Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen
@landaffairs.bsky.social
Governance of natural resource investments; Political economy of energy transitions in Africa; Renewable energy; Oil, gas and land; Tanzania & Ghana. Working at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
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The political economy of energy transitions in Africa: Coalitions, politics and power in Tanzania
The understanding of the political economy of energy transitions in lower-income African countries is little developed. A focus on coalitions has emer…
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Our recent article on Tanzania's (slow) energy transition is out in Energy Research and Social Science - it's open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Call for Conference Papers: International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transitions and Inequality in Africa. Join us at this conference, which will take place 30-31 March 2026, University of Ghana, Accra. Please see the full Call via: www.ug.edu.gh/announcement...
Call for Conference Papers - International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transition and Inequality in Africa | University of Ghana
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November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Call for Conference Papers: International Conference on the Political Economy of Energy Transitions and Inequality in Africa. Join us at this conference, which will take place 30-31 March 2026, University of Ghana, Accra. Please see the full Call via: www.ug.edu.gh/announcement...
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What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos—and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What Went Wrong in Tanzania?
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
How the “island of stability” in a turbulent region descended into chaos - and where it goes from here.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/06/t...
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My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements
With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements
With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements
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'States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society' 🌍
What is the role of the state in supporting transitions towards a more sustainable world?
A new Environment and Climate Politics Working Group article by Peter Newell 🌟
Read now! 👉https://ow.ly/OFk250XmhCN
What is the role of the state in supporting transitions towards a more sustainable world?
A new Environment and Climate Politics Working Group article by Peter Newell 🌟
Read now! 👉https://ow.ly/OFk250XmhCN
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
'States of transition? From governing the environment to transforming society' 🌍
What is the role of the state in supporting transitions towards a more sustainable world?
A new Environment and Climate Politics Working Group article by Peter Newell 🌟
Read now! 👉https://ow.ly/OFk250XmhCN
What is the role of the state in supporting transitions towards a more sustainable world?
A new Environment and Climate Politics Working Group article by Peter Newell 🌟
Read now! 👉https://ow.ly/OFk250XmhCN
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NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit - Carbon Brief
In order to track parties’ positions on negotiating points at COP30, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in a table
www.carbonbrief.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
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The election on Wednesday was supposed to cement President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s legitimacy as president of the United Republic. According to the story told by the country’s electoral authority, and state-run media outlets, it did exactly that. The story on Tanzania’s streets is very different.
Hundreds reportedly killed in post-polls violence
Unified Tanzania has never experienced unrest on this scale before.
continent.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The election on Wednesday was supposed to cement President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s legitimacy as president of the United Republic. According to the story told by the country’s electoral authority, and state-run media outlets, it did exactly that. The story on Tanzania’s streets is very different.
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Huge, unprecedented protests in Tanzania yesterday. I've found literally one post on bluesky. This is why some of us can't fully shut our twitter accounts, much as we might wish to.
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Huge, unprecedented protests in Tanzania yesterday. I've found literally one post on bluesky. This is why some of us can't fully shut our twitter accounts, much as we might wish to.
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"The world remains in an energy addition mode, rather than a clear transition." Quite a comprehensive summary of the solar revolution from the FT.
The global boom in solar — with or without the US
Despite the scepticism about renewables in Washington, falling prices for new panels are making a compelling business case around the world
www.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"The world remains in an energy addition mode, rather than a clear transition." Quite a comprehensive summary of the solar revolution from the FT.
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Tightening repression guarantees Samia Suluhu Hassan’s victory, but has strained her own party. Will she and her party come out stronger?
Arrests, abductions, and political exclusion have sidelined Tanzania’s opposition ahead of the 29 October elections. With rivals barred and leaders jailed, President Hassan and the CCM are set to extend their rule — uninterrupted since 1961.
🔎 More: acleddata.com/report/last-...
🔎 More: acleddata.com/report/last-...
October 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Tightening repression guarantees Samia Suluhu Hassan’s victory, but has strained her own party. Will she and her party come out stronger?
