This week is @histmat.bsky.social HM Conference! I'll present on the "Climate politics and contradictions of/for the far right" and some soon-to-be-published work on the political leadership of the 'rearguard', rethinking the idea of a 'vanguard'. Come! www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online! Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!

🔔 This week in #ECPRSeminars on Energy Politics, Policy and Governance ⤵️ 🎙️ @peternewell.bsky.social @lslothuus.bsky.social @freddiedaley.bsky.social explore how leading 🌍 countries are limiting fossil fuels and what it means for climate governance 💻 Fri 31 Oct, 12:00–13:00 GMT ✍️ Register now

Here's something that's not talked about enough The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year 1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 New blog from the University of Amsterdam’s CLIFF project team asking: 'Can the Global South exercise its right to develop while the world must leave fossil fuels underground?' 🧵 www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...

🔜 Next week in #ECPRSeminars on Energy Politics, Policy and Governance ⤵️ 🎙️ @peternewell.bsky.social @lslothuus.bsky.social @freddiedaley.bsky.social explore how leading 🌍 countries are limiting fossil fuels and what it means for climate governance 💻 Fri 31 Oct, 12:00–13:00 GMT ✍️ Register now

Very good article this. Need to reflect on it more but there are def some interesting parallels to the Reform strategy of using anti-solar panel sentiment as a wedge issue amongst farmers to push back on renewables. (as @tom-cb.bsky.social and I have just pitched as an article to The Conversation!)

My article in @the-breakdown.bsky.social is now free to read online! While far-right parties have traditionally ignored climate, I explore how the Sweden Democrats embrace it as a wedge issue, creating redistributive conflicts around class & urban-rural divides: www.break-down.org/petrol-for-t...

We're having an overdue party in London to celebrate our second issue on Nov 7th! Come by, listen to some lovely readings & spend time w/friends Tickets for readings are limited as it's a small space, so get yours quick (plus we'll throw in a copy of the issue) From 8pm the party is open to all!

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The idea that Tony Blair should be let anywhere near Gaza is outrageous. Enough with the Atlanticist attempts to dominate the Middle East! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are producing a generation unable and (somewhat) unwilling to think, read and write without relying on tech controlled by some of the most evil people on the planet to tell them what to think, read and write and they don’t seem to see the dangers of this dependency even if we point it out

Colombia has just announced the world's first International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels! Supported by the 16 other countries in the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. A major step addressing not just demand but also supply of fossil fuels fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-co...

@mkblyth.bsky.social on why he writes for public audiences 💯 couldn’t agree more as a much more junior researcher I also find I often get my better analytical thoughts & ideas when I’m not tethered to the academic article format (& its potential, often scarier readers, no offense)

The police are arresting hundreds of ordinary people for the “crime” of saying they oppose Israel’s genocide and support a group that is trying to stop British-made weapons from being used in genocide. These people are not criminals, they are heroes. History will redeem them!

🚨 OUT NOW! Our new @science.org study led by @kohrathefog.bsky.social is the first to comprehensively quantify the health impacts of and inequities in outdoor air pollution exposure across all stages of the US oil and gas lifecycle: extraction ➡️ transport/storage ➡️ refining/processing ➡️ end-use. 🧵

🇵🇸BDS VICTORY! The €13.4bn pension fund for PBU, a Danish trade union representing over 125,000 early childhood/youth educators, has announced it is FULLY divesting from companies involved in Israeli settlements: selling off all shares in Airbnb, Expedia, and Booking!

Phase-out clubs won’t deliver 1.5°C alone - but they’re shaping climate politics in ways we can’t ignore. Full analysis 👉 www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro... Full paper from Koppenborg here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 NEW BLOG 📣 Are “phase-out clubs” the new frontier in global climate governance? 🌍 Florentine Koppenborg analyzed 6 major coalitions like the Global Methane Pledge and Powering Past Coal Alliance. Here’s what she found out 🧵

Gas is much worse for the climate than previously acknowledged. The idea that gas is a "transition fuel" from coal and oil to renewables is a fallacy: "Methane adjustments erode over two-thirds of the apparent post-2005 decline in US greenhouse gas emissions." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in Gaza, mostly near food sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights office said.

My new op-ed essay in the @financialtimes.com. on.ft.com/4kKqiTb The growing Brics divide between carbon and electro-states

We need increased renewables production. But without a drastic reduction in fossil fuel production, the planet will be none the cooler. We need to end energy addition and move to energy decommission. This is only possible if we ditch the cult of capital! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

nice thread outlining @lslothuus.bsky.social's new article on a geopolitical approach to fossil fuel phase-out

Check out my new blog post outlining my ongoing research on the imperialist character of the global fossil fuel system, and who should phase out their fossil fuel production first! The blog post: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro... The journal article: www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...

The EU is israel's biggest trading partner, they sell and buy weapons, fund research and science partnerships, allow israel into all culture/sport spheres. The only credible action is cutting ALL relations: full boycott, divestment, and sanctions on israel www.dw.com/en/middle-ea...

