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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My new open access article with @michelezadra.bsky.social in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social critically reflects on the potential for citizens' climate assemblies to provide an escape route from the apparent “democracy–decarbonization dilemma". doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Climate Policy Journal @climate-policy.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

🔓️ OPEN ACCESS: Just transition policies receive electoral support at the implementation stage - mainly from direct beneficiaries - despite limited perception of local changes, find @dianebolet.bsky.social @fergusgreen.bsky.social & Mikel González-Eguino @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk ⬇️ 🔗

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Just transition policy implementation in Spanish coal mining communities: feedback effects on policy attitudes and voting intentions

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/06/2026

“If we don’t reduce actual emissions, we can’t actually reduce climate change.” – Dr Richard Denniss, co-CEO of The Australia Institute Read more ➡️ theaus.in/4fVovfv

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The @echr.coe.int today affirmed a set of important principles re the obligations of states under the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to the assessment of climate impacts from proposed fossil fuel extraction projects. hudoc.echr.coe.int#{%22itemid%2...

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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/06/2023

The Norwegian Oil Ministry and several fossil fuel companies celebrating the approval of 19 new oil/gas projects with ice creams and big smiles. Collectively, the projects will unlock > 800MTCO2-e of emissions; more than Germany emits in 1 year. The longest-running will pump out oil+gas until 2060.

a group of people smiling and eating ice creams in front of TV screens. Mostly men in suits.

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

The UK's strong new climate test for proposed oil & gas projects casts Australia's environmental impact assessment laws in an unflattering light: my new piece in ‪Inside Story‬ insidestory.org.au/britains-tou... @uclspp.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @insidestory.bsky.social

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Britain’s tough new climate test • Fergus Green

Britain has leapfrogged Australia with strong rules for proposed fossil fuel projects

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Yesterday the UK govt issued strong new guidance to oil & gas producers on incorporating combustion emissions into their environmental impact assessments. I comment on the new guidance and link it to my new legal research working paper, here: www.ucl.ac.uk/political-sc... @uclspp.bsky.social

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UCL climate law expert shows importance of UK Government’s new test for oil and gas projects

Dr Fergus Green has published a constructive proposal for assessing the 'significance' of fossil fuel extraction projects’ climate impacts in a legally appropriate manner.

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My piece in @uk.theconversation.com tries to bust myths in the UK oil & gas debate (esp. re Rosebank) that distract from a simple truth: more oil means more emissions. argumentshttps://theconversation.com/rosebank-oilfield-why-more-uk-oil-means-more-global-emissions-253055 @uclspp.bsky.social

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Rosebank oilfield: why more UK oil means more global emissions

It’s a myth that producing oil with lower upstream emissions benefits the climate.

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

A reminder that the application for this research fellow/research assistant position is due end of the day this Friday (30 May)!

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My key takeaways from the EFTA Court advisory opinion on the requirements for assessing petroleum extraction projects under the EU's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive and the implications of failing to adhere to those requirements. eftacourt.int/wp-content/u...

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Important judgment of the EFTA Court clearly establishes that emissions from the combustion of petroleum are 'effects' of petroleum extraction projects that must be assessed under the EU's Environmental Impact Assessment Directive. Consistent with UKSC judgment in Finch eftacourt.int/wp-content/u...

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Another Way @another-way.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

The burning question: can we limit warming to 1.5°C, while still continuing to build fossil fuel infrastructure and open new extraction fields? According to analysis by @fergusgreen.bsky.social, the only answer is no. We need a new social norm: 💥 ✊ No. New. Fossil. Fuels. ✊ 💥

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Milieudefensie‬ (Friends of the Earth NL) has launched a new climate case against Shell, arguing Shell's proposed new oil & gas developments violate their social duty of care. This action will help to build a legal #NoNewFossil norm.

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We're hiring a short-term postdoc (think "summer project"), or PhD-student RA, with advanced expertise in quantitative text analysis to support myself and Dr Marion Dumas (LSE) in a European Horizon-funded grant project. Details here adjust-project.eu/job-call/

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JOB CALL: Research Fellow / Research Assistant with co-authorship—quantitative text analysis for social science (UCL) – AdJUSTFacebookLinkedInTwitter

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

In a new working paper, I argue we need to move from an "Emissions Paradigm" of climate governance to a "Systems Paradigm". I discuss the political dynamics that attend each, arguing those of the latter are more conducive to decarbonisation. fergusgreen.net/s/Beyond-the...

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Fergus Green @fergusgreen.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Delighted to have contributed one of the launch posts for @biicl.bsky.social's new Climate Law & Litigation blog. I explore the implications for fossil fuel producers of the legal & factual findings in the recent appeal decision in Shell v Milieudefensie www.biicl.org/blog/95/shel...

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Shell v Milieudefensie: Sowing the Seeds for Future Climate Litigation against Fossil Fuel Producers

The Hague Court of Appeal's ruling in Shell v Milieudefensie was, strictly speaking, a win for Shell: it overturned the specific emissions reduction target imposed on Shell by the District Court of Th...

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