Some jurisdictions have made a real effort and it shows in the numbers. This is a demonstration that mitigation is possible, countering the “we can’t do anything about it” narrative. Therefore it is so important.

The UNEP GAP report is not the kind of reading that makes climate scientists smile. But this figure is not all bleak - look at all the emissions curves pointing downwards! The full report: www.unep.org/resources/em...

EXCLUSIVE: After Trump took over the Kennedy Center in Feb, he vowed to make it "hot" again. So, how's it doing? @jeremybmerrill.com and I used data from the center's ticketing website to find out. Ticket sales are lowest they've been since the pandemic. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Hurray, the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics is out! It includes a chapter on climate and nature protection with general insights about the different nature of the two policy areas. How would such a comparison would look like in your country? 1/n academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Hurray, the Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics is out! It includes a chapter on climate and nature protection with general insights about the different nature of the two policy areas. How would such a comparison would look like in your country? 1/n academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

We are hiring a PhD student to join us at the @hertiesecurity.bsky.social (start Sept. 2026)! If you want to conduct research on topics related to digital authoritarianism, state repression, contentious politics or social movements online, then this job might be for you!

The first cement produced at Norway's Brevik plant with carbon emissions captured and stored under the seabed has now been used in concrete poured in Oslo's new metro line to Fornebu.

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s. It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling. Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.

This is why I love walking the dog early in the morning.

Yep! There is even great research that shows that these are precisely the kind of people, who would want to join the secret police -- because they are not good for anything else: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Many good climate podcasts out there, but few are as well produced as Living Planet from DW. I am happy to have contributed to this episode on Norwegian climate and petroleum policy and politics. It skips important details, but is well worth listening to! podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/l...

Many good climate podcasts out there, but few are as well produced as Living Planet from DW. I am happy to have contributed to this episode on Norwegian climate and petroleum policy and politics. It skips important details, but is well worth listening to! podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/l...

Stortinget forutså ikke helt hva EU kom til å gjøre i klimapolitikken. Ettersom norske klimamål baserer seg mer på hva EU kommer til å gjøre, enn hva vi skal gjøre selv, så skaper dette hodebry. 1/n www.dn.no/politikk/kli...

Have Chinese greenhouse gas emissions reached a peak? Many people seem to be boldly saying yes. I think it is too premature. Lots of good things happening in China, a peak is expected soon, as we have been saying for 10 years... (in Norwegian) www.energiogklima.no/to-grader/ek...

Stortinget forutså ikke helt hva EU kom til å gjøre i klimapolitikken. Ettersom norske klimamål baserer seg mer på hva EU kommer til å gjøre, enn hva vi skal gjøre selv, så skaper dette hodebry. 1/n www.dn.no/politikk/kli...

Since you all are talking about interventions at the Climate Summit 2025: 1) remarkable how Jinping’s 1st sentence refers to the 10 year anniversary of Paris Accord 2) Remember: China tends to underpromise, always 3) China is not going all electrostate for normative climate leadership purposes

Excited to be a visiting PhD researcher for the next three months at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, University of Oslo under the supervision of @elinlb.bsky.social! Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!

The Pentagon demands journalists to sign a pledge not to obtain or report any information - even if unclassified - unless it has been expressly authorized by the government. To be clear, as a reporter who is also covering different aspects of 🇺🇸 military, I will never sign such restrictions.

I feel for you, citizens of the USA. An administration that governs without knowledge will stop solving problems, but continue to create them. Numbers are not sufficient to create good governance, but good governance is impossible without them.

I am ready for a new cycle of @ipcc.bsky.social report-making. I am far from the only Norwegian, joining the crew of 6 from @cicero.oslo.no. I am the only one from @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, but quite a lot political scientists are involved. Wish us luck!

The pulling of Colbert and Kimmel is a perfect reminder that living in autocracy is dangerous to those that expose themselves and, for the ordinary median citizens, it is vastly dull and boring.

The Publisher of the New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, outlined what he calls the "playbook" for governments that want to weaken and ultimately neuter the press. www.nytco.com/press/ag-sul...

The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.

