Yit Xiang Wong
@yitxiang.bsky.social
📚MPhil in Development Studies at Cambridge
🔍Geopolitical Ambitions in International Climate Finance
Views my own
🔍Geopolitical Ambitions in International Climate Finance
Views my own
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
January 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
I saw @lalamur.bsky.social's 2024 book list and read @alessandronai.bsky.social's Dark Politics before going back to thesis writing.
The book was an absolute eye-opener. Even spent a few hours playing around the NEGex dataset he used to write the book. I definitely recommend it!
Some cool ideas:
The book was an absolute eye-opener. Even spent a few hours playing around the NEGex dataset he used to write the book. I definitely recommend it!
Some cool ideas:
January 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I saw @lalamur.bsky.social's 2024 book list and read @alessandronai.bsky.social's Dark Politics before going back to thesis writing.
The book was an absolute eye-opener. Even spent a few hours playing around the NEGex dataset he used to write the book. I definitely recommend it!
Some cool ideas:
The book was an absolute eye-opener. Even spent a few hours playing around the NEGex dataset he used to write the book. I definitely recommend it!
Some cool ideas:
Been using the end of 2024 to read stuff beyond my field and figure out my future academic goals.
One of the best things I have read is this ACX article on prisons. Really good introduction into why prisons are not cost-effective.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/prison-and...
One of the best things I have read is this ACX article on prisons. Really good introduction into why prisons are not cost-effective.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/prison-and...
Prison And Crime: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
...
www.astralcodexten.com
December 29, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Been using the end of 2024 to read stuff beyond my field and figure out my future academic goals.
One of the best things I have read is this ACX article on prisons. Really good introduction into why prisons are not cost-effective.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/prison-and...
One of the best things I have read is this ACX article on prisons. Really good introduction into why prisons are not cost-effective.
www.astralcodexten.com/p/prison-and...
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
This is another argument, if any were needed, for even stricter sanctions on the Russian economy and even more support for Ukraine. Only by making Russia pay a high price for its violations of international law can the West dissuade Putin from further aggression. bit.ly/40aUmjN
Opinion | Russia has a history of downing passenger planes — and covering it up
The track record tells you what Moscow’s word is worth on the crash of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243.
bit.ly
December 27, 2024 at 3:33 PM
This is another argument, if any were needed, for even stricter sanctions on the Russian economy and even more support for Ukraine. Only by making Russia pay a high price for its violations of international law can the West dissuade Putin from further aggression. bit.ly/40aUmjN
Marking papers get exponentially depressing because of those who don’t write an answer good enough but not an answer bad enough. This also so happens to be the peak of the bell curve.
Academics truly don’t get paid enough.
Academics truly don’t get paid enough.
December 20, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Marking papers get exponentially depressing because of those who don’t write an answer good enough but not an answer bad enough. This also so happens to be the peak of the bell curve.
Academics truly don’t get paid enough.
Academics truly don’t get paid enough.
This graph from the @iea.org can be slightly misleading. Here's what it broadly shows:
1. Global coal consumption is rising. This is driven by the ASEAN, India and China's increasing use of coal.
2. The West (EU and the United States) are reducing their coal consumption.
(1/5)
1. Global coal consumption is rising. This is driven by the ASEAN, India and China's increasing use of coal.
2. The West (EU and the United States) are reducing their coal consumption.
(1/5)
December 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
This graph from the @iea.org can be slightly misleading. Here's what it broadly shows:
1. Global coal consumption is rising. This is driven by the ASEAN, India and China's increasing use of coal.
2. The West (EU and the United States) are reducing their coal consumption.
(1/5)
1. Global coal consumption is rising. This is driven by the ASEAN, India and China's increasing use of coal.
2. The West (EU and the United States) are reducing their coal consumption.
(1/5)
Shocked by the number of abstentions and some of the countries on the list. Went on to look for the resolution - attached here. Will include any official government statements I can find when I wake up tomorrow
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
December 18, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Shocked by the number of abstentions and some of the countries on the list. Went on to look for the resolution - attached here. Will include any official government statements I can find when I wake up tomorrow
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
documents.un.org/doc/undoc/ge...
This was my dissertation title two weeks ago.
This is what the world looks like today.
Maybe I should reevaluate my case study selection strategy
This is what the world looks like today.
Maybe I should reevaluate my case study selection strategy
December 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
This was my dissertation title two weeks ago.
This is what the world looks like today.
Maybe I should reevaluate my case study selection strategy
This is what the world looks like today.
Maybe I should reevaluate my case study selection strategy
Met a key deadline yesterday and finally had the time to go back to reading fiction.
