Hvorfor er det ikke flere solcellepaneler på takene til hus og bygårder på Østlandet?

EU climate chief warns there is ‘no workaround’ for high energy prices

Hoekstra: “The only way forward is more electrification, more nuclear, more solar, more wind, more battery capacity, more interconnectors in the European Union, and all of it with much more speed.”

More and more people are saying it.

www.ft.com/content/5102...

Climate shocks don’t get equal coverage. New research by DPIR's @acalacino.bsky.social, Mats Ahrenshop, @fgenovese.bsky.social  & @hayleypring.bsky.social shows fossil fuel–heavy areas mute reporting, while others see clearer climate coverage: https://tinyurl.com/ye2hjdtf

1/ Sorry for double-posting from X. Sharing a new working paper for the Year of the Horce 🐎:

"An AI-assisted workflow that scales reproducibility in empirical research" (bit.ly/repro-ai) w/ Leo Yang Yang

Gratulerer, Peter!

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

This is how you lead from the left

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Henrik Wergeland og Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson hadde nok rotert i grava om de hadde lest nyhetene denne uka.

With AI energy demand skyrocketing, this couldn’t be more important.

Jeg er møkkalei av hvordan vi innvandrere blir omtalt i den offentlige debatten.

Jeg kom til Norge som flyktning. I dag er jeg i jobb, betaler skatt og bidrar til samfunnet. Likevel opplever jeg at mennesker som meg ofte blir omtalt som én samlet gruppe, som om vi alle er like og bærer 1/5

We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!

It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.

You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...

Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have "disdain" for AI but it could be sold if clearly labelled.

Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

The European Union’s remarkable growth performance relative to the United States The EU has outperformed the US on per-capita output growth; in terms of output per hour worked, some EU countries are as productive as the US

"the narrative about the EU significantly falling behind the US in terms of [economic] output is wrong"

Graph showing: Monthly global air passengers

One of the most dramatic "blips" at a global level, ever.
robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...

Trosser kritikken – går «all in» for Campus Ekeberg Prestisjeprosjektet kan komme til å koste Oslo kommune over 1,5 milliarder kroner.

Dette byrådet er en parodi på seg selv.

Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).

Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.

Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...

New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thrilled to see our work in the NYT on heat pumps in cold climates.

Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jo, norgespris oppmuntrer til økt strømbruk Svarer Nordeas investeringsdirektør Robert Næss.

Takk til @rosendahlke.bsky.social for behersket folkeopplysning i møte med Nordeas Næss om #Norgespris i #dax18.

Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

De var tidlig ute med å bruke oppmerksomhetsøkonomien til deres fordel, i tillegg til at algoritmene på TikTok/instagram liker å pushe overforenkla politiske standpunkter.

ABSTRACT Involving those most affected by climate change in adaptation governance is crucial for procedural justice, legitimacy, and effectiveness. Empirical evidence indicates that democracies tend to perform better on climate change than authoritarian states. However, many highly climate-vulnerable countries lack key hallmarks of democracy, such as free and fair elections, while transitions to electoral democracy are hard to predict and difficult to foster. This article applies deliberative systems analysis to support a more nuanced understanding of climate politics and the diverse ways implicated groups influence decision-making in authoritarian states. Drawing on interviews with government officials, civil society, and international development practitioners involved in adaptation in Vietnam, three forms of influence are identified: coercive, persuasive, and deliberative. Despite hierarchical structures, the research reveals distinct dynamics of deliberative influence and reflects on the implications for non-governmental and international organizations seeking to use climate finance to support inclusive and accountable adaptation in climate-vulnerable countries.

New article!

Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA

"And they are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith, so they let themselves be used, over and over, in an endless attempt to find reasonable common ground with political forces bent on division."

Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Russia’s interference in Moldova’s democracy… - Renew Europe Ahead of this weekend’s pivotal elections in Moldova, Renew Europe condemns ongoing attempts by Russia to interfere in the election and reaffirms its…

We condemn Russia's interference in Moldovan democracy, including the use of disinformation, cyber-attacks and illicit financing.

The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!

@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...

Ny rapport: Verden planlegger kraftig økning i produksjon av olje, gass og kull – Alle land har ifølge seg selv en god grunn for å fortsette med fossil energi, sier forsker.

Når alle land har sin egen unnskyldning for akkurat sin fossile energi:

– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...

Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.

I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found. Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia because it reduces shade, diminishes rainfall and increases the risk of fire, the authors of the paper found. Continue reading...

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds

Influencers in Number 10? Inevitable Get past your nausea and you’ll see that it’s canny public relations for governments to want to be where the voters are

The attention economy is coming for our governments. on.ft.com/45wYs8B

Tenk nytt, tenkt taktisk, stem grønt!

How The Attention Economy is Devouring Gen Z | The Ezra Klein Show YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

Attention is quickly becoming the most valuable currency in contemporary politics as more people get news from short-form media. If you’re not on instagram or tiktok you’re not gonna win elections in 2025. 1/ youtu.be/cZO1B4fZlOw

“Over the years, we realised that we [central bankers and supervisors] completely underestimated physical risk,
..
We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”

Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
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