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Chris Crellin

@ccrellin.bsky.social
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PhD/aspirant F.R.S-FNRS at ISPOLE, UCLouvain | European Union, coalitions, environmental politics, policy process, policy networks

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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New publication and the first major output of my PhD research! Focusing on several policy processes related to the European Green Deal, this article maps and characterises coalitions across five structural dimensions to develop a coalition typology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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European Policy Analysis | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
EU environmental policy processes are structured and influenced by coalitions of different shapes and sizes. Despite the structural variation, no systematic mapping or characterization of coalitions ....
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West European Politics @wepsocial.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
🇪🇺 Do heatwaves at home make MEPs talk climate? @buzogany.bsky.social, @mihailchiru.bsky.social & @vladsurdea.bsky.social match 2 decades of district weather to 130,000+ EP questions. More hazards go with more climate questions, but the link mostly runs between countries. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0140...
Description of the article "Climate-related hazards and issue attention to climate policy in the European Parliament" by Aron Buzogány, Mihail Chiru and Vlad Surdea-Hernea, published online first in West European Politics.
Three-panel plot from the interaction models, showing predicted climate attention across hazard levels for three party positions: environmentally friendly (solid green), neutral or centrist (dashed grey) and environmental sceptic (dotted orange). The green line sits above the other two in every panel and the three run broadly parallel — party position sets the level of climate attention rather than conditioning how MEPs respond to hazards. Predicted attention rises with wet-spell exposure but declines across the observed range of heat episodes and temperature anomalies in these models.
Three-panel line plot showing the predicted share of an MEP's written questions that concern climate change as district heat episodes, wet spells and temperature anomalies increase. All three panels slope upward, with shaded confidence bands widening at higher hazard levels. These are the baseline models without country fixed effects; the paper reports that the associations disappear once country fixed effects are added.
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New publication 🌪️🌪️🌪️ Robert MacNeil and I investigate the range of “focusing events” that have driven public attention to climate change in Australia over the past two decades. 1/5 @gepjournal.bsky.social #climatechange #extremeweather #climateprotests #environment #Australia
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“Focusing Events” and Public Attention to Climate Change in Australia
Abstract. This research note investigates the range of “focusing events” that have driven public attention to climate change in Australia over the past two decades. While scholars have widely recogniz...
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Tore Wig @torewig.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We're hiring 2 postdocs at @uio.no on my ERC-Cog project on how authoritarian regimes shape scientific knowledge. 3–4 years, U. of Oslo. Deadline: 10 Sept 2026. Great dept., terms, well funded, bustling & green Scandi capital. Apply! 👉 jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/303060/postdoctoral-fello
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Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow  (303060), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Thursday, September 10, 2026
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
A hopeful insight into Australian emissions reductions! When the incoming Aus fed govt announced the Battery subsidies, I could not imagine it would have such rapid uptake & impact.... Loved this quote: "It's actually a bottom-up renewable energy revolution being led by punters"
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Emissions drop again, fuelling hopes Australia's hit a tipping point
Emissions are at their lowest point since the COVID pandemic shut down the economy, dropping 2.1 per cent over the year to December 2025.
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Chris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 04/06/2026
Gas spent 20 years owning the evening peak. Batteries took a year to crash the party. That's disruption. Not gradual, but a rapid shift in who supplies grid's most valuable hours. The battle was never about total generation. It was about the peak & batteries are winning it. #Bettrification #BESS
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 14/05/2026
To keep track of the rapidly growing field of attribution research, Carbon Brief has mapped every published study on how climate change has influenced extreme weather. Explore the interactive map here ⬇️ interactive.carbonbrief.org/attribution-...
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 21/04/2026
Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’ | @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @ember-energy.org Read here: buff.ly/XtaYP1D
Renewables have passed coal power globally,. Global electricity generation n TWh, 2000-2025.
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CEE Bankwatch Network @ceebankwatch.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
1/🤔To be or not to be continued? Our new report with Forum Energii explores this question in the context of the Just Transition Fund and its impact in Czechia, Germany, Greece, Poland, Romania and Spain. bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
When it comes to the energy transition I'm a glass half full person. I know: plenty of people would say that's terribly naive. They point to the scale of the challenge. They point to vested interests. They point to hard-to-abate sectors. And they're not wrong. But here's what they miss. 🧵
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expertsurvey.bsky.social @expertsurvey.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@alexpiron.bsky.social and @ccrellin.bsky.social use #LLMs on #EU aid data to construct the EU's Humanitarian Aid #Network to explain aid allocation at our @ecpr.bsky.social #JointSession workshop.
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Clem Fon @clemfon.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Let's prepare for "long lasting" energy shock, without mentionning once "renewables", says the EU commissionner for energy. www.ft.com/content/7d3a...