Really enjoyed the short stories series by this year’s Nobel Prize winner Han Kang. Absolutely phenomenal how she comes up with these ideas.
Really enjoyed the short stories series by this year’s Nobel Prize winner Han Kang. Absolutely phenomenal how she comes up with these ideas.
December 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Met a key deadline yesterday and finally had the time to go back to reading fiction.
Really enjoyed the short stories series by this year’s Nobel Prize winner Han Kang. Absolutely phenomenal how she comes up with these ideas.
Really enjoyed the short stories series by this year’s Nobel Prize winner Han Kang. Absolutely phenomenal how she comes up with these ideas.
As someone who spent the better half of his Christmas break researching Germany's geopolitical ambitions under Scholz for his dissertation, this is possibly the worst news I could ever receive.
Germany headed for snap election after Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote
https://www.ft.com/content/39d8e496-ddd2-486d-9306-da699687ee9a
https://www.ft.com/content/39d8e496-ddd2-486d-9306-da699687ee9a
Germany headed for snap election after Olaf Scholz loses confidence vote
Parliamentary defeat marks end of fractious coalition and start of election campaign
www.ft.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:42 PM
As someone who spent the better half of his Christmas break researching Germany's geopolitical ambitions under Scholz for his dissertation, this is possibly the worst news I could ever receive.
This feels insane, not just from a climate perspective but a state balance perspective. If states could shelter specific actors from the consequences of lawsuits, it gives certain groups insane amount of power.
UK gov agrees to compensate BP and Equinor for £8bn gas+CCS plant if environmental groups succeed in getting it blocked in court
www.ft.com/content/9273...
www.ft.com/content/9273...
UK to compensate developers if £8bn gas plant project is blocked by court
Agreement for power station and carbon capture scheme highlights how legal action is key factor for energy groups
www.ft.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:49 PM
This feels insane, not just from a climate perspective but a state balance perspective. If states could shelter specific actors from the consequences of lawsuits, it gives certain groups insane amount of power.
Found this excellent video by @dwnewstoday.bsky.social on Chinese companies exploiting weak financial systems in Germany.
Goes to show that research on climate finance should sometimes start with: does it even exist?
youtu.be/aU_S97Ae1eg?...
Goes to show that research on climate finance should sometimes start with: does it even exist?
youtu.be/aU_S97Ae1eg?...
How a small Chinese company tricked the German state | DW Investigation
YouTube video by DW Planet A
youtu.be
December 15, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Found this excellent video by @dwnewstoday.bsky.social on Chinese companies exploiting weak financial systems in Germany.
Goes to show that research on climate finance should sometimes start with: does it even exist?
youtu.be/aU_S97Ae1eg?...
Goes to show that research on climate finance should sometimes start with: does it even exist?
youtu.be/aU_S97Ae1eg?...
This shows promising signs that green financing strategies have been effective in becoming the market norm. Coal suppliers would now need protectionist measures to survive in the market, which would be political suicide in many countries (but somehow not the US).
Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda
https://www.ft.com/content/dc34dffe-c92f-4743-8991-f0ec173d083b
https://www.ft.com/content/dc34dffe-c92f-4743-8991-f0ec173d083b
Republican US states sue BlackRock for ‘destructive’ green agenda
Vanguard and State Street also targeted by lawsuit as conservatives step up war on ‘woke capitalism’
www.ft.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:59 AM
This shows promising signs that green financing strategies have been effective in becoming the market norm. Coal suppliers would now need protectionist measures to survive in the market, which would be political suicide in many countries (but somehow not the US).
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
Absolute must-read:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We critically examine ten key hypotheses that form the foundations of mainstream economics. Each fails to satisfy one or more of the basic requirements of scientific practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We critically examine ten key hypotheses that form the foundations of mainstream economics. Each fails to satisfy one or more of the basic requirements of scientific practice.
Sustainability scientists’ critique of neoclassical economics | Global Sustainability | Cambridge Core
Sustainability scientists’ critique of neoclassical economics - Volume 7
www.cambridge.org
November 27, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Absolute must-read:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We critically examine ten key hypotheses that form the foundations of mainstream economics. Each fails to satisfy one or more of the basic requirements of scientific practice.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We critically examine ten key hypotheses that form the foundations of mainstream economics. Each fails to satisfy one or more of the basic requirements of scientific practice.