The race for nuclear power in Africa continues: www.theafricareport.com/393986/kenya...
Kenya vs Ethiopia: Who will blink first in nuclear power race? - The Africa Report.com
Addis is clearly in front post-GERD Dam … but Nairobi is trying to catch up with new nuclear deals.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The race for nuclear power in Africa continues: www.theafricareport.com/393986/kenya...
'China signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Monday to upgrade the TAZARA railway' www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrast...
China Pledges $1.4B to Upgrade Zambia-Tanzania Rail Amid Global Minerals Race
• 30-year concession includes new locomotives, wagons, and freight upgrades • Deal strengthens mineral export routes as US, EU push Lobito Corridor China signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Zambia an...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
'China signed a $1.4 billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania on Monday to upgrade the TAZARA railway' www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrast...
Yes, what a graph but there may be a downside to it toddmoss.substack.com/p/africa-nee...
September 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yes, what a graph but there may be a downside to it toddmoss.substack.com/p/africa-nee...
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🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
September 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
Read our comment on the NDCs in Africa prior to the COP in Brazil: 'A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans'
www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
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A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans | Development Today
Within a few months, the COP30 climate summit will take place in the city of Belém in Brazil. One of the main issues on the agenda in November will be the plans...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Read our comment on the NDCs in Africa prior to the COP in Brazil: 'A faltering process: Unpredictable funding undermines the development of ambitious African climate plans'
www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
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Mission 300, championed by the World Bank & the AfDB, among others, needs a new mission.
Electrifying African firms for growth and development:
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
Electrifying African firms for growth and development:
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
Electrifying African firms for growth and development
On the urgent need to rethink the core goals of Mission 300
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Mission 300, championed by the World Bank & the AfDB, among others, needs a new mission.
Electrifying African firms for growth and development:
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
Electrifying African firms for growth and development:
open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo...
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As #Ethiopia finally gets ready to inaugurate the #GERD, read about the history of Ethiopian dam building and the story of the GERD in this open access book (download link below) or a shorter thread below.
New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now global.oup.com/academic/pro...
@terrefebiruk.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @oupacademic.bsky.social
@terrefebiruk.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @oupacademic.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
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Orca Energy Group Inc. announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Orca Energy Group Inc. announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project
Orca announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project...
www.globenewswire.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Orca Energy Group Inc. announces arbitrations against the United Republic of Tanzania and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation over US$1.2 billion Project
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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US & Russia coercing countries to lock in carbon.
But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."
Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
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But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."
Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
bsky.app/profile/bhbr...
July 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
US & Russia coercing countries to lock in carbon.
But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."
Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
bsky.app/profile/bhbr...
But "countries w green industrial bases & supportive domestic political coalitions are more resilient to such pressure."
Two policy briefs:
1 plataformacipo.org/en/publicati...
2 www.netzeropolicylab.com/brics-going-...
bsky.app/profile/bhbr...
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New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
July 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
The unintended effects of foreign aid is 'higher levels of targeted political violence against local authorities and politicians, in particular during elections and in contexts with weak institutions and
strong informal politics.' Interesting paper on aid, rent-seeking, and elections
strong informal politics.' Interesting paper on aid, rent-seeking, and elections
New Paper Alert!📢
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"Foreign Aid and Targeted Political Violence" by @adreher.bsky.social Jingke Pan @cjschneider.bsky.social
To understand how foreign aid can unintentionally fuel political violence in fragile democracies, read the full study here:
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
July 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The unintended effects of foreign aid is 'higher levels of targeted political violence against local authorities and politicians, in particular during elections and in contexts with weak institutions and
strong informal politics.' Interesting paper on aid, rent-seeking, and elections
strong informal politics.' Interesting paper on aid, rent-seeking, and elections
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No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
No, it's not the case that only China is responsible for the large decline in extreme poverty over the past decades.
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china
We wrote about it recently: ourworldindata.org/data-insights/was-the-global-decline-of-extreme-poverty-only-due-to-china