Jonas Meckling
@jonasmeckling.bsky.social
Professor, UC Berkeley | Climate Fellow, Harvard Business School
climate and clean energy policy | www.jonasmeckling.com
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Jonas Meckling
@jonasmeckling.bsky.social
· Sep 25
🌍 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... 🧵
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I finally got around to reading @jonasmeckling.bsky.social's Nature article "The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization" and it is a must read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Client Challenge
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October 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I finally got around to reading @jonasmeckling.bsky.social's Nature article "The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization" and it is a must read!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today is the day!!! Existential Politics is out in the world!
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
Read about why we’re doing climate policy wrong (too focused on measuring emissions) & what we should do instead (focus on $$ to constrain fossil asset owners & expand green asset owners). Just in time for #COP30.
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In a recent @nature.com perspective article, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social professor @jonasmeckling.bsky.social traces the rise of geoeconomic competition in decarbonization policy and spells out its implications for policymakers. besi.berkeley.edu/what-the-geo...
What the geoeconomic turn in decarbonization means for policymakers
For he majority of its history, decarbonization policy focused on distributing the burden of climate change mitigation. Recently, however, decarbonization has a competitive turn, BESI Climate lead…
besi.berkeley.edu
October 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In a recent @nature.com perspective article, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social professor @jonasmeckling.bsky.social traces the rise of geoeconomic competition in decarbonization policy and spells out its implications for policymakers. besi.berkeley.edu/what-the-geo...
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Excellent article by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in @nature.com. A rich and insightful analysis the double-edged sword of the geoeconomics in green industrial policymaking spanning the galvanizing effects of global competition, to the risks of conflict and the sludge of higher input costs. 🙌🌍🌳
🌍 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 6:15 PM
Excellent article by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in @nature.com. A rich and insightful analysis the double-edged sword of the geoeconomics in green industrial policymaking spanning the galvanizing effects of global competition, to the risks of conflict and the sludge of higher input costs. 🙌🌍🌳
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ICYMI: Join me and industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com of the @rooseveltinstitute.org to talk about my new book! Next week! Deets below 👇
Roosevelt Events
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September 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
ICYMI: Join me and industrial policy guru @toddntucker.com of the @rooseveltinstitute.org to talk about my new book! Next week! Deets below 👇
🌍 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... 🧵
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Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:
Research: pressure for short-term profits jeopardizes climate investment | Institute for Business in Global Society
A new study shows there is often a direct connection between the need for short-term profits and opposition to climate regulation.
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July 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:
@bloomberg.com on our recent research on central banks and climate risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Central Bankers Bow to Political Winds When It Comes to Climate, Study Shows
Central bank independence is about more than just interest rates.
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May 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@bloomberg.com on our recent research on central banks and climate risk www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...