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Overall, a useful corrective to commonplace naive arguments that climate policy can be pursued without thinking about political incentives, power, and strategy.

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This might seem intuitive, but the data is based on the UN's Clean Development Mechanism, and existing work on that in India suggested the decision-making in the 'Designated National Authority' (the national-level CDM decision-making institution) was outside political control. 3/

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It shows that, and how, governing parties in India shape who benefits from international climate finance. It shows that governments manage to direct such finance towards constituencies where their party or its allies are in office, and do so more when the electoral competition is tight. 2/

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's always nice when one of your PhD students gets their first publication. 'The spatial politics of International Climate Finance: A case of India' now out by Soham Banerjee along with Dishil Shrimankar and myself. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1.... 1/

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BLOG | Devolution could give citizens a meaningful role in creating policies that work for them. But, more devolution does not mean more democracy. To fully deliver, models like citizen's juries and assemblies should be normal and expected - not just a democratic curiosity. 👉 tinyurl.com/ybsnr2yu

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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Such important work by colleagues at the NZIPL! And it raises a critical question: why are some Global South countries more capable of attracting and using this investment for building up green industry than others?

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Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Kevin anderson’s argument is worth reading also. But yhe main issue in my view is time. If we open new oil and gas now the investors will be assuming to run it for 40ish yrs. So any investment now locks in emissions beyond when we have to have eliminated it.

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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Annual General Meeting

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Little reason for them to collapse i meant, as LD and GP votes did in Makerfield

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Looking at those numbers for holborn in 2024, lots presumably depends on what happens to the libdem and tory votes. If they hold up the same, that brings the threshold down sirely. And little reason to do that as there was In Makerfield.

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not obviously important in Holborn as the parties people are voting agInst tactically are not in the picture. Just the issue of where the Feinstein votes go which is somewhat different. Structurally though in your model seems pretty clearly like Makerfield no?

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Jack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 11/09/2026

Nice one Jack. I wonder if there is a potential for incorporating tactical voting potential also? The Gorton/Makerfield comparison seems to me to underscore that was critical, and in Makerfield simplified the potential no of parties from 3 to 2, as well as increasing GP vote share in Gorton.

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The Greens have selected their leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social to contest the by-election in Holborn and St. Pancras. What will it take for him to win the seat? Some analysis from me 👇

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

💡 From presentations on social and solidarity economies to the gig economy to a panel on our place-based community action, our JUST research team made their mark at #RGS2026! Thank you @rgs.org for a fantastic week and the opportunity to share our work - looking forward to next year already!

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JUST Centre @justcentre.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 10/09/2026

HOPE not hate can conclusively prove that Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson’s business empire has been built on fraudulent means, tax evasion, and perjury. This is a long one. Strap in.🧵 hopenothate.org.uk/the-grift/

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The Grift

Stephen Lennon, or Tommy Robinson as he is better known, has amassed a multimillion pound fortune by monetising hate and fear. But, as HOPE not hate can conclusively prove, his business empire has bee...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 10/09/2026

NEW – UK aviation emissions to be 50% higher than thought by 2050, government admits ✍️ Written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social 💬 With comments from @theaef.bsky.social @loispennington.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/61e2uoH

The UK government says UK flight emissions are set to be at least 50% higher than previously thought by 2050. Projected emissions in the UK's new scenarios (dark blue and grey), compared to the jet-zero strategy 'high ambition' scenario (light blue), MtCO2e. By 2050, new technology scenario reaches 28 MtCO2e compared to 19 MtCO2e in jet-zero. Source: UK Department for Transport. - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)

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It’s fundamental for understanding the power relations in how our food is produced and how problematic those relations are for everyone who is not a part of one of those companies.

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Titans of Industrial Agriculture

The other is @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social ‘s Titans of Industrial Agriculture, which brings together the world’s she has been doing for years on corporate concentration in agriculture, and specifically in farm inputs (machinery, seeds, fertiliser, pesticides). mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170... 3/

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Every year, hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds, and pesticides are sold to farmers around the world. Although agricu...

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Into South and southeast Asia, and the myriad complexities of imperial rivalry, local political messiness, trade and ecology from the early 19th to the mid 20th centuries. 2/

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