🚨 NEW PAPER ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDY REFORM 🚨

Evan Drake & Jakob Skovgaard ask ‘Do Political Institutions Influence the Dismantling of Fossil Fuel Subsidies?’

Answering this Q is urgent: fossil fuel subsidies hit a record $7 trillion in 2022 🤯

🧵on the main findings 👇

Looking forward to co-hosting this webinar with Peter Newell & colleagues on climate policy research that gets to the core of the problem: fossil fuels.

Please join us on 16th May to hear from contributors to a special issue of Int Env Agreements on emerging lessons & next steps for supply-side climate policies @suspol Harro van Asselt Angela Carter Amanda Slevin Kjell Kühne Sussex Sustainability Research Programme (SSRP) Sussex Global🏳️‍🌈✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

💻Upcoming webinar on the recent special issue of International Environmental Agreements on “Supply-side climate policy: Emerging lessons and next steps” edited by Peter Newell and Angela Carter

🗓️ Thursday 16th May
🕒 15:00 - 16:30 BST
🖊️Register: bit.ly/suspolwebinar

1/ For decades, Platform has been a testbed for radical ways of working - from our socially just waging system to ethical fundraising, drawing on a 40 year history of organising.

This year, we’re expanding our team to power our work long into the future.

platformlondon.org/vacancies

Really great opportunity here to work for an amazing organisation, filled with talented campaigners 👇

Archive check: Scaling behaviour change means addressing power and politics - challenging polluter elites and providing affordable and sustainable services for all.

✍🏼 by Peter Newell, Michelle Twena & Freddie | bit.ly/4cPn669

#TBT #Transformations 💡

GOOD NEWS: Zurich Insurance has made a remarkable & commendable u-turn on its oil & gas policy 👏

After insisting on engaging with the sector for years, they now evolve their position - no new oil & gas

Remember, if projects aren't insurable, they aren't bankable global.insure-our-future.com/insure-our-fut…

New episode with Chen Chen (WorldClass 🍉 Reductionist). He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut and writes prolifically about how sport intersects with many troubling trends across the globe including environmental decline and increasing inequality of wealth and power.

📢 SUPPLY-SIDE CLIMATE POLICY TRACKER 📢

We have updated the SUS-POL Tracker in collaboration with Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative

It now contains over 1,900 policies, including bans, subsidy removals and divestment pledges. Read more about this update below 👇
sussex.ac.uk/research/proje…

“We recommend that the government develop policy proposals on demand reduction, including consideration of greater use of digital technologies, reducing the cost of rail travel, and a frequent flyer levy, should these then be required” Environmental Audit Committee 👏👏👏
independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Our new open access article 'Reconciling Ireland’s climate ambitions with climate policy and practice' is online! Written with John Barry is part of UCU Rising for #supplyside special ed. with Peter Newell Angela Carter

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

#Climate #FossilFuels
Centre for Sustainability,Equality& Climate Action All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT!🚨

The case for “Climate Bailouts” - a new tool for central banks to limit the financial risk resulting from climate change from Matthias Kroll and Kjell Kühne

Quick 🧵 on the main arguments:

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

1/ TODAY, 54 groups representing millions of supporters demanded that Toyota USA CEO Koji Sato make fossil-free vehicles and eliminate human rights and environmental damages from Toyota's supply chain. 🚗⚡️⛓️

Link: citizen.org/news/toyotalet…

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👇New star of the #barkleymarathons on Shell ❤️‍🔥

'Introducing this policy is a strong move for Sheffield as it tackles some of the impacts of consumerism, advertising and injustice' - Sheffield City Council The Green Party Marieanne Elliot on the city's trailblazing new advertising policy 🏆via BusinessGreen businessgreen.com/news/4187530/p…

Great summary by Susan of an equally great article.

The Global Atlas of Unburnable Oil Reserves is instrumental to inform the planned transition out of fossil fuel extractivism everywhere.

Looking forward to expanding those exclusion zones!

#keepitintheground #climatejustice

🚨 NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨

🌍 A Global Atlas of Unburnable Oil Reserves - and what it means for humanity’s efforts to tackle climate change and keep fossil fuel reserves in the ground.

A quick 🧵 on the main takeaways

nature.com/articles/s4146…

Very cool and rather surprising to be featured in this list of the 15 Best South Africa Sports Podcasts! Thanks everyone for the support! podcasts.feedspot.com/south_africa_s…