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Teresa Kramarz

@tkramarz.bsky.social

Environmental politics, international organizations, accountability, extractives, & Latin America. Co-Director Environmental Governance Lab at University of Toronto teresakramarz.com lithiumfrontiers.com

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๐Ÿ’ธDoes the World Bank give easier loan terms to allies of powerful member states?

โžก๏ธUsing Latent Semantic Scaling, J. Winter @bvcormier.bsky.social @tkramarz.bsky.social @markya.bsky.social find little evidence of favoritism toward powerful allies www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView

16.04.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Explore Global Energy Review ๐Ÿ‘‡

Key findings: iea.li/4iD0Mzg
Global trends: iea.li/4hDMLQy
Oil: iea.li/4hF1A5j
Natural gas: iea.li/4hHINpX
Coal: iea.li/4kXct5m
Electricity: www.iea.org/reports/glob...
CO2 emissions: www.iea.org/reports/glob...

24.03.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Our latest article is now published in Earth System Governance: "The unbearable lightness of lithium governance: Legitimizing extraction for a just and sustainable energy transition." With Craig Johnson and Susan Park. Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

21.01.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great read on artisanal mining too.

16.12.2024 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Energy Humanities News | Helios 5: Populist Moments and Extractivist States with Nicholas Carby-Denning, Teresa Kramarz, and Donald Kingsbury Helios is an EH interview series about new research in the energy humanities and the creative processes that bring it to life. In this fifth installment, Nicholas Carby-Denning interviews University o...

New EH/Helios interview with Don Kingsbury and Teresa Kramarz re populism and oil extraction in Venezuela and Ecuador: www.energyhumanities.ca/news/helios-...

12.12.2024 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The frustration my colleagues and I feel is almost palpable. Weโ€™ve been warning of these issues for so long that most of the pioneers in this field are now retired or dead. After giving more than a thousand lectures, talks, testimonies, and interviews Iโ€™m feeling old and worn.
Still, I cling to my optimism that the worst outcomes can still be avoided because I see positive signs of progress. The cost of non-carbon energy alternatives has fallen so low, it is now cheaper to shut down existing coal plants than to keep running them. In 2023, China built as much solar photovoltaics capacity as the entire world did in 2022. Clean energy is the leading form of new electricity generation in the U.S., with solar reaching record levels in 2023. In 2024, wind and solar will generate more electricity than hydropower. In early 2025, renewable electricity generation will surpass coal to become the largest source of electricity globally. Most encouraging, the growing efforts of younger generations to raise awareness and fight for action on climate, often at great personal cost, show they understand the stakes and care deeply about their future.

The frustration my colleagues and I feel is almost palpable. Weโ€™ve been warning of these issues for so long that most of the pioneers in this field are now retired or dead. After giving more than a thousand lectures, talks, testimonies, and interviews Iโ€™m feeling old and worn. Still, I cling to my optimism that the worst outcomes can still be avoided because I see positive signs of progress. The cost of non-carbon energy alternatives has fallen so low, it is now cheaper to shut down existing coal plants than to keep running them. In 2023, China built as much solar photovoltaics capacity as the entire world did in 2022. Clean energy is the leading form of new electricity generation in the U.S., with solar reaching record levels in 2023. In 2024, wind and solar will generate more electricity than hydropower. In early 2025, renewable electricity generation will surpass coal to become the largest source of electricity globally. Most encouraging, the growing efforts of younger generations to raise awareness and fight for action on climate, often at great personal cost, show they understand the stakes and care deeply about their future.

Beautiful essay by climate scientist @petergleick.bsky.social on the difference between dismayed and defeated. With a list of what's still unstoppable....
time.com/7178677/clim...

26.11.2024 02:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 405    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

Genial para comunicar y entender lo cotidiano con referencia a escalas locales, globales y temporales.

21.11.2024 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Middle income countries like Brazil have already been pushing for similar kinds of joint ventures with Chinese green tech firms.

Hereโ€™s a recent article I co-authored with Alex Kentikelinis on โ€œGlobalizing green industrial policy through technology transfersโ€: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

19.11.2024 20:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great post Kate! The global north could learn a lot from the global south re repair and maintenance.

18.11.2024 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here a starter pack on critical sustainability, planetary boundaries, doughnut economies, circularity etc. Just a start. Please send suggestions โ€” and not only of yourselves thanks (-; go.bsky.app/TwH9JHE

17.11.2024 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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