Oskar Wood Hansen
@oskarwoodhansen.bsky.social
phd student @ICTA_UAB, Barcelona & laCaixa fellow.
climate policy and politics; ecological economics.
co-founder of rethinking economics denmark
diy-anything, bike enthusiast
Free palestine
climate policy and politics; ecological economics.
co-founder of rethinking economics denmark
diy-anything, bike enthusiast
Free palestine
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Carbon inequality & climate policy: Another starterpack to make sure you follow whats good. Please suggest who should be included!
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes on.ft.com/4nGcKK5
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Jens Stoltenberg says move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel
on.ft.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes on.ft.com/4nGcKK5
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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From Robert Brenner's "Economics of Global Turbulence".
And from the FT earlier this month:
"10 AI startups — not a dollar in profit among them — have gained nearly $1 trillion in market value over the past 12 months."
And from the FT earlier this month:
"10 AI startups — not a dollar in profit among them — have gained nearly $1 trillion in market value over the past 12 months."
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
From Robert Brenner's "Economics of Global Turbulence".
And from the FT earlier this month:
"10 AI startups — not a dollar in profit among them — have gained nearly $1 trillion in market value over the past 12 months."
And from the FT earlier this month:
"10 AI startups — not a dollar in profit among them — have gained nearly $1 trillion in market value over the past 12 months."
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2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
2nd edition of our The AI Shift newsletter is out. The question today: could AI be making us LESS productive? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/2480... At the individual level, it's clear we're not reliable witnesses on this Q. At an organisational level, it gets even more interesting...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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when we did the most *conservative* accounting of this (using advertising data, because of course they're also not transparent about it), the NYT alone had taken in $20 million from oil and gas companies in just THREE years. it's absolutely wild drilled.media/news/drilled...
Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Favorite Media Partners
Taking a hard look at the media industry’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry.
drilled.media
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
when we did the most *conservative* accounting of this (using advertising data, because of course they're also not transparent about it), the NYT alone had taken in $20 million from oil and gas companies in just THREE years. it's absolutely wild drilled.media/news/drilled...
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Labelling heavy industry like steel as “hard-to-abate” allows them to argue against reducing emissions now, or to justify using CCS or offsets to meet climate goals.
But existing tech and demand reduction can cut emissions in these sectors, writes @billhare.bsky.social on
@climatechangenews.com
But existing tech and demand reduction can cut emissions in these sectors, writes @billhare.bsky.social on
@climatechangenews.com
Is "hard-to-abate" really that hard - or is it a justification for delay?
Labelling heavy industry like steel as "hard-to-abate" has shaped policy and business action in ways that risk undermining global efforts to cut emissions
www.climatechangenews.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Labelling heavy industry like steel as “hard-to-abate” allows them to argue against reducing emissions now, or to justify using CCS or offsets to meet climate goals.
But existing tech and demand reduction can cut emissions in these sectors, writes @billhare.bsky.social on
@climatechangenews.com
But existing tech and demand reduction can cut emissions in these sectors, writes @billhare.bsky.social on
@climatechangenews.com
My 3-month old child is slowly learning object permanence. I guess not everyone were as lucky as him.
Trump claimed wind farms kill whales—and then quietly axed research into the issue
Trump claimed wind farms kill whales—and then quietly axed research into the issue
Programs that tracked the beloved marine mammals near offshore wind sites are now like "a body without a pulse."
www.motherjones.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My 3-month old child is slowly learning object permanence. I guess not everyone were as lucky as him.
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Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
Multi-century global and regional sea-level rise commitments from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades - Nature Climate Change
It is important to understand how much long-term sea-level rise is already committed due to historical and near-term emissions. Here the authors use a modelling framework to show how decisions on glob...
www.nature.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
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Research is clear: millionaire flight due to higher taxes is simply not a thing. Millionaires move *less* than the rest of us and often move from one higher-tax state to another (because of amenities!). prospect.org/2025/10/23/m...
