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Joachim Peter Tilsted

@jptilsted.bsky.social
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Political ecological economy of climate change and energy transitions • Postdoc at the University of Copenhagen

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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Airlines are claiming that their climate targets align with the Paris Agreement. We looked into whether this claim holds up. What we find is that even the airlines with the on paper most ambitious targets fall short when subject to scrutiny. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Just reviewed a paper for a high prestige journal by scholars from a high prestige uni. They cite one example of what they criticise, supposedly from that same journal. I look it up. AI hallucination. I reach out to the claimed author. They have never heard about it.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The workings of fossil capital extend beyond energy into our material world. We have a new paper out on how and why that is. We consider the overlaps between fossil fuels and synthetic materials, analysing global plastics governance from a neo-Gramscian perspective.
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Lukas Slothuus @lslothuus.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Has the Danish government quietly abandoned its commitment to the Paris Agreement? 🇩🇰 In this piece for @klimamonitor.dk, Jens Friis Lund, @jptilsted.bsky.social, and I call on the government to reiterate their support for the Paris goals. (English in the replies) klimamonitor.dk/nyheder/deba...
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Forskere: Er regeringen ved at underminere Parisaftalen uden at fortælle os det?
Klimaministeren har med sine udtalelser sået tvivl om Danmarks engagement til ambitiøs klimahandling. Danmarks klimapolitik halter også efter, skriver tre forskere.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
What if change is actually stability in disguise? In a new perspective paper, @peternewell.bsky.social, Oliver Bugge Hunt and I argue that we should not understand change as the opposite of stability. Rather, we can think of change and stability as co-constitutive of one another.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
What would degrowth imply for petrochemicals? A multilateral treaty enforcing a cap on global production, yes - as forcefully argued by many brilliant voices - but that is not all. In a new paper, I reflect on what remains in place also after a seemingly ambitious policy. doi.org/10.1177/0963...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Ever wondered why there is no accessible book-length introduction to ecological economics and the political economy of transitions in Danish? I know I have, so I tried to write one. It is out tomorrow, asking how we analytically should approach whether it is too little, too late and who benefits.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Det er i morgen, der er deadline på at ansøge til okonomiskolen.dk Kom og vær med når vi sammen med en masse dygtige forskere konfronterer de store spørgsmål om verdens kriser og disses uretfærdighed.
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Hjem | Økonomiskolen 2025
Økonomiskolen er et progressivt kursusforløb, der præsenterer dig for emner og perspektiver på økonomi, som ikke prioriteres på danske økonomiuddannelser, og som sjældent indgår i den offentlige debat...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Why is it that capping the production of plastics is so contested? Got to provide some input to this great piece by @katharinamau.bsky.social
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Darum ist es so schwer, weniger Plastik zu produzieren
Die Welt verhandelt weiter über ein Plastikabkommen. Warum ist es so schwer, die Plastikproduktion zu senken?
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Klimamonitor sætter i dag sat ord på vigtigheden af en global plastiktraktat for klimadagsordenen. Giver selv lidt perspektiv fra min ph.d.: »Kemiindustrien er fuldkommen sammenfiltret med olie-, gas- og kulindustrien. Dermed er deres skæbner også forbundne.«
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Plast er olieindustriens redningskrans Bliver den punkteret i Genéve?
Skal vi blive fossile brændsler kvit, så er det ikke nok at udfase olie, gas og kul som energiform. Danmark sidder med for bordenden ved de vigtige forhandlinger, der skal lukke plasthanen.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Interesting developments... The contradiction on which the initiative is founded could not be contained.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history. This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide. “One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad. #Gaza
The city of Beit Hanoun in the north east edge of Gaza is seen from above. It is completely destroyed, not a single building is standing. It is all rubble, as though the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The city had a population of 52,000
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The IEA has published its yearly report on the state of oil—a key publication when following trends in petrochemicals and oil as a material. It confirms the increasing importance of synthetics in energy transitions: "Demand growth [is] underpinned almost exclusively by petrochemical[s]."
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Oil 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Oil 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Ethvert folkedrab retfærdiggøres på samme måde: netop denne befolkningsgruppe er unik farlig og kan ikke behandles efter normale regler. Armenerne var forræderiske, tutsierne magtsyge, jøderne konspiratoriske. Nu er det så palæstinensere, der alle er terrorister eller ikke elsker deres børn.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Just learnt that the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change is now also calling for a climate agenda beyond decarbonisation, including both defossilisation and detoxification.
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A/HRC/59/42: The imperative of defossilizing our economies - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change
The present report clarifies States’ international human rights obligations and businesses’ responsibilities to phase out fossil fuels and related subsidies within the current decade. The interlinked,...
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UNRWA @unrwa.org · 24/04/2025
🔹Humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the #Gaza Strip for over 50 days now. Critical humanitarian supplies are rapidly depleting. UNRWA flour supplies have run out. 📍Full report on the situation in Gaza and the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Hvad skal målene for de danske forbrugsbaserede udledninger være? Klimarådet siger det. Klimabevægelsen siger det. Selv Dansk Industri siger det. Vi skal have pejlemærker for drivhusgasudledninger relateret til forbrug. Men hvad skal de være? Det har vi i Klima- og Omstillingsrådet nogle bud på.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Together with @peternewell.bsky.social, I have a new paper out in RIPE. In this paper, we explore why and how the use of fossil hydrocarbons for non-energy purposes (as raw material for synthetics) changes how we should approach the climate crisis. 1/x www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Ret målløs over DMI's positionering når man læser det her indlæg op mod det, DMI og Havstovan har skrevet... klimamonitor.dk/debat/art102...
