Frederik Hoedeman

Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor Sweden has swiftly transitioned from being considered a progressive pioneer in climate mitigation to the forefront of late obstruction. The proximate …

I am happy to have contributed a small part to this new paper on the shift in Swedish climate politics. By @holgersen.bsky.social, Andreas Malm plus the great former students at the master's programme in Human Ecology: Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Gronkjaer, Martin Charlier and Olivia Medin.

Estimating the benefits of active travel investment Examines how economic appraisal can be done more effectively for active travel interventions that do not fit into existing frameworks.

ICYMI. A report for Active Travel England on estimating the benefits of active travel was published last week.

Looks to be a helpful summary of some of the key appraisal issues and identifies the interventions that can do badly under the current approaches (eg traffic reduction & area wide schemes)

Carbon Bros, Ep 1: The Testosterone Pipeline Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

This podcast on petromasculinity and the manosphere (lol) by @amywestervelt.bsky.social and Daniel Penny is characteristically informative and insightful, but also surprisingly funny. Just the theme song (HUUUGH!!!) cracks me up.

To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation | Government and Opposition | Cambridge Core To Oppose or Not to Oppose? Strategies of Opposition Parties’ Parliamentary Support for Government Legislation

Opposition is a strategic game of signalling and shaping policy. Understanding this helps us better grasp how democracy really works. Find out more in the article published online.
📄 doi.org/10.1017/gov....

What are EU citizens' priorities?

Inflation, Poverty, EU defence, Jobs, Public health....

Virtually ALL policy areas where EU governments - not the EU - remain on the driving seat.

After 3 desk rejects and 2 major rewrites (with a 17-page rebuttal (!), and cutting word count by 25%), I am pleased that my paper on policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in climate policy has found a home in @climate-policy.bsky.social: (1/) @cast-centre.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1469...

The takeaway is
✅ Climate policy success not only depend on what it does, but also how it is perceived
📣 Communicating actual levels of support can help, esp for popular measures
⚖️ But for less-liked policies, communication alone won’t cut it. These need to be designed with fairness in mind (5/5)

Grafik zeigt Anteil Wege, die Kinder in verkehrsberuhigten und verkehrsbelasteten Wohnumfeld selbständig zurücklegen und durchschnittliche Anzahl von Freund:innen

Einer von vielen positiven Effekten von #Verkehrsberuhigung: Kinder sind häufiger selbständig mobil, spielen mehr draußen und haben durchschnittlich mehr soziale Kontakte mit Gleichaltrigen.

Last week, 75% of German electricity on the public grid came from renewable sources!

34% wind, 24% solar, 9% biogas and other bio-energy, 7% hydro (run of the river)

Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use trade talks to fight ‘bone-crushing’ EU regulation Darren Woods says bloc’s climate and human rights directive will hurt competition

As predicted, here’s a preview of how the EU-US deal will inevitably affect the ability of the EU to regulate its market:

Exxon chief urges Donald Trump to use trade talks to fight ‘bone-crushing’ EU regulation

on.ft.com/3U8ZIID

Securing the forest carbon sink for the European Union’s climate ambition - Nature Actionable research recommendations are outlined to improve the monitoring and modelling of forest resources and their carbon sink, and to better inform forest management decisions and the European Gr...

Why is the European forest carbon sink declining?
How science can help reversing this trend?

A perspective paper in Nature discusses these questions, highlighting the importance to better monitor forest resources and their resilience.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.

This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.

All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights

The Innovisor Newsletter just went out to subscribers. Curated by me. This time focused on 'informal networks' outside the office.

It also shares insights on network blindness. Something we are all exposed to and that should make us rethink how we do change.

t.co/BtzFshHyqS

Your daily dose of #CO2 part 1

30.07.2025 426.67
30.07.2024 Unavailable
30.07.2023 421.43 🆙4.39 or 1.05%
30.07.2022 417.04 🆙1.17 or 0.28%
30.07.2021 415.87 🆙1.71 or 0.41%

#ClimateCrisis

À Paris, le vélo continue de battre tous les records ! 🚲

En 2024, la fréquentation des pistes cyclables a bondi de 34% ! Près de 15 000 cyclistes ont emprunté le Boulevard de Sébastopol chaque jour !

Et on va continuer, de toutes nouvelles pistes seront livrées à la rentrée.

Blue whales are going eerily silent—and scientists say it’s a warning sign A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it?

A slow-burning environmental disaster: “As prey became scarce, blue whale vocalisations dropped by nearly 40% alongside a collapse in krill and anchovy populations.
‘It’s like trying to sing while you're starving,’ Ryan adds. ‘They were spending all their time just trying to find food.’”

u.s. department of energy post on x praising coal: "She's an icon She's a legend And she is the moment [sparkly picture of coal]

struggling with an analogy here but imagine NASA posting a meme about how excited they are to return aviation to the pre-jet age

Photo of a group of young researchers smiling, colorful clothes, on grass, historical industrial background of Norrköping

NERDS at IC2S2 in Norrköping
nerds.itu.dk/2025/08/01/n...

Four polar stereographic maps showing Antarctic near-surface air temperature anomalies for the month of July in 1985-1994, 1995-2004, 2005-2014, and 2015-2024. There is substantial regional variability.

A look at temperature departures for each of the last 4 decades across the #Antarctic. Lots of spatial variability by region this time of year.

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... and uses a 1951-1980 reference period for the anomalies.

💥👏💥

Great study and a pity that articles like this are so rare. It shows an approach considered promising thus far - one of *the* major approaches for carbon sequestration - does not deliver as anticipated. It debunks without giving an alternative solution. Very important insight - difficult to publish?

Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature Geoscience The maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin...

We should come to terms with the fact that forest, shrubland, grassland, and wetland ecosystems cannot offset fossil fuel CO₂ emissions.

But we should still protect and restore them for biodiversity and other ecosystem benefits.

Interesting! Particularly the introductory (generally valid) points on how privatisation can not be a substitute for public responsibility, as also privatisation requires a well-functioning government.

(And good point about how lobbyism can displace competition and customer focus.)

Congestion charge: Charging drivers a small fee significantly decreased traffic in cities.

Plastic bag charge: Charging a tiny fee significantly reduced plastic bag use.

Carbon price: ???

A new paper published by the US government shows that it interprets the EU-US trade deal as having secured exemptions for US corporations from EU regulations in areas like food and digital 🚨

If this interpretation is confirmed, it would be “#TTIP through the back door", as LobbyControl points out ⬇️

Traffic danger’s potential impact on children’s accessibility Children are often overlooked in transportation decision-making processes, which typically prioritize adult needs and capacities. Adult-exclusive mode…

This study in Montreal finds that traffic danger reduces children’s accessibility by 75%

The greatness of a nation can be judged by how easy it is to travel with bicycles by train, if it has functional passenger trains at all.

According to Bernd Lange, chair of the International trade committee in the EU Parliament, the Trump-Von der Leyen deal won't get a majority in the Parliament after it became clear US Interpretation of the deal is it means watering down of EU digital rights and other standards.

According to the New York Times, if the EU fulfills its pledge to buy $250 billion from American energy per year, the US will essentially become the bloc's only supplier.

Here's how the jump will look in practice.