🤔 Can democracies keep up with the climate crisis? 🎙️ @diarmuidtorney.bsky.social & @janagheuens.bsky.social explore in our podcast complexity, politicisation, justice & why combining democratic tools matters. From parliaments to citizens’ assemblies, how do institutions shape climate action? 👇

📢🎙️ 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙄𝙨 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙡 podcast x RETOOL project This episode, explores the challenges that #Democracies and #ClimateAction face, and how democratic innovations can address them both. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Be... #EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #democracy

What makes a climate commitment credible? 🌍 ✅ science-based targets ✅ clear timelines ✅ transparency ✅ real emissions cuts What matters most to you? 🤔 Working with @retoolproject.bsky.social to make climate terms clearer.

📋New policy brief: 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐬. 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐔 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 The narrative from Brussels is clear: 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟕 𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝. But what’s at stake? 🔗Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1945... #RETOOLproject #horizonEU #ClimateDemocracy

One of the latest papers from the RETOOL project "Narrative and quantitative analysis of democratic principles in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways" was featured in the @carbonbrief.org newsletter last month. Check it out ➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-27...

Op-ed written by Lea Schewe, @simonohnen.bsky.social and @oberthuerseb.bsky.social from the @bsog.be. Both Lea & Sebastian contribute to the EDGE and @retoolproject.bsky.social research projects focusing on the intersection of climate and democratic governance.

📋New publication: 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬: 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ➡️𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #RETOOLproject #horizonEU #publication #EUPolicy #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy

📝 New publication: 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 🔗𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: retoolproject.eu/publications... #ClimateModeling #participation #accountability #justice #RETOOLproject #climatedemocracy #SSPs #horizonEU

📝𝐍𝐞𝐰 #𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #FridaysforFuture 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0964... 🔗𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬: retoolproject.eu/publications... #RETOOLproject #climatedemocracy #climateaction #socialmovements #horizonEU

🎯 Last week, we marked two years of the RETOOL project. Partners gathered to review progress across all ongoing tasks and plan the final year of the project. Stay tuned for new research articles, policy briefs and conferences! 🔗‍️https://retoolproject.eu/ #EU #HorizonEurope #climate #democracy

📢𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒 ⏰⌛𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 retoolproject.eu/news-events/...

✨𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭✨ 🎁Wishing you a season filled with warmth, hope and connection. #RetoolProject #EU #HorizonEU #climate #democracy #ClimateDemocracy

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! In this issue you will find: 📌 News from our partners and conferences participations 📋 New research papers 📢 Calls for papers 🔗 retoolproject.eu/communicatio... #EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #democracy #climatedemocracy

💡𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐔 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬? The new research by #RetoolProject maps how national parliaments across the EU are reforming their own workings to address climate governance challenges. ✔️𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫: zenodo.org/records/1752... #EU #climate #democracy #research

📌Our RETOOL consortium partners Alice Brawley-Chesworth and Lea Schewe participated in the 𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐒 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 "𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬", Berlin. Read more: retoolproject.eu/news-events/... #EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #democracy

💡A new RETOOL research investigates the efficiency and #democratic implications of the #EU use of non-legislative processes for climate governance. 👉𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: zenodo.org/records/1752... ✅ retoolproject.eu #HorizonEurope #climate #democracy #ClimateDemocracy #ClimateGovernance

💡𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 For years, the success of 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢-𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 has been measured by their direct impact on policy. But new findings from the RETOOL partners' research reveal this focus is too narrow. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: zenodo.org/records/1752...

💡 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭? Our consortium partner Dr. Áron Buzogány & Dr. Liz Hicks discuss about the role of #ClimateMovement in a changing world. 👉Read the interview: revdem.ceu.edu/2025/11/20/b...

📢𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒 International Interdisciplinary Workshop: "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐦" University of Trento | 11-12 June 2026 We're exploring how #ClimateMovements shape #democracy & policy. 📌check below for more info

📢 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰! 📰In this issue, you'll find the latest project news, including event updates, new publications, an opinion article, and more. Follow us to learn more about the #RetoolProject! app.mailerlite.com/b1c7s2z6w3

💡𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞? 🌳 #ClimateModels aren't just about energy, they are about people and power too. The study provides a critical analysis of the #SharedSocioeconomicPathways (#SSPs) the foundational scenarios used by the #IPCC. zenodo.org/records/1689...

💡COVID-19 revealed institutional flaws but also proved societies can transform to face existential threats. For the #ClimateCrisis, we must harness this capacity for democratic renewal, prioritizing #justice, #participation, and robust institutions not just resilience. 📌 lnkd.in/dBbtJ8UU

⏫In a world without climate change, similar heatwaves would be expected less than every 2,500 years. But today, with 1.3°C of warming, they are much more likely, expected every 13 years.

How can we build a more democratic and sustainable Europe?🌿 New policy brief from the #RetoolProject shows that high-quality #PublicParticipation 🤝is key to effective #ClimatePolicies. Learn more: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #climate #democracy #climatedemocracy

The lexicon used by climate misinformers has changed, and "‘New Denial’ is bent on condemning solutions to climate change and their supporters." Researchers found the most prevalent climate-related terms on Twitter/X from 2021-2023 and shared their results below. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New Nature paper "Majority support for global redistributive & climate policies" www.nature.com/articles/s41... cites "Who on Earth Wants a World Government, What Kind, & Why?" @dcuclimate.bsky.social @dcu-conflict.bsky.social @greendealnet.eu @retoolproject.bsky.social Read: doi.org/10.1093/isq/...

