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Marian Feist

@mjfeist.bsky.social
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International climate politics: negotiations, diplomacy, and finance. Senior Fellow at the Hertie School. hertie-school.org/en/research/facul…

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Natalie Jones @nataliejones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Germany has dropped its Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels and here are my quick thoughts about it. www.bundesumweltministerium.de/en/download/...
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Germany's Roadmap for Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels- BMUKN - Download
The roadmap lays out the policy framework and the key strategies Germany will be pursuing in the various sectors in order to achieve its goal of climate neutrality and thus transition away from the us...
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Taryn Fransen @tarynfransen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In a new paper with @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), we provide the first empirical account of how countries use climate targets strategically.
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Strategic objectives underpin national climate pledges - Nature Communications
Countries use international climate pledges not only to express domestic policy preferences, but to advance strategic goals like attracting finance, enhancing status, and setting standards for others....
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
That’s a stellar line-up! Do join if you’re at #ESG2026.
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A sunny start to #EISA #PEC2026 in Lisbon! Join @meibauir.bsky.social and me for our panel on Investigating Great Power Politics in Flux – Wednesday at 2 pm.
The University Institute of Lisbon in the midday sun
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"Trade-related environmental leverage can aim for better environmental sustainability of production, consumption & other aspects of trade, & for creating a lasting green agenda." A new book by Giulia Claudia Leonelli @lselaw.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Can environmental leverage in trade policy achieve climate action? - LSE Review of Books
Environmental Leverage in Times of Climate Crisis by Giulia Claudia Leonelli is a socio-legal examination of how implementing stronger trade-related environmental measures can advance more…
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Insightful overview of five initiatives for plurilateral climate cooperation from @newclimate.bsky.social, including some interesting visualisations. newclimate.org/resources/pu...
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Fact sheets on cooperative climate initiatives
In this fact sheet series, we assess progress, ambition and policy implementation of prominent cooperative climate initiatives.
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Sabrina B. Arias @sabrinabarias.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My job market paper is now out in World Politics! Why do some small states excel in IO politics, when conventional theory tells us that powerful states should dominate? I argue and show that small state diplomats outperform their peers from wealthy, powerful states because they are more experienced!
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International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 23/07/2026
Trade deals are becoming tools for the green transition, not just tariff cuts. 🌍 Our new Trade & Climate Tracker maps 71 agreements signed since 2025—climate cooperation appears in 59% of public texts & energy provisions in 67%. First findings 👉 bit.ly/4wNv9cE
Wind turbines in a rural landscape with solar panels and water in the background. The text on the image reads: "New Article: Mapping the Green Transition in Recent Economic Agreements: The Trade & Climate Tracker." The IISD logo is displayed at the bottom.Quote from Alice Tipping, Director, Trade and Sustainable Development. IISD. "Governments know 21st-century growth and development depends on low-carbon, climate-resilient economies. The Tracker makes this shift visible, showing how economic agreements are building the green markets ahead."
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 28/07/2026
Wind and solar have just overtaken fossil-fuel power in Germany www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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How better climate diplomacy can save Europe’s green ambitions – European Council on Foreign Relations
Standfirst The EU needs to align climate diplomacy with industrial strategy to accelerate Europe’s transition to a competitive low-carbon economy
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 07/07/2026
#OpenAccess from @risjnl.bsky.social - Ad hoc coalitions across time: Shaping international cooperation amid political rivalry - cup.org/4wuc6nI - Stephanie C. Hofmann, @raffaelemstr.bsky.social & @anaprokhorov.bsky.social #FirstView
Logo for "Review of International Studies" next to an image of the Earth, with the hashtag #OpenAccess on a dark blue background.
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake” UEFA’s take on #internationalorder / the #worldcup www.uefa.com/news-media/n...
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UEFA statement on the Balogun case
Statement on decision related to Folarin Balogun
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/07/2026
FT Exclusive: The International Energy Agency has forecast US-based spending on power plants fuelled by coal and gas will reach $50bn this year, as companies rush to build out data centres. ft.trib.al/aakY0J7
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"Defending multilateralism today requires adapting it." "...not every challenge requires a negotiated outcome. Negotiations should focus on issues that genuinely require collective decision-making. " All-star lineup here www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/18/t...
