States of Transition | 10th April 2026 An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Peter Newell, author of 'States of Transition'.

Register for our book launch tomorrow @greshamcollege.bsky.social! Focusing on @peternewell.bsky.social latest book  'States of Transition', Newell, @paulinesophieh.bsky.social & @hannahhughes.bsky.social will discuss the role of the state in the green transition

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Conservatives have ‘so far produced only 36 days worth of gas’ Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

Hundreds of North Sea licences granted by Tories have ‘produced only 36 days of gas’

- Findings undermine on claims new drilling would help cut bills and boost energy security, researchers say

#energycrisis #climatecrisis
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States of Transition | 10th April 2026 An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Peter Newell, author of 'States of Transition'.

Join the ISRF @greshamcollege.bsky.social on 10th April for the launch of 'States of Transition' by @peternewell.bsky.social . Peter will be in conversation with @paulinesophieh.bsky.social & @hannahhughes.bsky.social on the role of the state in the #greentransition

Canada's Oil Industry Is Trying to Cash in on Iran War Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.

Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.

❗️This is the shock doctrine in action❗️

Funny how measures the climate crisis has warranted -- in vain -- for decades are immediately called forth by capitalist crisis

Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable.

Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours.

Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy.

Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’ Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits

Achieving the UK’s climate goals costs less than the economic impact of one single oil shock - climate committee finds @suspol.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social
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How a grassroots UK campaign sparked a multi-billion-dollar exit from public fossil fuel finance It began with red paint at the UK Treasury, and ended in one of the most successful international climate initiatives.

Great piece in @theconversation.com by @freddiedaley.bsky.social based on his recent article in Climate Policy
How a grassroots UK campaign sparked a multi-billion-dollar exit from public fossil fuel finance @suspol.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social
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If more money is the answer to the climate crisis, what was the question? My essay in Environment & Planning A journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....

Power in Fossil Fuel Supply-Side Policy: Closing Down and Opening Up Opportunities to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Production Abstract. Supply-side climate policy initiatives that restrict fossil fuel production are gathering momentum. A growing body of academic scholarship seeks to understand this new frontier in global cli...

Check out our new article "Power in Fossil Fuel Supply-Side Policy: Closing Down and Opening Up Opportunities to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Production" co-authored with @peternewell.bsky.social @freddiedaley.bsky.social and Daniela Soto Hernandez in @gepjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Featuring work by @dgweb121.bsky.social, @henrikselin.bsky.social, @matthoffmann.bsky.social, @yixiansun.bsky.social, @fengshiwu.bsky.social, @devoncantwell.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social, @joannalewis.bsky.social, @robertfalkner.bsky.social, & others not on Bluesky!

Volume 26 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

There are journal issues...and then there are journal issues! The truly epic 25th Anniversary Special Issue of the GEP journal, titled "Continuity and Change in Global Environmental Politics," is now live and free to read for the next 90 days through @mitpress.bsky.social.

There are problems with a geoengineering techno-fix for the climate crisis | Mike Hulme Geoengineering does little to defuse most of the risks that really matter for people – and it runs the risk of making some harms worse

Injecting particulates into the atmosphere isn’t a magical fix for the climate crisis (Mike Hulme) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The political economy of Chile’s coal transition In debates about just transitions the experience of unjust coal transitions loom large. Case studies often focus on the experience of countries in Eur…

New paper with Daniela Soto Hernandez in Geoforum on the political economy of Chile’s coal transition
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Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels How can the competing goals and diverse interests involved in a just and multilateral transition away from fossil fuels be reconciled? This article explore

Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels academic.oup.com/ia/article/d...
My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social

If you are into the practical politics of hope, come and join me, @peternewell.bsky.social, @carolinelucas.bsky.social, @jeanmclean.bsky.social at this, to talk about getting out of the mess we're in... www.attenboroughcentre.com/events/5651/...

Join me in conversation with @carolinelucas.bsky.social @andrewsimms.bsky.social & Jean McLean to discuss hope & despair in building progressive futures together.
February 18th 5.30pm at the @attenboroughac.bsky.social Sussex University. Register here:
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Towards a more transformative approach to climate finance

#6: Towards a more transformative approach to climate finance. @peternewell.bsky.social

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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 - States of transition- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA - Environment and Climate Politics Working Group

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!

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Estudio internacional alerta: los “proyectos verdes” de petroleras prolongan el modelo del combustible fósil - Noticias Ambientales Descubre cómo los llamados proyectos verdes de la industria del petróleo prolongan el uso de combustibles fósiles.

Estudio internacional alerta: los “proyectos verdes” de petroleras prolongan el modelo del combustible fósil.

Dirigido por Marcel Llavero-Pasquina del ICTA-UAB

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@suspol.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @kylat.bsky.social @harrovanasselt.bsky.social

📢 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.

Trasformismo: Advancing understandings of the relationship between stability and change in transitions Transitions research explores the dimensions and loci of stability and change. In theorising the interrelation between the two, the neo-Gramscian noti…

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’
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A just transition requires roadmaps to phase-out fossil fuels and ISDS At COP30, calls to phase-out fossil fuels were blocked, but Colombia pushed on -also warning that ISDS remains a major barrier to the transition.

📢 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.

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Lukas Slothuus, Oil Futures — Sidecar Norway’s elections.

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:
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