๐ New article out in @plosclimate.org
@istad.bsky.social & I experimentally demonstrate that communicating alignment between policies and the previously negotiated goals they aim to achieve boosts public support, as exemplified by ambitious decarbonisation goals in
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
New article in @climate-policy.bsky.social with Yves Steinebach:
"Legal complexity undermines effective climate policy implementation"
Available open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
โ๏ธ Australia:
On the other side of the world, summer heatwaves brought 'extreme heat stress' to much of Australia, with feels-like temperatures of 46ยฐC or higher.
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My latest in the Conversation summarises the findings from our recent paper on organised interests in Australian #climate policy.
Thanks to the @aunz.theconversation.com team for some nice interactive figures to explore the data.
@cssn.org @anuregnet.bsky.social
theconversation.com/these-voices...
What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics?
New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Interested in an academic career in political science? Do you want to work in a vibrant department with friendly colleagues? Interested in climate governance or EU studies? Do to live close to nature, but also enjoy a vibrant cultural scene? Appreciate a good work-life balance?
Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?
๐ฃ Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include ๐งต
There is much to be done, at all levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Guardian Essential report: Climate doom and Al anxiety 26 November 2025 โ 26m Just over half of voters say that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The same number of voters had the same response more than 15 years ago, so Essential Media's executive director, Peter Lewis, and political reporter Josh Butler unpack the difference between the science and politics of climate action in Australia. They also explore why self-aware Al - rather than the climate crisis - ranked as our greatest existential threat, and how the overwhelming support for gambling reform exposes the gap between Albanese's current commitments and the public mood for change
Wow I am blown away by this new data on Australia's climate views
Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)
And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.
What a nightmare set of results
pca.st/episode/6577...
a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ซ dataset update!
๐ป We updated complexity data to ๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐, including entirely new data on ๐ด๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐. The dataset now includes legislative procedures from ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฏ ๐๐ผ ๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
๐ The data are now available for download at www.euplex.org/data
Well apparently the US is not the only nation turning its back on science...๐ค
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this yearโs UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It was great to visit @cicero.oslo.no where I presented and discussed my work on coalitions in EU environmental policy processes to the climate policy group! Thank you to Merethe Dotterud Leiren for the invitation!
#PhD #EU #environmentpolicy #coalitions
Really enjoyed visiting the lovely @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social today. I had the opportunity to present and discuss some of my on-going PhD research to the climate policy group!
#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion
Excited to be a visiting PhD researcher for the next three months at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, University of Oslo under the supervision of @elinlb.bsky.social!
Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!
2) Discussing key aspects of the EU's climate policy framework, focusing on key developments and policy innovations since the European Green Deal.
#EU #EuropeanGreenDeal #Environment #Policy
Our chapter 'EU climate policy' takes stock of the EU's climate mitigation policy architecture by:
1) Presenting an historical overview of EU climate policy from the early 1990s until the end of the 9th EU Parliament term (April 2024) and;
๐ฑThrilled to be a part of this book on EU Environmental Governance! ๐ฑ
Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.
www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...
Was fortunate enough to present a chapter of my PhD thesis on the drivers of #coalitions in the #EU #GreenDeal and tune in to some great emerging research at the @uaces.bsky.social conference in Liverpool
Today, at our webinar, @laura-mas.bsky.social presented her work and provided valuable insights on policy research and crisis. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Laura! โบ๏ธ
And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions โจ
See you next time!
Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: @laura-mas.bsky.social from University of Bologna will provide insights on the connection between #crises, policy processes and EU policymaking. Join us!! ๐
๐: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
โ: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Temperature records are going to keep getting broken until morale improves (or until we stop burning fossil fuels).
Motherfucking wind farmsโฆ
Send your paper/panel to EPSS 2026! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the climate politics section and canโt wait to help climate research shine in Belfast!
๐ Job opportunity โ Sydney Environment Institute is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Research Fellow - #Justice and #Electricity Transmission to develop research on climate justice and electricity transmission with @amandatattersall.bsky.social and @dschlosberg.bsky.social. Applications close 11 Aug, 11:59PM
The new ruling by the UN court on climate action is a game changer.
The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.
Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal dutiesโnot just moral onesโto protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
