James Jackson
@james7jackson.bsky.social
Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
Pinned
New article out in New Political Economy! My co-author,
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
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@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green financial planning: a state-capital relationship meta-governed through the Paris agreement
The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...
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🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and only@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
Read the current in book on China from 2025. The distinction between China’s focus on supply and the US’s on demand is nice. It still, predictably, goes for the ‘China is amazing at X but it should still be more like the US’ angle.
The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.
The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.
January 7, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Read the current in book on China from 2025. The distinction between China’s focus on supply and the US’s on demand is nice. It still, predictably, goes for the ‘China is amazing at X but it should still be more like the US’ angle.
The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.
The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.
Some key issues in 2026 - www.ft.com/content/33ba...
Climate action faces key tests in 2026
New EU carbon tax and large clean energy projects are on the horizon
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January 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Some key issues in 2026 - www.ft.com/content/33ba...
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'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025
Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans
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January 1, 2026 at 10:31 AM
'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Germany pushing on with the #WallStreetConsensus, as if the past three years of derisking failures havent taught them anything about competing in a world of transforrmative state projects
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Berlin launches ‘Germany Fund’ to lure private equity investors
Initiative aims to raise €130bn in investments amid growing interest from firms including KKR and Apollo
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December 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Germany pushing on with the #WallStreetConsensus, as if the past three years of derisking failures havent taught them anything about competing in a world of transforrmative state projects
www.ft.com/content/52c7...
www.ft.com/content/52c7...
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'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
Paris-aligned investments offer similar returns and stability | Banque de France
Post No. 422. This study shows that Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices for both equities and bonds. Thus, from an investor’s perspective, Paris alig...
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December 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...
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The true festive spirit..... www.ft.com/content/2dff...
Bumper Christmas for air travel as 300mn take to the skies
Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand
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December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The true festive spirit..... www.ft.com/content/2dff...
NEW PUBLICATION - Paul Tobin, Neil Carter, Josh Barritt, Anna Sanders and I have a new article examining the development of Climate Action Plans in London. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present, it's Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It’s all in the details: comparing and explaining variation in the ‘policy specificity’ of sub-city climate activities
Comparative analyses of policy datasets enable explanations of variation, but not all policy activities are extensive enough to be assessed through the established ‘policy intensity’ approach. We i...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - Paul Tobin, Neil Carter, Josh Barritt, Anna Sanders and I have a new article examining the development of Climate Action Plans in London. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present, it's Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"Tackling climate change & nature loss is one of the greatest economic opportunities of our era.” This line may have forever changed the language of climate finance from one of responsibility of richer nations...to one of investment, esp. for the Global South." 🙄🤨 carboncopy.info/new-report-r...
New report recasts Global South as climate finance investor, not recipient
The report by IHLEG dilutes historical responsibility, focusing instead on domestic reforms, private capital, and...
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December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
"Tackling climate change & nature loss is one of the greatest economic opportunities of our era.” This line may have forever changed the language of climate finance from one of responsibility of richer nations...to one of investment, esp. for the Global South." 🙄🤨 carboncopy.info/new-report-r...
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Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
While Western central banks hesitate on climate, China’s acts - LSE Business Review
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a central banking problem.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk for @lsebr.bsky.social.
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New blog!
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
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Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
New blog!
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
@mybisa.bsky.social @james7jackson.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
My thoughts on the financialcialisation of football in audio form w/ @sperishefuni.bsky.social. Many of the aspects discussed are also part of a forthcoming book on football and climate change w/ @markdoidge.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social
⚽ How do financial interests dominate elite football? Is it inevitable the English Premier League will go bust?
📝 @james7jackson.bsky.social discusses his co-authored article with James Silverwood on financialisation in football and the EPL's 'Minsky moment'
🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/70CmH
📝 @james7jackson.bsky.social discusses his co-authored article with James Silverwood on financialisation in football and the EPL's 'Minsky moment'
🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/70CmH
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My thoughts on the financialcialisation of football in audio form w/ @sperishefuni.bsky.social. Many of the aspects discussed are also part of a forthcoming book on football and climate change w/ @markdoidge.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social
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While Western central banks talk green, the People's Bank of China acts. Our hidden gem of the week shows how liberal orthodoxy of central bank "independence" constrains green monetary policy.
By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
While Western central banks talk green, the People's Bank of China acts. Our hidden gem of the week shows how liberal orthodoxy of central bank "independence" constrains green monetary policy.
By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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'Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?' Mathias Larsen, James Jackson & Environment and Climate Politics Working Group "suggesting that the debate surrounding the conceptus of the state has become overly conflated." 🌳
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?' Mathias Larsen, James Jackson & Environment and Climate Politics Working Group "suggesting that the debate surrounding the conceptus of the state has become overly conflated." 🌳
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
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Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
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A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
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November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
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NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).
New paper out with @james7jackson.bsky.social in the working paper series of @granthamlse.bsky.social: 'Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China'
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Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).
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PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions
Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...
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October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
New article with @james7jackson.bsky.social out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches
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September 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.
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New article!
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
New article!
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context
Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it...
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August 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....