Jens Koning

Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.

Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.

The European Union’s remarkable growth performance relative to the United States The EU has outperformed the US on per-capita output growth; in terms of output per hour worked, some EU countries are as productive as the US

"the narrative about the EU significantly falling behind the US in terms of [economic] output is wrong"

Graph showing: Monthly global air passengers

One of the most dramatic "blips" at a global level, ever.
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Trosser kritikken – går «all in» for Campus Ekeberg Prestisjeprosjektet kan komme til å koste Oslo kommune over 1,5 milliarder kroner.

Dette byrådet er en parodi på seg selv.

Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).

Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.

Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...

New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Thrilled to see our work in the NYT on heat pumps in cold climates.

Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Jo, norgespris oppmuntrer til økt strømbruk Svarer Nordeas investeringsdirektør Robert Næss.

Takk til @rosendahlke.bsky.social for behersket folkeopplysning i møte med Nordeas Næss om #Norgespris i #dax18.

Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

I am not saying it is easy or hard, but imo being a vigilant civil member of contemporary society is being at the same time one that strongly denounces the horrifying Yom Kippur Manchester attack and simultaneously believes that the Israeli far right government is doing atrocious things to humanity

De var tidlig ute med å bruke oppmerksomhetsøkonomien til deres fordel, i tillegg til at algoritmene på TikTok/instagram liker å pushe overforenkla politiske standpunkter.

ABSTRACT Involving those most affected by climate change in adaptation governance is crucial for procedural justice, legitimacy, and effectiveness. Empirical evidence indicates that democracies tend to perform better on climate change than authoritarian states. However, many highly climate-vulnerable countries lack key hallmarks of democracy, such as free and fair elections, while transitions to electoral democracy are hard to predict and difficult to foster. This article applies deliberative systems analysis to support a more nuanced understanding of climate politics and the diverse ways implicated groups influence decision-making in authoritarian states. Drawing on interviews with government officials, civil society, and international development practitioners involved in adaptation in Vietnam, three forms of influence are identified: coercive, persuasive, and deliberative. Despite hierarchical structures, the research reveals distinct dynamics of deliberative influence and reflects on the implications for non-governmental and international organizations seeking to use climate finance to support inclusive and accountable adaptation in climate-vulnerable countries.

New article!

Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA

"And they are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith, so they let themselves be used, over and over, in an endless attempt to find reasonable common ground with political forces bent on division."

Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Russia’s interference in Moldova’s democracy… - Renew Europe Ahead of this weekend’s pivotal elections in Moldova, Renew Europe condemns ongoing attempts by Russia to interfere in the election and reaffirms its…

We condemn Russia's interference in Moldovan democracy, including the use of disinformation, cyber-attacks and illicit financing.

The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!

@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...

Ny rapport: Verden planlegger kraftig økning i produksjon av olje, gass og kull – Alle land har ifølge seg selv en god grunn for å fortsette med fossil energi, sier forsker.

Når alle land har sin egen unnskyldning for akkurat sin fossile energi:

– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...

Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.

I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.

And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found. Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia because it reduces shade, diminishes rainfall and increases the risk of fire, the authors of the paper found. Continue reading...

Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds

Influencers in Number 10? Inevitable Get past your nausea and you’ll see that it’s canny public relations for governments to want to be where the voters are

The attention economy is coming for our governments. on.ft.com/45wYs8B

Tenk nytt, tenkt taktisk, stem grønt!

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show How The Attention Economy is Devouring Gen Z | The Ezra Klein Show

Attention is quickly becoming the most valuable currency in contemporary politics as more people get news from short-form media. If you’re not on instagram or tiktok you’re not gonna win elections in 2025. 1/ youtu.be/cZO1B4fZlOw

“Over the years, we realised that we [central bankers and supervisors] completely underestimated physical risk,
..
We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”

Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
🤬

Yeah, it just won’t happen without serious political pressure.

lots of speculation about the obamas getting divorced but the thing you have to understand is that we need affordable housing

Hvorfor må de stenge strekningen mellom Borgen til Majorstua så lenge?

Screenshot of: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02299-w

Woah, rare to see this kind of language in Nature 👀
“We show that +1.5 °C is far too high and that current climate conditions…could trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and high rates of Sea Level Rise... that would stretch the limits of adaptation” and could have “catastrophic consequences for humanity”

Award for Young Researchers to Sirianne Dahlum - Department of Political Science As a fresh student, Sirianne Dahlum did not consider the possibility of a career in research. Today, she cannot imagine a better job. She is now receiving the University of Oslo’s Award for Young Rese...

Congratulations to ISV's Sirianne Dahlum @sirianned.bsky.social on receiving the University of Oslo’s Award for Young Researchers 2025. Read about the prize and Sirianne Dahlum's excellent and important research on democracy and democratic backsliding below. www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

Kampanjen kan koste 1,4 mill. – partiet har kun registrert 50.000 i støtte Sporveien bekrefter at partiet Fred og Rettferdighet betalte for reklamekampanjen som nå synes på alle T-baner i Oslo. Partiet selv nekter å svare på hvor pengene kommer fra.

Kan ikke skjønne annet enn at det er et helt åpenbart brudd på partiloven om ikke denne støtten innrapporteres og offentliggjøres noe inni helvetes kjapt www.vg.no/i/rP2MEA?utm...

Two rows of three images. Top row is labeled Webb 11 July 2023 and the bottom row Keck 14 July 2023). The first column, labeled atmosphere and surface, shows two full-color images of Titan, appearing in mottled shades of yellow and brown with a blue haze around the edges. A bright spot near the top of Titan in each has an arrow pointing to it. The second column, labeled troposphere, shows two images in shades of orange. Each image is relatively featureless except for a bright spot near the top with an arrow. The third column, labeled stratosphere, also shows two images in shades of orange. The top image, taken July 11, is featureless and has no arrow. The bottom image, taken July 14, has a bright spot near the top with an arrow.

NEW: Saturn’s moon Titan has weather similar to Earth’s, but driven by methane evaporation and condensation. Astronomers have found evidence for clouds bubbling up over Titan’s northern hemisphere for the first time, using #NASAWebb and Keck observatory: webbtelescope.pub/3GofvQ1 🔭 🧪

Norgespris på strøm, slik regjeringen vil innføre er dårlig politikk og vil gjøre grønn omstilling vanskeligere. Derfor er der veldig bra at en rekke organisasjoner nå vil at kontrollkomiteen skal åpne sak og se om det er gjort feil. www.finansavisen.no/energi/2025/...

whatever goes wrong, these sycophants always insist it’s just “art of the deal.”