Caroline Kuzemko
@cisk.bsky.social
Professor in the Political Economy of Climate Change, University of Warwick.
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🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'!
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Workshop: Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity
A one-day workshop on global (in)security, geopolitics and the environment.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🚨 Full programme announced for our September workshop 'Environmental Politics in an Age of Insecurity'!
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
Registration and full details below @cisk.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @ruthtownend.bsky.social @dralberro.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...
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The infamous US DOE climate report, written by a bunch of climate misinformers, claims that "sea level [is] rising at a lower rate than predicted" by the IPCC up to 2050.
Not true. If you simply take the observed rise and extrapolate (blue), you get the same rise as IPCC predicted by 2050. 1/2
Not true. If you simply take the observed rise and extrapolate (blue), you get the same rise as IPCC predicted by 2050. 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The infamous US DOE climate report, written by a bunch of climate misinformers, claims that "sea level [is] rising at a lower rate than predicted" by the IPCC up to 2050.
Not true. If you simply take the observed rise and extrapolate (blue), you get the same rise as IPCC predicted by 2050. 1/2
Not true. If you simply take the observed rise and extrapolate (blue), you get the same rise as IPCC predicted by 2050. 1/2
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Nice FT citing Ireland, where data centre power demand has massively outpaced clean power growth - meaning increased burning of fossil fuels
You can't rely on an assumption of infinite, exponential, unstoppable renewable energy to excuse data centre expansionism.
www.ft.com/content/0f61...
You can't rely on an assumption of infinite, exponential, unstoppable renewable energy to excuse data centre expansionism.
www.ft.com/content/0f61...
August 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Nice FT citing Ireland, where data centre power demand has massively outpaced clean power growth - meaning increased burning of fossil fuels
You can't rely on an assumption of infinite, exponential, unstoppable renewable energy to excuse data centre expansionism.
www.ft.com/content/0f61...
You can't rely on an assumption of infinite, exponential, unstoppable renewable energy to excuse data centre expansionism.
www.ft.com/content/0f61...
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“To turn a whole movement into a terrorist organisation is quite another matter”
Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti spoke after 532 people were arrested at a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action
Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti spoke after 532 people were arrested at a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action
August 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
“To turn a whole movement into a terrorist organisation is quite another matter”
Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti spoke after 532 people were arrested at a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action
Labour's Baroness Chakrabarti spoke after 532 people were arrested at a protest in support of banned group Palestine Action
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Reynolds then talks about the
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
That's £22 billion, which doesn't come close to recovering the £140 billion in trade with the EU that is lost by keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
That's £22 billion, which doesn't come close to recovering the £140 billion in trade with the EU that is lost by keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market
July 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Reynolds then talks about the
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
That's £22 billion, which doesn't come close to recovering the £140 billion in trade with the EU that is lost by keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market
- £3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- £14 billion from UK-EU reset
- £4.8 billion from UK-India
That's £22 billion, which doesn't come close to recovering the £140 billion in trade with the EU that is lost by keeping the UK outside the EU Single Market
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Good to see this issue being raised. I don't think most people realise that councils can't/won't maintain the roads on many new housing estates, so the owners have to pay for it privately. This isn't fair, as they're paying the same council tax as everyone else, to maintain other roads.
Imagine buying a new-build and paying full council tax, only to find you must pay a private company to fix the road and streetlights - and the fees can rise at any point with no explanation.
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Also, you live by road full of potholes that apparently nobody owns
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Who is accountable in privatised Britain?
From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.
www.newstatesman.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Good to see this issue being raised. I don't think most people realise that councils can't/won't maintain the roads on many new housing estates, so the owners have to pay for it privately. This isn't fair, as they're paying the same council tax as everyone else, to maintain other roads.
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🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record.
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
July 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🔥 2024 was the hottest year on record.
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
Decision makers must prioritize #ClimateAction for both people and the planet. The window to secure a livable future is rapidly closing.
Report: unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/... #SDGReport #SDGs #GlobalGoals
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The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
www.thenation.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
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Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
July 18, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.
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Living Planet | Stand-up for the planet: cracking climate jokes
www.dw.com/en/stand-up-...
With climate change comedian Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social, who uses stand-up to make the climate crisis feel less distant, more human, and a lot harder to ignore.
www.dw.com/en/stand-up-...
With climate change comedian Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social, who uses stand-up to make the climate crisis feel less distant, more human, and a lot harder to ignore.
Stand-up for the planet: cracking climate jokes – DW – 07/18/2025
By day Matt Winning works on climate policy. By night, he’s turning scientific data into jokes. Fusing razor-sharp research with dry Scottish wit, Matt uses stand-up to make the climate crisis feel le...
www.dw.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Living Planet | Stand-up for the planet: cracking climate jokes
www.dw.com/en/stand-up-...
With climate change comedian Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social, who uses stand-up to make the climate crisis feel less distant, more human, and a lot harder to ignore.
www.dw.com/en/stand-up-...
