Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025 Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

Climate change coverage fell 14% globally in 2025, while the world endured record heat, raging wildfires, and devastating floods.

The crisis intensified. The headlines didn’t.

Less coverage = less urgency.

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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis

“Our existing economic system, capitalism, is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the 21st century.”
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EU needs a ‘big bang’ on regulation, says top official European Council president António Costa blames national capitals for inertia that has left economy trailing China

If the aim of European policy was wellbeing of the people rather than merely competing against others, conclusions and solutions would probably diverge a lot from more and more #deregulation, and more and more military spending www.ft.com/content/53df...

Wichtige Einordnung von Bafta Sarbo "Die EU-Migrations­abwehr ist nicht besser als ICE". Unterschied: der grosse Aufschrei bleibt in Europa aus

Spanien zeigt, dass eine andere Migrationspolitik möglich ist Antirassistische Gruppen in Spanien haben erreicht, was anderen europäischen Linken lange nicht gelungen ist: Druck auf die Migrationspolitik auszuüben. Statt Abschiebungen plant die Regierung Sánchez...

Spanien als aktuelles Beispiel für eine andere Migrations- und Aufenthaltspolitik jacobin.de/artikel/span...

Offene Grenzen: Mission impossible? Die Abschaffung von Sklaverei und Apartheid hatte niemand für möglich gehalten, passiert ist es trotzdem. Warum nicht auch auf offene Grenzen hoffen?

Wichtiger Beitrag zu Grenzpolitik: "Man tut so, als sei Aufenthaltsrecht etwas Naturgegebenes und unterschlägt, dass dieses Recht gemacht wurde, damit Menschen abgeschoben werden können. [...] Diese scheinbare Selbstverständlichkeit des Rechts müssen wir hinterfragen." taz.de/Offene-Grenz...

EU to relent on combustion engines ban after auto industry pressure The European Commission is set to backtrack on the EU's ban on new combustion-engine cars from 2035 by allowing up to 10% of non-electric vehicles after intense pressure from Germany, Italy and Europe...

Dismantling climate policy one regulation at a time: European institutions may bow to fossil automobile capital and scrap the EU’s 2035 combustion engine ban

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"Criminalisation and repression should be read as features of a carbon-intensive political and economic settlement rather than episodic excess...From a Gramscian perspective, the observed repertoire of repression is integral to the reproduction of hegemony."

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Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk

Die AfD gibt sich als Partei der kleinen Leute – plant aber gigantische Steuersenkungen für die Reichen. Das oberste Prozent (ab 180k brutto) soll 45 Mrd € weniger zahlen, die Top 10% sogar 86 Mrd € weniger. Kaum Entlastung für Geringverdiener.
Berechnung @sbachtax.bsky.social exklusiv für @zeit.de

Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."

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Looking forward to joining this exciting workshop tomorrow!

Merz will den wirtschaftspolitischen #Epochenbruch. Das darf nicht unwidersprochen bleiben!

Damit der Widerspruch gehört wird, brauchen "Kritische Stimmen zu Wirtschaft und Krise" Reichweite.

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Helft mit und verbreitet das Starter Pack.

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Ökologische Planung als kollektive Rückeroberung der Zukunft Dissens ist ein Gesprächs-Podcast über Politik, Kapitalismus und Gesellschaft

Europa und die USA haben sich mit dem Klimakollaps abgefunden oder driften in Richtung fossilen Autoritarismus. Es ist Zeit, dass Klimabewegte und Linke eine gemeinsame Erzählung entwickeln, erzählt @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social im Dissens Podcast @lukasondreka.bsky.social

Bidenomics wasn’t ambitious enough Rapid decarbonisation will require an overhaul of local energy authorities and better macroeconomic planning

Interesting: @brusselermel.bsky.social calling for "a new era of green economic planning" @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/dda5... Important addition: let's make sure planning is democratic and relinquishes reliance on green growth. h/t @danielagabor.bsky.social

D-Econ’s Seasonal Alternative Reading List – 2025, pt. 1 It’s been quite a year thus far, and we have some reading recommendations from new books on economics that were published this year that you may have missed either because of the identity of the au…

Our new Alternative Reading List is out!

Check out fantastic new books on pressing issues.

Featuring ‪@drdconlon.bsky.social @karenhao.bsky.social @alfnilsen.bsky.social @samklug.bsky.social @giselacm.bsky.social @mona-ali.bsky.social & many not on BlueSky!

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A great selection of resources for decolonising the various dimensions of economics (theories, methods, pedagogy. etc) by @divdececon.bsky.social

🥳🚨🤩 Job opportunity with me at Uni Lausanne working on the REAL project!

2 year Postdoctoral position in postgrowth climate mitigation modelling focused on food, biomass, land-use

Link here for details and application. Deadline 15 Sept!
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Big Oil heeds call to ‘drill, baby, drill’ as green transition slows Energy groups are refocusing on exploration in anticipation of the world remaining hooked on fossil fuels for decades

As if Big Oil was merely reacting to the green transition not actively preventing it. This is very bad news www.ft.com/content/8675...

No matter how often I see this data, I always find it shocking. Of all the massive growth in output produced by the world's workers since 1980, more than half of it has been captured by the richest 1%. This is what happens when capital controls production.

Subnational survey data reveal persistent gaps in living standards across 75 low and middle-income countries - Nature Communications Using subnational Demographic and Health Survey data from 75 low and middle-income countries, the authors show that many households lack access to decent living standards as basic prerequisites for hu...

We have enough productive capacity to ensure good lives for 8 billion. And yet, because capital controls production, deprivation remains endemic. This new study shows *95%* of surveyed households in low/middle-income countries are denied access to basics.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Morgen! Ich freue mich schon :-) #postwachstum #degrowth #planning

A map of Europe with many small multi-coloured circles layered on top. A legend titled Ecological Economics lists the colours and research hub, master programme, bachelor programme, and individual course. A logo of the European Society for Ecological Economics is in a corner, and a website URL is at the bottom: https://ecolecon.eu/ecological-economics-map/

🧐 Are you wondering where to study and learn post-growth approaches in Europe?

🗺️ I'm glad to share the first version of an interactive map - currently with 110+ diverse initiatives spanning 26 countries - that aims to help with that!

🤗 Dive in here: ecolecon.eu/ecological-e...

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Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals Amid mounting geopolitical, socio-economic, and ecological crises, industrial policy has returned to the forefront of policy debates. However, the EU’s industrial policy framework – centerd on Sing...

New article with @rbaernthaler.bsky.social and @jasonhickel.bsky.social

EU industrial policy aims for resilience, autonomy & sustainability — but internal contradictions make these goals structurally unrealisable

We outline a post-growth alternative: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Heute Start der Aktionswoche "Gemeinsam aus der Einsamkeit" in Deutschland. Neben der Rolle von Social Media vielleicht auch die des Kapitalismus diskutieren, wenn das Fehlen sozialer Verbundenheit und gesellschaftlichen Miteinanders beklagt wird?! www.bundestag.de/resource/blo...

Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction <p>Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. This book provides a much-needed intervention.<br /><br />...

Check out the new, indispensable book on Decolonising Economics by @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and @ingridhk.bsky.social

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Morgen, 7. Mai, Ringvorlesung an der Uni Siegen: “Von Tech-Oligarchie bis antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik”.

10:00–11:15 Uhr – online via Webex.

ℹ️ www.wiwi.uni-siegen.de/wiwi/plurale...

Mit @ehofferberth.bsky.social, @lobbycontrol.bsky.social, @dezernatzukunft.bsky.social, @social.verdi.de...

For guidance doi.org/10.1016/S254... by Jefim Vogel @jasonhickel.bsky.social + doi.org/10.1016/S254... by Giorgos Kallis @jasonhickel.bsky.social Dan O'Neill, @proftimjackson.bsky.social Peter Victor @kateraworth.bsky.social @julietschor.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @dianaurge.bsky.social

Germany’s Friedrich Merz plans ‘double bazooka’ for defence and infrastructure Economists’ proposal for up to €800bn of funding under review as part of coalition talks

In the German debate over special funding for defence and infrastructure, can we please make sure these are in line with fair shares in resource use, emission targets etc.

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