Eddie Clarke
@eddieclarke.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher - Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany. Social/political psychology. Interested in climate change responsibilisation, structural attributions, and status quo challenge. DOB: 348 CO2 PPM
India vs South Africa seems much more competitive
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
India vs South Africa seems much more competitive
They are hosting at least three of them there
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
They are hosting at least three of them there
What is a political psychiatrist?
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What is a political psychiatrist?
You can't focus on the demand side of sustainability while ignoring induced demand. It's a structural problem. Placing blame on individuals and urging them to behave better is the all-in strategy we've been going with for 30 years.
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
You can't focus on the demand side of sustainability while ignoring induced demand. It's a structural problem. Placing blame on individuals and urging them to behave better is the all-in strategy we've been going with for 30 years.
Again important, but thinking that climate change can be solved only by changing consumption behaviours at the individual level is fantasy stuff. Your example is a good one, because no one was shopping at this Shien store before it opened
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Again important, but thinking that climate change can be solved only by changing consumption behaviours at the individual level is fantasy stuff. Your example is a good one, because no one was shopping at this Shien store before it opened
It ignores the broader context in which the far-right controls the political discourse in part because the centre/centre left ceded it to them. I think that failing to link climate change to material concerns and confining it to a bougie problem is the fault of those sides of politics.
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It ignores the broader context in which the far-right controls the political discourse in part because the centre/centre left ceded it to them. I think that failing to link climate change to material concerns and confining it to a bougie problem is the fault of those sides of politics.
I agree with you that issues importance is itself important (although siloing these things is missing the point), but I don't agree that politeness politics is going to do much about that.
November 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I agree with you that issues importance is itself important (although siloing these things is missing the point), but I don't agree that politeness politics is going to do much about that.
Mass resonance? The lack of action on climate change is not due to a lack of public support for it. It's a problem of the ruling class defending a planet-killing status quo, among other things. Decorum isn't going to do anything to solve that problem.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Mass resonance? The lack of action on climate change is not due to a lack of public support for it. It's a problem of the ruling class defending a planet-killing status quo, among other things. Decorum isn't going to do anything to solve that problem.
Widening the tent is not even a new political idea. It's just the dimension upon which you widen the tent that is contested. It's pretty uncontroversial on the left for that dimension to be power - widen the tent to include those with low individual power i.e. almost everyone.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Widening the tent is not even a new political idea. It's just the dimension upon which you widen the tent that is contested. It's pretty uncontroversial on the left for that dimension to be power - widen the tent to include those with low individual power i.e. almost everyone.
Sensible technocratic centrism on climate is thinly-veiled fatalism.
October 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Sensible technocratic centrism on climate is thinly-veiled fatalism.