In February 2024, we argued that a second wave of #populism looms over Western democracies, that it can be "wrested from power but not entirely dispelled". Yesterday's presidential election results in #Poland illustrate this. Liberals in PL & elsewhere must get their act together quickly

Oslo folks: join us on 10 June for a talk on populism and the domestic and international dimenstions of energy politics!

I was invited to comment on the Victoria Harms' long awaited monograph on the East-West network of independent activists and intellectuals during the Cold War. Join us today (Friday) for an online panel!

Mark your calendar for the next session of our Book of the Month series, co-organized with @ceureviewofbooks.bsky.social!

🗓️ March 28, 6pm
🔴🎥 Live on YouTube

🗣️ Victoria Harms
🗣️ @szulecki.bsky.social
🗣️ Szabolcs Laszlo
🗣️ Adrian Matus

Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/4n55efuw

📢Principal Investigator on Just Decarbonization

@ulbruxelles.bsky.social & VUB seek a researcher for a 5-year postdoc in Brussels, exploring justice in decarbonization. Lead research, collaborate across disciplines & mentor PhDs

📑 Full-time, start April 2025
⏰ Apply by 1 March

Details & apply 👇

"EUs ferske forslag om flere utenlandskabler i Nordsjøen vil sette sinnene i kok blant mange norske politikere og velgere"

Med @atgullberg.bsky.social skriver vi om dagens beslutning om å styrke EUs energiunion i @dagensnaeringsliv.bsky.social

www.dn.no/innlegg/ener...

@nupinytt.bsky.social

W @wyborcza.pl o niedawnym przetasowaniu w norweskim rządzie i zarażeniu debaty publicznej bakcylem populizmu.

[Ten stukrotny wzrost cen prądu był chwilowy i miejscowy, ale widać redakcja uznała, że się kliknie...]
wyborcza.pl/7,75399,3168...

Finally out: our report on the feasibility and prospects of the EU-Norway #Green Alliance

Link below, summary 🧵follows:

www.nupi.no/en/publications/cristin-pub/eu-norway-green-alliance-between-vision-and-reality-exploring-the-potential-and-barriers-in-the-critical-minerals-and-battery-sectors

@nupinytt.bsky.social is moving - we have now (almost) settled in at Rosenkrantz gate in Oslo

🌍 “Open Letter to the European Commission: Strengthening Social Science-Focused Energy Research in Horizon Europe” issued by three major research networks: the European Green Deal needs social science research to succeed! #EnergyResearch #HorizonEurope #ClimateAction #SocialScience

Fabian Zuleeg presenting a summary of our report released at the Oslo Energy Forum.

We are suffering from a progress illusion, addressing an exponential challenge with linear policies so we're falling further behind despite moving forward

@nupinytt.bsky.social
@extinctionrebelsde.bsky.social

JohnKerry at OEF points out that China is deploying more #RenewableEnergy than the rest of the world combined, he estimates that 2700-3000 GW will come online by 2030, making many coal projects we hear so much about - obsolete. This is HUGE.

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan at OEF underlines that helping African states to produce higher value green technology (e.g. batteries) on site rather than just using them as raw material sources has both climate and poverty eradication benefits.

Jonas Gahr Støre, PM of Norway
at the Oslo Energy Forum "we are witnessing very strong mobilization against climate action across Europe and the world"

- yes, we focused a lot on the conditions FOR action but are only beginning to understand the dynamics of climate OBSTRUCTION