From March 2026 - Fighting the Future: Short-Term Investors and Business Opposition to Climate Policy - https://cup.org/4sLQVw2 - Jared J. Finnegan & @jonasmeckling.bsky.social #OpenAccess
Jonas Meckling
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Professor, UC Berkeley | Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com
I finally got around to reading @jonasmeckling.bsky.social's Nature article "The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization" and it is a must read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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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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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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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. 🙌🌍🌳
🌍 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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🌍 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... 🧵
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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@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.
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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....
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...