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Kathy Hochstetler

@hochstet.bsky.social
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Professor of International Development at LSE. Emerging powers, energy, climate

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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Like me, a graduate of Earlham College in Indiana news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
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Robert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎤 My next book talk "Green Political Economy" will be at LSE @lseideas.bsky.social - on Tuesday 13 October, 6pm-7pm. The talk will introduce key themes of my new book, and specifically how geoeconomics plays into the global green transition. Registration needed at: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...
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Green Political Economy
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Robert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📖 Just over a month to go until my new book, Green Political Economy, is published by @politybooks.bsky.social. Available in paperback, hardback and ebook, you can get it in the UK by late September, and in the US by early December 2026.
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Masaya LlavanerasBlanco @masayalb.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Here is my urgent call to place Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the centre of the Humanitarian Response and discussions about #ReconstructionEfforts. Thanks to @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social for their invitation. odi.org/en/insights/...
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Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises
Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...
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Jeremy Schmidt @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
EXCITED to see our new book on Ethics and Planetary Boundaries set for (open access!) publication in September. This book has 18 chapters (two on each boundary) from different places, disciplines, and perspectives.. Access it soon here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Oops, embarrassing mistake - Orban, of course
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Antulio Rosales @antuliorosales.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
A diverse group of 21 Venezuelanist social scientists has produced a working paper on what we think needs to occur for a fulsome democratic transition to take place in Venezuela. @dsmilde.bsky.social @masayalb.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social ⬇️ t.co/PMZ75AVDvz
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Livio Silva-Muller @liviosilva.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This one has been on the makings for years now, glad to finally see it out there!
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
EXTRACTION will have its UK debut soon. I will be coming to London, Cambridge and Oxford for events the week after this one. See my website for event specifics and to RSVP www.theariofrancos.com/upcoming-eve...
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Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
5 postdocs just advertised: Come work with us at the LSE Global School of Sustainability @gsos-lse.bsky.social. With 150 people working full-time on the political economy of decarbonisation, you'd be joining the largest research community on the topic. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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GSOS LSE Fellow
GSOS LSE Fellow, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><spa...
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
It Crawled into my Hand, Honest
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 16/01/2026
NEW – Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/rjHKA2e
An adult Roseate Spoonbill in Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Credit: Juergen Sohns / Alamy Stock Photo
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LSE Department of Government @lsegovernment.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social
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Natural resource rents and radical policy | Steffen Hertog
6:30pm Wed 21 Jan | Steffen Hertog | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
And here's the shorter, seven page version: www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I wrote about just transition in Brazil for UNRISD - TLDR, lots of different impacts, from new kinds of energy, from old ones, with different implications for different groups (some hit urban, some indigenous, some quilombolos, some labor) www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Really interesting and plausible parsing of who was on which side of a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels at COP30
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Not an expert, but googling around a bit shows them as another producer with clearly limited oil reserves and low quality of much of what's left. Would love to hear from someone who was at COP30 about where they were diplomatically.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Right, others’ leverage over them. I think Brazil’s position ended up being shaped by its leadership role in the COP and its plausible for Australia too
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
One of the levers on producer states is that some of them (e.g., Colombia) recognise that they have small and declining reserves and/or high costs of production which mean that their production has an end date. But for the big producers like Saudi Arabia, the only real lever is on the demand side.
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Great to have the book out there...110 authors, it's a Great Leap Forward in our understanding of why we're failing to act on climate change. Book is free at CSSN.org And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up: www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
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Climate Change Solutions | Social Scientists | CSSN
An international network of social science researchers focused on understanding the cultural and institutional dynamics of the political conflict over climate change
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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Want to learn more about Colombia's energy transition? @npr.org has you covered. 🫡 🇨🇴 🎧 ⬇️
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This oil-producing country is moving away from oil. Here's how it's going
Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Fascinante
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
In my 2007 book on Brazilian environmental politics, we said the same thing in the first chapter: there are few countries where the pro-environment and anti-environment forces are both so strong. Neither always wins.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A useful reminder about the heavy environmental and social costs of the existing energy sector www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
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Guy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍 Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos. @redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
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Peter Newell @peternewell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements
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Guy Edwards @guywhedwards.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Many thanks to the author of this piece, Fermín Koop, published by @dialogueearth.bsky.social , for the opportunity to share some comments on the participation of Latin American countries in the COPs and the impact of their regional groups, such as AILAC. dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
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Can Latin America finally present a united front for COP30?
As the UN climate summit returns to the region, we look back at decades of leadership from its nations at the talks – and also fragmentation
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Gabriel Siqueira @gabrieldread.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Please support my work, engage with the post on LinkedIn
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Great book!
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
#NoKings
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Fort Collins, CO had so many people, it took an hour for the march to pass through town (city of less than 200,000)
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Check it out! OPEN ACCESS! #energy #USpol #EU #China #ClimateJustice #ActOnClimate #Brazil #Germany #Protest #coaltoclean #peat #COP30 Stability and #Politicization in #Climate #Governance - www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
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Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🌍 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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Beatriz GUARANI KAIOWÁ @beatrizdiniz.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) entregou à ministra do Meio Ambiente e Mudanças Climáticas do Brasil, Marina Silva, o prêmio WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation, a principal honraria da organização que reconhece o compromisso extraordinário com a natureza e as pessoas."
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️ Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 12/09/2025
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
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China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · 09/09/2025
New study from Carlos R.S. Milani, Janaina Pinto, and Arthur Facini on the organized obstruction observed in the Brazilian government and industries. Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 02/09/2025
1/18 Is China's economy collapsing or dominating? Meg Rithmire's new piece in Current History argues it's doing both simultaneously—and that's the problem.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
You really should read this fascinating and profound interview with Columbian President Gustavo Petro. How many other world leaders are acknowledging that "Climate change is just the atmospheric mirror of capital accumulation on Earth"?
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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
New issue! Volume 34, Issue 6 out now. With seven research articles, a review article, and three book reviews. Full details: environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Interesting piece by Matias Spektor on Brazil and India making their own way. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
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Opinion | These Countries Never Trusted America. Trump Is Proving Them Right.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Sorry to hear that you're facing this.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Lula is much more hemmed in by a very conservative Congress than in his earlier terms, but some of the decisions - like doubling down on oil and gas - are fully his. And then there are lots of "distractions", like the trial of the ex-president and Trump's 50% tariff, etc etc. COP is not top of mind
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
- Rolling back environmental impact assessment - Doubling down on oil and gas production
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Carlos Rittl @carlosrittl.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The updated concept of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility is out. It brings greater clarity+demonstrates progress, after inputs received from governments, Indigenous Peoples + local communities, and CSOs. I'm glad to be helping with the #TFFF design on behalf of the @wcs.org.
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Kathy Hochstetler @hochstet.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I'm pleased to have a contribution in here - and it's open access too, for everyone to see.
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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
📢 Quick reminder: Deadline this Sunday (24 Aug) to submit abstracts for the Workshop on Climate Change, Inequality & Policy Contestation (10–11 Nov 2025, LSE). Hosted by @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social in partnership with @gsos-lse.bsky.social 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/x3Css36pU8kb...
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LSE Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation Workshop November 2025
The Department of Social Policy in partnership with the Global School of Sustainability (GSoS) and Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub at the London School of Economics and Polit...
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