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Christian Flachsland

H-index: 32
Economics 41%
Energy 21%
chflachsland.bsky.social
"A growing number of studies have found that the most widely used offset programs continue to greatly overestimate their probable climate impact often by a factor of five to ten or more. "
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
jacobedenhofer.bsky.social
Some thoughts on the strategic logic behind Kemi Badenoch’s announcement that she’d scrap the Climate Change Act (CCA).
It serves two functions:
1️⃣ It appeals to lukewarm pivotal voters in marginal seats sceptical of costly green measures.
2️⃣ It is designed to
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
wahlrecht.de
Sonntagsfrage zur Landtagswahl in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern • Infratest dimap / NDR: AfD 38 % | SPD 19 % | CDU 13 % | DIE LINKE 12 % | BSW 7 % | GRÜNE 5 % | Sonstige 6 %
➤ Verlauf: wahlrecht.de/umfragen/lan...
🗓️ Landtagswahl: 20. September 2026
#ltwmv
Säulendiagramm der Sonntagsfrage zur Landtagswahl in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern von Infratest dimap für den NDR
chflachsland.bsky.social
I hope the initiative will be underpinned by some cold-blooded political economy analysis to make it effective...

It's just a tough problem - doesn't mean it can/should not be tackled.
Quite the opposite, imho.
chflachsland.bsky.social
Update of perhaps my favorite global climate policy indicator: The production gap report.

In fact, the gap between countries' planned fossil fuel extraction and global climate targets has widened.

Turning the tide on these indicators is essential for climate policy success.

productiongap.org
btwahltrend.bsky.social
CDU/CSU 25,4
AfD 25,6
SPD 14,6
Grüne 11,2
Linke 10,8
BSW 3,9
FDP 3,1
FW 1,6

pollytix.de/wahltrend
@pollytix.bsky.social
ipcc.bsky.social
Registration for experts interested in serving as Expert Reviewers and providing scientific comments on the First Order Draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities is now open!

Register here: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
⚠️ Registration closes 30 Nov2025

🔗 www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...

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