Senior Tories dismayed at Badenoch’s ‘catastrophic’ vow to repeal Climate Change Act: Theresa May, Alok Sharma, business and church leaders say plan would harm UK and not even Margaret Thatcher would have countenanced it UK politics live – latest updates The former prime minister Theres...

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World’s oceans fail key health check as acidity crosses critical threshold for marine life: Scientists call for renewed global effort to curb fossil fuels as seven of nine planetary boundaries now transgressed The world’s oceans have failed a key planetary health check for the first time,...

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines: 🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026 Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference #FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’ #Climate

Amazing contribution from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social at the @fossiltreaty.bsky.social virtual summit. Grateful for her conviction that ‘the fossil fuel treaty is making the future liveable for humans & more than humans alike’. @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social

"The advisory opinion of the ICJ made it clear that going down the fossil fuel production expansion is an internationally wrongful act under international law," Regenvanu said. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Linking of oil giants to major heatwaves marks ‘leap forward’ for legal liability cases: Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation Carbon emissions from the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies ha...

Fascinating piece by @andrewsimms.bsky.social for @responsiblesci.bsky.social on the connections between arms control treaties & the origins of the campaign for a @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social www.sgr.org.uk/resources/ca...

Delighted to join the opening panel of the @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social for the virtual summit with inspiring leaders such as Susana Muhamad @tzeporah.bsky.social @nikkireisch.bsky.social @martaschaaf.bsky.social Tasneem Essop & Lily Nacpil. Join us over the next week to explore ways forward

CO2 storage is a “scarce resource” rather than “an unlimited solution” say Grantham Institute, owing to inaccessibility, earthquakes, population centres It should not be “wasted on offsetting ongoing and avoidable CO₂ pollution” from fossil fuels that can be substituted www.ft.com/content/7ace...

the #fossilfuel non proliferation treaty campaign is an amazing example of NGO success. it began as an academic idea (shout out @peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social) & now has real legs in climate arena thanks to warriors like @tzeporah.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great interview with Tzeporah Berman in The Guardian on growing momentum towards a Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just published - our #BISA2025 conference video featuring the best highlights 🎉 We would love you to watch it - spot yourself down below! 🌟 👉 buff.ly/znA2PGP @julietdryden.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @bleiker.bsky.social @debbielisle.bsky.social

New paper with Kyla Tienhaara & Harro van Asselt in Global Policy exploring whether climate clubs might be able to resist ISDS measures being used to slow the energy transition onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social

Climate denier buffoon gets a reality check - his damage already done. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

📣 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 🧵

Tomorrow, the #ICJ rules on climate justice - and #FossilFuels are finally on trial. Why does it matter? Our new blog explains why naming and phasing out fossil fuels is a legal and moral necessity. Read more👉 bit.ly/4kPEEBU #ClimateJustice

⚠️Who should phase out fossil fuels first?⚠️ As countries confront the need to ditch oil, gas, and coal to meet climate goals, one question looms: Which nations should move first and fastest? @lslothuus.bsky.social offers a geopolitical approach to answering this question 🧵

Scotland could soon make history as the first UK nation to criminalise #ecocide aka severe, reckless harm to nature. In our latest blog, @jodiebettis.bsky.social a Grand Union Scholar at the #OpenUniversity discusses how this bold legal move could set a global precedent:

States of transition: a political economy approach www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... My new article in New Political Economy on the multiplicity, relationality & globally & historically differentiated nature of state power & why this matters for sustainability transitions @sussexsrp.bsky.social

New @risjnl.bsky.social‬ editors selection w/ Poppy Winanti 🌟 'Global Environmental Issues' inc/ 'The political economy of global environmental governance' by @peternewell.bsky.social‬ & ‪journals by @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social‬ @mattkranke.bsky.social‬ & more 🌎🌳 Read now 👉 buff.ly/XVhl31g

The increasing normalisation of nuclear weapons is deeply dangerous & sends message to all other countries that security depends on acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Oh & the bombs are owned & use controlled by US alone. What could possibly go wrong?