Stephen Bush is brutal on "magical thinking" from net-zero sceptics: "What [they] seem to envisage is [a world where]…we & the planet agree to put all of this unpleasantness behind us & spend money on neither [cutting emissions nor adapting to warming]" www.ft.com/content/c...

Parliament and Hansard have removed “We are all Palestine Action” from my speech on Wednesday 2 July 2025 — despite me saying it. This is a blatant attempt to censor me and rewrite the record. This is not how a democracy behaves. We will not be silenced.

Our book is out! A critical interrogation of interdisciplinarity as a transformative practice to confront power in a time of crisis. My chapter: "The climate crisis and interdisciplinary pedagogy". Buy it, request it for your library, and message me for my chapter! www.routledge.com/Interdiscipl...

"If it can happen in New York, it can happen anywhere" That's right!

📝New publication! Fossil fuel phaseouts must incorporate: 1. 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 incl. 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 2. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 and 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 3. 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 Read and share: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The UK gov has just published new guidance for environmental impact assessments for oil & gas projects. Despite reports/industry spin, it includes a genuinely robust, credible approach to assessing the emissions caused by burning oil & gas. Let's take a look! 🧵 www.heraldscotland.com/news/2525207...

New paper in @ripejournal.bsky.social: What if state capacity isn’t hollowed out by derisking but used to signal feasibility to investors? My research suggests states build capacity for bankable policies. The problem: where $$$ doesn’t flow, capacity won't grow. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Academia can feel very pointless during israel's genocide on Palestine and yet another US-backed imperialist onslaught on Iran – but reading the words of others is a reminder that each of us are not alone. And as Nora reminds us, hopefully we are in the "before of the revolution"

Oil prices are jumping again in response to the Israeli attack on Iran. Our recent paper shows who stands to benefit from any windfalls: The top 1%. Thread: bsky.app/profile/isab...

Looks interesting. To read.

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 publication! Fossil fuel phaseouts must incorporate: 1. 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 incl. 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗯𝘁 2. 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 and 𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 3. 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 Read and share: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fossil fuel companies will try to sue states that ban new or existing production. When I speak with powerful actors in energy policy, this fear is a central concern in how governments think about the risks of phasing out fossil fuels. Here is an important intervention in how to reduce those risks:

⚠️ NEW PAPER ⚠️ @peternewell.bsky.social and I have a new piece out in Environmental Politics on the politics of phasing out fossil fuels in the UK 🇬🇧 - and what it means for fossil fuel phase-out policies globally 🧵

In London this afternoon? 🏙️ It's not too late to join this in-person @lsegovernment.bsky.social event on campus at 3pm!

🇨🇴 Looking forward to this talk by former Colombian Minister of the Environment, Susana Muhamad, on the challenge of moving past fossil fuels this Friday at 3pm at the LSE. ➡️ Registration and details here: www.eventbrite.com/e/susana-muh...

How do we move past fossil fuels? Join our event with Susana Muhamad, recent Minister for Environment under Petro in Colombia. Responses by @peternewell.bsky.social (@suspol.bsky.social) and Amiera Sawas (@fossiltreaty.bsky.social). 3pm this Friday at LSE. Sign up: www.eventbrite.com/e/1372260551...

Observatory of the world's rightward drift, Diagrams offers interviews with researchers, journalists and activists at the intersection of five programs: mutations of capitalism, geopolitical realignments, varieties of far rights, climate denialisms and left resistances.

One of the most important dimensions of the climate struggle is a rapid phaseout of coal. Sometimes popular political pressure can be complemented by legal action – the case of South Africa shows how:

LAUNCHING…. The first issue of our new journal – now available to pre-order on The BREAK—DOWN website 👇 linktr.ee/breakdownradio

🚨Pre-orders are now live!! 🚨 We've also just released a few final tickets for our launch event— I'll be in conversation with the brilliant @quinnslobodian.com & @geoffmann.bsky.social Thanks to all who've signed up so far, we're excited to see you May 7. Pre-orders: www.break-down.org/issues/1

📝NEW PUBLICATION: In this book chapter, I distinguish vanguard and rearguard climate social movement leadership, arguing that while vanguardism has value, rearguardism can forcefully supplement it Book (paywalled): www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi... Chapter PDF: lukasslothuus.com/media/files/...

Ahead of tomorrow's @iea.org summit @freddiedaley.bsky.social & I show how ‘Energy security’ is being used to justify more fossil fuels – but this will only make us less secure' theconversation.com/energy-secur... @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social

Issue 1 is HERE! 📖 Our first print issue launches on May 7 - join us for a LIVE podcast & party 🎉 Join @adriennebuller.bsky.social, @geoffmann.bsky.social & @quinnslobodian.com to discuss RIGHT TURN — on the afterlives of neoliberalism & climate politics in the age of the new right...