Our Environment and Climate Politics Working Group has a new podcast ep out now - 'New Books Network podcast - States of transition' 🌳 Peter Newell discusses his book 'States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society' w/ Pauline Heinrichs 🎧 👉 https://ow.ly/YfB750XSiR8

New Books Network podcast! In this conversation, our convenor @paulinesophieh.bsky.social talks to @peternewell.bsky.social about his book States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society. Check it out! www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...

Estudio internacional alerta: los “proyectos verdes” de petroleras prolongan el modelo del combustible fósil. Dirigido por Marcel Llavero-Pasquina del ICTA-UAB share.google/TOXZqwGrYZ68...

📢 56 academics warn corporate lawsuits threaten UK climate action As the UK is sued over the blocked West Cumbria coal mine, academics warn that ISDS lets investors challenge climate action in private tribunals. 📄 Read the open letter 👇

Today, more than 90% of world trade relies on trade finance. Over 75% of major food-trading companies’ income now comes from financial operations like agricultural derivatives – not from moving wheat, coffee, cocoa or other agricultural products. UNCTAD report ▶️ https://ow.ly/hQZB50XIho6

What if change is actually stability in disguise? In a new perspective paper, @peternewell.bsky.social, Oliver Bugge Hunt and I argue that we should not understand change as the opposite of stability. Rather, we can think of change and stability as co-constitutive of one another.

New paper with Joachim Peter Tilsted & Oliver Bugge Hunt in Energy Research & Social Science ‘Trasformismo: Advancing understandings of the relationship between stability & change in transitions’ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sussexsrp.bsky.social @suspol.bsky.social

📢 A just transition means phasing out fossil fuels and the ISDS system that protects them 📢 A new contribution from @kylat.bsky.social sets out why reform to the investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system is essential for phase-outs. sussex.ac.uk/research/pro... Quick 🧵👇

My essay “Oil Futures” is out now in @newleftreview.bsky.social's Sidecar! Following Norway's September elections, ongoing struggles against fossil fuels in Europe’s only petrostate challenge incumbent fossil hegemony and its complicity in the Israeli occupation: newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Towards a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty (FF-NPT) ▶️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @peternewell.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social 2019 #ParentsForFuture has stood behind @fossiltreaty.bsky.social since day one.

The world is watching @cop30brazil.bsky.social. Show leadership and add the fossil fuel phase-out roadmap to the #COP30 agreement. Listen to @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social and follow the 80+ countries that want justice! Climate targets cannot be met without cutting fossil fuels @suspol.bsky.social

States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society @peternewell.bsky.social's new book examines state power within broader social relations to explore the possibilities and challenges of building a ‘transition state’. isrf.org/blog/states-...

New blog for @isrfoundation.bsky.social on my new book States of Transition with @universitypress.cambridge.org isrf.org/blog/states-... @sussexfss.bsky.social

#Cambodia just became the 18th country to officially support the #FossilFuelTreaty! 🇰🇭 At #COP30 in Belém, Cambodia affirmed their commitment to a fast, fair and financed global transition aligned with a low-carbon, climate-resilient future. 🔗 FossilFuelTreaty.org/cambodia%EF%...

💨 In 2025, a report from the Royal College of Physicians found that air pollution contributed to 30,000 deaths in the UK in 2025 and cost the UK upwards of £27 billion annually – and may be as much as £50 billion when wider impacts, such as dementia, are accounted for.

📢 ❗Just published: "Solar geoengineering for profit" In this new blog, a group of academics responds to recent for-profit solar geoengineering ventures. www.solargeoeng.org/solar-geoeng... Their key message? 🧵👇 1/8

New @ids.ac.uk bulletin on Struggles for Justice in the Energy Transition: Views from the Frontlines www.ids.ac.uk/publications... @suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social

I am thrilled that @carolinelucas.bsky.social is joining Sussex University as Professor of Practice in Environmental Sustainability to help me and my colleagues in the School of Progressive Futures support critically needed research, teaching and civic engagement on this vital issue. @sussex.ac.uk

My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements

🛢️We cannot lose sight of phasing out fossil fuels. @freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social have a piece in The National Interest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition. nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-... A 🧵 on why that approach is risky👇

Join us live from COP30 to hear 'Voices from the front lines of energy transitions' www.ids.ac.uk/events/live-... @suspol.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social

New blog from @peternewell.bsky.social 'States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society.' What is the role of the state in supporting transitions and deeper transformations towards a more sustainable world? www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/sta...

📣 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...

The price of partnership with the United States has changed. Washington is now using assurances of defence and trade access to pressure allies in Europe and Asia to buy more of its fossil fuels under decades-long contracts. theconversation.com/trump-is-pus...

UK food inflation is being driven by climate change-induced extreme weather, driving up price of butter, milk, beef, chocolate & coffee The price rises in those staples is contributing 40% of overall food inflation Climate change is hitting peoples' pockets, right now www.ft.com/content/ced8...

🔜 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

New analysis from @climateanalytics.org reveals: Carbon Capture & Storage - #CCS - is a high-risk gamble for Asia. Japan, Korea & Australia are pouring subsidies into CCS to prolong fossil fuel use — potentially locking in 25 billion tonnes of emissions by 2050. 🔗 bit.ly/3IQa0eL

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?