NEW from @eroston.bsky.social: The US is already spending nearly $1 trillion every year on climate damages — we're not even officially at 1.5C of heating yet — according to a @bloomberglp.bsky.social analysis. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

What could a fossil treaty look like? Article about our workshop in Bonn www.climatechangenews.com/2025/06/17/w... @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social

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

🌍 Phasing out fossil fuels is essential - but what if governments get sued for it? A new blog for SUS-POL from @iisd.org explores a crucial question for climate action. How can countries move away from fossil fuels without triggering costly investor lawsuits? 🧵

New blog from @freddiedaley.bsky.social & I about @suspol.bsky.social supply side policy in the UK summarising our article in @environmentalpol.bsky.social

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¡Nace CFAL! Una red para la desfosilización justa 🌎 En América Latina y el Caribe, los combustibles fósiles siguen desempeñando un papel central en las economías y los sistemas energéticos. Sin embargo, es urgente transitar hacia modelos sostenibles que prioricen la justicia social y ecológica.

Manchester, the world’s first Nuclear Free City, continues its legacy of activism, now leading the charge against fossil fuels. 💥  #FossilFuelTreaty #ClimateJustice #WorldEnvironmentDay 👉 Read our press release to know more fossilfueltreaty.org/massive-atta...

Nace CFAL - la red para la reducción de Combustibles Fósiles en América Latina y el Caribe. Unirse acá @redcfal.bsky.social cf-al.org

The political economy of supply-side climate policy in the UK - new article from @peternewell.bsky.social and @freddiedaley.bsky.social‬ How can we best account for the emergence and evolution of supply-side climate policies in the UK? doi.org/10.1080/0964...

🌟 New‪ @risjnl.bsky.social‬ editors selection w/ Poppy Winanti🌟 'Global Environmental Issues' inc. @peternewell.bsky.social‬ ‪ @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social‬ @mattkranke.bsky.social‬ & more All articles free to access until end of July! 🎉 Read more 👉 buff.ly/jpNR4vp ‪ @therealisthom.bsky.social‬

⚠️ 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 🧵

🚨 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱: “𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗔'𝘀 '𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆” Professors R. Pierrehumbert, M. Hulme, P. Newell & A. Stirling critique the UK Advanced Research and Invention Agency’s unprecedented £60 million solar geoengineering research initiative. A thread on their key concerns 👇

"We are relying on a finite input to fuel infinite growth projections”. Fish farming, one more disastrous form of #FactoryFarming, #FoodWaste on a giant scale. And massive #AMR problem www.forbes.com/sites/felici...

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...

How is it possible that fossil fuels are nowhere to be seen in the agenda for the upcoming climate talks in Brazil at #COP30? www.climatechangenews.com/2025/05/08/c...

NEW Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99% Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

New piece from @freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social in @theconversation.com on the dangers of using concerns over to energy security to expand fossil fuel production 🛢️🌏 theconversation.com/energy-secur... Here's a 🧵 on the main arguments...

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

Great to see the work of our project and papers from @peternewell.bsky.social and @freddiedaley.bsky.social cited in this crucial paper 👇 academic.oup.com/oocc/article...

Diesel generators seem to be everywhere these days, chuntering on in the background. But *why* are they everywhere? Where do generators sit in our grand schemes for electrifying the world? Camillo Stubenberg and I have a new paper coming out soon that tries to answer these questions. 🧵👇 1/13

Amid the many morbid symptoms observable in the world today, as Gramsci once said 'What is fascism, observed on an international scale? It is the attempt to resolve the problems of production and exchange with machine-guns and pistol-shots' (Antonio Gramsci, ‘Italy and Spain’. L’Ordine Nuovo [1921])

This piece is a must-read for anyone working on climate policy & energy transitions. 📖 Read it in full here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...

The authors also highlight how governments use technocratic language & scale manipulation to normalize extraction, reinforcing carbon lock-in 🛢️🔒

💲 Economic necessity: Fossil fuels fund public services & development. 🔒 Energy security: Framed as essential for stability. ♾️ Gas as a transition fuel: A contested claim used to delay phase-out. 🌏 Geopolitical power: A tool for global influence.

Drawing on their recent publication in @politicalgeography.bsky.social, the authors assess the key narratives deployed by the governments of Colombia and Nigeria to sustain fossil fuel dependency. They identify four strategic narratives...