Chris Crellin

New article in @climate-policy.bsky.social with Yves Steinebach:

"Legal complexity undermines effective climate policy implementation"

Available open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

☀️ Australia:
On the other side of the world, summer heatwaves brought 'extreme heat stress' to much of Australia, with feels-like temperatures of 46°C or higher.

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My latest in the Conversation summarises the findings from our recent paper on organised interests in Australian #climate policy.

Thanks to the @aunz.theconversation.com team for some nice interactive figures to explore the data.
@cssn.org @anuregnet.bsky.social

theconversation.com/these-voices...

Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...

What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics?

New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.

direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Interested in an academic career in political science? Do you want to work in a vibrant department with friendly colleagues? Interested in climate governance or EU studies? Do to live close to nature, but also enjoy a vibrant cultural scene? Appreciate a good work-life balance?

Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?

📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.

Key finding include 🧵

How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature - npj Climate Action Scientists have much to contribute to the growing social movements pushing for urgent and transformative change to address the climate and biodiversity crises. Depending on their skills, interests and...

There is much to be done, at all levels.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Guardian Essential report: Climate doom and Al anxiety 26 November 2025 ☑ 26m Just over half of voters say that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll. The same number of voters had the same response more than 15 years ago, so Essential Media's executive director, Peter Lewis, and political reporter Josh Butler unpack the difference between the science and politics of climate action in Australia. They also explore why self-aware Al - rather than the climate crisis - ranked as our greatest existential threat, and how the overwhelming support for gambling reform exposes the gap between Albanese's current commitments and the public mood for change

Wow I am blown away by this new data on Australia's climate views

Highest levels of outright science denial since 2009. Highest level of 'gov't is doing too much' (!!!)

And more people afraid of 'self aware AI' than climate.

What a nightmare set of results

pca.st/episode/6577...

a drawing of a boat heating torwads an iceberg - lower temps still collide with ice but not as badly.

This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals

📊 𝗘𝗨𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗫 dataset update!

💻 We updated complexity data to 𝟭,𝟬𝟯𝟮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, including entirely new data on 𝟴𝟭𝟱 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. The dataset now includes legislative procedures from 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟯 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.

📎 The data are now available for download at www.euplex.org/data

Well apparently the US is not the only nation turning its back on science...🤔

Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out

The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It was great to visit @cicero.oslo.no where I presented and discussed my work on coalitions in EU environmental policy processes to the climate policy group! Thank you to Merethe Dotterud Leiren for the invitation!

#PhD #EU #environmentpolicy #coalitions

Really enjoyed visiting the lovely @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social today. I had the opportunity to present and discuss some of my on-going PhD research to the climate policy group!

#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion

Excited to be a visiting PhD researcher for the next three months at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, University of Oslo under the supervision of @elinlb.bsky.social!

Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!

2) Discussing key aspects of the EU's climate policy framework, focusing on key developments and policy innovations since the European Green Deal.

#EU #EuropeanGreenDeal #Environment #Policy

Our chapter 'EU climate policy' takes stock of the EU's climate mitigation policy architecture by:

1) Presenting an historical overview of EU climate policy from the early 1990s until the end of the 9th EU Parliament term (April 2024) and;

EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges This book presents an overview of the field of environmental law and policies within the European Union (EU) and externally, from theoretical foundations to major issues and applied governance solutio...

🌱Thrilled to be a part of this book on EU Environmental Governance! 🌱

Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.

www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...

Was fortunate enough to present a chapter of my PhD thesis on the drivers of #coalitions in the #EU #GreenDeal and tune in to some great emerging research at the @uaces.bsky.social conference in Liverpool

Today, at our webinar, @laura-mas.bsky.social presented her work and provided valuable insights on policy research and crisis. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Laura! ☺️

And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨

See you next time!

Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!

Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: @laura-mas.bsky.social from University of Bologna will provide insights on the connection between #crises, policy processes and EU policymaking. Join us!! 😊

🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%

Temperature records are going to keep getting broken until morale improves (or until we stop burning fossil fuels).

Motherfucking wind farms…

Send your paper/panel to EPSS 2026! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the climate politics section and can’t wait to help climate research shine in Belfast!

Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...

🔔 Job opportunity – Sydney Environment Institute is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Research Fellow - #Justice and #Electricity Transmission to develop research on climate justice and electricity transmission with @amandatattersall.bsky.social and @dschlosberg.bsky.social. Applications close 11 Aug, 11:59PM

U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from planet-warming emissions.

The new ruling by the UN court on climate action is a game changer.

The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.

Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a years-long campaign that began with university students.

The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.

Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...

Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Must-read for all EU climate politics nerds: @ziaweise.bsky.social with an update on the nuances of the unfolding parliamentarian political battle over the new EU 2040 target.