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Jonas Meckling

@jonasmeckling.bsky.social
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Professor, UC Berkeley | Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
From March 2026 - Fighting the Future: Short-Term Investors and Business Opposition to Climate Policy - cup.org/4sLQVw2 - Jared J. Finnegan & @jonasmeckling.bsky.social #OpenAccess
BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of business interests on climate policy, focusing on firms with short-term gains versus those with long-term ownership. It introduces a study using U.S. data and a measure of climate policy opposition.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
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.
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Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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...
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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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Industrial Policy Group @industrialpolicy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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. 🙌🌍🌳
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
ICYMI: Join me and industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com of the @rooseveltinstitute.org to talk about my new book! Next week! Deets below 👇
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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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Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources @natureatcal.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
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:
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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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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
@bloomberg.com on our recent research on central banks and climate risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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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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Phillip Lipscy @lipscy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
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....
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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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