Norwegian elections resulted in continued Labour minority rule. Greens are happy with best election results ever, other small green parties lost votes. Record high support for populist right Fremskrittspartiet. Devastatingly bad result for the conservatives. What does it mean for climate policy? 1/

Norwegian elections resulted in continued Labour minority rule. Greens are happy with best election results ever, other small green parties lost votes. Record high support for populist right Fremskrittspartiet. Devastatingly bad result for the conservatives. What does it mean for climate policy? 1/

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Welcome new followers! Thanks! Follow me for scientific insights on all aspects of climate governance research, + political science research on climate politics. Please update me on new relevant scientific publications, important for my role in the 7th assessment report of the @ipcc.bsky.social

Election Day in Norway 🇳🇴 The outcome will have consequences for Norwegian climate governance. If the Progress party take part in a new government climate policy may be dismantled. If the Green Party+two small socialist parties gain influence on a Labour gov ambitions will increase. 1/n

Ja, noen ting endrer seg, men det skal mye til. Det virker som om tidlig sosialisering har mye å si - og det korrelerer jo med egen økonomi, som kan forklare at det er store forskjeller mellom inntektsgrupper, men liten endring med endring av inntekt. Se f.eks: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Jeg ønsker meg kvalifisert synsing om dette spørsmålet: Hvor gammel er menn flest når de innser at de ikke står i fare for å bygge seg opp en formue, og endrer de partipreferanser da? Eller må vi bare vente noen tiår for å finne ut av det? @staffankumlin.bsky.social @peterla.bsky.social

In Norway "[t]here is this narrative that Norway is [extracting oil & gas] for the rest of Europe" @elinlb.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/norways-elec... It is is fun to point to the contradictions in Norway (I do), but remember that you are happily buying the oil & gas from Norway. 1/

🛢️Norway has doubled down on oil and gas investments after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. With elections looming, can smaller parties break the fossil consensus? Interview with @elinlb.bsky.social www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/norways-elec...

To be clear, we really do not need to and should not be having to use our time 'debating' this fantastical nonsense in 2025. There are enough real bits of actual climate science to do. The collective brainpower expended on this by so many scientists could have been -much- better spent.

Norwegian general election one week away. Climate issues are hardly discussed by politicians, but the election result may have profound impact on Norwegian climate governance. I talked about this with Green European Journal.

Thank you @andrewdessler.com for coordinating this epic effort out of nowhere in a matter of days/weeks. Also special kudos to @ecoclimatelab.bsky.social for doing a non-trivial quantity of cat-herding on the CO2 & greening chapter (quoted below). Such a ludicrous thing to have to write in 2025...

All aspiring political science researchers: you now have the chance to become a PhD research fellow, while earning a propper salary, exploring whatever topic you prefer and work with top-notch research in a supportive and friendly environment. Please consider applying and become my new colleague!

Go Team! 🇳🇴 cicero.oslo.no/en/articles/.... @glenpeters.bsky.social @benmsanderson.bsky.social @elinlb.bsky.social @janasillmann.bsky.social @mtlund.bsky.social

Much more testosterone in the US senate race than in the ongoing Norwegian general election.

I just published a chapter on "US-China Relations and the Competitive Turn of Green Industrial Policymaking" in this volume on climate policy (thanks @matpaterson.bsky.social and @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social!) Since the book went to press, developments have validated my core arguments. 1/

Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/

Trenger du eksperthjelp for å bedre forstå politikernes lovnader i valgkampen? Stikk innom Domus Bibliotheca (i sentrum) før jobb 26 august og få hjelp av UiOs eksperter til å dekode forvirrende språk! @peterla.bsky.social @crexuio.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/u...

Trenger du eksperthjelp for å bedre forstå politikernes lovnader i valgkampen? Stikk innom Domus Bibliotheca (i sentrum) før jobb 26 august og få hjelp av UiOs eksperter til å dekode forvirrende språk! @peterla.bsky.social @crexuio.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social www.uio.no/om/aktuelt/u...

Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project. I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!

Wish me good luck! I feel honored, I really look forward to it, but I am also a bit nervous. I know this is not an easy task. I have said yes to serve as lead author in the @ipcc.bsky.social. See the full list of authors here: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...

What do you think that «acceleration of climate action»means? Clearly few agree about that. @glenpeters.bsky.social, Jale Tosun and I contribute to clarify the concept. I hope you find it useful!

🧵 What makes fossil fuel emissions "abated"? Our 🛑 new paper 🛑 in Energy and Climate Change tackles this crucial but dangerously vague concept.... 1/10

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...

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...

Hør på @climansen.bsky.social! Ikke rart at miljøbevegelsen er skuffet. Det er oppsiktsvekkende at klimamål-vedtaket ikke har blitt møtt med større protester.

Today the Norwegian government has approved the plan for the Northern Lights subsea CO₂ storage facility to be expanded from 1.5 MtCO₂/yr to 5 Mt/yr. The news also mentioned an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to receive up to 0.9 Mt/yr from bioenergy heat and power.