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Replik: DMI bliver for skråsikre
De to forskerne bag det danske AMOC-studie, der trak overskrifter verden over, fordi det forudså et kollaps i dette århundrede, advarer DMI om at stole for ensidigt på studier, der peger i en anden re...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🍩 How do you figure out if you are inside the doughnut? 🍩 In a new paper with @jonaskromand.bsky.social and Anders Bjørn, we try to answer that question. We suggest allocating carrying capacity to ensure the fulfilment of human needs. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Going to carefully read this new paper on Shell's 2023 petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania: "The plant might best be understood as a $1.65 billion government subsidy to the fossil fuel industry shrouded behind discourses of economic revitalization and low-carbon futures." doi.org/10.1080/2469...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Indeholder også en snippet om de lokales holdning til CIP's brintportofølje-projekt i Louisiana. '(...) a straightforward extension of the petrochemical industry that has been poisoning them for decades. (...) “How can we have a blue ammonia plant when we’re already overburdened with chemicals?”'
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I had to read this three times to be sure I got it right. 'In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”' Exxon showcasing similar tactics when it comes to the plastic pollution crisis. grist.org/accountabili...
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California and environmental groups sued Exxon over plastics. Now Exxon is striking back.
In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
This interesting new paper models some of the dilemmas of defossilising petrochemicals and plastics around biomass as feedstock and the associated land use change. The overlap of decarbonisation and defossilisation puts nature under further pressure without degrowth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The potential land-use impacts of bio-based plastics and plastic alternatives - Nature Sustainability
Bio-based plastics have gained attention as a potentially sustainable way to reduce fossil fuel-based plastic demand and store carbon. However, large-scale adoption of bio-based alternatives could hav...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The links between fossil fuels, geoeconomics, and synthetic materials are on full display in multilateral environmental governance.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
As the IEA put it in their Oil 2024 report, we live in an "era of petrochemical-driven [oil] demand growth." In the absence of a treaty with a supply-side focus to address production, this era continues.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Hvad skal DK's klimamål være i 2035? En ny rapport fra Klimarådet som udkom i dag opridser nogle af mulighederne. Klimamål er også fordelingskamp. Global klimaretfærdighed tilsiger selvklart mere markante reduktioner. klimaraadet.dk/da/analyse/d...
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Danmarks klimamål i 2035
Der skal sættes et nyt klimamål for 2035. De danske udledninger skal yderligere reduceres, og kursen skal sættes mod først klimaneutralitet og senere nettonegative udledninger. Regeringen skal senest ...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Den største multilaterale miljøaftale siden Paris bliver forhandlet denne uge med afgørende konsekvenser for mennesker og økosystemer verden over. Det handler om det vigtigste vækstmarked for olie og gas. TV2's vinkel: "Har du styr på din affaldssortering"?
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The plastics crisis, subject to multilateral negotiation this week, is not a matter of straws, stirrers, plastic cutlery, and carrier bags. They account for 0.04% of use (in the UK). The crisis, rather, is about maintaining fossil fuel hegemony beyond energy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Kemiindustrien er den største vækstmotor for olieinduestrien. Og det er ikke en engangsforestilling. For at forstå fossil kapital, og dermed klimakrisens skæbne, skal vi forstå kemiindustrien. Ny artikel i Eftertryk med udgangspunkt i min ph.d.-afhandling. www.eftertrykket.dk/2024/11/23/k...
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Kemiindustriens fremtid er afgørende for klimakrisen | Eftertryk
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Amongst other things, this boost to fracking is also a boost to petrochemicals both in the US and globally, including in China.
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Before my PhD defence, I wrote a short summary: "If the starting point of this thesis (...) that petrochemicals are the future of fossil fuel demand, the ending point is the need to constrain [fossil] feedstocks, addressing the supply side of petrochemicals." www.linkedin.com/pulse/transf...
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Transforming a Synthetic World: The Political Economy of Petrochemical Transitions
Soon, after four years of research, I defend my thesis, which carries the title ‘Transforming a Synthetic World’. I decided to tweet about it, trying to explain the content, but given the current stat...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 30/08/2024
And when I say on display, I mean nailed to a wooden board, of course...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 29/08/2024
After my PhD thesis came on public display in the department yesterday, it is now out and available on the Lund University research portal: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati... At some point in the near future before my defence Sep 20, I'll write a summarising thread.
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Transforming a Synthetic World: The Political Economy of Petrochemical Transitions
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 26/08/2024
New report on why and how to cap plastic production. Two major findings to me: 1) There is no way around limits to production (even if considering climate change only) 2) no matter the approach, principles of distributive justice are critically important. portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...
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Joachim Peter Tilsted @jptilsted.bsky.social · 15/08/2024
I am using my first post on this platform to share that I will defend my PhD on the links between fossil fuels, chemicals and synthetic materials on September 20. So thrilled that this is happening after four years of research. I cannot wait to share the thesis in full in a week or two.
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