New publication alert! 🚨 In this open access article published in Energy Research & Social Science, I use a survey experiment to test how Brazilians respond to climate policy focused foreign aid and shame. Link: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

@acalacino.bsky.social myself and others have crunched the numbers (work in progress, see sources and deets here: osf.io/preprints/so...) and have some hard evidence of that: decline of climate change in news reporting since 2023 is esp. dramatic in the Global North ⬇️

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In this @insideclimatenews.org article I'm quoted by @bberwyn.bsky.social saying that: “It feels like the #climate issue is actually getting less attention & I find that deeply concerning" Here's a thread with evidence of declines in coverage from UK 🇬🇧, France 🇫🇷, US 🇺🇸 & beyond 🧵 #EndClimateSilence

“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis

Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage

theguardian.com

Interested in global climate politics? We have the pre-print for you: @fgenovese.bsky.social does a great job detailing its theoretical contribution and empirical results here 👇 We question climate politicization in the GS, and instead find carbon apathy can mute climate mobilization.

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

However, fires in the Cerrado burned 8.7 million hectares in 2025: 69% of all burned area across Brazil's biomes. Many are linked to agricultural expansion.🔥 Consumer countries must enforce rules to keep commodities linked to deforestation & human rights abuses out of supply chains.

Brazil's Amazon sees sharp decline of area burned in 2025

The amount of land burned in the world's largest rainforest was the smallest since MapBiomas records began in 1985.

bbc.co.uk

🌳‼️Good news from Brazil: the Amazon recorded its lowest burned area since records began in 1985. In 2025, 3.1 million hectares burned, down from a record-breaking 15.8 million hectares affected in 2024. 📉 🔗 brasil.mapbiomas.org/2026/07/21/a...

Very sad news. We have lost a great scholar, mentor and figure in the field.

Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología@smsociologia.bsky.social · 5mo ago

La Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, profesor del CIDE y FLACSO. Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos. Descanse en paz

🙌 stay tuned for something good in the pipeline!

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Signed book contract celebratory pic

Extremely dire water situation in the #coriver this year (and most likely going forward). Indicative that among all the costs identified in this article, shortages to ag (alfalfa=cattle feed=carbon emissions) not covered apnews.com/article/colo...

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity.

apnews.com

This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

No matter how stupid and evil you think the MAGA chuds running the government are, I promise you: the truth is so much more stupid and evil.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector

There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...

defector.com

@kcl-spe.bsky.social is hosting a Junior International Political Economy Researchers Workshop on 28 April and we have a great line-up of papers by early-career researchers. @adreher.bsky.social will also share expertise on publishing in the field. Register here: forms.office.com/e/q7rUFAVg21

This has been the worst recorded year of snowfall in Colorado - see that black line? It means the snow is also melting weeks ahead of schedule. We are in unprecedented territory.

Virginia Gewin@virginiagewin.bsky.social · 7mo ago

For those of us in the West, this is a horror show in the making. I'm honestly terrified of this summer's fire season.

Hmmmmmmmmm. www.ft.com/content/1171...

I sincerely hope this is the last "energy crisis". How many times do we need to see that dirty fossil fuels - beside wrecking the climate - are, in fact, an economic and national security liability that can be 100% avoided.

Stopping gas dictating UK energy price could cut bills by £200, thinktank says

Iran war has increased gas price, with effects on UK energy bills that could be avoided, Common Wealth says

theguardian.com

Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by (much) more than North Sea drilling The latest debate over new licenses has been lacking one key ingredient: Perspective Here's our take in chart form – and I'm happy to debate the numbers www.carbonbrief.org/...

There are no words other than every single military member involved in this crime should be investigated: 150 children were killed by the US due to 'outdated' targeting data. My god.

U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

nytimes.com

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

nytimes.com

Evidently, the heart should go to Sicilians, including the 5k oil employees in Priolo. The blame should be on owners and sellers among weak regulators — the story of late-stage fossil capitalism in Sicily is similar to what @acalacino.bsky.social @hayleypring.bsky.social and I show here 👇

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Re supply: a crisis at the biggest Sicilian refinery (Priolo) has contributed to a production stall, which is now weaponized by Meloni to attack the courts dealing with it. Btw, do you know when the Prilo refinery went in crisis? Exactly a couple of years after being sold by… the Russians 3/

A world without energy shocks is possible. The UK really could help lead the way too.

Doug Parr@dougparr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a *single* oil price shock & will insulate UK against future shocks Meanwhile Reform UK & Tories want to scrap net zero targets on the grounds of 'cost' - so either foolish or doing donors' bidding www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is what ecocide looks like.

Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول@faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 8mo ago

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

This reflects other findings (www.nature.com/articles/s43...) suggesting Western cultures are now post-peak on climate change coverage/discussion. Concerning to see, but also, newspaper coverage is in particular elite driven. Level of attention is decided.

🔥Revised paper🔥 More regressions. More tests of mechanisms. Same story. Tldr: Brexit caused much regulatory uncertainty at a moment when UK state capacity was v weak, and hard-to-regulate companies (aka oil firms) did not think twice and generated a mess in the high seas. Now with full receipts ⬇️

Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere. Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵

Announcing the 2026 Political Economy of Climate and Environment (PECE) Conference! When: 9/2/2026 Where: Harvard CFP: www.pece-conference.org/cambridge-20... Submit your papers or apply to attend: forms.gle/6y7YUoxJ6HTsz4cy8 Sponsored by @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social and the Sala Institute

Rotted to the core. This level of corruption is the norm now, and that is tragic.

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts

The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

propublica.org

Brazil’s Amazon deforestation continues to decline into early 2026, with August–January clearing at its lowest for the period since 2014. Annual detected loss also fell to a 2014 low, with the Cerrado seeing declines too. Officials credit stronger enforcement, but long-term risks remain.

Amazon deforestation on pace to be the lowest on record, says Brazil

Brazil’s latest satellite alerts indicate that deforestation in the Amazon has continued to fall into early 2026, extending a downward trend that began after a sharp rise earlier in the decade. Data…

news.mongabay.com

Don't skip the pretrends lecture folks.

John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 9mo ago

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it. open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?

How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

open.substack.com

The Tony Blair Institute’s "Energy Strategy Reset" report released today is a perfect illustration of tensions and inconsistencies of the Climate Realism view that emerged in US and Europe since the return of Trump, as @jeffcolgan.bsky.social & I have recently argued in @iojournal.bsky.social 🧵 1/