The Myth That Mamdani Will Cause New York City’s Richest to Leave - The American Prospect
Millionaire tax flight would devastate a future Mamdani administration. If the rich leave, how could anything be financed? But research shows that wealthy individuals move at lower rates than others, ...
prospect.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Research is clear: millionaire flight due to higher taxes is simply not a thing. Millionaires move *less* than the rest of us and often move from one higher-tax state to another (because of amenities!). prospect.org/2025/10/23/m...
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PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
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Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
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This is as good an opportunity as any to test the true strength of the “farming vote”.
(for the record, 140,000 full and part-time farmers, in total, comprise less than 3% of our population, yet they have the politicians running scared)
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
(for the record, 140,000 full and part-time farmers, in total, comprise less than 3% of our population, yet they have the politicians running scared)
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
Nine former presidents of IFA issue letter calling on farmers to vote for Heather Humphreys
With time running out and polls against her, Heather Humphreys has moved to lock down Fine Gael’s rural heartland in the final days of the presidential race by turning to some of the sectors most reco...
www.independent.ie
October 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is as good an opportunity as any to test the true strength of the “farming vote”.
(for the record, 140,000 full and part-time farmers, in total, comprise less than 3% of our population, yet they have the politicians running scared)
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
(for the record, 140,000 full and part-time farmers, in total, comprise less than 3% of our population, yet they have the politicians running scared)
www.independent.ie/farming/news...
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my meanest take is that I will trust academics on radicalism and political organization when they have fixed through collective action the academic publishing system.
a hot take about academia: it is both too activist and not activist enough. the endless focus on problematizing critiquing, etc etc often degenerates into navel gazing, while there is often a lack of high-quality outcome oriented empirical work on "what could make social institution XYZ work better"
October 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
my meanest take is that I will trust academics on radicalism and political organization when they have fixed through collective action the academic publishing system.
Check this paper by favourite officemate and friend!
How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Check this paper by favourite officemate and friend!
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How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
How does wealth inequality impact climate change?
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
My co-authors @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social and @giorgoskallis.bsky.social and I attempt to answer this in a new article in @climate-policy.bsky.social
We identify four mechanisms through which wealth inequality impacts carbon emissions.
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"Climatework’s flagship Mammoth #DACCS plant in Iceland, which has a nameplate capacity of 36k t of CO2/yr, captured 750 t in its first 10 months since opening, w net removals after accounting for emissions in the supply chain coming to just 105 tons."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Swiss firm that captures carbon from air to cut workforce by more than 10%
Downsizing at Climeworks comes amid economic uncertainty and ‘reduced momentum’ for climate tech
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Climatework’s flagship Mammoth #DACCS plant in Iceland, which has a nameplate capacity of 36k t of CO2/yr, captured 750 t in its first 10 months since opening, w net removals after accounting for emissions in the supply chain coming to just 105 tons."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Want to learn about the worldwide rise of tenant organising? Renters unite is now 40% off! www.plutobooks.com/product/rent...
Renters Unite - Pluto Press
The inspiring story of the struggle for housing justice
www.plutobooks.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Want to learn about the worldwide rise of tenant organising? Renters unite is now 40% off! www.plutobooks.com/product/rent...
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“You’re making everyone here uncomfortable.”
“I’m Andrew Cuomo. That’s my brand!”😆
More epic Cuomo trolling here. (H/T @climatedefiance.bsky.social )
“I’m Andrew Cuomo. That’s my brand!”😆
More epic Cuomo trolling here. (H/T @climatedefiance.bsky.social )
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“You’re making everyone here uncomfortable.”
“I’m Andrew Cuomo. That’s my brand!”😆
More epic Cuomo trolling here. (H/T @climatedefiance.bsky.social )
“I’m Andrew Cuomo. That’s my brand!”😆
More epic Cuomo trolling here. (H/T @climatedefiance.bsky.social )
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Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
nation.cymru
October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
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he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing
October 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing
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rest in peace D'Angelo. god what a loss
October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
rest in peace D'Angelo. god what a loss
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Very cool visual story in the Financial Times on how batteries are transforming the grid in places such as California
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Very cool visual story in the Financial Times on how batteries are transforming the grid in places such as California
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
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