New Special Issue 'The External Dimensions of the European Green Deal' by @greendealnet.eu: link.springer.com/journal/1078... @simonohnen.bsky.social @earsomj.bsky.social @claraweller.bsky.social ‪‪‪@buzogany.bsky.social @cladupont.bsky.social @gorandominioni.bsky.social @retoolproject.bsky.social

''emissions from military conflict remain mostly invisible in international climate negotiations and national inventories.'' It is important to report the military and confict emmisions under the UNFCCC. #climate #ghg #war #unfccc www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...

📍 1st day of partners meeting at Ghent University 💡Partners gathered to discuss the project's progress and the upcoming work. The sessions spark valuable exchanges on collaboration and impact. #EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #democracy #climatedemocracy

The EU’s #StrategicDialogues could boost #democracy but suffer from corporate dominance, lack of transparency & performative debates. The 2024 #AgricultureDialogue succeeded—why isn’t the #EU replicating it? Read our consortium partners' article here euobserver.com/eu-political...

“We tend to find it hard to imagine a different world… But I think it’s really important to imagine what climate justice would look and feel like” #climate #activism #climateactivism www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/rest-is-resi...

From @nature.com: New research shows that with every increment of global warming, the number of people facing unprecedented lifetime exposure to crop failures, droughts, floods, wildfires, and cyclones increases sharply. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW – Children born in 2020 will face ‘unprecedented exposure’ to climate extremes | @AyeshaTandon w/ comment from Luke Grant, Kaveh Madani, @harrinluke.bsky.social @marinaromanello.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/Qxw80Un

🚨 Research by VUB and ETH Zurich shows millions of children will suffer most from heatwaves, crop failures, floods, fires and storms due to climate change. We must act now to protect their future! ➡️ go.ethz.ch/2i

🌱 Voluntary climate action is about leading with purpose not obligation. Excited to share a glimpse of our new synergy with the @retoolproject.bsky.social 🌍 www.youtube.com/shorts/5XdUT... #ClimateJustice #horizoneurope #voluntaryclimateaction #netzero​ #achieveproject #highintegrity

🌍 NEW Bruegel Blueprint: Green intersections In the decade since the 2015 Paris Agreement, what has been the outcome of greening in public policy, and is it threatened by a divisive geopolitical environment? 🖊️ With contributions from 16 experts 📕 www.bruegel.org/book/green-i... #EconSky

💡𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Why do people support green policies? how can leaders build trust? ✅Democracy works when citizens engage and governments listen #Climate #Democracy #Retool #climatedemocracy www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New blog by @guyjackson.bsky.social! "to ensure that climate justice becomes more than just an empty phrase, it is important to unearth and critique what it...means for advocates and the assumptions, strategies and tactics that underpin their theories of change" www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/wha...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭: 𝐀𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. An interesting article about #ClimatePopulism 👉https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/climate-populism-is-coming-but-not-the-way-progressives-think/

This #EarthDay, the call for collective action is clearer than ever. From policy shifts to grassroots innovation, meaningful change starts with commitment, not just today, but every day. 🌍 The future of our planet depends on the choices we make now. sustainabilitymag.com/articles/ear...

✅The KlimaSeniorinnen case didn’t just win, it rewrote the rules. ⚖️ For the first time, an international court held a state accountable for climate inaction under #ΗumanRights law, an important moment for global #ClimateLitigation Read more👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 #RetoolProject 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! Read about project updates, publications and new research from our consortium partners! 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐰: lnkd.in/dc-7VNbz ✔️Follow us for more! 🔔𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞: retoolproject.eu #EU #HorizonEurope #RetoolProject #climate #democracy #climatedemocracy

People deserve to know what their governments are, and aren’t, doing 🔍 Yet it’s currently impossible to effectively monitor EU government's daily failure to implement environmental laws. Read on to discover how transparency is the key to ensuring EU law enforcement 👉 meta.eeb.org/2025/03/18/j...

💡 𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠? EU Green Deal progress: 32/154 targets on track, 64 need acceleration, 15 lagging. It highlights key sectors and calls for urgent action to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. 👉 dx.doi.org/10.2760/3105... #retool #EU #climate #democracy #horizonEU

📢 #𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭! 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 #𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 & #𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐀 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 🗓️ Sept 16-18, 2025 Explore the tensions between democracy & capitalism in a world reshaped by inequality, corporate power, and democratic backsliding. 📝 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: rebalanceproject.org/events/rebal...

📢 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐮𝐦! Read the special issue "𝐓𝐡𝐞 #𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲" here 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/geui20/4... 💡It is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of #ClimateAction and #Democracy in Europe. #EU #RetoolProject #climate #climatedemocracy

🎯Last week, the #RetoolProject consortium came together to review progress across ongoing work. We dedicated time to discuss our empirical research, fostering collaboration and strengthening our collective impact. Stay tuned for exciting updates! #HorizonEurope #climatedemocracy retoolproject.eu

✅ A new study by Vlad Surdea-Hernea, Attack on Climate: The Persistent Effects of Authoritarianism on Climate Policy Equilibria," explores how historical authoritarianism continues to influence climate policy and public attitudes, even after democratization. #RetoolProject 👉 shorturl.at/HJLqF

💡𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? 🟢 Research by Dr. Farsan Ghassim & Dr. @markuspauli.bsky.social shows global majorities support a democratic world government to tackle climate change, poverty & peace. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/isq/... Blog: shorturl.at/pxdxT #RetoolProject #ClimateDemocracy