Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia? 📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise. Key finding include 🧵

Excited to be part of the WOMADelaide festival this year speaking alongside journalist Marian Wilkinson and author Don Watson. If you are in Adelaide come and join our session on the Information Wars. Details and tickets available here www.womadelaide.com.au/lineup/the-p...

🏦 Exemptions in the #climatepolicies of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) allow public banks to continue financing gas infrastructure, despite introducing policies to limit financial support for #fossilfuel infrastructure, find Maxfield Peterson & @christiandownie.bsky.social @anuregnet.bsky.social ⬇️

Are public banks gaslighting on climate finance? 📢 Our new publication in @climate-policy.bsky.social looks at the role Export Credit Agencies play in financing gas around the world www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TIMFJ... Key findings include 🧵

The Paris climate treaty changed the world. Here’s how www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great to see our new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment make the @financialtimes.com best environment books of 2025! Bringing together the work of 110 authors across 25 countries this really was a collective effort @cssn.org academic.oup.com/book/61469?l... www.ft.com/content/af55...

My latest on Brazil's efforts at the UN climate talks to push back against the tide of fossil fuel lobbying and climate misinformation @aunz.theconversation.com @cssn.org theconversation.com/brazil-is-tr...

Using a multi-arena approach, covering the executive, legislature and media, join @christiandownie.bsky.social as he presents data on the aggregate population of organisations mobilising on climate change in Australia. Learn more: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/mappin...

"Far from a peak, China's gasoline demand is estimated to have fallen 9% in October on the year to 12.5 million tons, with average daily use roughly flat with September..." China's oil demand is entering structural decline.

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some industry groups have for years succeeded in undermining effective climate policies. And there's no sign of them stopping. Great to chat with Murray Griffin in the latest 'Track Changes' pod. @cssn.org @anu-iceds.bsky.social @anuregnet.bsky.social

A pleasure to talk to Ruby Jones on the 7am podcast this morning about the playbook lobbyists use to delay climate action. 7ampodcast.com.au You can read more about this topic in our new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment cssn.org/wp-content/u... @anu-iceds.bsky.social

This is likely to become a growing problem for senate inquries. Ironically, this one was looking into misinformation! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Banning combustion engine cars by 2035 will be necessary to get Australia moving on electric vehicles theconversation.com/banning-comb...

Something this book really drilled home (scuse the pun) is that we're not stalled out on climate because scientists didn't model hard enough or campaigners didn't come up with the perfect message, but because the world's most powerful spent gazillions to sabotage action. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

"The so-called 'independent research' gives vested interests a veil of credibility, which they exploit to lobby parliamentarians and the broader public, distorting the framing of policy debates" www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

@christiandownie.bsky.social, a professor at @anuregnet.bsky.social and a scholar in the IBES-based @cssn.org, spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about “intentional efforts from coal and gas and their enablers” that have led to climate policy inaction in Australia.

Our forthcoming book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment is profiled in The Guardian this morning www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @anuregnet.bsky.social @cssn.org

When the UN Secretary-General is calling out PR firms for blocking action on climate change, we need to do something. My latest in @theconversation.com on PR firms and climate misinformation in Australia. theconversation.com/pr-firms-are... @anuregnet.bsky.social @anu-iceds.bsky.social @cssn.org

A pleasure to appear before the Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy this afternoon, which is investigating the scale of climate misinformation and its impacts on Australian politics. www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... I made 3 key points🧵

Ahead of our forthcoming book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment, the inimitable @amywestervelt.bsky.social of @drilledmedia.bsky.social has just dropped the first episode of a podcast series covering each chapter. The book is out 14th Oct & will be free to download, links below. @cssn.org

Plenting happening in climate and energy policy this week. Great to be on ABC Afternoon Briefing to discuss greenhouse gas targets and more (51min mark). @anu-iceds.bsky.social @anuregnet.bsky.social iview.abc.net.au/show/afterno...

Important new study showing showing that oil, gas, coal and cement producers contributed to climate induced heatwaves www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Business Council of Australia have been saying that dealing with climate change is too expensive since governments began seriously looking at how to respond to this existential threat in 1993 -- and they've been citing modelling. There really is nothing new under the sun, it seems.

I'm assuming this is the same firm that is commited to net zero emissions. www.ft.com/content/1833...

UN plastics treaty is being hampered by climate obstruction tactics on.ft.com/4owfs6m

From ‘reef-friendly’ sunscreens to ‘sustainable’ super, greenwashing allegations are rife. Here’s how the claims stack up theconversation.com/from-reef-fr...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks www.theguardian.com/environment/...

www.theguardian.com/business/202... So let's get this straight - they pay us (taxpayers) $1bn for DECADES of oil extraction, and then we pay them back about half that amount to help clean up the sites - okey dokey

Devastating to see what marine heatwaves are doing to our oceans off the South Australian Coast www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Privilege to present at the plenary on #climate politics at the International Conference on Public Policy #ICPP7 - drawing on our global assessment of climate obstruction global.oup.com/academic/pro... @cssn.org Terrific to hear about all the public policy work taking place, especially in Asia.

US proposing new taxes to kill solar and wind - this appears much worse than IRA repeal alone. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Good to see Victoria weaning off gas. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them theconversation.com/9-myths-abou...

A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits - my take @aunz.theconversation.com "Now is the time for the Albanese government to woo investors with a bolder program of climate action in Australia" theconversation.com/a-reversal-i...

TotalEnergies promotion of natural gas under fire in greenwashing trial www.ft.com/content/8b58...

Statement from EnergyAustralia: “Offsets do not prevent or undo the harms caused by burning fossil fuels for a customer’s energy use.” www.energyaustralia.com.au/about-us/med...

Australia urgently needs to get serious about long-term climate policy – but there’s no sign of that in the election campaign theconversation.com/australia-ur...

China Halts U.S. LNG Imports Amid Tariff War oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...

Great piece on how Australia can break free from fossil fuel companies and climate disinformation campaigns @naomioreskes.bsky.social theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...

Can public banks fund renewable energy exports? My latest with Maxf Peterson on the hurdles export credit agencies face in mobilising finance for renenergy energy. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Ningaloo and Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘profoundly distressing’ simultaneous coral bleaching events www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It seems that amongst all the cost-cutting in the US there is still $4.7 billion available to support a #gas project in Mozambique. Our latest research published in Climatic Change on these public banks finds that the US is not alone in continuing to support fuels 🧵 www.ft.com/content/b440...

Allowing foreign firms to sue governments for lost profits is legal terrorism – it must end www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

EDF's flagship new nuclear power station in Flamanville - whose opening was delayed by 12 years - has been down for 76 of its first 100 days. I sincerely hope it eventually becomes a workhorse of Europe's power system - but don't let anyone tell you nuclear is easy. reporterre.net/Nucleaire-l-...

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows - Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis @influencemap.bsky.social #climatecrisis #carbonmajors www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Great to chat on ABC radio about the importance of #climate targets leading up to the Australian election @anuregnet.bsky.social @anu-iceds.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Firing civil servants and dismantling government departments is how aspiring strongmen consolidate personal power – lessons from around the globe theconversation.com/firing-civil...