Nicholas Beuret
@nicholasbeuret.bsky.social
It’s not doom if it’s a best case scenario. Author of Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition out 23 Sept 2025 @versobooks | https://linktr.ee/orsomethingworse
Lecturer, University of Essex
Lecturer, University of Essex
I'm in Bristol tomorrow at @cubecinema.com talking about disrupting the climate transition, the betrayals of green industry and what comes next with The Bristol Cable Live!
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
Disrupting the Climate Transition - with Nicholas Beuret at The Cube
Nicholas Beuret is a lecturer at the University of Essex and an activist scholar focused on justice, labour rights, and ecological politics. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Ecologist, Open ...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I'm in Bristol tomorrow at @cubecinema.com talking about disrupting the climate transition, the betrayals of green industry and what comes next with The Bristol Cable Live!
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/the...
Reposted by Nicholas Beuret
TONIGHT! Join us in the bookshop from 7-8pm for the launch of "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social, discussing tools to stop climate change and to build a fairer future. lighthousebookshop.com/events/or-so...
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
TONIGHT! Join us in the bookshop from 7-8pm for the launch of "Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition" by @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social, discussing tools to stop climate change and to build a fairer future. lighthousebookshop.com/events/or-so...
This is a disastrous policy change. This policy underpins approx 2000 UK businesses with close to 10,000 employees. Remove the policy, you tank much of the market. Coupled to cuts to insulation, you drive up costs to households and cut jobs and businesses
t.co/eassGakiVk
t.co/eassGakiVk
https://tinyurl.com/287pp6b9
t.co
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is a disastrous policy change. This policy underpins approx 2000 UK businesses with close to 10,000 employees. Remove the policy, you tank much of the market. Coupled to cuts to insulation, you drive up costs to households and cut jobs and businesses
t.co/eassGakiVk
t.co/eassGakiVk
Wrote up a piece of the betrayed promises of the green transition and what Britain’s experience can tell us about the USA and the future of climate politics
A decade ago, Western governments pitched the green transition as a solution to reindustrialization and economic decline.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The Broken Promises of the Green Transition
A decade ago, Western governments pitched the green transition as a solution to reindustrialization and economic decline. The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
jacobin.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Wrote up a piece of the betrayed promises of the green transition and what Britain’s experience can tell us about the USA and the future of climate politics
"Combined losses linked to climate change topped at least $1.4tn last year across 25 markets. After a serious extreme weather event, about 40% of small businesses in the affected area do not reopen and a further 25% close within a year of the catastrophe"
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Combined losses linked to climate change topped at least $1.4tn last year across 25 markets. After a serious extreme weather event, about 40% of small businesses in the affected area do not reopen and a further 25% close within a year of the catastrophe"
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on.ft.com/4nLCPas
Come join me and the Workers Climate Project tonight in Sheffield
The so-called green transition is already happening. But is it working in our favour?
7pm, University of Sheffield, The Diamond, G04 - Workroom 1 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD
The so-called green transition is already happening. But is it working in our favour?
7pm, University of Sheffield, The Diamond, G04 - Workroom 1 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD
November 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Come join me and the Workers Climate Project tonight in Sheffield
The so-called green transition is already happening. But is it working in our favour?
7pm, University of Sheffield, The Diamond, G04 - Workroom 1 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD
The so-called green transition is already happening. But is it working in our favour?
7pm, University of Sheffield, The Diamond, G04 - Workroom 1 32 Leavygreave Road, Sheffield, S3 7RD
I'm pretty happy with the company my book's keeping! What a great HM haul
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I'm pretty happy with the company my book's keeping! What a great HM haul
And that is how to do national energy policy within the green transition
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And that is how to do national energy policy within the green transition
This is happening tonight and will be 🔥
We need to focus on how to organise against climate change through our workplaces. Greens bans is the place to start
6.30pm
Unite London Regional Offices, 33-37 Moreland St, London
Register: tinyurl.com/369942tc
We need to focus on how to organise against climate change through our workplaces. Greens bans is the place to start
6.30pm
Unite London Regional Offices, 33-37 Moreland St, London
Register: tinyurl.com/369942tc
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is happening tonight and will be 🔥
We need to focus on how to organise against climate change through our workplaces. Greens bans is the place to start
6.30pm
Unite London Regional Offices, 33-37 Moreland St, London
Register: tinyurl.com/369942tc
We need to focus on how to organise against climate change through our workplaces. Greens bans is the place to start
6.30pm
Unite London Regional Offices, 33-37 Moreland St, London
Register: tinyurl.com/369942tc
UK food and drink inflation is at over 5%
The reason ?
