Jean McLean
@jeanmclean.bsky.social
Professional trouble maker, creating change at the climate and new economy intersection. #ynwa
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Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
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Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Net zero is a poor short hand for climate action especially in the UK were it is increasingly polarised www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
British media ‘divorcing’ net zero from climate change, finds analysis
Researchers warn that net zero has become politicised by populists as “shorthand” for attacking climate policy.
www.euronews.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Net zero is a poor short hand for climate action especially in the UK were it is increasingly polarised www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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Extreme weather and the impact on people is the climate story for the near future www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Spain to open climate shelter network ahead of next summer
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the shelters will be in public buildings across the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Extreme weather and the impact on people is the climate story for the near future www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great working on this series describing gender backlash www.ecosocialcontract.net/post/the-new....
Trends:
🕵♀️ Symbolic inclusion and substantive regression
💔 Weakening legal protections for women
🤬 Far-right groups increasingly co-opting the language of VAWG to scapegoat asylum seekers
Trends:
🕵♀️ Symbolic inclusion and substantive regression
💔 Weakening legal protections for women
🤬 Far-right groups increasingly co-opting the language of VAWG to scapegoat asylum seekers
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Great working on this series describing gender backlash www.ecosocialcontract.net/post/the-new....
Trends:
🕵♀️ Symbolic inclusion and substantive regression
💔 Weakening legal protections for women
🤬 Far-right groups increasingly co-opting the language of VAWG to scapegoat asylum seekers
Trends:
🕵♀️ Symbolic inclusion and substantive regression
💔 Weakening legal protections for women
🤬 Far-right groups increasingly co-opting the language of VAWG to scapegoat asylum seekers
Government support is viewed by peoples as the biggest barrier for climate actions
December 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Government support is viewed by peoples as the biggest barrier for climate actions
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NEW from @alleenbrown.bsky.social in partnership with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Greenpeace Fights for Survival Against a Fossil Fuel Giant’s $345-Million “SLAPP” Suit
Greenpeace Fights for Survival Against a Fossil Fuel Giant’s $345-Million “SLAPP” Suit
Greenpeace Fights for Survival Against a Fossil Fuel Giant’s $345-Million “SLAPP” Suit - EXPOSEDbyCMD
Energy Transfer’s lawsuit set up the First Amendment battle of the year and threatens to silence support for grassroots protest against the fossil fuel industry.
www.exposedbycmd.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NEW from @alleenbrown.bsky.social in partnership with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Greenpeace Fights for Survival Against a Fossil Fuel Giant’s $345-Million “SLAPP” Suit
Greenpeace Fights for Survival Against a Fossil Fuel Giant’s $345-Million “SLAPP” Suit
Britain’s energy costs are set to halve over the next 25 years as the shift to renewables cuts the multibillion-pound bill for imported oil and gas www.ft.com/content/25ad...
UK energy costs likely to halve by 2050, says system operator
Modelling by independent body Neso forecasts sharp fall in expenditure from 10% of GDP as shift to renewables continues
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Britain’s energy costs are set to halve over the next 25 years as the shift to renewables cuts the multibillion-pound bill for imported oil and gas www.ft.com/content/25ad...
NEW regional blog series on gender backlash in 2025? Big thank you to all of the wonderful contributors from The Gender Justice Working Group of The Global Research & Action Network for Eco-Social Contracts www.ecosocialcontract.net/post/the-new...
The New Hot War on Women’s Rights: 30 Years Post-Beijing
This contribution is an overview of the GRAN-ESC blog series “The New Hot War on Women’s Rights: 30 Years Post-Beijing.” The series brings together regional and thematic reflections, some of which exp...
www.ecosocialcontract.net
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
NEW regional blog series on gender backlash in 2025? Big thank you to all of the wonderful contributors from The Gender Justice Working Group of The Global Research & Action Network for Eco-Social Contracts www.ecosocialcontract.net/post/the-new...
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A reader comments "So the elimination of 30 million girls is now a sad story about how men are lonely?"
December 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A reader comments "So the elimination of 30 million girls is now a sad story about how men are lonely?"
Trust in political leadership on climate action is low internationally
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Trust in political leadership on climate action is low internationally
Between 2023 and 2024, the sector grew 10.1% and now generates £83.1 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA), with £28.8 billion directly from net zero businesses and £54.3 billion from supply chain activities and broader economic contributions eciu.net/analysis/rep...
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Between 2023 and 2024, the sector grew 10.1% and now generates £83.1 billion in Gross Value Added (GVA), with £28.8 billion directly from net zero businesses and £54.3 billion from supply chain activities and broader economic contributions eciu.net/analysis/rep...
Support for green business is popular globally #greeneconomicattitudes @gecoalition.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Support for green business is popular globally #greeneconomicattitudes @gecoalition.bsky.social
People want governments to support green businesses
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
People want governments to support green businesses
People feel that they are taking more action than their peers when it comes to environmental action...
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
People feel that they are taking more action than their peers when it comes to environmental action...
Support for environmental priorities and policies remains high
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Support for environmental priorities and policies remains high
🌍@gecoalition.bsky.social
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🌍@gecoalition.bsky.social
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
Global Green Economy Attitudes Polling 2025 produced with
@savanta.bsky.social
suggest some important insights and changes from last year 💚
🧵
After 50 years of drilling, the UK has burned through over 85% of its economically viable gas reserves. www.upliftuk.org/post/the-dec...
The Declining Economics of the North Sea - Blogpost from Uplift (News)
As the debate over the future of the North Sea intensifies, this briefing examines the declining role of the oil and gas industry in the UK’s energy system and economy; the economics of North Sea oil ...
www.upliftuk.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
After 50 years of drilling, the UK has burned through over 85% of its economically viable gas reserves. www.upliftuk.org/post/the-dec...
Really powerful reporting by @channel4news.bsky.social on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
November 19, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Really powerful reporting by @channel4news.bsky.social on the humanitarian crisis in Sudan
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As clear a demonstration as possible governments can choose to accelerate renewables development **if they want to**
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
As clear a demonstration as possible governments can choose to accelerate renewables development **if they want to**
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
This is levelised cost of renewable projects versus Average Cost of Capital (= % interest paid)
Using govt balance sheet to lower ACC matters
theconversation.com/renewable-en...
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4521989...
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024
New IRENA study confirms renewables investment continues to smash records, but is still well short of levels required to meet global climate goals
www.businessgreen.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Global clean energy investment hits record $2.4tr in 2024 www.businessgreen.com/news/4521989...
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"If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively."
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively'
'If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively', former Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"If wider tax changes are needed, the big mistake would be to tinker at the edges rather than acting decisively."
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social MP says the Government must tax different forms of wealth more effectively.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
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This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
The claim that "civil war is inevitable in the UK" is better understood as an expression of the author's desire to see blood spilt on British streets.
October 29, 2025 at 9:13 AM
This is absolutely right. It’s about creating a permission structure for violence, whether that violence is conducted by the state directly or simply permitted by the state.
Sceptical forecasts made a decade on clean technologies, green investment, climate action commitments, green jobs, and decarbonisation have been proven wrong by real-world momentum over the 10 years www.businessgreen.com/news/4520985...
Analysis: Paris Agreement's impact on global economy has proved 'transformative'
In the 10 years since the Paris Agreement was signed, clean tech adoption, green investment, and climate policy have all advanced far beyond most predictions, ECIU analysis shows
www.businessgreen.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Sceptical forecasts made a decade on clean technologies, green investment, climate action commitments, green jobs, and decarbonisation have been proven wrong by real-world momentum over the 10 years www.businessgreen.com/news/4520985...