With climate change comedian Matt Winning @mattywin.bsky.social, who uses stand-up to make the climate crisis feel less distant, more human, and a lot harder to ignore.
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An excellent set of resources on social sciences for climate and sustainability solutions...
Climate and Sustainability Hub – Academy of Social Sciences
acss.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
An excellent set of resources on social sciences for climate and sustainability solutions...
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Welsh climate impact story: my mum's local Co-op store in Cardiff has been unable to stock perishable food and dairy for over a week because its chill cabinets are powered by a gas generator. The gas tanks that power the generator are overheating thanks to a heatwave affecting the UK.
July 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Welsh climate impact story: my mum's local Co-op store in Cardiff has been unable to stock perishable food and dairy for over a week because its chill cabinets are powered by a gas generator. The gas tanks that power the generator are overheating thanks to a heatwave affecting the UK.
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Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report by @eea.europa.eu finds
- The stress and sleep disturbance from noise results early deaths and disease, with children especially vulnerable
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The stress and sleep disturbance from noise results early deaths and disease, with children especially vulnerable
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds
About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deaths
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report by @eea.europa.eu finds
- The stress and sleep disturbance from noise results early deaths and disease, with children especially vulnerable
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- The stress and sleep disturbance from noise results early deaths and disease, with children especially vulnerable
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The takeaway here is that energy suppliers are gradually shifting to energy technology providers, and breaking down barriers to demand for that tech by shifting their product offering to 'energy as a service' models.
June 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The takeaway here is that energy suppliers are gradually shifting to energy technology providers, and breaking down barriers to demand for that tech by shifting their product offering to 'energy as a service' models.
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NEW – Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather | @erichfischer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bnrSvQN
Read here: buff.ly/bnrSvQN
June 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NEW – Guest post: How climate change is fuelling record-breaking extreme weather | @erichfischer.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/bnrSvQN
Read here: buff.ly/bnrSvQN
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Remember the countless media articles about 'external' threats to our energy and digital infrastructures?
Instead of investing billions in the arms industry and R&D for military purposes, the state should be investing in climate resilience.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Instead of investing billions in the arms industry and R&D for military purposes, the state should be investing in climate resilience.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
EPA identifies 115 risks to Ireland from climate change
Disruption and damage to Ireland's energy system and built environment from extreme wind events are among 115 risks the country faces due to climate change, according to the EPA.
www.rte.ie
June 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Remember the countless media articles about 'external' threats to our energy and digital infrastructures?
Instead of investing billions in the arms industry and R&D for military purposes, the state should be investing in climate resilience.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Instead of investing billions in the arms industry and R&D for military purposes, the state should be investing in climate resilience.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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Solar hit 700GW in 2020—10x what was forecast in 2006.
Why? Feedback loops & non-linear change, not just tech swaps, drive clean energy.
Our new @carbonbrief.org piece: Early policy support + smart market design + cross-sector links = faster decarbonisation.
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Why? Feedback loops & non-linear change, not just tech swaps, drive clean energy.
Our new @carbonbrief.org piece: Early policy support + smart market design + cross-sector links = faster decarbonisation.
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
June 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Solar hit 700GW in 2020—10x what was forecast in 2006.
Why? Feedback loops & non-linear change, not just tech swaps, drive clean energy.
Our new @carbonbrief.org piece: Early policy support + smart market design + cross-sector links = faster decarbonisation.
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
Why? Feedback loops & non-linear change, not just tech swaps, drive clean energy.
Our new @carbonbrief.org piece: Early policy support + smart market design + cross-sector links = faster decarbonisation.
www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-h...
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NEW | Wind and solar generated more than a QUARTER of China's 🇨🇳 electricity for the first month on record ⚡
In April 2025, 26% of China's electricity generation was produced by wind and solar according to our latest @ember-energy.org data.
Wind: 13.6%
Solar 12.4%
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
In April 2025, 26% of China's electricity generation was produced by wind and solar according to our latest @ember-energy.org data.
Wind: 13.6%
Solar 12.4%
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
May 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
NEW | Wind and solar generated more than a QUARTER of China's 🇨🇳 electricity for the first month on record ⚡
In April 2025, 26% of China's electricity generation was produced by wind and solar according to our latest @ember-energy.org data.
Wind: 13.6%
Solar 12.4%
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
In April 2025, 26% of China's electricity generation was produced by wind and solar according to our latest @ember-energy.org data.
Wind: 13.6%
Solar 12.4%
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
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Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
The World’s Most Urgent Scientific Question
https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-confirms-2024-warmest-year-record-about-155degc-above-pre-industrial-level
There is no question more urgent than the one indicated by that red arrow in the graph...
app.wedonthavetime.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Global average temperatures are spiking, rising faster than climate models seem able to explain, and in a sane world, every country would be united in a full-scale effort to figure this out & respond. Instead the US is dismantling its scientific infrastructure.
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Watch our Latest Webinar – Understanding Global Energy Technology Supply Chains: Implications for the UK
Join Uwe Remme & Peter Levi @iea.org, and UKERC's @cisk.bsky.social, Gavin Bridge and Jamie Speirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlm...
