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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 1d

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Check it out! OPEN ACCESS!
#energy #USpol #EU #China #ClimateJustice #ActOnClimate #Brazil #Germany #Protest #coaltoclean #peat #COP30

Stability and #Politicization in #Climate #Governance
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 13d

🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

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Beatriz Diniz @beatrizdiniz.bsky.social · 15d

"A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) entregou à ministra do Meio Ambiente e Mudanças Climáticas do Brasil, Marina Silva, o prêmio WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation, a principal honraria da organização que reconhece o compromisso extraordinário com a natureza e as pessoas."

Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 15d

Brazil's Minister @marinasilvaoficial.bsky.social is a champion for nature and people. Tonight, we awarded her the WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation Award.

“It is an exceptional opportunity for WCS to bestow this honor on a true lifelong leader,” said WCS's Adam Falk.

🌎 bit.ly/3IyFaqO

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 16d

‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️

Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 26d

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab

A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

www.netzeropolicylab.com

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 29d

New study from Carlos R.S. Milani, Janaina Pinto, and Arthur Facini on the organized obstruction observed in the Brazilian government and industries. Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · Sep 2

1/18 Is China's economy collapsing or dominating? Meg Rithmire's new piece in Current History argues it's doing both simultaneously—and that's the problem.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Sep 2

You really should read this fascinating and profound interview with Columbian President Gustavo Petro. How many other world leaders are acknowledging that "Climate change is just the atmospheric mirror of capital accumulation on Earth"?

Peder Østring @pederoe.bsky.social · Sep 2

This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.

Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age

Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself a...

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 27

New issue! Volume 34, Issue 6 out now.

With seven research articles, a review article, and three book reviews.

Full details: environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Interesting piece by Matias Spektor on Brazil and India making their own way. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

Opinion | These Countries Never Trusted America. Trump Is Proving Them Right.

www.nytimes.com

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Aug 25

Sorry to hear that you're facing this.

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Lula is much more hemmed in by a very conservative Congress than in his earlier terms, but some of the decisions - like doubling down on oil and gas - are fully his. And then there are lots of "distractions", like the trial of the ex-president and Trump's 50% tariff, etc etc. COP is not top of mind

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Aug 21

- Rolling back environmental impact assessment
- Doubling down on oil and gas production

Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · Aug 21

Recent #COP30 coverage:
- Lots of countries not submitting NDCs
- Hotels in Belem too expensive
- Brazil rolling back enviro protections.

Yikes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure

Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction

www.theguardian.com

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Carlos Rittl @carlosrittl.bsky.social · Aug 21

The updated concept of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility is out. It brings greater clarity+demonstrates progress, after inputs received from governments, Indigenous Peoples + local communities, and CSOs. I'm glad to be helping with the #TFFF design on behalf of the @wcs.org.

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm pleased to have a contribution in here - and it's open access too, for everyone to see.

Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · Aug 19

Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/

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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · Aug 19

Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 Quick reminder: Deadline this Sunday (24 Aug) to submit abstracts for the Workshop on Climate Change, Inequality & Policy Contestation (10–11 Nov 2025, LSE).

Hosted by @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social in partnership with @gsos-lse.bsky.social

🔗 Submit: forms.gle/x3Css36pU8kb...

LSE Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation Workshop November 2025

The Department of Social Policy in partnership with the Global School of Sustainability (GSoS) and Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub at the London School of Economics and Polit...

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Amazon Watch @amazonwatch.org · Aug 8

BREAKING: Brazil’s partial veto of the “#DevastationBill” stops some setbacks but leaves critical loopholes that threaten Indigenous land rights & environmental protections ahead of #COP30.

Read the full press release: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...
#DefendTheAmazon #VetaTudoLula

Brazil’s Partial Veto of “Devastation Bill” Stops Some Setbacks, but Critical Loopholes Remain | Amazon Watch

“This soy doesn’t feed our people. We don’t eat soy – it’s for export and corporate profit. Meanwhile, pesticides contaminate our water, our soil, and even the rain. It’s poisoning all of us, not just...

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · Jul 24

📢 Call for Papers! Join us at the Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation workshop, hosted by LSE’s @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social, @gsos-lse.bsky.social & the Sustainable Social Policy & Welfare States Hub.

🗓️ 10–11 Nov 2025, London

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Jul 22

US & Russia coercing countries to lock in carbon.
But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."

Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
bsky.app/profile/bhbr...

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Jul 10

Very happy to endorse it: While she is clear-eyed about the many problems of extraction, Riofrancos also offers thoughtful steps toward a more humane and decarbonized world. Deeply researched, beautifully written, the book provides an accessible roadmap through difficult concepts and phenomena.

Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · Jul 10

🚨 My next book, EXTRACTION: THE FRONTIERS OF GREEN CAPITALISM is out 9/23 with @wwnorton.com

Today and tomorrow, you can pre-order it at 25% off 😊 Use code PREORDER25 at www.barnesandnoble.com/w/extraction...

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our 2025 global trends in climate change litigation report shows that climate change litigation is reaching the highest courts in the world.

This video illustrates how the number of global cases has changed over the last few years. www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · Jun 24

Native plants in Colorado are mostly full-sun plants except for those from high elevations and my old-neighborhood house has big trees that I wouldn't want to cut down to grow them. I do grow the overlap, e.g., columbines

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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · Jun 11

Fossil fuel companies will try to sue states that ban new or existing production. When I speak with powerful actors in energy policy, this fear is a central concern in how governments think about the risks of phasing out fossil fuels. Here is an important intervention in how to reduce those risks:

SUS-POL @suspol.bsky.social · Jun 11

🌍 Phasing out fossil fuels is essential - but what if governments get sued for it?

A new blog for SUS-POL from @iisd.org explores a crucial question for climate action. How can countries move away from fossil fuels without triggering costly investor lawsuits?

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