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The UN climate process was built for negotiation - now it must support implementation
Consultations are underway on reforms to streamline the talks, which take too long to produce outcomes that are often not adequate to tackle the scale of the climate crisis
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Molly Lempriere @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org · 18/06/2026
In the Bonn closing plenary, chairs confirmed that SB64 is finishing with no agreement on the mitigation work programme - the only formal agenda item on mitigation in the process, Panama for AILAC said there had been continued problems within the MWP,
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11/06/2026
FT Exclusive: France, Germany and other European nations are discussing proposals for a radical overhaul of the EU’s 15-year-old diplomatic service, including stripping powers from the bloc’s chief diplomat. ft.trib.al/GX3OhIt
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Useful overview from @ciel.org ‬exploring potential legal avenues to establish a voting procedure for the #UNFCCC. www.ciel.org/reports/voti...
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Breaking the Deadlock: Why and How Voting Can Advance Climate Negotiations Thirty Years On (June 9th, 2026) - Center for International Environmental Law
New CIEL briefing explores how voting reforms at the UNFCCC could break climate deadlock and accelerate ambitious global action.
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Jack Taggart @jacktaggart.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What happens to global environmental governance when the liberal world economy underpinning it fragments? New piece in @ripejournal.bsky.social, w/ Peter Dauvergne, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social & @policyrelevant.bsky.social. We ask what comes after ‘liberal environmentalism’. doi.org/10.1080/0969...
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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
In what ways could the COP30 #MutirãoDecision open the door to deeper #TradeCooperation? This question will be at the heart of our discussion today at #SB64 during our official #UNFCCC side event! More information: 📲 www.idos-research.de/en/events/de... 📲 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for Applications - Postdoctoral Position GREENLOSS Project
2 Years - Postdoctoral Position Starting January 2027
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 29/04/2026
At #TAFF1 on Tuesday, the energy, climate, and security agendas collided, raising the urgency to transition away from #fossilfuels Concrete, justice-oriented solutions abound, as participants sought to ensure tangible outcomes Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a... #climatechange
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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 26/04/2026
About to start in Santa Marta, Colombia hosts first meeting to quit fossil fuels. May there be preferential treatment to those taking action to end the use of fossil fuels and craft national roadmaps guiding a shift away from oil, gas and coal use? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Colombia hosts first meeting to quit fossil fuels as energy crisis worsens
‘Coalition of the willing’ kicks off strategy talks despite absence of big emitters
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Benjamin Görlach @benjamingorlach.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
excellent - and encouraging reading from the colleagues at @ember-energy.org. What if the current situation in the strait of Hormuz becomes a massive booster for the end of the fossil age, already in decline? ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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The New Twin Fossil Shock | Ember
How the energy crises of the 2020s speed up the electric age
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
@consilium.europa.eu conclusions on EU energy and climate diplomacy data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...
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Diren Kocakuşak, Ph.D. @direnkocakusak.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
IEA's (@iea.org) Global Energy Review 2026 is out! Solar PV is leading the charge—supplying over 25% of global energy demand growth, ahead of natural gas at 17%. For the first time, a renewable source is the top driver of demand growth. ☀️🔌💡 #Solar #Renewables www.iea.org/reports/glob...
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
New op-ed in @globalpolicy.bsky.social: The genesis of the G7 #climateclub offers lessons for cooperation outside of the UN. www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/15/04/2...
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The Club that Wasn’t
The genesis of the G7 climate club offers lessons for cooperation outside of the United Nations. Negotiating the international response to climate change has always been a slow and arduous process. Sh...
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@lindakalcher.bsky.social, Anne-Sophie Cerisola, and @gorissenn.bsky.social urge @ec.europa.eu to be more strategic about climate diplomacy. “Intangible, fragmented and not well communicated” is quite the assessment, but it certainly strikes a chord. strategicperspectives.eu/eu-climate-d...
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EU climate diplomacy reset | Strategic Perspectives
As the geopolitical context for climate diplomacy keeps evolving rapidly, the EU is redefining its international position.
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Joe Lo @joeloclimate.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
India has withdrawn its offer to host the COP33 climate summit in two years time www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/08/i...
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India withdraws bid to host COP33 climate talks
The government gave only a brief explanation for its change of heart on the climate summit, saying it had reviewed its commitments for 2028
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Joe Thwaites @joethwaites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@nrdc.org and @e3g.bsky.social have launched a tracker for countries' multiyear climate finance commitments to developing countries. We'll be updating it regularly as new pledges come in, and hope it can be a useful resource for govts, media and civil society.
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Climate Finance Commitments Tracker
This new tool keeps tabs on countries’ multiyear climate finance commitments.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 17/03/2026
UPDATED – Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? ✍️ @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org Read here ⬇️
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Q&A: What does China’s 15th ‘five-year plan’ mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
China has published its 15th five-year plan, setting the strategic direction for the nation out...