Join Uwe Remme & Peter Levi @iea.org, and UKERC's @cisk.bsky.social, Gavin Bridge and Jamie Speirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlm...
UKERC Webinar Understanding Global Energy Technology Supply Chains Implications for the UK def
YouTube video by UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Watch our Latest Webinar – Understanding Global Energy Technology Supply Chains: Implications for the UK
Join Uwe Remme & Peter Levi @iea.org, and UKERC's @cisk.bsky.social, Gavin Bridge and Jamie Speirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlm...
Join Uwe Remme & Peter Levi @iea.org, and UKERC's @cisk.bsky.social, Gavin Bridge and Jamie Speirs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTlm...
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"Don't think about the scientific impacts that feel...somehow too scary and depressing to deal with. Take your attention and focus it on the people who are preventing us from ending the climate crisis."
Great to talk @currentaffairs.bsky.social.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
Great to talk @currentaffairs.bsky.social.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
How to Fight Fossil Fuel Propaganda
From denialism to "doomerism" to downplaying the effects of the crisis, climate propaganda is all around us. Genevieve Guenther explains how to counter such propaganda with effective talking points.
www.currentaffairs.org
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"Don't think about the scientific impacts that feel...somehow too scary and depressing to deal with. Take your attention and focus it on the people who are preventing us from ending the climate crisis."
Great to talk @currentaffairs.bsky.social.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
Great to talk @currentaffairs.bsky.social.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-to-...
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Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵
May 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵
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Good UK climate transport news...
Despite billionairist media waging war on EVs, EV sales in UK soar to 32%.
Whilst old fossil fuel vehicles share falls precipitously to just 54%.
UK on track for majority EV sales in 2026! 👍
We are now a year ahead of EU average.🎂
cleantechnica.com/2025/05/12/e...
Despite billionairist media waging war on EVs, EV sales in UK soar to 32%.
Whilst old fossil fuel vehicles share falls precipitously to just 54%.
UK on track for majority EV sales in 2026! 👍
We are now a year ahead of EU average.🎂
cleantechnica.com/2025/05/12/e...
EVs Take 32.1% Share In The UK — Volkswagen Leads - CleanTechnica
April’s auto market saw plugin EVs take 32.1% share in the UK, up from 24.7% year-on-year. BEVs grew decently, though PHEVs grew more.
cleantechnica.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Good UK climate transport news...
Despite billionairist media waging war on EVs, EV sales in UK soar to 32%.
Whilst old fossil fuel vehicles share falls precipitously to just 54%.
UK on track for majority EV sales in 2026! 👍
We are now a year ahead of EU average.🎂
cleantechnica.com/2025/05/12/e...
Despite billionairist media waging war on EVs, EV sales in UK soar to 32%.
Whilst old fossil fuel vehicles share falls precipitously to just 54%.
UK on track for majority EV sales in 2026! 👍
We are now a year ahead of EU average.🎂
cleantechnica.com/2025/05/12/e...
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Reducing EU gas demand in line with RePowerEU, would allow the EU to be very picky with respect to its foreign gas suppliers.
www.bruegel.org/analysis/fut... [new figure by @keliauskaite.bsky.social that I like a lot]
www.bruegel.org/analysis/fut... [new figure by @keliauskaite.bsky.social that I like a lot]
May 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Reducing EU gas demand in line with RePowerEU, would allow the EU to be very picky with respect to its foreign gas suppliers.
www.bruegel.org/analysis/fut... [new figure by @keliauskaite.bsky.social that I like a lot]
www.bruegel.org/analysis/fut... [new figure by @keliauskaite.bsky.social that I like a lot]
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‼️ My first official public event in my new role at Oxford:
I will host Ernest Akinlola (CEO, Bboxx Nigeria) at @orieloxford.bsky.social 15 May, 5:15PM speaking about unlocking solar power’s potential across Nigeria & Africa.
Secure your spot here: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
I will host Ernest Akinlola (CEO, Bboxx Nigeria) at @orieloxford.bsky.social 15 May, 5:15PM speaking about unlocking solar power’s potential across Nigeria & Africa.
Secure your spot here: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
Oriel Environment Group Trinity 2025 Lecture - Oriel College
The Oriel Environment Group’s Trinity term talk will be given by Ernest Akinlola, MD/CEO of Bboxx Nigeria, on Thursday 15 May from 5.15-6,15pm in the Owen Walker Room. After the talk there will be dri...
www.oriel.ox.ac.uk
May 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
‼️ My first official public event in my new role at Oxford:
I will host Ernest Akinlola (CEO, Bboxx Nigeria) at @orieloxford.bsky.social 15 May, 5:15PM speaking about unlocking solar power’s potential across Nigeria & Africa.
Secure your spot here: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...
I will host Ernest Akinlola (CEO, Bboxx Nigeria) at @orieloxford.bsky.social 15 May, 5:15PM speaking about unlocking solar power’s potential across Nigeria & Africa.
Secure your spot here: www.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events/oriel...