Mat Paterson
@matpaterson.bsky.social
Climate politics; political economy. University of Manchester Professor. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=im2kgFUAAAAJ&hl=en. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/matthew.paterson.
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Bill Gates, Tony Blair, CFR are rethinking climate change in the Trump era: more "realistically." Can we dismiss this trend or do we need to understand what it means global climate politics? 🧵
@fgenovese.bsky.social and I write for @iojournal.bsky.social
#IOFoGG
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@fgenovese.bsky.social and I write for @iojournal.bsky.social
#IOFoGG
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Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump | International Organization | Cambridge Core
Global Climate Politics after the Return of President Trump - Volume 79 Issue S1
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Bill Gates, Tony Blair, CFR are rethinking climate change in the Trump era: more "realistically." Can we dismiss this trend or do we need to understand what it means global climate politics? 🧵
@fgenovese.bsky.social and I write for @iojournal.bsky.social
#IOFoGG
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@fgenovese.bsky.social and I write for @iojournal.bsky.social
#IOFoGG
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Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Shall we all bookmark this for when the Budget decides the Bike to Work scheme is unaffordable? www.gov.uk/government/n...
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📢 SCI Annual Lecture 2025🚗 with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore
Join us on Tue 2nd December at AMBS for an inspiring lecture on the hidden costs of car culture, drawn from her new book Roadkill.
🎤 Includes panel discussion + Q&A
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008 | 🕓 4:00–5:30
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
Join us on Tue 2nd December at AMBS for an inspiring lecture on the hidden costs of car culture, drawn from her new book Roadkill.
🎤 Includes panel discussion + Q&A
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008 | 🕓 4:00–5:30
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture: Prof. Henrietta L. Moore
Join us for an inspiring talk by Prof. Henrietta L. Moore at the Sustainable Consumption Institute Annual Lecture!
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November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
📢 SCI Annual Lecture 2025🚗 with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore
Join us on Tue 2nd December at AMBS for an inspiring lecture on the hidden costs of car culture, drawn from her new book Roadkill.
🎤 Includes panel discussion + Q&A
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008 | 🕓 4:00–5:30
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
Join us on Tue 2nd December at AMBS for an inspiring lecture on the hidden costs of car culture, drawn from her new book Roadkill.
🎤 Includes panel discussion + Q&A
📍 AMBS Theatre 2.008 | 🕓 4:00–5:30
👉 Register: bit.ly/SCIannuallec...
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Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Failure-proof or failure-prone? The paradoxes of global biodiversity institutions
cup.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7
cup.org/4hZNlcX
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The #Fridays for Future Movement and the Repoliticization of #ClimateChange #Policy in #Germany (Chapter 2) - Stability and Politicization in #Climate #Governance -
#COP30 #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis
@matpaterson.bsky.social @frankbiermann.bsky.social
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#COP30 #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis
@matpaterson.bsky.social @frankbiermann.bsky.social
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The Fridays for Future Movement and the Repoliticization of Climate Change Policy in Germany (Chapter 2) - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance - August 2025
www.cambridge.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The #Fridays for Future Movement and the Repoliticization of #ClimateChange #Policy in #Germany (Chapter 2) - Stability and Politicization in #Climate #Governance -
#COP30 #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis
@matpaterson.bsky.social @frankbiermann.bsky.social
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#COP30 #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis
@matpaterson.bsky.social @frankbiermann.bsky.social
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#US- #China Relations and the Competitive Turn of #Green Industrial #Policy-making (Chapter 15) - Stability and Politicization in #Climate #Governance
@jonasnahm.com #COP30 #GreenNewDeal #Trade #Tariffs #Energy #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #IndustrialPolicy
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
@jonasnahm.com #COP30 #GreenNewDeal #Trade #Tariffs #Energy #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #IndustrialPolicy
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
US-China Relations and the Competitive Turn of Green Industrial Policymaking (Chapter 15) - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance
Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance - August 2025
www.cambridge.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#US- #China Relations and the Competitive Turn of #Green Industrial #Policy-making (Chapter 15) - Stability and Politicization in #Climate #Governance
@jonasnahm.com #COP30 #GreenNewDeal #Trade #Tariffs #Energy #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #IndustrialPolicy
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
@jonasnahm.com #COP30 #GreenNewDeal #Trade #Tariffs #Energy #ActOnClimate #ClimateCrisis #IndustrialPolicy
- www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
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Can the world quit #coal?
