COP30 STATUS UPDATE: We're tracking 117 substantive agenda items in Belém – and there's clear progress 7 – agreed 27 – draft text 12 – informal text 57 – not agreed/ no text 14 – postponed Check our text tracker for more www.carbonbrief.org/...

#COP30 will address climate & trade-restrictive measures. Debate among gov'ts if #ParisAgreement is the appropriate institution, or if @wto.org is better suited. This is an opportunity to shift forums & reduce the load of overburdened #UNFCCC. Trade is the new frontier of climate policy.

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏

Ahead of #COP30, where are we on the three quantified international climate finance goals agreed at #COP29 last year? I review progress and assess what needs to happen to stay on track here:

EU climate policy in turbulent times: understanding the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by @ivh.bsky.social, @oberthuerseb.bsky.social & @cladupont.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Remember that graph in @economist.com? www.economist.com/interactive/... Here’s an entire @eciu.net report about how projections have underestimated global #mitigation dynamics. eciu.net/analysis/rep... h/t @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social

🚨🌎 Political scientists! @uniofbath.bsky.social has £4.35M to recruit 15 international researchers at all levels working on topics related to clean energy, digital/tech, life sciences & professional services👉 www.bath.ac.uk/campaigns/gl... DM me if you want to chat about this great opportunity!

Applications are now open for a postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Governance (Fixed Term, 18 months) at the Department of Land Economy to work with me on the @acclimateproject.bsky.social project. Deadline = 27 October www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

This is interesting. The EU’s #CBAM has become a key point of contention in #UNFCCC talks (see bsky.app/profile/mjfe...). Brazil is now essentially proposing a bad bank to offload this discussion, so that it won’t hamper #COP30. Novel use of ye olde yet-another-forum.

"10 years after the Paris Agreement, governments plan to produce more than double the volume of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C" Stark "production gap" report from @unep.org today www.sei.org/publications...

EU environment ministers failed to agree on emissions targets for 2035 & 2040, deferring the decision to leaders at a European Council meeting in October. The bloc will now head to the UNGA without new pledges.

We're excited to welcome Jennifer Morgan as a new Fellow at the Hertie School! 🌍 She'll bring her global climate policy expertise to our teaching and research, working closely with the Centre for Sustainability.

We are excited to welcome Misato Sato on October 1st for a #SustainabilityColloquium Misato Sato will present her research on the social and environmental consequences of the twin energy-digital transition. ✍️ Register and join the discussion! www.hertie-school.org/en/sustainab...

Honoured to have had the opportunity to discuss international climate cooperation with students and faculty at ENSA as part of the German embassy’s Climate Talks event series. ensa.org.ma/signature-du...

Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

🚨 Publication Day 🚨 'The No-Fly Zone in US Foreign Policy' is now in (online) bookstores near you - check it out here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-no-fly-z... 1/7

🌍 New piece: despite political blowback, thermodynamic and geopolitical forces continue to drive the energy transition. My latest in @noemamag explores how we need to update global climate governance for this new era: www.noemamag.com/the-new-geop...

Concise overview of the upcoming #COP30 climate summit in Brazil and its wider context – by @eamaberg.bsky.social of @chesc.bsky.social www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/what...

Global Environmental Politics is ready for your classes. I read this as an undergrad and was hooked. As always, GEP offers a straightforward framework to explore treaty politics, with detailed case studies and a real sense of what's at stake. @paminnyc.bsky.social www.routledge.com/9781032743202

The SDGs at 10: Please join us for a Special Section Launch event on Friday 12 September 14:00-17:00 (BST). Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg. Comments: Fariborz Zelli

The #COP21 goal to double provision of adaptation finance is due this year. Heading into #COP30, governments are considering what could come next. In this @nrdc.org piece, @adellethomas.bsky.social and I explore seven potential options for a new adaptation finance goal: www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa...

Another great day in Bologna #eisapec2025! Global environmental politics section discussing graduation mechanisms & coaltions in #climate regime, links btw #climate #biodiversity & humanitarianism.

Previously headed by the foreign office, Germany’s #climatediplomacy is now consolidated at the environment ministry again. But some things have survived the recent change of government. (1/2) www.bundesumweltministerium.de/pressemittei...

#EISAPEC25 (or is it #EISAPEC2025?) is off to a great start. Join us on Friday at 2 pm for our panel on Multi-Level Governance in Global Environmental Politics.

*CALL FOR PAPERS*. #Environmental #Politics in an age of insecurity. The PSA Environmental #Politics Group @psaenvironmental.bsky.social invites submissions to a one-day workshop on global (in)security, #geopolitics & the #environment. ➡️

There is, undoubtedly, much to say about the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change. In this post, Julian and I begin by unpacking the Court’s treatment of the sources of international law governing climate change and how those sources interact.

And here it is: the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (plus a Separate Opinion and Declaration). www.icj-cij.org/case/187 Happy reading!

What did Seville deliver for climate finance? #FfD4 signals a step change, linking the $1.3 trillion roadmap to broader reforms. The road to Belém will test if ambition will be translated into action. Read our experts take on FfD4 and the Baku to Belém Roadmap.

Interested in pursuing a PhD in political science and find governance of climate, energy and/or the EU fascinating? Apply for this PhD research fellowship! Oslo is a great place to live. Good salary+good working conditions+great nature and culture. Come to us! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025): •International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a... •International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a... #PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs

I remember certain #GCF board members warning of this exact issue – twelve years ago. Good to see it’s being addressed. @joeloclimate.bsky.social #climatefinance

Big milestone in Poland, where renewables overtake coal www.ft.com/content/ae92...

A workshop? A conference? Why not both? Smashing discussions at #EWIS2025 in sunny Kraków.

China's astounding ability to build and deploy renewables, batteries, and EVs is perhaps the brightest spark in the global fight against climate change. But @yixiansun.bsky.social and I ask what would it really take for China to lead www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/02/07/2...

🎉 Congratulations, #HSClassOf2025! Yesterday, we had the pleasure of celebrating this year's graduates at the Berliner Philharmonie. We were happy and proud to see many of our incredible students. We wish you all the success for your future and look forward to seeing the impact you will make! 🌍🎓

Thrilled that our piece 'Hollow Multilateralism' is out in the latest issue of @iajournal.bsky.social! Co-authored with @danielleflonk.bsky.social, we show how autocracies use liberal language to hollow out norms in internet governance and sideline critical non-state actors.

Looks like a cautious sub-tweet (sub-post?) of Ribera against von der Leyen and the EPP trying to bury the Green Claims Directive:

At the #SB62 #Juneclimatemeetings, “unilateral trade measures” – code for the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism ( #CBAM ) – have become a major point of contention. (1/3)

At #SB62 negotiations have finally started after a prolonged agenda fight. This morning I’m in UAE Dialogue discussions—ie how the outcome of the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement gets taken forward—and will share anything interesting on this 🧵

One more week to apply.

#SB62 just adopted the agenda after two days of deliberation. Disagreement over the inclusion of items on #climatefinance and trade measures. Pushback following the EU’s lacklustre communication around #CBAM has seeped into #UNFCCC negotiations. #Juneclimatemeetings

Sometimes it’s the other way around. A colleague from another field once mused: “If the COP is the big show, then they’ll have everything agreed beforehand.” Well, not quite.

The World Conference Center in Bonn is slowly filling up with delegates for the opening of the 2025 #JuneClimateMeetings Delegates are hoping for a swift adoption of the negotiations agenda while some participants are getting a head start discussing #adaptation indicators

THREE 5-year Lectureships in IR at Oxford. One person will have expertise in Historical and Interpretive Methods; another in Qualitative Methods, and a third in Quantitative Methods We're looking for people with substantive expertise in historical international relations, the IR of Africa...

Just co-wrote a blog on what’s at stake in the Bonn 2025 climate talks 🌍 We dig into: – Trust-building in multilateral climate talks – What to watch on GGA, JTWP & GST – How Brazil could shape a new phase of the Paris Agreement Read here at @iddri.bsky.social ➡️ www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

Come work with us – on whatever you like! One year to focus entirely on your own research project in a stimulating and supportive environment. Open to any aspect of #climatepolitics. Apply within. hertie-school.dvinci-easy.com/en/p/en/jobs... @hertieschool.bsky.social @hertiesustain.bsky.social

Lectureship in Environment and Security www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH492/l... @qmul.ac.uk @qmpoliticsir.bsky.social