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This article examines the "geologic turn" in critical social and environmental thought, emphasizing its significance for critical thought and practice in a changing Earth.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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New review article!

Geo-themed and geo-centric thought: reflections on the onto-epistemological basis of critical thought’s geologic turn by Mauricio. F. Collao Quevedo.

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ABSTRACT Critical social and environmental thought is undergoing a ‘geological turn’ whereby the science of Geology and the notions of the ‘geos’ and ‘the geologic’ are repeatedly conjured to think through current historical and socio-ecological challenges. In this article, I examine the conceptual, methodological, and empirical basis of this geologic turn, identifying five strands of research that currently constitute it but fail to take seriously its supposed object of study, thus qualifying as ‘geo-themed’ rather than ‘geocentric’ strands of research. I argue that the geologic turn remains relatively underdeveloped, overlooking how the onto-epistemological foundations of capitalist and colonial modernity are being destabilized by ongoing research at the intersections of the human sciences and the geosciences – research whose geo-historical significance critical thought’s geologic turn is uniquely positioned to develop into new modalities of matter and visions of modernity for life in the transition moment we occupy between planetary states.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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New review article!

Geo-themed and geo-centric thought: reflections on the onto-epistemological basis of critical thought’s geologic turn by Mauricio. F. Collao Quevedo.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
ABSTRACT Critical social and environmental thought is undergoing a ‘geological turn’ whereby the science of Geology and the notions of the ‘geos’ and ‘the geologic’ are repeatedly conjured to think through current historical and socio-ecological challenges. In this article, I examine the conceptual, methodological, and empirical basis of this geologic turn, identifying five strands of research that currently constitute it but fail to take seriously its supposed object of study, thus qualifying as ‘geo-themed’ rather than ‘geocentric’ strands of research. I argue that the geologic turn remains relatively underdeveloped, overlooking how the onto-epistemological foundations of capitalist and colonial modernity are being destabilized by ongoing research at the intersections of the human sciences and the geosciences – research whose geo-historical significance critical thought’s geologic turn is uniquely positioned to develop into new modalities of matter and visions of modernity for life in the transition moment we occupy between planetary states.
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Does a transnational youth climate elite exists? Can anyone engage in global climate politics? This article explores the profile of youth engaged in global climate politics to present their origin, gender and age.
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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New article!

Greta Thunberg and the transnational youth elite in global climate politics: myth or reality? by Amandine Orsini & Yi Hyun Kang.

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ABSTRACT Greta Thunberg has gained increasing attention in global climate politics, in particular since the Fridays for Future movement she initiated in 2018. Attention has also come with criticism, denouncing her for being part of a transnational youth climate elite made up of privileged youth. However, does such an elite really exist, and what does it mean for global climate politics? This article investigates the profiles of youth participants in global climate politics to answer these questions. We define and analyze three potential youth climate elite groups: positional, decisional and reputational. We then examine whether individuals from these elite groups and/or their socio-demographic characteristics overlap. Our results show that no unique transnational youth climate elite exists. Most of all, more than elite or non-elite, we reveal the power hierarchies that persist regarding how youth is understood in global climate politics, at the detriment of a more inclusive and ambitious climate agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Was delighted to work on this impact case study with @ukdsimpact.bsky.social, which is based on our recent @environmentalpol.bsky.social article (doi.org/10.1080/0964...).

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December 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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I'm so happy that my first research article on freight policy and sustainability is now published with @environmentalpol.bsky.social. The review process couldn't have been a better experience!
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Abstract for research article on freight policy and sustainability.
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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New article!

Greta Thunberg and the transnational youth elite in global climate politics: myth or reality? by Amandine Orsini & Yi Hyun Kang.

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doi.org/10.1080/0964...
ABSTRACT Greta Thunberg has gained increasing attention in global climate politics, in particular since the Fridays for Future movement she initiated in 2018. Attention has also come with criticism, denouncing her for being part of a transnational youth climate elite made up of privileged youth. However, does such an elite really exist, and what does it mean for global climate politics? This article investigates the profiles of youth participants in global climate politics to answer these questions. We define and analyze three potential youth climate elite groups: positional, decisional and reputational. We then examine whether individuals from these elite groups and/or their socio-demographic characteristics overlap. Our results show that no unique transnational youth climate elite exists. Most of all, more than elite or non-elite, we reveal the power hierarchies that persist regarding how youth is understood in global climate politics, at the detriment of a more inclusive and ambitious climate agenda.
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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This week we have published two research articles, a book review, and a guest post.

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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Week in review! Subscribe for a short weekly round up.

This week we have published two research articles, a book review, and a guest post.

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December 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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This guest post draws on their recently published article Fossil complacency: reorienting climate hypocrisy and system change debates.

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Fossil complacency: reorienting climate hypocrisy and system change debates
Discourse on hypocrisy is plentiful in the climate politics of the Global North. A specific form of climate hypocrisy critique, the fossil hypocrisy charge, contends that climate activists’ demands...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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New guest post!