#COP30 #energy #ActOnClimate #Brazil #China #India
@matpaterson.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-the-worl...
#COP30 #energy #ActOnClimate #Brazil #China #India
@matpaterson.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social
theconversation.com/can-the-worl...
Can the world quit coal?
Nearly a third of all countries worldwide have pledged to phase out their unabated coal-burning power. But China and India are still adding coal plants – for now.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Housing secretary tells Labour MPs to vote down planning bill amendment
Amendment restricts protection for animals to allow faster house building
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Steve Reed has told Labour MPs to vote down amendment to the new planning bill intended to protect British wildlife and its habitats from destruction.
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
First Swifts, now hedgehogs and dormice. Nothing is sacred... just betrayals by this govt at every turn
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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If CO2 emissions go to zero in 2050 (top), the sinks (green) will bring atmospheric CO2 back down (middle), & temperature will stabalise at ~1.7°C (bottom).
Going to zero today will keep us <1.5°C
Constant emissions leads to 2.6°C, rising rapidly thereafter.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Going to zero today will keep us <1.5°C
Constant emissions leads to 2.6°C, rising rapidly thereafter.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If CO2 emissions go to zero in 2050 (top), the sinks (green) will bring atmospheric CO2 back down (middle), & temperature will stabalise at ~1.7°C (bottom).
Going to zero today will keep us <1.5°C
Constant emissions leads to 2.6°C, rising rapidly thereafter.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Going to zero today will keep us <1.5°C
Constant emissions leads to 2.6°C, rising rapidly thereafter.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Canada is such a filthy fossil fuel nation.
Even their so-called “good leaders” are filthy fossil fuel fools.
Oh Canada!
Even their so-called “good leaders” are filthy fossil fuel fools.
Oh Canada!
Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Canada is such a filthy fossil fuel nation.
Even their so-called “good leaders” are filthy fossil fuel fools.
Oh Canada!
Even their so-called “good leaders” are filthy fossil fuel fools.
Oh Canada!
Rachel Reeves perhaps not yet noticed that the GP was second to Labour in 40 seats in 2024, and is polling about twice as high as it was then... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Rachel Reeves perhaps not yet noticed that the GP was second to Labour in 40 seats in 2024, and is polling about twice as high as it was then... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Now getting a briefing from Louis W @thecccuk.bsky.social on how rail decarbonisation interacts with national carbon budgets.
This is very welcome as the government’s new CBDP is very vague on transport emissions reduction, plus noises about rail electrification being unaffordable have sown doubt
This is very welcome as the government’s new CBDP is very vague on transport emissions reduction, plus noises about rail electrification being unaffordable have sown doubt
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Now getting a briefing from Louis W @thecccuk.bsky.social on how rail decarbonisation interacts with national carbon budgets.
This is very welcome as the government’s new CBDP is very vague on transport emissions reduction, plus noises about rail electrification being unaffordable have sown doubt
This is very welcome as the government’s new CBDP is very vague on transport emissions reduction, plus noises about rail electrification being unaffordable have sown doubt
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Donald Trump has snubbed COP30.
COP29 was defined by hostility and division.
Global heating limits of 1.5C are increasingly unlikely.
So how can pro-climate actors agree on strategy?
@matpaterson.bsky.social and Dr Paul Tobin explore how to pull back from climate change.
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
COP29 was defined by hostility and division.
Global heating limits of 1.5C are increasingly unlikely.
So how can pro-climate actors agree on strategy?
@matpaterson.bsky.social and Dr Paul Tobin explore how to pull back from climate change.
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Donald Trump has snubbed COP30.
COP29 was defined by hostility and division.
Global heating limits of 1.5C are increasingly unlikely.
So how can pro-climate actors agree on strategy?
@matpaterson.bsky.social and Dr Paul Tobin explore how to pull back from climate change.
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
COP29 was defined by hostility and division.
Global heating limits of 1.5C are increasingly unlikely.
So how can pro-climate actors agree on strategy?
@matpaterson.bsky.social and Dr Paul Tobin explore how to pull back from climate change.
doi.org/10.64628/AB....
This book is now out: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... A successor to the very much liked book of the same name edited by Andrew Leftwich. very pleased to be in the new one, edited by Colin Hay, with a chapter on 'politics as crisis management'.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This book is now out: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b.... A successor to the very much liked book of the same name edited by Andrew Leftwich. very pleased to be in the new one, edited by Colin Hay, with a chapter on 'politics as crisis management'.
