Harald Winkler

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International Court of Justice advisory opinion gives legal muscle to climate accountability The advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice is a legal milestone. Conceived by law students from small islands, it gathered wider support and makes a very strong legal case for climat...

My take on the ICJ advisory opinion on state obligation on cliamte change www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please! @icta-uab.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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1/2 @aruneshkarkun.bsky.social is a Research Lead in the Environmental Governance & Policy team. His work focuses on researching air quality governance, policies on electric mobility and climate change. He also works on understanding emergent environmental governance issues like geo-engineering,

1/4 #Netzero targets are now central to global climate ambition. However these targets vary in scope and timelines, reflecting differences in historical responsibility, development needs, domestic capabilities, political realities, and economic structures.

8. 👉 Dive into the reflections on Just Transitions dialogues here: www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

7. The resulting proposals—described as 'good ideas that can make a difference'—offer practical pathways to advance truly equitable climate action globally.

6. ✨ These dialogues, bringing together diverse strategic thinkers for active co-creation, expanded the concept of just transitions to a people-centred political and economic agenda.

5. 🌍 To ensure discussions were grounded in reality, site visits were incorporated, including to an urban regeneration initiatives in Barcelona and the Atlantis Special Economic Zone in South Africa.

4. ⚖️ The dialogues examined equity in adaptation, how to make visible choices and their equity implications, and exploring approaches that address climate risks and structural inequalities.

3. 💡 We also explored ideas to fund structural transformations, diversifying economies towards both low emissions and high employment. Furthermore, participants recognised the key role of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in fostering green economic transformation and job creation.

2. 🎯 Discussions tackled critical areas, including navigating political frontiers and effectively mediating the necessary-but-disruptive conflicts arising from the shift to net zero emissions.

1. 📖 Discover how two dynamic dialogues, "Reflections on global enablers of just transitions to net zero emissions" provides timely insights into advancing equitable climate action amidst global uncertainty. www.iddri.org/en/publicati...

Two contrasting news headlines: Last week, Trump administration shuts down US website on climate change. This week, at least 100 people are dead in Texas due to climate fuelled floods

🚨Trump shut down a federal website on climate change in the SAME WEEK climate-fuelled floods killed at least 120 people in Texas.

His anti-environment agenda is funded by the fossil fuel industry

It’s time to make polluters pay for loss and damage. Join the #PollutersPayPact today 👉🏽 act.gp/3FccTES

The case goes to duties of companies and authorities to prepare for climate hazards, and maintain adaptation measures – without which, there will be loss and damage (L&D). Not the usual plaintiffs in climate litigation ...

Toyota insurers sue Transnet MEC and Durban over losses from climate induced floods
For ca R6.5 billion (ca USD 325 million). Claim failure to have maintained critical flood prevention infrastructure and neglect in repairing after earlier floods.
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Lots to unpack about the Rio #BRICS Summit, but noteworthy how much more this Leaders' Declaration had to say regarding the importance of combating climate change and upholding multilateralism to do so than the #g7 (which literally didn't even utter the word climate)
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Congratulations to Sonja Phalatse, Julia Taylor, and Imraan Valodia for a thoughtful paper, and under-explored connection between care work and climate action

New paper: The Care-Climate Nexus - A Conceptual Framework, from Wits Southern Centre for Inequality Studies wiredspace.wits.ac.za/items/c03eb8...

Reforming the United Nations for the Future of the Global Climate Regime

www.c2es.org/2025/05/refo... thought-provoking piece. easy to see problems with UN climate regime. But what would work better?

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Dr Grové Steyn of Meridian Economics gave a compelling presentation. One slide titled “The proposed balanced plan is not logically derived from the underlying analysis” and then further slides substantiating this very clearly

Nuclear and gas ‘forced in’ SA’s draft updated electricity masterplan – experts South Africa’s draft Integrated Resource Plan 2024 (IRP) is ‘deeply flawed’ in both process and outcome, according to a panel of independent energy economists, climate policy specialists and engineers...

Some insights from webinar on IRP2025, SA's electricity plan. Current draft is 'policy-based evidence-making' - as I said, opposite of what we need. Other speakers demonstrated the failure to derive plans from evidence www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Invitation: Webinar: Policy and planning considerations for energy and electricity in South Africa in the years to 2050. Email from EE Business Intelligence (Pty) Ltd Energy and ICT sector news and announcements from EE Business Intelligence   Energy, electricity and ICT for Africa News and announcements from EE Busines

Invitation: Webinar: Policy and planning considerations for energy and electricity in South Africa in the years to 2050.: conta.cc/4iDbkNS Chris Yelland is organising, on IRP 2024/25

UCT Research on X: "Prof Harald Winkler (@HarryWinkler) received @NRF_News A1-rating recognising his internationally leading scholarship and impact of interdisciplinary research at the nexus of development, climate change & social justice. #UCTResearchExcellence @Commerce_UCT. https://t.co/oB8SrrbZQk" / X Prof Harald Winkler (@HarryWinkler) received @NRF_News A1-rating recognising his internationally leading scholarship and impact of interdisciplinary research at the nexus of development, climate change & social justice. #UCTResearchExcellence @Commerce_UCT. https://t.co/oB8SrrbZQk

Thanks to all who have shared their insights, bringing a perspective from South Africa, Africa and the global South to these challenges. This rating belongs to all of us. x.com/UCT_Research...

Am grateful that my research on development, climate and social justice has been recognised by NRF A1 rating. In doing research on the crises of climate, poverty, inequality and unemployment, only groups of people can make a difference when knowledge is produced by teams and through collaborations

Which century is Scott Bessant living in? Apparently one in which baseload is a thing, there is no climate crisis, and the WB / IMF follow US orders, rather than devoting “ disproportionate time and resources to work on climate change, gender, and social issues” OMG

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The Trumpists are a dangerous tribe of morons. They cannot make a deal with the climate. Sensible people everywhere needs to stand up to this madness

E&E News: Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks The Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered.

Hard to believe ones eyes when reading news coming out of the Trump administration. Closing down teh office in US State Dept that leads climate negotiations. One official is quoted as calling this “strategically fucking dumb”. Yes, exactly.

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