Global Environmental Politics

The Infrastructural South: Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization by Jonathan Silver

My new review of "The Infrastructural South: Techno-Environments of the Third Wave of Urbanization" by Jonathan Silver is up on the @gepjournal.bsky.social site!

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I had an interesting conversation with @jfmorin.bsky.social and @cyncouette.bsky.social about their research on the governance of orbital debris. Please watch this video to find out more!

The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris Abstract. The pollution of Earth’s orbits by debris represents a pressing environmental problem. Recognizing that geopolitical factors hinder the adoption of a multilateral solution, several experts a...

Read @jfmorin.bsky.social's & @cyncouette.bsky.social's #spacedebris paper below, featuring scholarly analysis on #orbital #polycentric governance spiced with amazing interviewee quotes, such as: “I can launch your washing machine right in the middle of the constellation of Elon Musk no problem!”

YouTube video by Global Environmental Politics Journal Jean-Frédéric Morin and Cynthia Couette on the governance of orbital debris

📽️ New GEP Youtube video! Check out this stellar discussion between Associate Editor @yixiansun.bsky.social and GEP co-authors @jfmorin.bsky.social and @cyncouette.bsky.social on addressing the emerging #environmental problem of #spacedebris 🚀. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR4...

Thrilled to share that GEP ranked in the top quartile of all publications in our field, based on 2024 impact factors! Kudos to all our wonderful authors for their brilliant contributions to global environmental politics scholarship, and to @mitpress.bsky.social for publishing the journal.

Amazonia Center of the World: Telling Stories of Socioenvironmentalism as Struggles for a Planet of Many Worlds Abstract. Considered a regional entity of the Earth system, Amazonia is close to its ecological tipping point. Nonetheless, over the last decades, socioenvironmental alliances have emerged in Brazilia...

New article on @gepjournal.bsky.social with a great group of authors - Amazonia Center of the World: Telling Stories of Socioenvironmentalism as Struggles for a Planet of Many Worlds direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

A great day- celebrating a fantastic OCIS conference & an article acceptance from @gepjournal.bsky.social (a paper on Indigenous v Settler Colonial approaches to fire with the brilliant Brent Steele- more an that soon) at the Sydney venue of Australia’s best brewery, Mountain Culture. Cheers!

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why Commercial mining of the deep sea could begin soon. But these metals and minerals are not scarce. Mining will be harmful and the economic benefits are overstated.

Check it out.
theconversation.com/we-dont-need...

The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris Abstract. The pollution of Earth’s orbits by debris represents a pressing environmental problem. Recognizing that geopolitical factors hinder the adoption of a multilateral solution, several experts a...

🌱Our conclusions are particularly relevant in light of the growing interest for the polycentric governance of #climatechange.

📄Want more details? The paper is available in open access: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

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YouTube video by Cynthia Couette The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris

🎥 New video! 👀 @jfmorin.bsky.social and I summarize the key elements of our new publication in @gepjournal.bsky.social, where we assess the viability of a #polycentric governance system to address the urgent #environmental problem of #spacedebris. 🌎🛰️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpK...

The Missing Ingredients for a Polycentric Governance System of Orbital Debris Abstract. The pollution of Earth’s orbits by debris represents a pressing environmental problem. Recognizing that geopolitical factors hinder the adoption of a multilateral solution, several experts a...

(1/6) 📣🎉New publication alert: @cyncouette.bsky.social and I have just published an article on the polycentric governance of space debris 🛰️🚀 in @gepjournal.bsky.social. Available in open access:
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

The Ambition Trap: How Overpromising on Climate Action Could Undermine the Paris Agreement Abstract. Under cross-pressure to pledge ambitious emission cuts and deliver concrete policy action, climate policymakers must navigate the tension between ambition and implementation prospects. Achie...

📢 New article
👥 Vegard Tørstad @vegardtorstad.bsky.social, Jon Hovi, Manjana Milkoreit, Håkon Sælen & Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit,
🔎 The Ambition Trap: How Overpromising on Climate Action Could Undermine the Paris Agreement
📖Open Access in Global Environmental Politics
🔗 doi.org/10.1162/glep...

Volume 25 Issue 2 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

Our May issue is live! Featuring new work on orbital debris, VSS, climate migration, feminist decolonial perspectives on climate governance, agricultural at COP27, & more by @jfmorin.bsky.social, @vegardtorstad.bsky.social, Cezar, Maboudi, Gay-Antaki, Hrabanski, & Zambianchi et al.

Climate Change, Vulnerability, and the Propensity for Climate Migration: Evidence from Guatemala Abstract. As extreme weather events, including floods, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires, have increased in frequency and severity, climate migration has also become more commonplace. However, few s...