Climate change - and in contrast to the EU - the war against migration creating labour shortages
As Labour pitch even harsher migration controls and climate change worsens this number will go higher
The reason ?
Climate change - and in contrast to the EU - the war against migration creating labour shortages
As Labour pitch even harsher migration controls and climate change worsens this number will go higher
October 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
UK food and drink inflation is at over 5%
The reason ?
Climate change - and in contrast to the EU - the war against migration creating labour shortages
As Labour pitch even harsher migration controls and climate change worsens this number will go higher
The reason ?
Climate change - and in contrast to the EU - the war against migration creating labour shortages
As Labour pitch even harsher migration controls and climate change worsens this number will go higher
Really excited to be a part of this event on how we can apply the lessons of the Green Bans to disrupt the modern climate emergency w Verity Burgmann + Polly Smythe from @novaramedia.com
The green transition is a class war - and we need to get off the defensive!
Tickets - tinyurl.com/369942tc
The green transition is a class war - and we need to get off the defensive!
Tickets - tinyurl.com/369942tc
Green Bans to Heat Strike: What is the Future for Climate Organising?
Discussion with Australian Green Bans veteran Verity Burgmann and UK climate and union activists.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really excited to be a part of this event on how we can apply the lessons of the Green Bans to disrupt the modern climate emergency w Verity Burgmann + Polly Smythe from @novaramedia.com
The green transition is a class war - and we need to get off the defensive!
Tickets - tinyurl.com/369942tc
The green transition is a class war - and we need to get off the defensive!
Tickets - tinyurl.com/369942tc
This is just the beginning of the fracturing of Reform's base. Their supporters - 40% - do not typically vote, and as they flounder in council and **raise taxes and cut services**, including SEND, they will start to implode
October 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is just the beginning of the fracturing of Reform's base. Their supporters - 40% - do not typically vote, and as they flounder in council and **raise taxes and cut services**, including SEND, they will start to implode
Super excited to feature in the @macrodosepod.bsky.social book club!
If you're not already subscribed and waiting each Wednesday morning with baited breath for the next episode you should be!
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/frozen-ass...
If you're not already subscribed and waiting each Wednesday morning with baited breath for the next episode you should be!
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/frozen-ass...
October 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Super excited to feature in the @macrodosepod.bsky.social book club!
If you're not already subscribed and waiting each Wednesday morning with baited breath for the next episode you should be!
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/frozen-ass...
If you're not already subscribed and waiting each Wednesday morning with baited breath for the next episode you should be!
macrodosepod.substack.com/p/frozen-ass...
Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero
As Labour continue to flail, and Reform promise economic ruin, its important to take stock of what might be the signal crisis of the green transition
tinyurl.com/2weensb5
As Labour continue to flail, and Reform promise economic ruin, its important to take stock of what might be the signal crisis of the green transition
tinyurl.com/2weensb5
Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero
When net zero leaves communities behind, people get angry.
tinyurl.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Port Talbot, one year on: steelworks closure shows why public is losing trust in net zero
As Labour continue to flail, and Reform promise economic ruin, its important to take stock of what might be the signal crisis of the green transition
tinyurl.com/2weensb5
As Labour continue to flail, and Reform promise economic ruin, its important to take stock of what might be the signal crisis of the green transition
tinyurl.com/2weensb5
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Is the emerging transition economy securing a green future? Or just replicating existing working conditions?
BLOG | @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social | 'Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition’ – @versobooks.bsky.social
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BLOG | @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social | 'Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition’ – @versobooks.bsky.social
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The installation economy and the endless horizon of low-waged ‘green’ work
In an excerpt from his new book, Nicholas Beuret assesses the labour conditions and class formations in the installation work of the emerging transition economy.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Is the emerging transition economy securing a green future? Or just replicating existing working conditions?