This is the single most important way that the Labour government could connect up climate action with reducing inequality, and also having a chance to undermine support for Reform in 'red wall' places. Barmy to cut it on every possible ground. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is the single most important way that the Labour government could connect up climate action with reducing inequality, and also having a chance to undermine support for Reform in 'red wall' places. Barmy to cut it on every possible ground. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
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As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
As COP30 begins, here's a gentle reminder that well-intentioned half measures aren't going to solve the climate crisis. The era of fossil fuels must come to an end. My latest in The Guardian... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some thoughts on what our book Stability and politicization means for COP30. theconversation.com/why-even-pro... @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Some thoughts on what our book Stability and politicization means for COP30. theconversation.com/why-even-pro... @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...
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As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. #UNFCCC #ClimateAction #CBD @sanderchan.bsky.social @tlustym.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
From pledges to places: action agendas need spatial data to integrate climate and biodiversity action - npj Climate Action
As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. Otherwise, we cannot see where ch...
www.nature.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As COP30 approaches, policymakers must ensure that the integration of climate and biodiversity action by non-state and subnational actors is anchored in spatial data. #UNFCCC #ClimateAction #CBD @sanderchan.bsky.social @tlustym.bsky.social @conresglobal.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
good piece on some of the ongoing problems of relying on Carbon offsets to get to zero... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
good piece on some of the ongoing problems of relying on Carbon offsets to get to zero... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Very pleased to be in this podcast series 'Voices in Global Environmental Politics' hosted by Hayley Stevenson. open.spotify.com/show/5e4fjD0.... It's connected to her book on the topic: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
November 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Very pleased to be in this podcast series 'Voices in Global Environmental Politics' hosted by Hayley Stevenson. open.spotify.com/show/5e4fjD0.... It's connected to her book on the topic: www.cambridge.org/highereducat...
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Is climate stability enough to drive change or do we need social movement to spark action?
A new book from @matpaterson.bsky.social and Paul Tobin @manchester.ac.uk explores how politicisation and protest might be key to real climate progress. 📚🌍
Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
A new book from @matpaterson.bsky.social and Paul Tobin @manchester.ac.uk explores how politicisation and protest might be key to real climate progress. 📚🌍
Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is climate stability enough to drive change or do we need social movement to spark action?
A new book from @matpaterson.bsky.social and Paul Tobin @manchester.ac.uk explores how politicisation and protest might be key to real climate progress. 📚🌍
Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
A new book from @matpaterson.bsky.social and Paul Tobin @manchester.ac.uk explores how politicisation and protest might be key to real climate progress. 📚🌍
Read more: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/a...
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❇️ Check out our new OA article in the BJPS!
You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.
Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.
Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.
Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.
Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
NEW -
Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics, and Backlash against International Co-operation - https://cup.org/47BYSeS
- @patrickbayer.bsky.social & @fgenovese.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
Climate Policy Costs, Regional Politics, and Backlash against International Co-operation - https://cup.org/47BYSeS
- @patrickbayer.bsky.social & @fgenovese.bsky.social
#OpenAccess
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
❇️ Check out our new OA article in the BJPS!
You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.
Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.
Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
You'll find everything you love (hate?) like public perceptions of climate policy risk, IO backlash, devolution concerns, and trust politics in the UK.
Tldr: climate blacklash should be read through regional lenses.
Past thread: bsky.app/profile/fgen...
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This week we launched the West Yorkshire hub of @justcentre.bsky.social with 30+ regional partners to explore how to put social justice at the heart of climate change conversation and action. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, we are excited for what lies ahead!
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This week we launched the West Yorkshire hub of @justcentre.bsky.social with 30+ regional partners to explore how to put social justice at the heart of climate change conversation and action. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us, we are excited for what lies ahead!
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4️⃣ Rich frequent flyers will benefit most.
Communities near airports will face more noise and air pollution. Just 3% of the UK population take a quarter of all flights and around half don’t fly at all in any given year. 🛫
Communities near airports will face more noise and air pollution. Just 3% of the UK population take a quarter of all flights and around half don’t fly at all in any given year. 🛫
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
4️⃣ Rich frequent flyers will benefit most.
Communities near airports will face more noise and air pollution. Just 3% of the UK population take a quarter of all flights and around half don’t fly at all in any given year. 🛫
Communities near airports will face more noise and air pollution. Just 3% of the UK population take a quarter of all flights and around half don’t fly at all in any given year. 🛫