New in @gepjournal.bsky.social:
Guatemalans’ direct experience with climate shocks, not just economic hardship, drives migration intent.
Insights from Maboudi, Eisenstadt, Arce, Feoli & Giron Palacios.
doi.org/10.1162/glep...
#ClimateMigration #EnvironmentalPolitics

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While there, subscribe to GEP's Youtube Channel for more enlightening discussions on cutting-edge research in our journal. Attn: professors: this a fabulous teaching resource, offering your students a behind-the-scenes look at how GEP scholarship happens & what it means! www.youtube.com/@GEPjournal

Reflections on a decade using Scholastica at GEP: Interview with Susan Altman Susan Altman, Managing Editor of MIT Press' Global Environmental Politics journal, reflects on GEP's transition to Scholastica's peer review system, the editorial team's experience working with Schola...

It's always exciting to check in with Scholastica users we've worked with for years!

In this past interview, Susan Altman, former ME of @gepjournal.bsky.social out of @mitpress.bsky.social, reflected on a decade using Scholastica's Peer Review System: blog.scholasticahq.com/post/decade-...

Global Environmental Politics Journal

While there, subscribe to GEP's Youtube Channel for more enlightening discussions on cutting-edge research in our journal. Attn: professors: this a fabulous teaching resource, offering your students a behind-the-scenes look at how GEP scholarship happens & what it means! www.youtube.com/@GEPjournal

YouTube video by Global Environmental Politics Journal GEP author Nguyen on the narrowing scope of IEAs in the era of right-wing populism

A new GEP video just in time for the weekend! Here's an excerpt of GEP Editor @dgweb121.bsky.social interviewing Nguyen Khoi Huynh about his GEP research article on how right-wing populism influences the design of international environmental agreements (IEAs). Full video link in the description.

There's no time like the present to reflect on your journal's current workflows and ways to improve!

Editors from Origin Editorial, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social, @gepjournal.bsky.social, and more share tips to help in this eGuide: bit.ly/3GNzjax

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Looking forward to reading these papers, particularly the first article 'Technology and International Environmental Cooperation' (by @frabitz.bsky.social) Reminds me of earlier work on role of tech in functioning of private regulation (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...)

Right-Wing Populists and the Politics of Renegotiating International Environmental Agreements Abstract. The rise of right-wing populist (RWP) parties across democracies who disparage and seek to dismantle international (environmental) agreements poses a grave threat to the liberal internationa...

Right-wing populist parties who disparage & seek to dismantle international environmental agreements pose a grave threat to the liberal international order. Here, GEP author Nguyen Khoi Huynh investigates how populists influence the design of IEAs. Required (open-access!) reading for troubled times:

Volume 25 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

Our February issue is online, featuring incisive work on populism, plastics, gender, tech & int'l cooperation, & more by @frabitz.bsky.social, @nives-dolsak.bsky.social, @policyrelevant.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @pmhaas.bsky.social & others not on Bluesky!
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...

YouTube video by Global Environmental Politics Journal Paul Steinberg on reframing climate action

Want a different way to look at things? Have a listen to my colleagues @gepjournal.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvvl...

Plastic Partnerships: How Corporations Are Hedging Against the UN Global Plastics Treaty Abstract. The global plastic crisis has intensified over the past decade, pressuring corporations to address their environmental impact. In response to a UN resolution to negotiate a treaty to end pla...

new paper with @jacktaggart.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social on corporate power, multistakeholderism and the Global Plastics Treaty

we contend that multistakeholder partnerships constitute a key hedging strategy for companies facing regulatory pressures to address plastics pollution

We still have nominations open committees! These committees have room for grad students, early career folks, and senior folks. It's a great opportunity to meet folks in the subfield and help build a collaborative community!

Prisoners of the Wrong Dilemma: Why Distributive Conflict, Not Collective Action, Characterizes the Politics of Climate Change Abstract. Climate change policy is generally modeled as a global collective action problem structured by free-riding concerns. Drawing on quantitative data, archival work, and elite interviews, we rev...

Recommended Sunday reading in a stormy political climate: GEP's *most read* article ever! Here's @aklin.bsky.social & @mattomildenberger.bsky.social's take-no-prisoners analysis of "why institutional and political responses to climate change may ineffectively target the wrong policy-making dilemma."

Gender Distribution of Leadership Positions in Global Environmental Politics Abstract. Many institutions have called for increasing the number of women in leadership positions in global environmental politics (GEP). Little information exists, however, regarding gender distribu...

Sobering stat from David Downie's latest GEP article:

"Men currently lead 80% of the 15 global intergovernmental organizations particularly important to global environmental politics, and have held 90% of these positions in the past."

More on gender distributions in GEP leadership positions here:

From Apocalypse to Empowerment: Reframing Climate Action Abstract. This article proposes empowerment as a new frame for analyzing, communicating, and practicing climate action. I first discuss the role of collective action frames in social movements and the...

Has empowerment in the face of apocalypse ever been more urgent?

Paul Steinberg's latest GEP paper explores how increasing our capacity to identify/fulfill goals over long time horizons & multiple issues can "benefit the whole person & whole community." Yes, please.

Free to download, read, share:

YouTube video by Global Environmental Politics Journal How we decide which manuscripts go out for review.

A highly useful video guide to the acceptance of manuscripts at @gepjournal.bsky.social This is a model that other journals should consider following. youtu.be/VuQpkWBv3kM?...