James Jackson

Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC - Carbon Brief High gas prices are responsible for two-thirds of the rise in household electricity bills since before the global energy crisis.

Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills

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An important contribution to the work on critical mineral extraction, clarifying an area I think a lot of us talk about in a very general way.

China shows monetary independence may hinder net zero progress Government direction has spurred PBoC to adopt green monetary policy measures, argue economists Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.

New commentary piece out in @greencb.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social in which we discus central bank independence, green monetary policy and the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) - greencentralbanking.com/2026/01/13/c...

Read the current in book on China from 2025. The distinction between China’s focus on supply and the US’s on demand is nice. It still, predictably, goes for the ‘China is amazing at X but it should still be more like the US’ angle.

The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.

Climate action faces key tests in 2026 New EU carbon tax and large clean energy projects are on the horizon

Some key issues in 2026 - www.ft.com/content/33ba...

Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025 Legal action has brought important decisions, from the scrapping of fossil fuel plants to revised climate plans

'The Urgenda case was one of the first rumblings of a wave of climate litigation around the world (...) Over the past 12 months, there have been many more important rulings and tangible changes on climate driven by legal action' And more to come, I might add! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Berlin launches ‘Germany Fund’ to lure private equity investors Initiative aims to raise €130bn in investments amid growing interest from firms including KKR and Apollo

Germany pushing on with the #WallStreetConsensus, as if the past three years of derisking failures havent taught them anything about competing in a world of transforrmative state projects

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Paris-aligned investments offer similar returns and stability | Banque de France Post No. 422. This study shows that Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices for both equities and bonds. Thus, from an investor’s perspective, Paris alig...

'Paris-aligned indices (PAB) have similar return and volatility to conventional indices. Thus, they may offer investors, including institutionals, an opportunity to green their portfolios without taking on additional risk' www.banque-france.fr/en/publicati...

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Bumper Christmas for air travel as 300mn take to the skies Airlines on track for the biggest holiday season getaway in history as industry braces for record demand

The true festive spirit..... www.ft.com/content/2dff...

It’s all in the details: comparing and explaining variation in the ‘policy specificity’ of sub-city climate activities Comparative analyses of policy datasets enable explanations of variation, but not all policy activities are extensive enough to be assessed through the established ‘policy intensity’ approach. We i...

NEW PUBLICATION - Paul Tobin, Neil Carter, Josh Barritt, Anna Sanders and I have a new article examining the development of Climate Action Plans in London. Treat yourself to an early Christmas present, it's Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Arctic endured year of record heat as climate scientists warn of ‘winter being redefined’ Region known as ‘world’s refrigerator’ is heating up as much as four times as quickly as global average, Noaa experts say

Winter isn’t coming

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New report recasts Global South as climate finance investor, not recipient The report by IHLEG dilutes historical responsibility, focusing instead on domestic reforms, private capital, and...

"Tackling climate change & nature loss is one of the greatest economic opportunities of our era.” This line may have forever changed the language of climate finance from one of responsibility of richer nations...to one of investment, esp. for the Global South." 🙄🤨 carboncopy.info/new-report-r...

While Western central banks hesitate on climate, China’s acts - LSE Business Review Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a central banking problem.

Only one of the world’s four most powerful monetary authorities is acting as though the climate transition is a problem for #CentralBanks: The People's Bank of #China.

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New blog!

Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now? by Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.

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My thoughts on the financialcialisation of football in audio form w/ @sperishefuni.bsky.social. Many of the aspects discussed are also part of a forthcoming book on football and climate change w/ @markdoidge.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social

Thanks for sharing

While Western central banks talk green, the People's Bank of China acts. Our hidden gem of the week shows how liberal orthodoxy of central bank "independence" constrains green monetary policy.

By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social

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'Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?' Mathias Larsen, James Jackson & Environment and Climate Politics Working Group "suggesting that the debate surrounding the conceptus of the state has become overly conflated." 🌳

Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB

China doesn’t want to lead alone on climate policies, senior adviser warns Exclusive: A top official in Beijing’s Cop delegation says China is committed to clean energy – but US’s absence is a problem

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics

Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...

NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...

NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Hopefully useful for scholars dealing with the green state/environmental state and others - @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social @monicadileo.bsky.social @pkashwan.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social

NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.

@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.