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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!

Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.

Existential Politics

A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations, Jess! Such an important book

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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · 6d

In a recent @nature.com perspective article, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social professor @jonasmeckling.bsky.social traces the rise of geoeconomic competition in decarbonization policy and spells out its implications for policymakers. besi.berkeley.edu/what-the-geo...

What the geoeconomic turn in decarbonization means for policymakers

For he majority of its history, decarbonization policy focused on distributing the burden of climate change mitigation. Recently, however, decarbonization has a competitive turn, BESI Climate lead…

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Industrial Policy Group @industrialpolicy.bsky.social · 12d

Excellent article by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in @nature.com. A rich and insightful analysis the double-edged sword of the geoeconomics in green industrial policymaking spanning the galvanizing effects of global competition, to the risks of conflict and the sludge of higher input costs. 🙌🌍🌳

Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

🌍 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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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 12d

ICYMI: Join me and industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com of the @rooseveltinstitute.org to talk about my new book! Next week! Deets below 👇

Roosevelt Events

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Growing community on green industrial policy pushing the research frontier @hochstet.bsky.social @bentleyallan.bsky.social @jonasnahm.com @joannalewis.bsky.social @michaeldavidson.bsky.social @bhbradlow.bsky.social @danielaldana.bsky.social

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

The geoeconomic turn is here to stay.
How we design green industrial policy will decide whether it drives or derails global decarbonization.

Read the full article here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization - Nature

The rise of green industrial policy is transforming decarbonization efforts; the implications for policymaking and global spillovers are discussed, as well as research needs.

www.nature.com

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

The big question: Will geoeconomic competition accelerate decarbonization—or fracture it?
That depends on:
- Keeping GIP green
- Avoiding public backlash
- Embedding competition in cooperation

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Global spillovers:

✅ Positive: race to the top → faster innovation, cheaper tech, deeper climate cooperation.
❌ Negative: trade barriers, higher costs, geopolitical conflict, growing divides.

👉 Fig. 3 shows the growing use of trade-related instruments.

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

But design matters:
Open-economy vs. closed-economy GIP
Institutions & fiscal capacity determine success.

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Policymakers mention strategic competitiveness and climate mitigation most often as goals for GIP

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

EVs & batteries = biggest focus

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Green industrial policy (GIP) has exploded worldwide.
By 2023:
China, EU & US = 60% of all GIP measures

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Why the shift?
1️⃣ Plunging costs of clean tech
2️⃣ China’s dominance in supply chains
3️⃣ New political coalitions linking climate, business & security

Together, these drivers created a geoeconomic turn.

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

Geoeconomic competition for the benefits of decarbonization has emerged alongside international cooperation on cost-sharing.

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 12d

🌍 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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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · Jul 23

Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:

Research: pressure for short-term profits jeopardizes climate investment | Institute for Business in Global Society

A new study shows there is often a direct connection between the need for short-term profits and opposition to climate regulation.

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · May 28

Link to research article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How central banks manage climate and energy transition risks - Nature Energy

Central banks vary substantially in the extent to which they re-risk stranded asset and physical climate risks and de-risk clean energy investments. Their actions are associated with climate politics ...

www.nature.com

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · May 28

@bloomberg.com on our recent research on central banks and climate risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Central Bankers Bow to Political Winds When It Comes to Climate, Study Shows

Central bank independence is about more than just interest rates.

www.bloomberg.com

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Phillip Lipscy @lipscy.bsky.social · Feb 26

Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · Mar 4

Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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