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Europe must prepare for ‘long-lasting’ energy shock, EU warns
Energy commissioner says bloc is assessing fuel rationing and releasing more oil from strategic reserves
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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🔓️ Contrary to common assumptions, introducing pull policies before shifting to stricter push policies may not boost public support for tougher #climateaction, find Thomas Bernauer et al. Rather than policy-sequencing, governments may benefit from contemporaneous bundling of pull and push measures⬇️
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Could policy sequencing increase public support for ambitious climate policies? Experimental insights from efforts to enhance battery electric vehicle adoption in Norway and Switzerland
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European Journal of Political Research @ejprjournal.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🆕 Who Supports the Energy Transition? ⚡🌍 Marcello Natili, Alessandro Pellegata of @ecprpovb.bsky.social & Francesco Visconti look at the 2022 #EnergyCrisis, to find that support for renewables rose when paired with social compensation but deep class and ideological divides remain ⚖️
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What kind of energy transition? Public opinion trade-offs between economic growth, ecological sustainability, and equity | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
What kind of energy transition? Public opinion trade-offs between economic growth, ecological sustainability, and equity
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Paul Ganderton @ecogeog.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#disinformation damages "This misinformation presents a threat to action on climate change, but also challenges the health of Australia’s democracy, the committee found. AI was even used to generate fake content in some of the submissions to the inquiry."- theconversation.com/fake-news-on...
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Fake news on everything from whales to wind farms: Australia is flooded with climate misinformation
Disinformation is everywhere: AI-based material was even used to generate some of false claims in submissions to the inquiry into misinformation.
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Looking forward to participating and engaging in this workshop at the @ecpr.bsky.social #JointSessions on #LLMs and political #networks!
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel. The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs. BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I'm Europe. This is my energy strategy.
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
New article! Policymaker environmental communication in the wake of natural disasters, by Katie Nissen. doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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How do natural disasters affect elite policymaker communication about environmental issues? Natural disasters are highly salient events that capture individuals’ attention. As a result, policymakers may increase communication on environmental topics in order to better align with constituent or ideological concerns. Using a novel data set of 88,211 tweets from U.S. Congress members, I find that the occurrence of natural disasters in a policymaker’s constituency leads to increased environmental messaging, particularly among Democrats and representatives of Democratic-leaning areas. The effect is strongest in electorally safe districts, regardless of party. Overall, natural disasters induce greater environmental communication from policymakers, but such effects vary greatly depending on the partisan landscape. This work has important implications for ongoing political gridlock and partisanship that hinders meaningful climate and environmental policy
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G Brueckmann @brueckmann.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
👋 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...
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Policy goal communication increases support for ambitious renewable energy policies
In democracies, public support for policies is crucial to their legitimacy, and the absence can impede necessary reforms, which are needed to keep most disastrous effects of climate change at bay. Thi...
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Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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....
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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
☀️ Australia: On the other side of the world, summer heatwaves brought 'extreme heat stress' to much of Australia, with feels-like temperatures of 46°C or higher. ⬇️
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Christian Downie @christiandownie.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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...
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
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...
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Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence
Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...
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Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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?
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Christian Downie @christiandownie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia? 📣 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 🧵
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
There is much to be done, at all levels. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature - npj Climate Action
Scientists have much to contribute to the growing social movements pushing for urgent and transformative change to address the climate and biodiversity crises. Depending on their skills, interests and...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 26/11/2025
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...
Guardian Essential report: Climate doom and Al anxiety
26 November 2025 ☑ 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
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/11/2025
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.
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Steffen Hurka @steffenhurka.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
📊 𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗫 dataset update! 💻 We updated complexity data to 𝟭,𝟬𝟯𝟮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, including entirely new data on 𝟴𝟭𝟱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. The dataset now includes legislative procedures from 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟯 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. 📎 The data are now available for download at www.euplex.org/data
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Latest dataset - EUPLEX
EUPLEX is a DFG-funded research project at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Polittical Science at LMU Munich. The project, led by Dr. Steffen Hurka at LMU Munich, is dedicated to the questions of ...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Well apparently the US is not the only nation turning its back on science...🤔
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s 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/...
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
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!
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
🌱Thrilled to be a part of this book on EU Environmental Governance! 🌱 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...
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EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges
This book presents an overview of the field of environmental law and policies within the European Union (EU) and externally, from theoretical foundations to major issues and applied governance solutio...
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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
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ECPR Standing Group on Public Policy @ecprpublicpolicy.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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! ☺️ And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨ See you next time!
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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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!
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ECPR Standing Group on Public Policy @ecprpublicpolicy.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
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!! 😊 🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET ✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Temperature records are going to keep getting broken until morale improves (or until we stop burning fossil fuels).
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Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Send your paper/panel to EPSS 2026! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the climate politics section and can’t wait to help climate research shine in Belfast!
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Sydney Environment Institute @seisydney.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🔔 Job opportunity – 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
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission
Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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...
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U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions
The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from planet-warming emissions.
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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · 23/07/2025
The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
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How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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...
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Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission
Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...
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Christian Flachsland @chflachsland.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Must-read for all EU climate politics nerds: @ziaweise.bsky.social with an update on the nuances of the unfolding parliamentarian political battle over the new EU 2040 target.
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EPA Journal @epa-journal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Originally developed for the US, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is now used to analyze EU policy. As EU policymaking differs, this paper by F. von Malmborg examines limits of applying ACF to supranational contexts. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci #AFC
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Chris Crellin @ccrellin.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Fantastic insights at the @greendealnet.eu conference. Touched on the role of #democracy and #climate policy, the clean industrial deal, the near future of EU climate policy, and the #social justice aspect of #EU climate policy, ending with an exhibition and participative performance!
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