Fighting against the fossil fuel industry while leading a life enabled by it by Sakari Säynäjoki and Otto Snellman.

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December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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New guest post!

Fighting against the fossil fuel industry while leading a life enabled by it by Sakari Säynäjoki and Otto Snellman.

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December 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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This article argues that by reframing climate populism discursively, we move beyond the binary assumptions of the ideational model and recognise its capacity to articulate both exclusionary and inclusive climate politics.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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New article!

Climate populism: the limits of the ideational and discursive approaches by Luis Harrison.

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ABSTRACT In this article I critique the ideational approach to climate populism, arguing that it fails to recognise the plurality of positions on the climate crisis amongst different populist movements. It inadequately distinguishes left from right populism and overlooks the populist right’s ongoing shift, particularly in Europe, away from climate change denialism and scepticism. This shortcoming arises from the core assumptions of the ideational approach: that populism involves a unified and homogenous people, and an inherent anti-science and anti-expert outlook. I argue that a discursive, pluralist account of populism can address these theoretical inadequacies and make sense of the variation in exclusionary climate populism where the ideational approach fails to. Finally, I assess the potential limits of this approach. In particular, an inability to extend its pluralism to the needs or demands of non-human beings and integrate them into the people of populism.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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📢 Very happy that my first single-authored paper found its home at @environmentalpol.bsky.social 🌱 I am beyond thankful to all the fantastic people who gave me feedback and supported me along the way! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (1/5)🧵
Everywhere you vote, you always take the weather with you: the effects of local temperature anomalies on Green party voting
Does local exposure to weather extremes and anomalies influence voting behavior? Previous research has linked extreme weather events, temperature anomalies, and attitudes toward climate change. How...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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New article!

Climate populism: the limits of the ideational and discursive approaches by Luis Harrison.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
ABSTRACT In this article I critique the ideational approach to climate populism, arguing that it fails to recognise the plurality of positions on the climate crisis amongst different populist movements. It inadequately distinguishes left from right populism and overlooks the populist right’s ongoing shift, particularly in Europe, away from climate change denialism and scepticism. This shortcoming arises from the core assumptions of the ideational approach: that populism involves a unified and homogenous people, and an inherent anti-science and anti-expert outlook. I argue that a discursive, pluralist account of populism can address these theoretical inadequacies and make sense of the variation in exclusionary climate populism where the ideational approach fails to. Finally, I assess the potential limits of this approach. In particular, an inability to extend its pluralism to the needs or demands of non-human beings and integrate them into the people of populism.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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The book’s conceptual clarity and empirical richness make it especially valuable... Prontera's argument that the energy transition is not only a domestic transformation but also a tool of international power projection is both timely and convincing.
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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New book review!

Green superpowers: China, the European Union, and the United States in the global energy transition
by Andrea Prontera.

Reviewed by Reinhilde Bouckaert.

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December 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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In this @environmentalpol.bsky.social article, Maria Nordbrandt demonstrates that engagement in everyday discussion across ideological lines of difference is related to increased support for political efforts to protect the #environment among U.S. citizens.
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Do cross-cutting discussions enhance pro-environmental attitudes? Testing green deliberative theory in practice
A central notion among green political theorists is that deliberative engagement enhances environmental values. Despite the centrality of this claim within green political theory, there is a lack o...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Last chance to register for Thursday's event!

'Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination'.

Online, free to all, 3pm-4.30pm, UK time.

More info and the link for registration: www.bisa.ac.uk/events/alter...

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Alternative ecological futures: Art, climate change and the radical imagination- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
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December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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New book review!

Green superpowers: China, the European Union, and the United States in the global energy transition
by Andrea Prontera.

Reviewed by Reinhilde Bouckaert.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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This article explores how the common reliance on hybridist ontologies of nature and society in the multispecies justice approach poses problems for its development. The authors propose an alternative ontological foundation for this approach, based on critical realism.
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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We're back, with loads of new publications to share!

First up, a new article.

Where to aim with multispecies climate justice? A critical realist account by Julian van Vugt, Adrienne de Ruiter & Christoph Henning.

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Climate justice has become a key concept in addressing normative challenges in climate change and related policies. However, most applications of the term have remained anthropocentric. The multispecies justice perspective seeks to remedy this anthropocentrism, through focusing on relationality between and among human and non-human actors in climate justice. We engage with three points where this perspective remains to be developed further: the scope of ‘subjects of justice’, the meaning of ‘justice’ and institutional applications of multispecies justice. We argue that the reliance in multispecies justice literature upon hybridist ontologies of nature and society hampers advancement in these three aspects. We, therefore, propose an alternative ontological foundation, based on critical realism, that can resolve these limitations in current approaches to multispecies justice, contributing to further development of the concept.
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM