1/ Concept of SD-PAMs — starting from development priorities rather than climate targets to unlock action in developing countries — never made it into the regime as intended. V short thread doi.org/10.3763/cpol.2007.0433

What's striking about current geopolitics - multilateralism under serious threat, US wild card, fragmentation very much a live scenario - is that this 2010 paper mapped exactly these risks and what fair and effective multilateralism looks like. Still worth reading doi.org/10.3763/cpol.2010.0130

1/ New paper in @PLOSClimate worth reading: Pachauri et al. 2026, "Advancing representations of equity and justice in climate mitigation futures." Congrats Shonali Pachuair, @joerirogelj.bsky.social @gidden.bsky.social @wflamb.bsky.social and author team doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000763 🧵

Clear and compelling analysis of American imperialism , historical continuity and rupture, and reflections on Iran and the ME region. Well worth a listen  podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/o...

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... this just beggars belief. Drop lots of bombs and then figure out why. It’s unconscionable

"One should not give a poisoner medicine, A conjurer fine apparatus, nor A rifle to a melancholic bore." WH Auden Not to mention the biggest arsenal in the world to a narcissistic attention-seeker.

Minister Godongwana: Strengthen SA's carbon tax, don't weaken it. Suspending shifts pollution costs to poor households. Use revenues for energy efficiency for the poor & transition support for firms. We're in a climate crisis—polluters must pay. #TipsForMinFin #Budget2026 #ClimateAction

Tip for SA Finance Minister Godongwana: Retain and strengthen the carbon tax. Suspending or weakening tax would shift cost of pollution from SA’s big emitters to poor households. a visionary Finance Minister must position our country in future global economy. #TipsForMinFin #Budget2026

“To me, the grounds for hope are simply that we don’t know what will happen next, and that the unlikely and the unimaginable transpire quite regularly. ” — Rebecca Solnit

Still salient: equity needs to be built into climate scenarios, yet they're unfortunately dominated by modeling. Scenarios should be stories told in words and numbers. Key to climate development economics - and our common future doi.org/10.1098/rsta... @ipcc.bsky.social @royalsocietypublishing.org

Sekoetlane Phamodi is directeur van de New Economy Hub van de African Climate Foundation in Zuid-Afrika. Volgens Phamodi is er dringend nood aan meer economische rechtvaardigheid op mondiale schaal.

backchannel1.substack.com/p/hurricane-... Adaptation will be key at #COP30 Must have a practical set of indicators to track adaptation - and the money!

unfccc.int/sites/defaul...  South Africa’s second Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement (NDC2)

📣 The deadline for applications to our Associate Editor role has been extended to 14th September 🕑 ❗ ⚡ Don't miss this opportunity to join the world-leading journal on #climatepolicy ⬇️ Check out full details below ⬇️

Exciting opportunity to become an Associate Editor, in the fantastic journal Climate Policy. ‪@climate-policy.bsky.social‬

My take on the ICJ advisory opinion on state obligation on cliamte change www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/

1/2 @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social is a Research Lead in the Environmental Governance & Policy team. His work focuses on researching air quality governance, policies on electric mobility and climate change. He also works on understanding emergent environmental governance issues like geo-engineering,

1/4 #Netzero targets are now central to global climate ambition. However these targets vary in scope and timelines, reflecting differences in historical responsibility, development needs, domestic capabilities, political realities, and economic structures.

1. 📖 Discover how two dynamic dialogues, "Reflections on global enablers of just transitions to net zero emissions" provides timely insights into advancing equitable climate action amidst global uncertainty. www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

🚨Trump shut down a federal website on climate change in the SAME WEEK climate-fuelled floods killed at least 120 people in Texas. His anti-environment agenda is funded by the fossil fuel industry It’s time to make polluters pay for loss and damage. Join the #PollutersPayPact today 👉🏽 act.gp/3FccTES

Toyota insurers sue Transnet MEC and Durban over losses from climate induced floods For ca R6.5 billion (ca USD 325 million). Claim failure to have maintained critical flood prevention infrastructure and neglect in repairing after earlier floods. www.linkedin.com/posts/celest...

Lots to unpack about the Rio #BRICS Summit, but noteworthy how much more this Leaders' Declaration had to say regarding the importance of combating climate change and upholding multilateralism to do so than the #g7 (which literally didn't even utter the word climate) brics.br/en/documents...

