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Kathy Hochstetler
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Professor of International Development at LSE. Emerging powers, energy, climate
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timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Great to have the book out there...110 authors, it's a Great Leap Forward in our understanding of why we're failing to act on climate change.

Book is free at CSSN.org

And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up:
www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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juliaradio.bsky.social
Want to learn more about Colombia's energy transition? @npr.org has you covered.

🫡 🇨🇴 🎧 ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
hochstet.bsky.social
A useful reminder about the heavy environmental and social costs of the existing energy sector www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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guywhedwards.bsky.social
¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍

Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.

@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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peternewell.bsky.social
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
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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guywhedwards.bsky.social
Many thanks to the author of this piece, Fermín Koop, published by @dialogueearth.bsky.social , for the opportunity to share some comments on the participation of Latin American countries in the COPs and the impact of their regional groups, such as AILAC.

dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...
Can Latin America finally present a united front for COP30?
As the UN climate summit returns to the region, we look back at decades of leadership from its nations at the talks – and also fragmentation
dialogue.earth
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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gabrieldread.bsky.social
Please support my work, engage with the post on LinkedIn
gabrieldread.bsky.social Gabriel Siqueira na COP30 @gabrieldread.bsky.social · 22d
COP30 runs from November 10–21 in Belém, Brazil. I’ll be on site, telling and investigating the real stories of people on the frontlines of planetary change. Are you coming to Belém for #COP30? Let’s connect. I want to hear your stories and build alliances.

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#cop30 #climatedataimpact #journalism #climatechange #belém | Gabriel Siqueira
COP30 runs from November 10–21 in Belém, Brazil. I’ll be on site telling—and investigating—the real stories of people on the frontlines of planetary change. 2025 is the most important year for climate...
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October 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hochstet.bsky.social
Fort Collins, CO had so many people, it took an hour for the march to pass through town (city of less than 200,000)
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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timmonsroberts.bsky.social
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:

cssn.org/news-researc...
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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stacydvandeveer.bsky.social
HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Check it out! OPEN ACCESS!
#energy #USpol #EU #China #ClimateJustice #ActOnClimate #Brazil #Germany #Protest #coaltoclean #peat #COP30

Stability and #Politicization in #Climate #Governance
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
www.cambridge.org
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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jonasmeckling.bsky.social
🌍 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
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beatrizdiniz.bsky.social
"A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) entregou à ministra do Meio Ambiente e Mudanças Climáticas do Brasil, Marina Silva, o prêmio WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation, a principal honraria da organização que reconhece o compromisso extraordinário com a natureza e as pessoas."
wcs.org Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · Sep 23
Brazil's Minister @marinasilvaoficial.bsky.social is a champion for nature and people. Tonight, we awarded her the WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation Award.

“It is an exceptional opportunity for WCS to bestow this honor on a true lifelong leader,” said WCS's Adam Falk.

🌎 bit.ly/3IyFaqO
September 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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triofrancos.bsky.social
‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️

Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
September 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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jonasnahm.com
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
September 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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cssn.org
New study from Carlos R.S. Milani, Janaina Pinto, and Arthur Facini on the organized obstruction observed in the Brazilian government and industries. Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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jonasnahm.com
1/18 Is China's economy collapsing or dominating? Meg Rithmire's new piece in Current History argues it's doing both simultaneously—and that's the problem.
September 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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davidrvetter.bsky.social
You really should read this fascinating and profound interview with Columbian President Gustavo Petro. How many other world leaders are acknowledging that "Climate change is just the atmospheric mirror of capital accumulation on Earth"?
pederoe.bsky.social Peder Østring @pederoe.bsky.social · Sep 2
This piece by Andreas Malm & Maxy Guez brilliantly captures both how mind-bogglingly difficult, but also courageous, the Colombian pledge not to permit new exploration of fossil fuels actually is.
Colombia Against the Fossil Fuel Age
Colombia’s energy transition is not just playing out in policy papers — it’s unfolding in oil fields, coal towns, and courtrooms. Jacobin spoke with engineers, unionists, and President Petro himself a...
jacobin.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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environmentalpol.bsky.social
New issue! Volume 34, Issue 6 out now.

With seven research articles, a review article, and three book reviews.

Full details: environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
August 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
hochstet.bsky.social
Interesting piece by Matias Spektor on Brazil and India making their own way. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Opinion | These Countries Never Trusted America. Trump Is Proving Them Right.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:37 AM
hochstet.bsky.social
- Rolling back environmental impact assessment
- Doubling down on oil and gas production
August 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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carlosrittl.bsky.social
The updated concept of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility is out. It brings greater clarity+demonstrates progress, after inputs received from governments, Indigenous Peoples + local communities, and CSOs. I'm glad to be helping with the #TFFF design on behalf of the @wcs.org.
August 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
hochstet.bsky.social
I'm pleased to have a contribution in here - and it's open access too, for everyone to see.
matpaterson.bsky.social Mat Paterson @matpaterson.bsky.social · Aug 19
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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matpaterson.bsky.social
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social
📢 Quick reminder: Deadline this Sunday (24 Aug) to submit abstracts for the Workshop on Climate Change, Inequality & Policy Contestation (10–11 Nov 2025, LSE).

Hosted by @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social in partnership with @gsos-lse.bsky.social

🔗 Submit: forms.gle/x3Css36pU8kb...
LSE Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation Workshop November 2025
The Department of Social Policy in partnership with the Global School of Sustainability (GSoS) and Sustainable Social Policy and Welfare States Research Hub at the London School of Economics and Polit...
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August 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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amazonwatch.org
BREAKING: Brazil’s partial veto of the “#DevastationBill” stops some setbacks but leaves critical loopholes that threaten Indigenous land rights & environmental protections ahead of #COP30.

Read the full press release: amazonwatch.org/news/2025/08...
#DefendTheAmazon #VetaTudoLula
Brazil’s Partial Veto of “Devastation Bill” Stops Some Setbacks, but Critical Loopholes Remain | Amazon Watch
“This soy doesn’t feed our people. We don’t eat soy – it’s for export and corporate profit. Meanwhile, pesticides contaminate our water, our soil, and even the rain. It’s poisoning all of us, not just...
amazonwatch.org
August 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM