have spent much of the past decade thinking about how to study politically the economy shorturl.at/lohRl
The Guardian dropped this piece on third party funding of ISDS cases yesterday - I can very much recommend the 2021 RIPE article by Dafe & Williams covering this for further reading doi.org/10.1080/0969...
Revealed: how Wall Street is making millions betting against green laws
Guardian analysis finds fossil-fuel and mining firms have won $92bn of public money from states, with a growing number of cases backed by financial speculators
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The Guardian dropped this piece on third party funding of ISDS cases yesterday - I can very much recommend the 2021 RIPE article by Dafe & Williams covering this for further reading doi.org/10.1080/0969...
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Tax havenry as a climate adaptation strategy - that's a new one
Nauru is selling citizenship to finance relocation of current residents as sea levels rise. This is next level dark shit.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Nauru sells citizenship to help fund relocations as sea levels rise
A new ‘golden passport’ scheme aims to raise funds to relocate people inland as climate change raises sea levels
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tax havenry as a climate adaptation strategy - that's a new one
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3 lessons here:
1/ fossil asset owners will keep these assets as long as gov'ts will let them.
2/ oil and gas net zero pledges are an elaborate distraction -- both for ESG optimists and consumers
3/ liberals take note: the market won't supply decarbonization.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
1/ fossil asset owners will keep these assets as long as gov'ts will let them.
2/ oil and gas net zero pledges are an elaborate distraction -- both for ESG optimists and consumers
3/ liberals take note: the market won't supply decarbonization.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
BP expected to scrap renewables target in shift back to fossil fuels
Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
3 lessons here:
1/ fossil asset owners will keep these assets as long as gov'ts will let them.
2/ oil and gas net zero pledges are an elaborate distraction -- both for ESG optimists and consumers
3/ liberals take note: the market won't supply decarbonization.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
1/ fossil asset owners will keep these assets as long as gov'ts will let them.
2/ oil and gas net zero pledges are an elaborate distraction -- both for ESG optimists and consumers
3/ liberals take note: the market won't supply decarbonization.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...