Exicting events on a great new book 👇

Please join us to discuss our book on Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance (thread below). One launch on the 8th Oct, 10am EST, one on the 16th Oct, 4pm EST. See flyer for details and to register. The book is open access so you can quiz us. See you there! @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social

hmmm... hold fast Ed... you are the key bit of this govt on climate action .www.theguardian.com/business/202...

I don't get those calling for the climate movement and left politicians to be Pragmatic and Realistic and give up on emissions reductions and start loving fossil fuels, permitting reform, abundance etc You've already won. They're already doing this. The EDF joined Newsom for this press conference

Defying everything you were ever taught about genetics and biology. How little we understand about the #biodiversity we are fast trashing. And reminding us that we shouldn't muck around with genetic systems we don't understand www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

New open-access book! Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance, co-edited by Dr Paul Tobin and Professor Matthew Paterson - leading experts from The University of Manchester - alongside Professor Stacy D. VanDeveer from UMass Boston, USA

not much new here or surprising, but great details on exactly how terrible ICAO remains on climate change. Link to underlying report in the article. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sort of interesting. Next moral panic by the anti-EV crowd no doubt. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Reform’s pro-fracking stance could divide potential voters, research shows Policy lacks support in areas where drilling could start – many of which have Reform MPs or are target seats. @robynvinter.bsky.social

... because they haven't given enough legitimacy to Reform's agenda yet. enraging www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

We're really excited for our 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity' workshop in @manchester.ac.uk. Final tickets and details below. @james7jackson.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ckweatherill.bsky.social @manchestersci.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @uomsoss.bsky.social

In large part I agree What do you think @matpaterson.bsky.social

Great paper from an outstanding team — syllabi are gonna need to be updated around the world because of this one

The more it is obvious that this is a strategic disaster that Starmer is making, the more you have to think that they actually want to do this drastic right-ward shift - it's not expedience, it's actually their preference. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.

Three years to the day since the last government promised to ban the sale of peat-based compost. And yet, still no sign of the required legislation. www.businessgreen.com/news/4518121...

📢New publication📢 SCI colleagues @matpaterson.bsky.social and Paul Tobin have a new, open access, edited book out 📗 Follow below for a short thread outlining the book and find a link to the book 👇 #climategovernance #policy #climatechange #globalresponse #politicization

Just published chapter on on "Politicizing financial innovations for transformative climate justice” with @martinsokol.bsky.social in open access book on climate politics. Thanks to @matpaterson.bsky.social Paul Tobin & @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social 4 editing+ www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

I'm pleased to have a contribution in here - and it's open access too, for everyone to see.

Check it!! Great 🧵

I just published a chapter on "US-China Relations and the Competitive Turn of Green Industrial Policymaking" in this volume on climate policy (thanks @matpaterson.bsky.social and @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social!) Since the book went to press, developments have validated my core arguments. 1/

Honored to be part of this important book on climate politics! My chapter with Wei Shen @joannalewis.bsky.social shows how China has managed conflicts for policy stability. Thanks for the leadership of Paul Tobin @matpaterson.bsky.social @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social! The whole book is open access.

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/

📢 PhD Opportunity researching the contribution of social and solidarity economies to just sustainability transformations in the North of England 📍 University of Liverpool 🎓Working with Prof Peter North, Dr Helen Holmes, and Dr Alexander Nurse. 👉 Apply here: lnkd.in/eDPwudvu

🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'! Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

Deadline approaching! Nominations for our Early-Career Environment and Climate Politics Paper Prize close on 16th August. Eligibility: - PhDs / ECRs - Presented at #BISA2025 on an ECPWG panel. Instructions: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @mybisa.bsky.social

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We're delighted to support this @psaenvironmental.bsky.social event being held at the University of Manchester, on the 17th September. 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'. Keynote by @matpaterson.bsky.social Register for the workshop here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

No, inheritance tax isn't a double tax on your already taxed, hard earned money. You're dead. You don't pay it. It's paid, to all intents and purposes, by the people receiving the inheritance, who absolutely did not earn it, and don't deserve a massive tax free windfall.

#climateflation graphic of the day, via @financialtimes.com

ace to see that Carl Death's new book African Climate Futures is now out. It's a spectacularly good intervention I think. global.oup.com/academic/pro... @uompols.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @stripple.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... by @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social . @justcentre.bsky.social

🚨Join us for the International Launch of the JUST Centre, with keynote remarks from Prof. Julian Agyeman and a discussion with Centre Director Prof. Sherilyn MacGregor, Co-Investigators Prof. Lucie Middlemiss, Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski and Prof. Rebecca Willis. Register here: tinyurl.com/5bxfdb2z

Who Should Phase Out Fossil Fuels First? Important new paper from @suspol.bsky.social colleague @lslothuus.bsky.social on the geopolitics of fossil fuel phase out @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social

NEW: Car bonnets are becoming a half-centimetre higher every year, driving road safety fears. This #carspreading trend where supersized SUVs crowd out space in towns and cities is also leading to cars that are more dangerous in a crash. 🧵

New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Concerned about #Deep #Sea #Mining? Check out the many false promises. #UNOceansConference #UNOC #UNOC3 #SDG14 @justinalger.bsky.social #OOSC @revkin.bsky.social #criticalminerals @cturnerlang.bsky.social @geoffdabelko.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...

“Imagine flattening an irreplaceable grade I listed building like the Royal Albert Hall, replacing it with karaoke machines in various towns & then telling the public this is a ‘win-win’ for architecture & music” - brutally accurate analogy from @ruthtingay.bsky.social @wildjustice.bsky.social

Protected bike lanes have a near-magical ability to produce cyclists. This new study of 28 US cities finds that census block groups w/protected bike lanes expanded bike commuting almost 2x faster than those w/standard bike lanes & >4x faster than those w/o new lanes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Air pollution reduction zones were going to divide families and stop people visiting graves. None of it happened.

Revealed: Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨New paper 🚨 I asked senior councillors with highways/transport responsibility across the UK how social media interactions affected their decision making on cycling. 🧵The core findings were: 1) That social media doesn't massively alter decision-making 1/ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 New Blog: JUST Centre Launch: Reimagining Climate Action 🌍 UoM's new JUST Research Centre shifts focus from individual change to community-driven, just climate solutions. Read insights from Sherilyn MacGregor, Matthew Paterson & Helen Holmes. 🔗 Read: blogs.manchester.ac.uk/sci/2025/04/...

🚨 New Policy Report: Beyond the Tick-Box – Meaningful Inclusion of Racialised Communities in UK Net Zero Policy This report by UoM staff explores barriers & offers steps toward truly inclusive climate action. 📄 Read: documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx... #NetZero #ClimateJustice #Inclusion

Guess which existential crisis beginning with C doesn't get a single mention in this BBC article? www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

"My simple point is that if that the net zero approach that emerged from the Paris Agreement was intended to keep humanity safe, then it hasn’t worked. We are in the process of not just exceeding but crashing past 1.5°C." - @jamesgdyke.info jamesdyke.substack.com/p/as-dreams-...

This thread by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social is a great guide to the many ecological disasters afflicting Dartmoor. But there’s also a good news story: the owner of Piles Copse, John Howell, has just been finalising a plan to greatly expand this temperate rainforest. bsky.app/profile/geor...

I have never seen a situation so dismal that Tony Blair couldn't make it worse.

This is a poor framing. A) who cares what Blair thinks - obviously shilling for oil exporters. B) the question should be how can the government use climate policy to help beat Reform? www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte.... And see our report on this: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...