Research: pressure for short-term profits jeopardizes climate investment | Institute for Business in Global Society
A new study shows there is often a direct connection between the need for short-term profits and opposition to climate regulation.
Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:
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Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
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Out in @natureenergy.bsky.social, with Esther Shears and Jared Finnegan www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Economics. Personal views.
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Research on the social and political foundations of modern economies.
📍 Cologne
Imprint: www.mpifg.de/2856/imprint
All things industrial policy.
From the Industrial Policy Group lab. Co-founded by Dr. Réka Juhász and Dr. Nathan Lane. 🔗 https://industrialpolicygroup.com
Professor of Energy Policy, Professor of Earth and Environment, Passionate About Energy and Climate Justice
Climate and energy policy | Project lead @INFRAS consulting | PhD from ETH Zurich
Polisci professor, University of Toronto & 東京大学 (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
Wesleyan prof. SER editor. OUP author. political economy, public policy, state, capitalism, democracy, crisis, American politics. New Haven. NYC.
W/Henry Farrell, Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt 2023/Penguin); Georgetown; This is a private account.
Economics, Business, and Energy Prof at UC Berkeley. Member, Board of Governors, CA ISO. All opinions only my own.
Political Science Professor. Climate governance, climate action, renewables, EU studies and policy entrepreneurs. I follow Norwegain, Swedish and EU cliamte policy+politics. University of Oslo. CICERO. IPCC AR6. Klimatpolitiska rådet.
Senior Lecturer in Energy Policy at the University of Exeter, UK. Researching change, inertia and public engagement in energy transitions.
https://experts.exeter.ac.uk/19656-iain-soutar
Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It’s pronounced juggernaut without the jug.
If I didn't bother writing it, you shouldn't have to bother reading it: https://gwagner.com/privacy
🇨🇦 Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo.
Global political economy of food and agriculture. Member of IPES-Food. https://uwaterloo.ca/scholar/jclapp
Author of Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press, 2025)
Political Scientist @ Columbia University. Climate Change, Environment, and Political Economy. https://www.nilskupzok.com
The Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy. Please follow us on our new handle: @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk
Deep decarbonization and the business of climate.
I do that presentation.
https://www.nathanielbullard.com/
📍Singapore
Senior climate change economist @ World Bank, on leave @ UMass Amherst | Views are my own
Environmental Economist.
Loves mountains in the winter.
Teach at UC Berkeley. Research climate innovations, climate justice, corporate decarbonization, rapid transitions. But mainly here for the snark and indignation.