New paper: The Care-Climate Nexus - A Conceptual Framework, from Wits Southern Centre for Inequality Studies wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/c03eb8...

www.c2es.org/2025/05/refo... thought-provoking piece. easy to see problems with UN climate regime. But what would work better?

www.waterstones.com/book/the-cli... Pete Betts!

Some insights from webinar on IRP2025, SA's electricity plan. Current draft is 'policy-based evidence-making' - as I said, opposite of what we need. Other speakers demonstrated the failure to derive plans from evidence www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Invitation: Webinar: Policy and planning considerations for energy and electricity in South Africa in the years to 2050.: conta.cc/4iDbkNS Chris Yelland is organising, on IRP 2024/25

Am grateful that my research on development, climate and social justice has been recognised by NRF A1 rating. In doing research on the crises of climate, poverty, inequality and unemployment, only groups of people can make a difference when knowledge is produced by teams and through collaborations

Which century is Scott Bessant living in? Apparently one in which baseload is a thing, there is no climate crisis, and the WB / IMF follow US orders, rather than devoting “ disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues” OMG www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Hard to believe ones eyes when reading news coming out of the Trump administration. Closing down teh office in US State Dept that leads climate negotiations. One official is quoted as calling this “strategically fucking dumb”. Yes, exactly. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

More than 80% of the world’s coral reefs have now been hit by bleaching-level heat stress in what scientists say is the most extensive global coral bleaching event ever recorded. 🌍🌊 www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

🧵 Been wondering about the hype on hydrogen? New paper provides a reality check, esp on potential role of H of various shades in decarbonisation energy systems. www.nature.com/articles/s44... (1/7)

Africa has immense untapped potential: 60% of global solar resources, 30% of transition mineral reserves, and wind energy capacity that could power the continent 250 times over. Read this IEJ report iej.org.za/g20-and-exte...

Le partenariat pour une transition énergétique juste en Afrique du Sud #JETP vise à soutenir l'abandon du charbon. Comment renforcer la dimension sociale de cette trajectoire vers un avenir bas-carbone ? 👉 urls.fr/GTASsy Elisabeth Hege, Youba Sokona et Phemelo Tamasiga

Pleased to share this Synergies article by Kennedy Mbeva, @cser.bsky.social on: ➡️ the role of regional initiatives in driving the #GlobalTrade & #climateagenda ➡️ #Africa as an example of the potential of regional initiatives as a means to confront climate and developmental challenges

Invitation: Webinar: Independent analysis and critique of the draft IRP 2025 currently undergoing consultation at NEDLAC. www.linkedin.com/posts/harald...

www.nature.com/articles/d41... so short-sighted. cutting science is foolish. and no-one can make a deal with the climate

Wind boom helps Finland join the growing list of countries quitting coal power theprogressplaybook.com/2025/04/14/w...

www.facebook.com/share/p/1Edt... go out in the dark

1/2 Our new report, which examines how heat resilience measures are being implemented in nine Indian cities, is featured in the @indianexpress.com Explained section. Full report: bit.ly/3FDx3HD indianexpress.com/article/expl...

1/5. 📢NEW SUBMISSION: Responding to the call for input by the Presidencies of the 6th & 7th sessions of the CMA on the “Baku to Belém Roadmap to 1.3T” we just sent a submission calling for #LossAndDamage finance 💰 to be a focus! 🔥 🔗Read it here: www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/su...

Mauna Loa is such key observational lab. Must be kept going ! How do we keep it open ?

#StandUpForScience | Science is a global common good, and USA scientists are a major force contributing to our common wellbeing on the whole planet. They should be supported, as well as critical international science policy interfaces like #IPCC and #IPBES. Let's fight for #AcademicFreedom

"Fossil fuels are attractive as they can be traded. If trade is under threat, then so are fossil fuels." - Super interesting research note, showing *trade* in fossil fuels has already peaked, as countries seek to reduce import dependence. www.carlyle.com/global-insig...

Orationem fiscalem habemus mg.co.za/business/202...

1. Excited to share our study ‘Challenges and pathways to inclusive low-carbon development in #SouthAfrica’, led by Nic van Doesburgh. 🌍🌿 #ClimateChange #JustTransitions #PoliticalSettlements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Science magazine on US defunding IPCC, very sad news. Short-sighted, and will come back to impact the US, too. The climate does not make deals www.science.org/content/arti...

SA National Treasury appears to be backtracking on carbon tax increase – tiny increase in nominal rate and increasing allowances. Assuming report in EN is accurate – Terence Creamer usually is careful, and is clear on source www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/carb...