James Jackson

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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

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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....

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.

A country remade by privatisation.

Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.

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Feel free to pass it onto said Marxists my friend!

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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.

ABSTRACT Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it is impacted by political contexts, whereby actors at different levels of government may hold different priorities and rationales, and work at different speeds. Ultimately, this dynamic multi-level context can complicate long-term planning and increase political risk, yet there has been little research on politically discordant levels within studies on multi-level governance, especially in unitary countries. We argue that cities can act unilaterally and collaboratively both nationally and internationally to seek to overcome low support, delay or even obstruction on climate mitigation from the national government. By examining how multilevel governance and political context shapes climate action in pioneer city Stockholm, the article contributes to the climate governance literature by outlining strategies for advancing climate action in dynamic political contexts.

New article!

The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.

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The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it...

NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

China’s Leninist industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP

This view that China ‘should’ move towards a different economic model for seemingly no other reason that the West did it 40 years ago is odd - www.theguardian.com/business/202...

‘Net zero’ emissions standard paused as Shell quits Energy group experts left after draft guidance on global warming plans ‘did not reflect the industry view’

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China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor

China dominance continues - www.ft.com/content/e517...

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The ways that external and internal dynamics influence intermediaries in the climate policy process Abstract. “Climate intermediaries” are important for climate governance, as they can strengthen mitigation efforts by drawing enable diverse insights into

🚨 New Publication 🚨 - w/ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin and Lizzie Bailes - we detail how NGO's face challenges in their attempts to act as intermediaries in the climate policy process in the UK. The article is based on a series of original interviews with these very NGOs - academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...

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It builds on the work of @mbabic.bsky.social and hopefully of interest to UK climate policy colleagues @matpaterson.bsky.social @mazzucatom.bsky.social @rosiecollington.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

The environmental state: Analysing the ‘creation’ of renewable energy markets in the United Kingdom - James Silverwood, James Jackson, 2025 Following work on the green state, the environmental state has become a prominent analytical concept in recent decades commonly applied to understand the expand...

New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Hopefully of interest to the green transition/finance colleagues - @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social @monicadileo.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @bentleyallan.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social @kaiheron.bsky.social @runestahl.bsky.social