1/ New PRISM working paper by Sonja Klinsky and Snigdha Nautiyal asks a deceptively simple question: how do we know whether a just transition is actually progressing? Their answer is a new Capabilities and Capacities for Just Transitions framework, applied to South Africa🧵 commerce.uct.ac.za/prism

global justice report by Thomas Pikkety, @lucaschancel.bsky.social and co-authors - from initial scan, looks like a compelling vision. Very different to current trends. Worth a read and thinkiing together how we might get there globaljusticeproject.wid.world

Global Justice Project

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The Global Justice Report shows “people can enjoy a prosperous, healthy life without striving to consume more material possessions that degrade the natural world” “What stands in the way is not technical impossibility but political choice & building a coalition” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions

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compellnig arguments by Imraan Valodia www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...

Renewable energy transition in SA needs the embrace of both public and private ownership

Renewable energy systems not only have to be clean, they have to be shared through a private/public partnership that ensures that inequalities in our society are not deepened.…

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Why climate action needs Equitable Fossil Fuel Transitions (EFFTs), not only “TAFF" as in Santa Marta. Equity and justice must shape timing, sequencing and intentional shifts - especially for fossil-fuel dependent developing countries. New op-ed www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/opin...

Opinion: Equitable Fossil Fuel Transitions matter for inclusive development

In this opinion article written jointly by Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard, the case is made for Equitable Fossil Fuel Transitions, whereby equity and justice are structurally integrated into the t...

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Fascinating proceedings just out from an informal seminar series on "Narratives, Scenarios and Models of Fair Ambition" – wide variety of perspectives on climate equity & ambition. Worth diving into. 🧵 #ClimateEquity #ClimateAmbition doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Go Pope Leo - keep speaking truth to dangerous morons!

A civilisation is dying. Any sense of America’s current leadership being civilised. Every time President Donald J Trump speaks or posts. Death by a thousand cuts.

www.instagram.com/reel/DTm_GUu... these guys are amazing 🤩

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414K likes, 8,397 comments - hisma_rk_ on January 17, 2026

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Q&A: What does India’s new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate action? - Carbon Brief

India has set a new target to reduce its “emissions intensity” – greenhouse gas emissions...

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Great word.seems very 21st century ,though, even 2024

Everything we need to do to stop climate breakdown, we also need to do for national security. Energy saving, more renewables, more electricity storage and interconnectors, electrification of transport, heating, cooking and industrial processes, plant-based diets. We win on all fronts.

1/ New working paper by Greg Muttitt and me, on equitable fossil fuel transitions. GST called for nationally determined contributions to global efforts, incl “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner”. commerce.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul...

1/ Concept of SD-PAMs — starting from development priorities rather than climate targets to unlock action in developing countries — never made it into the regime as intended. V short thread doi.org/10.3763/cpol.2007.0433

Methods for quantifying the benefits of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs)

How can the concept of sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs) be operationalized in a multilateral climate regime? The strategic approach is to focus on policies and measures that...

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What's striking about current geopolitics - multilateralism under serious threat, US wild card, fragmentation very much a live scenario - is that this 2010 paper mapped exactly these risks and what fair and effective multilateralism looks like. Still worth reading doi.org/10.3763/cpol.2010.0130

Fair and effective multilateralism in the post-Copenhagen climate negotiations

Copenhagen failed to agree a new legal treaty, and fragmentation is now a possible scenario. What options exist for a fair and effective multilateralism that might bring about the next turning poi...

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1/ New paper in @PLOSClimate worth reading: Pachauri et al. 2026, "Advancing representations of equity and justice in climate mitigation futures." Congrats Shonali Pachuair, @joerirogelj.bsky.social @gidden.bsky.social @wflamb.bsky.social and author team doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000763 🧵

Advancing representations of equity and justice in climate mitigation futures

In this work, we conduct a narrative review of pressing equity and justice issues within global modelled scenarios and propose a new research agenda to strengthen their consideration in future model d...

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Clear and compelling analysis of American imperialism , historical continuity and rupture, and reflections on Iran and the ME region. Well worth a listen  podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/o...

America’s Threat to the World

Podcast Episode · On the Nose · 5 March · 59m

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www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... this just beggars belief. Drop lots of bombs and then figure out why. It’s unconscionable

Trump administration has still not settled on reasons for going to war with Iran

The rationale keeps changing – from Iran planning a preemptive strike to lobbying by Israel

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"One should not give a poisoner medicine, A conjurer fine apparatus, nor A rifle to a melancholic bore." WH Auden Not to mention the biggest arsenal in the world to a narcissistic attention-seeker.

Minister Godongwana: Strengthen SA's carbon tax, don't weaken it. Suspending shifts pollution costs to poor households. Use revenues for energy efficiency for the poor & transition support for firms. We're in a climate crisis—polluters must pay. #TipsForMinFin #Budget2026 #ClimateAction

Tip for SA Finance Minister Godongwana: Retain and strengthen the carbon tax. Suspending or weakening tax would shift cost of pollution from SA’s big emitters to poor households. a visionary Finance Minister must position our country in future global economy. #TipsForMinFin #Budget2026

“To me, the grounds for hope are simply that we don’t know what will happen next, and that the unlikely and the unimaginable transpire quite regularly. ” — Rebecca Solnit

Still salient: equity needs to be built into climate scenarios, yet they're unfortunately dominated by modeling. Scenarios should be stories told in words and numbers. Key to climate development economics - and our common future doi.org/10.1098/rsta... @ipcc.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org

Building equity in: strategies for integrating equity into modelling for a 1.5°C world

Abstract. Emission pathways consistent with limiting temperature increase to 1.5°C raise pressing questions from an equity perspective. These pathways woul

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Sekoetlane Phamodi is directeur van de New Economy Hub van de African Climate Foundation in Zuid-Afrika. Volgens Phamodi is er dringend nood aan meer economische rechtvaardigheid op mondiale schaal.

Vermogensbelasting voor ultrarijken en eerlijke klimaatfinanciering komen niet vanzelf

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backchannel1.substack.com/p/hurricane-... Adaptation will be key at #COP30 Must have a practical set of indicators to track adaptation - and the money!

Hurricane Melissa: Proof climate adaptation is key

As 'storm of the century' hits Jamaica and heads for Cuba, it's time to ask: will we finally treat adaptation as a global mission, not a side project?

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unfccc.int/sites/defaul...  South Africa’s second Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement (NDC2)

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Climate Policy is recruiting new associate editors

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Exciting opportunity to become an Associate Editor, in the fantastic journal Climate Policy. ‪@climate-policy.bsky.social‬

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My take on the ICJ advisory opinion on state obligation on cliamte change www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

International Court of Justice advisory opinion gives legal muscle to climate accountability

The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for climat...

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Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/