Jon Symons
@jonsymons.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof. Macquarie Uni. Writes about climate change, technology, international relations. 🌈
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@jonsymons.bsky.social
· Jul 16
Seizing the means of innovation: On the relationship between Marxism and ecomodernism
Recent efforts to articulate a “socialist ecomodernist” politics have spurred debate over the relationship between Marxism and ecomodernism. Degrowth-…
www.sciencedirect.com
New paper!
Govand Khalid Azeez & I ask:
- What's a Marxist critique of ecomodernism?
- How should Marxists think about technological innovation & climate crisis?
- Why haven't they thought about this more?
Our proposition: seizing the means of innovation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Govand Khalid Azeez & I ask:
- What's a Marxist critique of ecomodernism?
- How should Marxists think about technological innovation & climate crisis?
- Why haven't they thought about this more?
Our proposition: seizing the means of innovation.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Global CO2 emissions are showing signs of levelling, thanks to a slight decline in net land-use change emissions offsetting continued growth in fossil emissions.
The trends are way off compared to the 1.5C scenarios with no or low overshoot assessed in the IPCC.
Details: bsky.app/profile/glen...
The trends are way off compared to the 1.5C scenarios with no or low overshoot assessed in the IPCC.
Details: bsky.app/profile/glen...
November 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Global CO2 emissions are showing signs of levelling, thanks to a slight decline in net land-use change emissions offsetting continued growth in fossil emissions.
The trends are way off compared to the 1.5C scenarios with no or low overshoot assessed in the IPCC.
Details: bsky.app/profile/glen...
The trends are way off compared to the 1.5C scenarios with no or low overshoot assessed in the IPCC.
Details: bsky.app/profile/glen...
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Hanging onto every bit of good news
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, 'There's Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place': Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife
lostcoastoutpost.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Hanging onto every bit of good news
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing.
This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better.
lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...
Alan Kohler's analysis of Australia's 2035 target: New CSIRO modelling suggests Australia's new targets are difficult to achieve, and even if they are, we won't be fine. #POIR3970
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Farmland for forests may be the net zero trade-off
The problem with an emissions reduction target is that its mere existence implies it is achievable and that if we do achieve it, we will be fine. The truth is more complex.
www.abc.net.au
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Alan Kohler's analysis of Australia's 2035 target: New CSIRO modelling suggests Australia's new targets are difficult to achieve, and even if they are, we won't be fine. #POIR3970
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
#poir3970 as promised, here’s conservative UK PM Margaret Thatcher speaking about Climate Change in 1989. youtu.be/aSrBO4_qPzo?...
Thatcher GlobalWarming
YouTube video by Uppsalainitiativet
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 4:26 AM
#poir3970 as promised, here’s conservative UK PM Margaret Thatcher speaking about Climate Change in 1989. youtu.be/aSrBO4_qPzo?...
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Is global warming accelerating? Over at The Climate Brink I argue that the consilience of evidence from surface temperatures, climate models, forcing changes, ocean heat content, and earth energy imbalance all point toward yes: www.theclimatebrink....
The great acceleration debate
Why the consilience of evidence points toward acceleration
www.theclimatebrink.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is global warming accelerating? Over at The Climate Brink I argue that the consilience of evidence from surface temperatures, climate models, forcing changes, ocean heat content, and earth energy imbalance all point toward yes: www.theclimatebrink....
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Grok showed up in my Tesla this morning, and started speaking to me without me trying to trigger it.
I saw a tab called "conspiracy theories", clicked it and asked Grok about climate change.
This is what Elon Musk is telling Tesla drivers about climate change.
I saw a tab called "conspiracy theories", clicked it and asked Grok about climate change.
This is what Elon Musk is telling Tesla drivers about climate change.
August 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Grok showed up in my Tesla this morning, and started speaking to me without me trying to trigger it.
I saw a tab called "conspiracy theories", clicked it and asked Grok about climate change.
This is what Elon Musk is telling Tesla drivers about climate change.
I saw a tab called "conspiracy theories", clicked it and asked Grok about climate change.
This is what Elon Musk is telling Tesla drivers about climate change.
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Abundance is the precondition of socialism, but socialism is also the precondition of abundance.
Abundance for the 99 Percent
Abundance is the precondition of socialism, but socialism is also the precondition of abundance.
jacobin.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Abundance is the precondition of socialism, but socialism is also the precondition of abundance.
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In 2023, China installed more wind power than the rest of the world combined—yet Western media still portrays it as a climate laggard. @benwray1989.bsky.social on the geopolitics of the energy transition. www.tni.org/en/article/c...
February 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In 2023, China installed more wind power than the rest of the world combined—yet Western media still portrays it as a climate laggard. @benwray1989.bsky.social on the geopolitics of the energy transition. www.tni.org/en/article/c...
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new paper about US attitudes on solar geoengineering, para-environmentalism, and this idea that airborne atmospheric modification is already happening
rdcu.be/eyJX5
rdcu.be/eyJX5
August 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
new paper about US attitudes on solar geoengineering, para-environmentalism, and this idea that airborne atmospheric modification is already happening
rdcu.be/eyJX5
rdcu.be/eyJX5
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Check out a new piece by @mkblyth.bsky.social and me: 'Trump’s Global War on Decarbonization'. The Strategy? BLOCK Chinese green tech, PUSH US fossil fuels. @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/RE8I5Ix
Trump’s Global War on Decarbonization
Mark Blyth & Daniel Driscoll conclude that the US is intentionally undercutting the global demand for green technologies.
prosyn.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Check out a new piece by @mkblyth.bsky.social and me: 'Trump’s Global War on Decarbonization'. The Strategy? BLOCK Chinese green tech, PUSH US fossil fuels. @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/RE8I5Ix
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"Using heavy nets to scrape the ocean floor, bottom trawling is described as being "destructive for both ocean life and the climate," destroying an area of the ocean floor nearly as large as the Amazon rainforest every year."
Source: Ocean with David Attenborough (from National Geographic).
Source: Ocean with David Attenborough (from National Geographic).
June 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Using heavy nets to scrape the ocean floor, bottom trawling is described as being "destructive for both ocean life and the climate," destroying an area of the ocean floor nearly as large as the Amazon rainforest every year."
Source: Ocean with David Attenborough (from National Geographic).
Source: Ocean with David Attenborough (from National Geographic).
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The geopolitics of the green transition in two NYT graphs: China is the world's major manufacturer of green energy infrastructure and the United States is the world's major fossil fuels producer.
But apparently it's China that presents the big risk to our future!
But apparently it's China that presents the big risk to our future!
July 2, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The geopolitics of the green transition in two NYT graphs: China is the world's major manufacturer of green energy infrastructure and the United States is the world's major fossil fuels producer.
But apparently it's China that presents the big risk to our future!
But apparently it's China that presents the big risk to our future!
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While the world obsesses over individual carbon footprints, militaries — the elephant in the climate room — operate in the shadows, protected by the very institutions that have been charged with saving our planet. We must demand transparent reporting, genuine accountabi ...
Carbon bootprints: How war is fuelling climate catastrophe
The military-industrial complex’s vast carbon footprint is deliberately hidden from public view, while we get gaslit into using paper straws.
johnmenadue.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
While the world obsesses over individual carbon footprints, militaries — the elephant in the climate room — operate in the shadows, protected by the very institutions that have been charged with saving our planet. We must demand transparent reporting, genuine accountabi ...
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Rachael Bedard and David Wallace-Wells on Covid disillusionment and the rise of the MAHA movement.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VhH...
youtu.be/VCaD4vh4XhI?...
Rachael Bedard and David Wallace-Wells on Covid disillusionment and the rise of the MAHA movement.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VhH...
youtu.be/VCaD4vh4XhI?...
MAHA Is a Bad Answer to a Good Question | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
August 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Rachael Bedard and David Wallace-Wells on Covid disillusionment and the rise of the MAHA movement.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VhH...
youtu.be/VCaD4vh4XhI?...
Rachael Bedard and David Wallace-Wells on Covid disillusionment and the rise of the MAHA movement.
open.spotify.com/episode/6VhH...
youtu.be/VCaD4vh4XhI?...
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Big polluter lobbyists and petro states sabotaged the global plastics treaty
Global plastics treaty has now ended in a utter failure - with countries unable to agree. And we know exactly who is to blame.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Global plastics treaty has now ended in a utter failure - with countries unable to agree. And we know exactly who is to blame.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Big polluter lobbyists and petro states sabotaged the global plastics treaty
Global plastics treaty has now ended in a utter failure - with countries unable to agree. And we know exactly who is to blame.
www.thecanary.co
August 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Big polluter lobbyists and petro states sabotaged the global plastics treaty
Global plastics treaty has now ended in a utter failure - with countries unable to agree. And we know exactly who is to blame.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Global plastics treaty has now ended in a utter failure - with countries unable to agree. And we know exactly who is to blame.
www.thecanary.co/global/world...
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#poir3970
I was looking to catch up on the Inflation Reduction Act and the current status of climate legislation in the US. When I saw Ezra Klein's name (he was mentioned in lectures) I was drawn to this quite good discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuW4PdhqKmo
I was looking to catch up on the Inflation Reduction Act and the current status of climate legislation in the US. When I saw Ezra Klein's name (he was mentioned in lectures) I was drawn to this quite good discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuW4PdhqKmo
Has Trump Doomed Progress on Climate Change? | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#poir3970
I was looking to catch up on the Inflation Reduction Act and the current status of climate legislation in the US. When I saw Ezra Klein's name (he was mentioned in lectures) I was drawn to this quite good discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuW4PdhqKmo
I was looking to catch up on the Inflation Reduction Act and the current status of climate legislation in the US. When I saw Ezra Klein's name (he was mentioned in lectures) I was drawn to this quite good discussion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuW4PdhqKmo
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Productivity Commission draws attention to Treasury increasing the petroleum resource rent tax on gas exporters. Ross Gittins (SMH/Age) says that currently gas exports, now up there with US/Qatar, are given a free ride by the Commonwealth, adding little to our nation’s productivity.
August 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Productivity Commission draws attention to Treasury increasing the petroleum resource rent tax on gas exporters. Ross Gittins (SMH/Age) says that currently gas exports, now up there with US/Qatar, are given a free ride by the Commonwealth, adding little to our nation’s productivity.
#POIR3970 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic.
pollutionhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/nations-gather-in-push-to-finalise-un-plastics-treaty/105610104
pollutionhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/nations-gather-in-push-to-finalise-un-plastics-treaty/105610104
Nations gather in push to finalise UN Plastics Treaty - ABC listen
Representatives from 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic pollution.
December talks in South Korea collapsed after a s...
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#POIR3970 170 countries are gathering in Geneva, Switzerland, today in the hopes of finalising a global treaty limiting plastic.
pollutionhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/nations-gather-in-push-to-finalise-un-plastics-treaty/105610104
pollutionhttps://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-breakfast/nations-gather-in-push-to-finalise-un-plastics-treaty/105610104
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NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work
A new Department of Energy report “fundamentally misrepresents” climate research and leaves out key context, multiple scientists cited in the report tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —
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The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
July 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...
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Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
nice article from @voosen.me
nice article from @voosen.me
Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback
Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases
www.science.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
nice article from @voosen.me
nice article from @voosen.me
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Live July 29 – Join us and expert panellists for a timely discussion on extreme heat, its health impacts, and whether solar geoengineering could help reduce this growing threat.
🕒 15:00 BST / 10:00 ET
Register: buff.ly/lVYnTIy
#ExtremeHeat #SolarGeoengineering
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#ExtremeHeat #SolarGeoengineering
July 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Live July 29 – Join us and expert panellists for a timely discussion on extreme heat, its health impacts, and whether solar geoengineering could help reduce this growing threat.
🕒 15:00 BST / 10:00 ET
Register: buff.ly/lVYnTIy
#ExtremeHeat #SolarGeoengineering
🕒 15:00 BST / 10:00 ET
Register: buff.ly/lVYnTIy
#ExtremeHeat #SolarGeoengineering
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#PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2 is just around the corner, as it takes place in #GENeva from 5 to 14 August.
With meetings and activities already starting on 3 August, visit our dedicated #OffsiteBuzz page on the activities in the margins of the negotiations.
▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2
With meetings and activities already starting on 3 August, visit our dedicated #OffsiteBuzz page on the activities in the margins of the negotiations.
▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2
July 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#PlasticsTreaty #INC5.2 is just around the corner, as it takes place in #GENeva from 5 to 14 August.
With meetings and activities already starting on 3 August, visit our dedicated #OffsiteBuzz page on the activities in the margins of the negotiations.
▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2
With meetings and activities already starting on 3 August, visit our dedicated #OffsiteBuzz page on the activities in the margins of the negotiations.
▶️ tiny.cc/GENINC5-2