BLOG | @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social | 'Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition’ – @versobooks.bsky.social
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BLOG | @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social | 'Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition’ – @versobooks.bsky.social
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4yrs ago I wrote in @novaramedia.com that we were ignoring how the green transition was already unfolding as a business plan against workers. Tmw the book that came from that article is finally out - and since then the transition has only gotten worse
tinyurl.com/yw33j4b2
tinyurl.com/yw33j4b2
The Green Transition is Already Underway – And It’s Not Looking Pretty | Novara Media
If climate campaigners continue to focus on the UK’s emissions gap, we'll miss the bigger picture. The green transition is already happening – and it’s shaping up to be a nightmare, argues Nicholas Be...
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September 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
4yrs ago I wrote in @novaramedia.com that we were ignoring how the green transition was already unfolding as a business plan against workers. Tmw the book that came from that article is finally out - and since then the transition has only gotten worse
tinyurl.com/yw33j4b2
tinyurl.com/yw33j4b2
Just one week to go until my book launch!
Come hear me, Asad Rehman, James Meadway, Emma River-Roberts and Harpreet Kaur-Spannos get stuck into the green economy and where we take the fight from here!
23 Sept, free to register - tinyurl.com/khurbx6u
Come hear me, Asad Rehman, James Meadway, Emma River-Roberts and Harpreet Kaur-Spannos get stuck into the green economy and where we take the fight from here!
23 Sept, free to register - tinyurl.com/khurbx6u
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Just one week to go until my book launch!
Come hear me, Asad Rehman, James Meadway, Emma River-Roberts and Harpreet Kaur-Spannos get stuck into the green economy and where we take the fight from here!
23 Sept, free to register - tinyurl.com/khurbx6u
Come hear me, Asad Rehman, James Meadway, Emma River-Roberts and Harpreet Kaur-Spannos get stuck into the green economy and where we take the fight from here!
23 Sept, free to register - tinyurl.com/khurbx6u
"Our data reveals a pervasive sense of societal breakdown. The surge in the belief that society is 'broken' or 'in decline' in key nations like Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, highlights a growing unease that has been brewing since 2016."
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/system...
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/system...
"The system is broken": Ipsos study across 31 countries reveals deepening distrust in politics and elites
In 29/31 countries, a majority of the public say that the “economy is rigged to advantage the rich and powerful”, with South Korea, Italy and Germany seeing double-digit increases since 2022.
www.ipsos.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"Our data reveals a pervasive sense of societal breakdown. The surge in the belief that society is 'broken' or 'in decline' in key nations like Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, highlights a growing unease that has been brewing since 2016."
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/system...
www.ipsos.com/en-uk/system...
The Climate Squeeze is not only a problem of prices and shortages. It is a question of deteriorating physical and mental health as social and health services are pushed to breaking point. The squeeze makes lives smaller.
Even our hopes and dreams shrink
theecologist.org/2025/sep/12/...
Even our hopes and dreams shrink
theecologist.org/2025/sep/12/...
The climate squeeze
'The choice is clear. Either we suffer their squeeze, or come together to fight for a real transition, one that that makes space for all of us.'
tinyurl.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Climate Squeeze is not only a problem of prices and shortages. It is a question of deteriorating physical and mental health as social and health services are pushed to breaking point. The squeeze makes lives smaller.
Even our hopes and dreams shrink
theecologist.org/2025/sep/12/...
Even our hopes and dreams shrink
theecologist.org/2025/sep/12/...
**taps the sign**
"The US is the world’s largest oil and gas producer. The profoundly destructive ‘shale revolution’ underpinned US economic growth over the past decade and provided a ready source of cheap energy. Any decline in oil and gas usage will undermine the US economy"
"The US is the world’s largest oil and gas producer. The profoundly destructive ‘shale revolution’ underpinned US economic growth over the past decade and provided a ready source of cheap energy. Any decline in oil and gas usage will undermine the US economy"
September 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
**taps the sign**
"The US is the world’s largest oil and gas producer. The profoundly destructive ‘shale revolution’ underpinned US economic growth over the past decade and provided a ready source of cheap energy. Any decline in oil and gas usage will undermine the US economy"
"The US is the world’s largest oil and gas producer. The profoundly destructive ‘shale revolution’ underpinned US economic growth over the past decade and provided a ready source of cheap energy. Any decline in oil and gas usage will undermine the US economy"
The UK govt is guaranteeing profits for renewables for the next 20yrs through CfD. While places like Spain end up with neg electricity prices, consumers in the UK will be charged more to ensure the transition is one into a profitable rentier future
www.ft.com/content/adca...
www.ft.com/content/adca...
UK infrastructure financing on track to reach record high
Debt issuance this year highlights interest in assets despite troubles at Thames Water
www.ft.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The UK govt is guaranteeing profits for renewables for the next 20yrs through CfD. While places like Spain end up with neg electricity prices, consumers in the UK will be charged more to ensure the transition is one into a profitable rentier future
www.ft.com/content/adca...
www.ft.com/content/adca...
Worker's Planet this wkend in Brighton has an amazing line-up. If you're coming, I'll be talking on this session - come say hi!
Pay Up: Who should pay for the crisis and how can we make them?
⏰ Time: 5pm - 6:30pm
🎟️ Get your ticket workersplanet.org/2mworkers_pl...
Pay Up: Who should pay for the crisis and how can we make them?
⏰ Time: 5pm - 6:30pm
🎟️ Get your ticket workersplanet.org/2mworkers_pl...
September 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Worker's Planet this wkend in Brighton has an amazing line-up. If you're coming, I'll be talking on this session - come say hi!
Pay Up: Who should pay for the crisis and how can we make them?
⏰ Time: 5pm - 6:30pm
🎟️ Get your ticket workersplanet.org/2mworkers_pl...
Pay Up: Who should pay for the crisis and how can we make them?
⏰ Time: 5pm - 6:30pm
🎟️ Get your ticket workersplanet.org/2mworkers_pl...
“A lot of them voted for Trump, and they didn’t vote to have their jobs cut, Crowley said”
Trump's stop-work order on windfarms has already sidelined 1000 workers. How many more of the 1.1m employees in the renewable sector will lose their jobs to Trump?
tinyurl.com/bdcpncet
Trump's stop-work order on windfarms has already sidelined 1000 workers. How many more of the 1.1m employees in the renewable sector will lose their jobs to Trump?
tinyurl.com/bdcpncet
Trump’s Wind-Farm Halts Threatens Jobs, Support of Blue-Collar Workers
The White House is touting President Donald Trump’s commitment to US workers in the run-up to Labor Day, and the Interior Department just praised the men and women “fueling America’s offshore energy i...
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September 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
“A lot of them voted for Trump, and they didn’t vote to have their jobs cut, Crowley said”
Trump's stop-work order on windfarms has already sidelined 1000 workers. How many more of the 1.1m employees in the renewable sector will lose their jobs to Trump?
tinyurl.com/bdcpncet
Trump's stop-work order on windfarms has already sidelined 1000 workers. How many more of the 1.1m employees in the renewable sector will lose their jobs to Trump?
tinyurl.com/bdcpncet
I'm launching my book "Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition" - if you are in London come along!
🟩 London launch: Book tickets, free to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-boo...
🟩 Speakers, Q&A & drinks reception
🟩 London launch: Book tickets, free to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-boo...
🟩 Speakers, Q&A & drinks reception
September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I'm launching my book "Or Something Worse: Why we need to disrupt the climate transition" - if you are in London come along!
🟩 London launch: Book tickets, free to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-boo...
🟩 Speakers, Q&A & drinks reception
🟩 London launch: Book tickets, free to register - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/london-boo...
🟩 Speakers, Q&A & drinks reception
"Droughts in Spain, Italy and Portugal, where the UK sources much of its fresh fruit and vegetables, have pushed up prices this summer"
Despite claims inflation would fall back to under 2%, climate change means the squeeze on ppl won't end
tinyurl.com/2ycw5hnt
Despite claims inflation would fall back to under 2%, climate change means the squeeze on ppl won't end
tinyurl.com/2ycw5hnt
Egg and butter prices drive up UK food inflation as households feel squeeze
Food inflation at 4.2% this month, with prices increasing at fastest pace for 18 months, says British Retail Consortium
tinyurl.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Droughts in Spain, Italy and Portugal, where the UK sources much of its fresh fruit and vegetables, have pushed up prices this summer"
Despite claims inflation would fall back to under 2%, climate change means the squeeze on ppl won't end
tinyurl.com/2ycw5hnt
Despite claims inflation would fall back to under 2%, climate change means the squeeze on ppl won't end
tinyurl.com/2ycw5hnt