Kathy Hochstetler
@hochstet.bsky.social
Professor of International Development at LSE. Emerging powers, energy, climate
Not an expert, but googling around a bit shows them as another producer with clearly limited oil reserves and low quality of much of what's left. Would love to hear from someone who was at COP30 about where they were diplomatically.
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Not an expert, but googling around a bit shows them as another producer with clearly limited oil reserves and low quality of much of what's left. Would love to hear from someone who was at COP30 about where they were diplomatically.
Right, others’ leverage over them. I think Brazil’s position ended up being shaped by its leadership role in the COP and its plausible for Australia too
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Right, others’ leverage over them. I think Brazil’s position ended up being shaped by its leadership role in the COP and its plausible for Australia too
One of the levers on producer states is that some of them (e.g., Colombia) recognise that they have small and declining reserves and/or high costs of production which mean that their production has an end date. But for the big producers like Saudi Arabia, the only real lever is on the demand side.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
One of the levers on producer states is that some of them (e.g., Colombia) recognise that they have small and declining reserves and/or high costs of production which mean that their production has an end date. But for the big producers like Saudi Arabia, the only real lever is on the demand side.
In my 2007 book on Brazilian environmental politics, we said the same thing in the first chapter: there are few countries where the pro-environment and anti-environment forces are both so strong. Neither always wins.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
In my 2007 book on Brazilian environmental politics, we said the same thing in the first chapter: there are few countries where the pro-environment and anti-environment forces are both so strong. Neither always wins.