New article out with @franziskapetri.bsky.social in @jei-publication.bsky.social. We look at how and why EU Delegations - the EU's 'embassies' - engage with civil society organisations in third countries in climate diplomacy. 🇪🇺🌏

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❓Are you researching civil society, advocacy, lobbying and/or interest groups?

Ida Hobma, Joost Berkhout and I invite your paper proposals at panel #14 for the upcoming #Politicologenetmaal 2025 at @unigroningen.bsky.social!

Please share!

More info: politicologenetmaal.eu/call-for-pap...

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“From Commission staffers “depressed” to see years of work being speedily undone, to Cabinet officials straining for influence under von der Leyen’s centralized working style, the speed and top-down nature of the new deregulation drive has transparency alarm bells ringing in Brussels.” 🤦🏽

NEW | Solar generates more EU electricity than coal for the first time in 2024 🇪🇺☀️

Renewables made up nearly HALF of the electricity mix last year, while fossil power fell to a historic low ⚡

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In case we needed any more evidence that the simplification omnibus was a poorly-disguised excuse for member states and corporations to delay implementing due diligence rules ⬇️

Carbon capture: The inside story of how the oil & gas industry's delay tactic became a darling of the EU - to the detriment of genuine climate action

www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

🌍 Meet @fscolli.bsky.social asst prof in #EuropeanPolitics at #MaastrichtUniversity & research fellow at @egmontinstitute.bsky.social! Her research focuses on how civil society orgs design campaigns to influence #climate & environmental policies🌍♻️

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🌏CEO's @kennethhaar.bsky.social & Hans van Scharen op-ed sounding the alarm re the Commission's latest attack on NGOs to prevent EU funds being used for "advocacy".

💰Leaving the space clear for corporate lobbyists – who already vastly outnumber and outspend public interest groups in EU lobbying.

"One area in the Netherlands’ favour is the “good knowledge infrastructure” thanks to its universities and research institutes, the survey found. However, the government is planning to slash €200 million from its research budget and discourage foreign students from coming to the country."

New Blog Post summarizing our recent @natclimchange.bsky.social article

A commentary I wrote about climate advocacy under the second Von der Leyen Commission. Even more relevant with recent news about the restriction on lobbying activities by EU-funded NGOs.

❗️Key dates for people following competitiveness, climate and energy from the Commission's indicative agenda:
- 15.01.25 Competitiveness Compass
- 26.02.25 Clean Industrial Deal and Omnibus simplification package

A sad decision for green NGOs: The European Commission is restricting €5.4 billion in LIFE funds for lobbying activities. This echoes anti-green positions pushed by VDL’s center-right EPP, limiting the influence of environmental groups on EU policy.👇 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Lowering the level of protection for #wolves 🐺 in the 🇪🇺 would be a purely cynical ploy to win political favour, baseless and unscientific, it would be clearly positioning the EU on the wrong side of #history - apex predators are such an important part of any healthy #ecosystem, ask a 🦈

FASoS Brussels residents on the way to the Hague 💪🏼

EU governments brought at least 113 fossil fuel lobbyists to #COP29, according to analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut and #FossilFreePolitics . Many were there to do gas deals.

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#KickBigPollutersOut

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#MHAWS basically got me through my PhD, so it seems only fitting that it should be my first Bluesky post 🙋🏽‍♀️