Climate Political Economy

After Escape: The New Climate Power Politics

December 11, 2020

The vista painted for us by Bruno Latour, Eva Lin, and Martin Guinard in their concept for the Taipei Biennial 2020 is alarming: “We are

China takes the climate stage

October 19, 2020

This was supposed to be a big year for climate politics. It has lived up to expectations. But not, perhaps, in quite the way Europe

Welcome to the Final Battle for the Climate

October 17, 2020

The great powers have taken big steps to fight global warming. Now attention turns to the rest of the world. China’s unilateral commitment to carbon

How Xi Just Saved the World 

September 25, 2020

In a little-noticed speech this week, China permanently changed the global fight against climate change. China will scale up its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions by

COVID: First Economic Crisis of the Anthropocene

May 7, 2020

In the spring of 2020 the streets of the major commercial capitals of the world from Lagos to Shanghai, London, and New York were eerily

Politics for the end of the world

April 1, 2020

History right now shifts with dizzying speed. Anatol Lieven’s new book is about climate change and the nation state. Lieven wants us to think about

Adam Tooze speaking at a podium with a screen in the back that says Green New Deal

NYU Abu Dhabi: Green New Deal Twentieth Century Shadows on Climate Crisis

February 5, 2020

The climate crisis is the greatest challenge of the 21st century, but Western politics continues to approach it through the lens of 20th-century history. References

Davos prioritises environment as activists invest hope in greener finance

January 21, 2020

“Our house is on fire,” Greta Thunberg told delegates at the World Economic Forum last January. In the months that followed, “Greta” became the uncompromising

How Climate Change has Supercharged the Left

January 15, 2020

The climate emergency is stirring radical politics across the world. Most notably, the left wings of both the Democratic Party in the United States and

How Britain beat Germany in the race for green energy

December 9, 2019

In the UK there is now considerable euphoria around decarbonisation. This is, to say the least, a surprise. In the 19th century Britain led the

Germany Chooses Economic Nostalgia Over Saving the Planet

October 31, 2019

When Kristalina Georgieva had to choose a panel for her debut as managing director of the International Monetary Fund at the organization’s fall meeting, the

Grosse Koaltion, Small Klimapaket

September 30, 2019

In Germany Friday September 20th 2019 was billed as the moment at which Angela Merkel’s Grosse Koalition would reclaim leadership in climate politics. There was

Hurricane in the Bahamas is a harbinger of our future

September 3, 2019

For the government of the Bahamas, the devastating hurricane that struck the Abaco Islands is a national emergency. Around the world it has unleashed a

Why Central Banks Need to Step Up on Climate Change

July 20, 2019

In October 2012, the global financial system got its first taste of the effects of climate change when Hurricane Sandy roared through lower Manhattan, shutting

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