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
November 27, 2024 at 8:33 AM
1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
The industrial revolution represented a linearization of material and energy flows with the goal to overcome the low pace and density of biological, anti-entropic, (or more contemporary circular) transformations.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
On the Circular Bioeconomy and Decoupling: Implications for Sustainable Growth
This paper explores the existing confusion around the conceptual definitions and interpretations of the term circular bioeconomy. The co-existence of …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM
The industrial revolution represented a linearization of material and energy flows with the goal to overcome the low pace and density of biological, anti-entropic, (or more contemporary circular) transformations.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Yit Xiang Wong
Three takeaways concerning what happened at #COP29 concerning #gender and #climatechange by the Georgetown institute for Women, Peace and Security
giwps.georgetown.edu/three-takeaw...
giwps.georgetown.edu/three-takeaw...
Three Takeaways from COP29
The stakes were high for advancing gender-responsive climate action going into the 29th Conference of Parties (COP29) after gender negotiators received pushback on advancing the gender and climate age...
giwps.georgetown.edu
November 27, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Three takeaways concerning what happened at #COP29 concerning #gender and #climatechange by the Georgetown institute for Women, Peace and Security
giwps.georgetown.edu/three-takeaw...
giwps.georgetown.edu/three-takeaw...
Watched this documentary when commuting today. Thoroughly eye-opening and impressive.
While the message of the documentary is about corporations taking more responsibility for their waste, I think an equal argument can be made that we should be more conscious about unnecessary spending.
While the message of the documentary is about corporations taking more responsibility for their waste, I think an equal argument can be made that we should be more conscious about unnecessary spending.
November 24, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Watched this documentary when commuting today. Thoroughly eye-opening and impressive.
While the message of the documentary is about corporations taking more responsibility for their waste, I think an equal argument can be made that we should be more conscious about unnecessary spending.
While the message of the documentary is about corporations taking more responsibility for their waste, I think an equal argument can be made that we should be more conscious about unnecessary spending.
If Putin manages to make the WiFi in Cambridge slower than it already is I promise I will do everything in my power to end this conflict
🚨 NEW: Cabinet Minister Pat McFadden will claim Russia is prepared to launch cyber attacks on Britain that could 'turn out the lights for millions' at a NATO Conference on Monday
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Putin ready to cripple Britain with cyber attacks, minister warns
Electronic strike by Russians against UK infrastructure could ‘turn out the lights for millions’
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 7:37 AM
If Putin manages to make the WiFi in Cambridge slower than it already is I promise I will do everything in my power to end this conflict
Procrastinating work to go boulder feels like a rite of passage into academia
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Procrastinating work to go boulder feels like a rite of passage into academia
I was going to quote it and explain it through a tweet but ended up writing a lot more than expected. I have attached a short opinion piece of my thoughts on this on an old blog of mine.
TLDR: reduce the amount of classes but intensify the learning process. (1/n)
open.substack.com/pub/yittythe...
TLDR: reduce the amount of classes but intensify the learning process. (1/n)
open.substack.com/pub/yittythe...
November 21, 2024 at 2:41 PM
I was going to quote it and explain it through a tweet but ended up writing a lot more than expected. I have attached a short opinion piece of my thoughts on this on an old blog of mine.
TLDR: reduce the amount of classes but intensify the learning process. (1/n)
open.substack.com/pub/yittythe...
TLDR: reduce the amount of classes but intensify the learning process. (1/n)
open.substack.com/pub/yittythe...
Every time I speak to my dissertation supervisor I get reminded why he has a PhD and why I don’t
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Every time I speak to my dissertation supervisor I get reminded why he has a PhD and why I don’t
Attended an event from one of the authors that inspired my undergraduate dissertation. Was a pleasure to listen to @amirleb.bsky.social speak about his new book.
Key takeaway: The Global North are self interested in the green race, and developing countries should find alternatives to survive.
Key takeaway: The Global North are self interested in the green race, and developing countries should find alternatives to survive.
November 19, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Attended an event from one of the authors that inspired my undergraduate dissertation. Was a pleasure to listen to @amirleb.bsky.social speak about his new book.
Key takeaway: The Global North are self interested in the green race, and developing countries should find alternatives to survive.
Key takeaway: The Global North are self interested in the green race, and developing countries should find alternatives to survive.
I’m making a similar argument for my research but it is worrying that the narrative around green transition is one of “self-interest”.
It has severely affected how we view global climate financing, where we pursue self interested energy strategies instead of seeking regional integration.
It has severely affected how we view global climate financing, where we pursue self interested energy strategies instead of seeking regional integration.
November 19, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I’m making a similar argument for my research but it is worrying that the narrative around green transition is one of “self-interest”.
It has severely affected how we view global climate financing, where we pursue self interested energy strategies instead of seeking regional integration.
It has severely affected how we view global climate financing, where we pursue self interested energy strategies instead of seeking regional integration.