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Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 2

🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and [email protected]. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names

Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · Jun 1

‪New article out in New Political Economy! My co-author,
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Green financial planning: a state-capital relationship meta-governed through the Paris agreement

The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · 1d

NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions

Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...

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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 22d

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.

A country remade by privatisation.

Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Feel free to pass it onto said Marxists my friend!

James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

@profjohnbarry.bsky.social @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social @wimcarton.bsky.social @mahiryazar.bsky.social @runestahl.bsky.social @rosiecollington.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social @nilskupzok.bsky.social @benclift.bsky.social @peckersley.bsky.social @stefeich.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social

James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hopefully useful for scholars dealing with the green state/environmental state and others - @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social @monicadileo.bsky.social @pkashwan.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.

Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · Sep 3

New article with @james7jackson.bsky.social out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 1

@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Aug 19

New article!

The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

ABSTRACT
Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it is impacted by political contexts, whereby actors at different levels of government may hold different priorities and rationales, and work at different speeds. Ultimately, this dynamic multi-level context can complicate long-term planning and increase political risk, yet there has been little research on politically discordant levels within studies on multi-level governance, especially in unitary countries. We argue that cities can act unilaterally and collaboratively both nationally and internationally to seek to overcome low support, delay or even obstruction on climate mitigation from the national government. By examining how multilevel governance and political context shapes climate action in pioneer city Stockholm, the article contributes to the climate governance literature by outlining strategies for advancing climate action in dynamic political contexts.

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Aug 18

NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context

Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it...

www.tandfonline.com

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Aug 7

This view that China ‘should’ move towards a different economic model for seemingly no other reason that the West did it 40 years ago is odd - www.theguardian.com/business/202...

China’s Leninist industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus

Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jul 24

www.ft.com/content/21c8...

‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as Shell quits

Energy group experts left after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jul 10

China dominance continues - www.ft.com/content/e517...

China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says

Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 9

🚨 New Publication 🚨 - w/ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin and Lizzie Bailes - we detail how NGO's face challenges in their attempts to act as intermediaries in the climate policy process in the UK. The article is based on a series of original interviews with these very NGOs - academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

The ways that external and internal dynamics influence intermediaries in the climate policy process

Abstract. “Climate intermediaries” are important for climate governance, as they can strengthen mitigation efforts by drawing enable diverse insights into

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 6

@manuelamoschella.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @climatesafety.bsky.social @calgaryclimatehub.ca @climatechangepost.bsky.social @doctorvive.bsky.social @psaenvironmental.bsky.social @psabcpe.bsky.social @sasemeeting.bsky.social @wuppertalinstitut.bsky.social

James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 6

It builds on the work of @mbabic.bsky.social and hopefully of interest to UK climate policy colleagues @matpaterson.bsky.social @mazzucatom.bsky.social @rosiecollington.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 6

New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The environmental state: Analysing the ‘creation’ of renewable energy markets in the United Kingdom - James Silverwood, James Jackson, 2025

Following work on the green state, the environmental state has become a prominent analytical concept in recent decades commonly applied to understand the expand...

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 6

@profjohnbarry.bsky.social @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @martinsokol.bsky.social @sperishefuni.bsky.social @lauralohorn.bsky.social @manchestersci.bsky.social @paullangley.bsky.social @danmertens.bsky.social @jonasmeckling.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hopefully of interest to the green transition/finance colleagues - @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social @monicadileo.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @bentleyallan.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social @kaiheron.bsky.social @runestahl.bsky.social

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 2

The article builds on @christophsorg.bsky.social pioneering article on 'financialisation as planning', combining it with @mbabic.bsky.social equally instructive piece on the political economy of green finance. It also dovetails with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social work on green economic planning.

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Jun 2

Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · Jun 1

Green financial planning: a state-capital relationship meta-governed through the Paris agreement

www.tandfonline.com

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · May 19

I shared some of my thoughts on the International Energy Agency (IEA) new EV report in an interview with CBC last week. My thoughts are based on my forthcoming book, which is hopefully of interest to many on here - www.cbc.ca/news/science...

1 in 4 new cars sold in 2025 will be electric, new report says, and China is the undisputed EV leader | CBC News

More than one in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 will be electric, according to the latest projections from the International Energy Agency, and will reach 40 per cent of all new cars by 2030.

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · May 18

So, Oldoliberalism then?

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 18

A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more

https://www.ft.com/content/ad7b6001-52fa-4cf4-a05a-35b994be878e

A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more

Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy