251 UK newspaper editorials attacking Net Zero since the start of 2024.

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 2w ago

Have you noticed an opaqueness to the blue sky this morning? Wildfire smoke from North America is drifting south across the UK, meaning the clear skies may not be as blue as you might expect 🌤️

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Elin Haugsgjerd Allern @allernelin.bsky.social , Maiken Røed @ma1ken.bsky.social and Gunnar Thesen 🔎 Organizational ties to political parties and interest groups’ news coverage 📗 Open Access in European Journal of Political Research doi.org/10.1017/S147...

📢 New article 🌟 👥 @a-nikas.bsky.social, Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social (ISV) + 41 others. 👉 The challenge with climate-energy-economy models in constructing fair and equitable climate futures 📗 Open Access in The journal of policy, planning and futures studies 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

It goes up and down with ecology - the issue attention cycle Downs identified back in 1972 is currently playing out also in the UK.

John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

👇 Highly recommended post-doc position in Political Theory

Markus Patberg@mpatberg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨Job alert🚨 Postdoc position: Political Theory and History of Ideas (100%, 3+2 years) @unigreifswald.bsky.social Deadline: 24.06.26 Happy to answer questions via email. Please share widely! www.uni-greifswald.de/en/universit...

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Christin Heinz-Fischer & Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social (ISV) 👉 Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations 📗 Open Access in Global Policy 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1758...

Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations

The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re-evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to e...

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I will not re-post this every time this happens to me.

Kai Arzheimer@kai-arzheimer.com · 3mo ago

Sad but true

Les denne framifrå saken der @elinlb.bsky.social forklarer hvorfor Norge mislykkes så spektakulært i klimapolitikken. Det er noen spredte røster som kanskje vil mer, men som land er vi fremdeles en petrostat. Dessverre. For det koster oss dyrt, og trenger ikke være sånn. www.uio.no/forskning/fo...

Forsker: – Fortellingen vår om at "Europa trenger norsk olje langt inn i framtiden", stemmer ikke. - Forskningsnytt

Troen på et evig behov for oljeinntekter, svekker klimapolitikken i Norge.

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Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one.

It took more than 30 years to develop a governance system for climate change. There are some successes (annual UNFCCC COPs, the @ipcc.bsky.social), but it is not efficient. We need a global governance system for AI, but we cannot use 30 years. Geopolitics are stacked against success. What to do?

Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The only global threat that there is any sort of global governance for is climate change. It's sort of working, but not as effectively as the challenge demands. There is a lot that all concerned about tackling AI's threat to humanity can learn from how climate diplomacy and action has played out.

My dog does this everyday when I return home. I am so glad I don’t have to visit the 🌖 to get this experience 🐕

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 4mo ago

Christina Koch being greeted by her dog after returning from space is the dose of Monday hopium we all needed 💕

It took more than 30 years to develop a governance system for climate change. There are some successes (annual UNFCCC COPs, the @ipcc.bsky.social), but it is not efficient. We need a global governance system for AI, but we cannot use 30 years. Geopolitics are stacked against success. What to do?

Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The only global threat that there is any sort of global governance for is climate change. It's sort of working, but not as effectively as the challenge demands. There is a lot that all concerned about tackling AI's threat to humanity can learn from how climate diplomacy and action has played out.

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

It was a pleasure to do a paired review for @poppublicsphere.bsky.social of @timmonsroberts.bsky.social et al's Climate Obstruction + @lilyhsueh.bsky.social's Corporation at Climate Crossroads. Highly recommended books on the struggles and opportunities of climate politics in the past decade.

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

This is completely insane and he should be impeached. It is also extremely confusing. He writes "God Bless the Great People of Iran!" in the same post as he threatens them with annihilation (although I guess it makes sense in a sick way) and brags about having ushered in regime change (he has not).

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

The president speaks genocide

The words, the law, the future

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Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

📢 New article 🌟 👤 Jens Jungblut @jjungblut.bsky.social 👉 Turning the university into a political actor 📗 Open Access in Policy Reviews in Higher Education 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2332...

Turning the university into a political actor

Higher education has gained significant political salience globally, driven by continuous massification, increased public and private investment, and its central role as a driver of modern knowledg...

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This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Three days left to apply for our mini-conference on political elites - deadline is April 1st! It will be held August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We promise good food (maybe brown cheese), beautiful scenery, & great work on political elites Call for papers w. submission link here: bit.ly/whogovminico...

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jan Erling Klausen @janerlingklausen.bsky.social, Christian Lo, Signy Irene Vabo, & Marte Slagsvold Winsvold 👉 Why show up? Understanding why politicians attend public meetings 📗 Open Access in European Journal of Political Research 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Today's the day. America has no king. Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom. #NoKings Find your event: www.nokings.org

Hvordan endte vi her? Det politiske flertallet bestemmer seg stadig vekk for å bruke milliarder på tiltak som gir skjevere fordeling av velferd og hindrer klimaomstilling. Kompensasjonspopulismen undergraver velferdsstaten og gir klimaendringer. Hva må til for å snu dette?

Hvordan endte vi her? Det politiske flertallet bestemmer seg stadig vekk for å bruke milliarder på tiltak som gir skjevere fordeling av velferd og hindrer klimaomstilling. Kompensasjonspopulismen undergraver velferdsstaten og gir klimaendringer. Hva må til for å snu dette?