'Memba all that research & reporting on how carbon offsets are, well, bullshit? Well, the EU NDC just dropped and, yep, offsets are in there. Resurrected from the dead after being excised from the EU-ETS.

The internet is so great today 😍

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has already raised the bar for other politicians’ claims about “addressing affordability”. ✊

And it feels so gooooooood

Nice @CBCNews assessment of where we are, 10 years on from the Paris Agreement, with some points from @greenprofgreen.bsky.social, myself & others www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

betting on climate disaster as ESG investing. cool cool www.cbc.ca/news/science...

US Gov't is shut down but @noaa.gov still toiling away at destroying decades of multilateral cooperation and ocean ecosystems in one fell swoop. Folks, this is really, *really* bad.

As I detail in Chap 6 of my new book Existential Politics (link in bio), tax policy is climate policy. Case in point👇 #COP30 #UNFCCC

ICE cars are the technology of the future. LOL

Geoengineering and deep sea mining are technological and planetary frontiers that are on the cusp of being exploited by private firms, without consensus and approval from states. Once the genie is out of the bottle, it will be open season on both frontiers. This is deeply wrong and frightening.

Noo Yawk! It’s good to be back!

Prediction: Mark Carney's budget warm-up speech tonight will be the justification for why we need to cut social services and double down on fossil fuels and defence. Austerity, here we come, bay-bee!!! (I hope I'm wrong.)

There's a whole chapter of my book, Existential Politics, that explains how GHG accounting works and the fundamental conceptual problems with measuring GHGs at the firm level. This change is a drop in the bucket in addressing the issues w carbon accounting. 1/

"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless." In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe. www.landclimate.org/...

@carbonmarketwatch.bsky.social report follows the exact playbook I describe in Existential Politics. Almost no one in offset markets has an interest in improving the quality of credits. The result is more weak rules, this time on permanence. #COP30 #askapoliticalscientist

Nice piece from @daniellebochove.bsky.social on Mark Carney's ahem...less than stellar climate record featuring quotes from yours truly.

I am proud of US citizens and sad for the country today

The IMO just put the kibosh on a plan for net zero regulations on shipping, due to intense pressure from the US and Saudi Arabia. This isn't as devastating as it may seem. THREAD

More evidence that @mark-carney.bsky.social is aligning with the US in the coming "ecological cold war" described by @nilsgilman.bsky.social. This is a bad choice - both for Canada's economy and obviously for the climate. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

This shit makes me furious & despondent. Scientific evidence, mass suffering, and the prospect of economic, political and social breakdown are insufficient to spur action. We talk abt geongineering while investing further in fossil fuels. We have collectively become untethered from reality.

@aradwanski.bsky.social preview of Carney’s likely climate strategy confirms that Canada is, yet again, refusing to deal with the oil and gas sector, which generates around 1/3 of Canada’s emissions. Carney is gambling w Canada's economic future & he should know better. 🧵

Climate technocrats would do a lot better if they stopped talking abt climate science and economic growth and started talking about economic inequality. Also, why are we listening Captain carbon pricing?

The Metals Company stock surges in anticipation of US funding for the deep sea mining firm. Grift recognizes grift. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/ma...

Last chance to register! It's gonna be a great conversation with some fantastic panelists. Join us!

Very important paper by @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social that shows, as I have argued, that tax policy is climate policy. We cannot phaseout #fossilfuels without attacking their wealth. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

5 yrs ago, I argued that climate change demands an activist academy. So does growing authoritarianism. Our universities need to act collectively, and we academics, as their beating heart, must demand that administrations do this. My piece: direct.mit.edu/daed/article.... Henry's is a must read. 👇

I’ve read this book twice now and I’ve appreciated the chance to grapple with a new conceptual framework for climate policy analysis. If (like me) you’re a proponent of carbon pricing, it’s your responsibility to read this and explain exactly where you disagree.

Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world! Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.

Hey #Toronto climate peeps! Come learn about the future of global #climate politics at my book launch at @utoronto.ca. Featuring fierce all female panel with @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir (MacKenzie Investments), moderated by Jill English (CBC). #COP30 #GreenSky. Free event! Tasty treats!

For more on the importance of getting the (existential) politics of climate right, check out our book talk from yesterday with @greenprofgreen.bsky.social here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtVo...

@aradwanski.bsky.social correctly identifies one of the key probs w/ Canada’s industrial carbon pricing: too many credits. This is not just a Canada problem, its endemic to cap and trade. “Fixing” carbon pricing is a lot harder than it seems. 🧵

Definitely not the first to say this, but climate policy that splits labor and capital would help reduce at least some opposition to decarbonization (paging @matthuber.bsky.social @mattomildenberger.bsky.social)

#BBNJ will enter into force in January to protect the oceans in areas beyond national jurisdiction, but #deepseamining seems imminent. US has not signed / ratified either agreement. sdg.iisd.org/news/with-60...

Join me and @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on Tuesday at 1 pm ET to discuss her new book, "Existential Politics: Why Global Climate Institutions Are Failing and How to Fix Them." events.zoom.us/ev/AtXUfZzc-...

If major powers don't show up at #COP30, even with half-done homework in the form of lousy NDCs, the #ParisAgreement will become completely dead letter. And that will be BAD.

ICYMI: Join me and industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com of the @rooseveltinstitute.org to talk about my new book! Next week! Deets below 👇

Very mixed feelings abt this headline & interpretation. No country is doing enough on climate. But the *indirect* effects of China's green industrial policy are HUGE, & catalyzing big parts of the energy transition. Both natural and social science are needed to understand impacts. #COP30

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social speaks directly to my arguments in Existential Politics, w/ great elegance. He argues a “two step solution” req's means taking on fossil fuel practical constraints seriously (aka politics). I offer ways to do this 🧵 www.bostonreview.net/forum/climate-state-and-utopia/

To be fair, I don't envy Simon Stiell's job one bit. But selling the pitch that "we're doing okay on climate" is some serious bullshit. This is 1000% managing expectations downwards ahead of #COP30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Maybe I'm missing something here, but someone explain to me why voluntary carbon market should be selling credits for charging your EV. verra.org/methodologie...

I will advocate for saving the ottoman -- an underrated piece of furniture 🤪

Looking forward to talking about my new book with industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com on 30 September. Register for free here: events.zoom.us/ev/AtXUfZzc-...

Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions. Listen 👇 www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

Big thanks to @chathamhouse.org and Mike Higgins for publishing this interview about my forthcoming book, Existential Politics. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

The new projects announced by @mark-carney.bsky.social show that Canada is foolishly doubling down on its petrostate status. THREAD

Great analysis of Net Zero policy lab new report by the inimitable @jonasnahm.com

So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

Hey Torontonians! Learn abt the future of climate politics at book launch event for Existential Politics, Oct 9 at @utoronto.ca. Features a fierce all-woman panel including @cat-abreu.bsky.social, Fate Saghir & CBC's Jill English. Event is FREE. Registration here: cpe.utoronto.ca/event/book-l...

hey #polisci, if you're at #APSA2025, set the alarm, grab coffee & come hear about my new book Existential Politics w/ @profkharrison.bsky.social @thomasnhale.bsky.social ale.bsky.social @bentleyallan.bsky.social allan.bsky.social @agazmararian.bsky.social rarian.bsky.social & Michael Ross. Deets 👇

US has carbon pricing in CA, OR, WA & via RGGI. At the same time @oilchange.bsky.social reports that US spends $31 billion on #fossilfuel subsidies. And we wonder why carbon pricing is struggling to reduce emissions... www.theguardian.com/environment/...