James Jackson
@james7jackson.bsky.social
Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
Based on the report we published before the World Cup, which draws from findings in the book, we have published this short piece in the Morning Star today - morningstaronline.co.uk/article/foot...
Football’s fossil fuel roots run deeper than the World Cup
NO SOONER was a ball kicked in the 2026 Fifa World Cup than many observers began to highlight the numerous controversies blighting the event. Whether it be ticket prices, US immigration policies or th...
morningstaronline.co.uk
⚽ 🏆 The 2026 World Cup is over! But what does this tournament, and the decisions FIFA made, suggest about the future trajectory of the World Cup? @freddiedaley.bsky.social, Pierre Wokuri and I detail how the process of the World Cup unfolds in a recent piece in Phenomenal World.
Freddie Daley | Who Owns the World Cup?
This World Cup is a watershed moment in both the evolution of sports tourism and the history of advertising and sponsorship.
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I've written this for @sustainableuom.bsky.social/ @uomsoss.bsky.social on how to make English football more sustainable - lnkd.in/efRCe_Dt It has five recommendations for the Premier League, the FA and the new football regulator -
New essay from me, @freddiedaley.bsky.social and Pierre Wokuri in Phenomenal World on how FIFA oversees a truly amazing business model for World Cup to use the tournament for its own gain - read it here - x.com/fred_daley/s...
Freddie (@Fred_Daley) on X
New essay from me, @James7jackson and Pierre Wokuri in @phenomenalworld on how FIFA has turned the World Cup into a commercial vehicle for statecraft. The critique has nothing to do with England being...
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New article further theorizing 'Climateflation' in the field of International Political Economy, with @james7jackson.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Enter the great volatility? Synthesizing a theory of ‘climateflation’ for international political economy
International Political Economy (IPE) has long viewed inflation as a central force driving instability. More recently, scholars have foregrounded climate change as a central theme of analysis for I...
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Today, on the eve of the World Cup, we release our report 'Football and Climate Change: A Preview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup'. www.lboro.ac.uk/media/media/... @james7jackson.bsky.social @markdoidge.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @cabot-institute.bsky.social
New report out today based on our forthcoming book. On the eve of the World Cup, we propose a series of policy recommendations make football more sustainable - @uomsoss.bsky.social @manchestersci.bsky.social @plnews.bsky.social @climatepledgearena.com www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...
FIFA Men’s World Cup expansion risks making 2026 tournament “most polluting ever”, report warns
A new report examining football’s relationship with climate change has warned that the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup could become the “most polluting ever”, according to leading university researchers.
lboro.ac.uk
📰 🇳🇴 Norway is often held up as the country to emulate in the global political economy and is often one of people's favourite countries (including mine). In this new article, I explore how the oil fund poses challenges to the Norwegian economy Link - lnkd.in/evQBsgYF
China is now the undisputed leader in green technologies, but how its political and economic model has shaped the transition is often unclear. In this new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social, we provide a structured approach to understanding China's green transition.
Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox
Football and Climate Change. Forthcoming in January 2027 with @manchesterup.bsky.social, @markdoidge.bsky.social, @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social, @samtoscano.bsky.social and I have a book that first comprehensive effort to account for this relationship.
Now available in print www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises
In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...
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A useful read to understand the behaviour of some of the largest actors in the global politicsl economy today. Enshitification, whilst giving us lisence to use a swear word in work discussions, gives us a useful term to describe the rise of AI, crypto and big tech.
Newspaper famous for lying repeats lies by well known liar, Richard Tice, famous for telling lies about fossil fuels because rich liars pay him to repeat their lies.
What if energy security is slowing climate action? Research by Dr @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk & Mathias Larsen finds that concerns about relying on China for green tech are reshaping climate policy — and could delay the adoption of renewables. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/r...
Two more panels today and then we finish on a roundtable with @james7jackson.bsky.social, @cisk.bsky.social and Paul Tobin (@uomsoss.bsky.social) talking about their recent/upcoming climate politics books. Roundtable is at 3.30 in Room 9. 📅 Full programme: www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...
PSA26 Programme - Political Studies Association
PSA26 will take place over three days, from Monday 30 March to Wednesday 1 April 2026. Registration will open at 8:30am, with panels starting at 9:30am and finishing at 5pm. The conference programme i...
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Oil isn’t getting through the Strait of Hormuz but sunlight and wind are.
🔓️ 🇨🇳 China's support for clean technologies is effectively subsidising a global green transition, argue @james7jackson.bsky.social & @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. Chinese dominance presents dilemmas for the EU, the US & other countries: compete, cooperate, surrender, or abandon the green transition🌏️
Subsidizing global decarbonization: how Chinese state support for clean technologies enables and (potentially) obstructs a worldwide green transition
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🆕 🗞️ New Publication online today: Subsidizing global decarbonization: how Chinese state support for clean technologies enables and (potentially) obstructs a worldwide green transition - with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Subsidizing global decarbonization: how Chinese state support for clean technologies enables and (potentially) obstructs a worldwide green transition
Over the last decade, green technologies have been deployed at record-breaking speeds across the world. No actor has been more important to this process than China, which now dominates what is cons...
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Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC - Carbon Brief
High gas prices are responsible for two-thirds of the rise in household electricity bills since before the global energy crisis.
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An important contribution to the work on critical mineral extraction, clarifying an area I think a lot of us talk about in a very general way.
New commentary piece out in @greencb.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social in which we discus central bank independence, green monetary policy and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) - greencentralbanking.com/2026/01/13/c...
China shows monetary independence may hinder net zero progress
Government direction has spurred PBoC to adopt green monetary policy measures, argue economists Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
greencentralbanking.com
Read the current in book on China from 2025. The distinction between China’s focus on supply and the US’s on demand is nice. It still, predictably, goes for the ‘China is amazing at X but it should still be more like the US’ angle. The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
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Germany pushing on with the #WallStreetConsensus, as if the past three years of derisking failures havent taught them anything about competing in a world of transforrmative state projects www.ft.com/content/52c7...
Berlin launches ‘Germany Fund’ to lure private equity investors
Initiative aims to raise €130bn in investments amid growing interest from firms including KKR and Apollo
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'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
Paris-aligned investments offer similar returns and stability | Banque de France
Post No. 422. This study shows that Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices for both equities and bonds. Thus, from an investor’s perspective, Paris alig...
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NEW PUBLICATION - Paul Tobin, Neil Carter, Josh Barritt, Anna Sanders and I have a new article examining the development of Climate Action Plans in London. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present, it's Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It’s all in the details: comparing and explaining variation in the ‘policy specificity’ of sub-city climate activities
Comparative analyses of policy datasets enable explanations of variation, but not all policy activities are extensive enough to be assessed through the established ‘policy intensity’ approach. We i...
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