Ever wondered why there is no accessible book-length introduction to ecological economics and the political economy of transitions in Danish? I know I have, so I tried to write one. It is out tomorrow, asking how we analytically should approach whether it is too little, too late and who benefits.

Det er i morgen, der er deadline på at ansøge til okonomiskolen.dk Kom og vær med når vi sammen med en masse dygtige forskere konfronterer de store spørgsmål om verdens kriser og disses uretfærdighed.

Why is it that capping the production of plastics is so contested? Got to provide some input to this great piece by @katharinamau.bsky.social

Klimamonitor sætter i dag sat ord på vigtigheden af en global plastiktraktat for klimadagsordenen. Giver selv lidt perspektiv fra min ph.d.: »Kemiindustrien er fuldkommen sammenfiltret med olie-, gas- og kulindustrien. Dermed er deres skæbner også forbundne.«

Interesting developments... The contradiction on which the initiative is founded could not be contained.

Gaza is now single deadliest conflict for journalists in history. This is not only an attempt to extinguish a whole people, it is also an attempt to extinguish the story of their genocide. “One day, everyone will have always been against this.” - Egyptian-Canadian writer, Omar El Akkad. #Gaza

The IEA has published its yearly report on the state of oil—a key publication when following trends in petrochemicals and oil as a material. It confirms the increasing importance of synthetics in energy transitions: "Demand growth [is] underpinned almost exclusively by petrochemical[s]."

Ethvert folkedrab retfærdiggøres på samme måde: netop denne befolkningsgruppe er unik farlig og kan ikke behandles efter normale regler. Armenerne var forræderiske, tutsierne magtsyge, jøderne konspiratoriske. Nu er det så palæstinensere, der alle er terrorister eller ikke elsker deres børn.

Just learnt that the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change is now also calling for a climate agenda beyond decarbonisation, including both defossilisation and detoxification.

🔹Humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the #Gaza Strip for over 50 days now. Critical humanitarian supplies are rapidly depleting. UNRWA flour supplies have run out. 📍Full report on the situation in Gaza and the #WestBank: www.unrwa.org/resources/re...

Hvad skal målene for de danske forbrugsbaserede udledninger være? Klimarådet siger det. Klimabevægelsen siger det. Selv Dansk Industri siger det. Vi skal have pejlemærker for drivhusgasudledninger relateret til forbrug. Men hvad skal de være? Det har vi i Klima- og Omstillingsrådet nogle bud på.

Together with @peternewell.bsky.social, I have a new paper out in RIPE. In this paper, we explore why and how the use of fossil hydrocarbons for non-energy purposes (as raw material for synthetics) changes how we should approach the climate crisis. 1/x www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Ret målløs over DMI's positionering når man læser det her indlæg op mod det, DMI og Havstovan har skrevet... klimamonitor.dk/debat/art102...

🍩 How do you figure out if you are inside the doughnut? 🍩 In a new paper with @jonaskromand.bsky.social and Anders Bjørn, we try to answer that question. We suggest allocating carrying capacity to ensure the fulfilment of human needs. eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Going to carefully read this new paper on Shell's 2023 petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania: "The plant might best be understood as a $1.65 billion government subsidy to the fossil fuel industry shrouded behind discourses of economic revitalization and low-carbon futures." doi.org/10.1080/2469...

Indeholder også en snippet om de lokales holdning til CIP's brintportofølje-projekt i Louisiana. '(...) a straightforward extension of the petrochemical industry that has been poisoning them for decades. (...) “How can we have a blue ammonia plant when we’re already overburdened with chemicals?”'

I had to read this three times to be sure I got it right. 'In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.”' Exxon showcasing similar tactics when it comes to the plastic pollution crisis. grist.org/accountabili...

This interesting new paper models some of the dilemmas of defossilising petrochemicals and plastics around biomass as feedstock and the associated land use change. The overlap of decarbonisation and defossilisation puts nature under further pressure without degrowth. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The links between fossil fuels, geoeconomics, and synthetic materials are on full display in multilateral environmental governance.

As the IEA put it in their Oil 2024 report, we live in an "era of petrochemical-driven [oil] demand growth." In the absence of a treaty with a supply-side focus to address production, this era continues.

Hvad skal DK's klimamål være i 2035? En ny rapport fra Klimarådet som udkom i dag opridser nogle af mulighederne. Klimamål er også fordelingskamp. Global klimaretfærdighed tilsiger selvklart mere markante reduktioner. klimaraadet.dk/da/analyse/d...

Den største multilaterale miljøaftale siden Paris bliver forhandlet denne uge med afgørende konsekvenser for mennesker og økosystemer verden over. Det handler om det vigtigste vækstmarked for olie og gas. TV2's vinkel: "Har du styr på din affaldssortering"?

The plastics crisis, subject to multilateral negotiation this week, is not a matter of straws, stirrers, plastic cutlery, and carrier bags. They account for 0.04% of use (in the UK). The crisis, rather, is about maintaining fossil fuel hegemony beyond energy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Kemiindustrien er den største vækstmotor for olieinduestrien. Og det er ikke en engangsforestilling. For at forstå fossil kapital, og dermed klimakrisens skæbne, skal vi forstå kemiindustrien. Ny artikel i Eftertryk med udgangspunkt i min ph.d.-afhandling. www.eftertrykket.dk/2024/11/23/k...

Amongst other things, this boost to fracking is also a boost to petrochemicals both in the US and globally, including in China.

Before my PhD defence, I wrote a short summary: "If the starting point of this thesis (...) that petrochemicals are the future of fossil fuel demand, the ending point is the need to constrain [fossil] feedstocks, addressing the supply side of petrochemicals." www.linkedin.com/pulse/transf...

And when I say on display, I mean nailed to a wooden board, of course...

After my PhD thesis came on public display in the department yesterday, it is now out and available on the Lund University research portal: portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati... At some point in the near future before my defence Sep 20, I'll write a summarising thread.

New report on why and how to cap plastic production. Two major findings to me: 1) There is no way around limits to production (even if considering climate change only) 2) no matter the approach, principles of distributive justice are critically important. portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...

I am using my first post on this platform to share that I will defend my PhD on the links between fossil fuels, chemicals and synthetic materials on September 20. So thrilled that this is happening after four years of research. I cannot wait to share the thesis in full in a week or two.