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Harald Winkler @haraldwinkler.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
1/ New working paper by Greg Muttitt and me, on equitable fossil fuel transitions. GST called for nationally determined contributions to global efforts, incl “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner”. commerce.uct.ac.za/sites/defaul...
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Not a coincidence that several debates from the post-Copenhagen malaise have gained traction again in recent years, notably on plurilateral cooperation.
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Bert Huisman @berthuisman.eurosky.social · 11/03/2026
"The obvious conclusion is that decarbonising Europe’s energy system is both more necessary and more achievable than previously thought."
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Looking forward to welcoming Joanne Yao (@qmulsse.bsky.social) and @notesnthemargin.bsky.social (@universityofleeds.bsky.social). Join us for their talk on 18 March. @hertiesustain.bsky.social @hertiesecurity.bsky.social www.hertie-school.org/en/sustainab...
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Sustainability Colloquium with Joanne Yao and Danielle Young
A presentation on the development and use of solar geoengineering as another tool to lower global temperatures and the geopolitical implications of such technology.
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Global Environmental Politics @gepjournal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
There are journal issues...and then there are journal issues! The truly epic 25th Anniversary Special Issue of the GEP journal, titled "Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics," is now live and free to read for the next 90 days through @mitpress.bsky.social.
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Volume 26 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press
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Felix Schenuit @felixschenuit.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The final agreement - adopted with significant delay - include three elements that increase the policy uncertainty in EU climate policy: • backdoors to revisit the target • unspecified flexibilities (CDR & international credits) • conditionalities for the upcoming reforms of policy instruments /2
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Jen Iris Allan @jenirisallan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
A must read for those interested in advancing any form of care or action to protect our world. theconversation.com/addressing-c...
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Addressing climate change without the ‘rules-based order’
Everyone who cares about climate action must now grapple with how climate politics can function in a new world of uncertainty.
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics? New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al. direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
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Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence
Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...
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Sebastian Oberthür @oberthuerseb.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Very glad to see this joint piece of work (with Kati Kulovesi and Leonie Reins) on climate policy integration under the European Green Deal out - check it out (it's open access)!
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Anchoring climate policy integration: progress and limitations under the European Green Deal
This article investigates how and to what extent climate policy integration (CPI) has been legally anchored in the EU’s governance framework under the European Green Deal (EGD). First, we establish...
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Steffen Bauer of @idos-research.bsky.social on the implications of the US withdrawing from multilateral climate cooperation blogs.idos-research.de/2026/01/20/e...
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Executive Disorder - The United States officially turn their back on international climate governance - Sustainable Futures
Steffen Bauer beleuchtet, warum der Rückzug der USA aus dem internationalen Klimaregime die globale Klimapolitik erschüttert, welche wissenschaftlichen und geopolitischen Konsequenzen drohen.
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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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Robert Falkner @robertfalkner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
New in @gepjournal.bsky.social: "Historicizing Global Environmental Politics." The article is part of the journal's 25th anniversary special issue, which is forthcoming later this year. direct.mit.edu/glep/article... @lseir.bsky.social
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Secession from IPCC and UNFCCC www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Enjoyed @jeffcolgan.bsky.social's new piece in which he builds on my idea to elevate climate change as structural factor alongside anarchy in IR. He argues anarchy, nature, & innovation are ordering principles that shape units & interact. 1/ academic.oup.com/isr/article/...
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Anarchy, Nature, and Innovation
Abstract. The variety of topics studied in the field of International Relations contrasts sharply with the relatively anemic theoretical framework that IR
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026
Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union
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Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Interested in pursuing a career in climate governance, policy or politics research? Do you have a relevant PhD degree in political science, public administration or international relations? Then you should check out this opportunity! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (291366) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (291366), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, February 6, 2026
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Looking forward to discussing #COP30 together with @climatemorgan.bsky.social and @hertieschool.bsky.social students at this year’s @hertiesustain.bsky.social COP review event.
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In a hurry? Read these concise and informative takeaways from #COP30 – by @sei.org’s @mayarebermark.bsky.social, @janebirch.bsky.social, et al. www.sei.org/perspectives...
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COP30 in Belém: collective effort, constrained ambition
SEI experts share personal reflections from COP30, its key impacts, and what they may mean for 2026 and beyond.
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Marian Feist @mjfeist.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
It appears the #COP30 presidency tried to pull a Baku – ignoring calls for the floor when adopting a decision to force a delegation’s hand and/or allow them to save face – and it was taken badly by a number of parties.
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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🆕 UNILATERAL TRADE MEASURES #COP30 After fighting for inclusion on COP agendas in Dubai, Baku and Belém, climate-related trade measures are on the verge of having their big moment on the cover of COP30 climate talks.
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