Lauri Peterson

📬 Issue #3 of Our Newsletter is Out Now!
We’re thrilled to bring you the third edition packed with fresh insights, key updates, and a look at what’s coming next.
Take a moment to explore. We hope you enjoy the read!
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🌍 On 2 July 2025, the EU will propose its 2040 climate target—potentially using international carbon credits under Article 6.

Our new #PolicyBrief outlines key conditions to ensure any such use strengthens, not weakens, EU climate action.
Read more: www.achieveproject.eu/publications...

Sicily is so hot that the region has just issued an ordinance to suspend various types of agricultural and construction activities on hot days to avoid accidents at work. Essentially these activities will be off at 12:30-16:00pm until 31/8.

But let’s talk again how expensive climate mitigation is..

@achieveproject.bsky.social organized official side event at #SB62 on high integrity nature based climate action.

Assessing risks to the implementation of NDCs under the Paris Agreement

🔓 Full implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions is unlikely, as countries face key risks:

1️⃣ Ambition
2️⃣ Institutional capacity
3️⃣ Interest group opposition
4️⃣ Policy inconsistency
5️⃣ Monitoring&enforcement

Read analysis by @thisislauri.bsky.social‬ @harrovanasselt.bsky.social‬

Most risks are political, not technical.
⚠️ Weak civil society
⚠️ Strong fossil fuel lobbies
⚠️ Poor enforcement
We group countries by risk profile & argue: tailored support, not one-size-fits-all, is key to closing the implementation gap.
@ndcaspects.bsky.social

#ClimateAction

🚨 New in Climate Policy 🚨
Why are Paris Agreement pledges so hard to implement?
@harrovanasselt.bsky.social and I identify 5 key risks, like political opposition & weak institutions, that threaten NDC follow-through in 22 major emitters.
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1469...

#ClimatePolicy #ParisAgreement

Missed our webinar? no stress, you can catch the replay here: www.achieveproject.eu/publications... 🎥
we covered key updates on net zero integrity – from SBTi + ISO draft to GHG Protocol + EU regs (CSRD/CSDDD)
let us know what you think!
#voluntaryclimateaction #netzero​ #highintegrity

Workshop on cities and citizen engagement part of voluntary climate action.

Still reflecting on a productive and motivating General Assembly with the @achieveproject.bsky.social team in Cologne! Thanks to everyone who made it a success. Here’s to what comes next! 📸👇

Vacancy — 2 Assistant Professors: International Relations (option a) and EU Politics and Governance (option b The Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor (Universitair Docent) positions in Political Science with a specializat...

🚨 Jobs 🚨
Two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in IR and EU Politics over at UvA (Amsterdam, NL).

Check them out here:
werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

UK hotter than Ibiza amid driest spring in over 100 years

The National Farmer's Union said that “the extreme weather patterns we now regularly experience are impacting our ability to feed the nation.”
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Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.

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𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐭-𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲!
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐭-𝐳𝐞𝐫𝐨, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧: 𝐒𝐁𝐓𝐢, 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐎 𝐍𝐞𝐭 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐆𝐇𝐆 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥, 𝐄𝐔’𝐬 𝐂𝐒𝐑𝐃 & 𝐂𝐒𝐃𝐃𝐃.
Register here: www.achieveproject.eu/news/webinar...

We're looking for a Policy Fellow to oversee our UK ecological transitions programme at @iipp-ucl.bsky.social. This role will connect theory with practice, engaging senior policymakers to implement our work reshaping finance around public purpose.

Apply here ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

📅 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝟐𝟕 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩: 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 & 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

🌍 How can cities use citizen engagement for high-integrity climate action?

✅ Share best practices
✅ Enable local action
✅ Connect city actors & civil society

#ClimateAction #CitizenEngagement #CitiesForClimate

I always thought that industry had limited electrification potential.

How wrong I was:

Once I looked into it in more detail I found that the potential is huge. 90% of industrial process heat could be electrified in Europe by 2035.

That is what analysis for @agoraind.bsky.social says.

They are also more likely to be affected by environmental issues.

It's tough to overstate just how shockingly unusual an article like this is. Despite the fact that this is the response of the vast, vast majority of neighbours for both wind and solar farms, they are mostly erased from existence in coverage of attitudes of neighbours to utility-scale renewables

Vacatures bij de RUG Voor het tonen van deze inhoud is uw toestemming nodig voor het plaatsen van bepaalde cookies.

Fully-funded PhD Position in International Relations #ECPRMemberJobs
📅 4 years
🏫 @unigroningen.bsky.social
⌛ Wednesday 30 April
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#PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

Herbert P. Kitschelt is the winner of the 2025 Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science. 🏆

He is awarded the prize for " having increased knowledge of the functioning of democratic party systems with exquisite theoretical acuity and impressive empirical breadth and depth."

White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’ Nasa cuts contract that convened USGCRP, which released assessments impacting environmental decision-making

White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’

Exciting opportunity! We're hiring a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the effectiveness, integrity, and synergies of cooperative climate action.

If you're passionate about impactful research and transnational climate action, I’d love to hear from you.

www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

This week, we’re featuring #WWFColombia, a vital member of our consortium whose work in biodiversity conservation, climate action, and sustainable development continues to drive real impact.
If you want to know more, visit our website! www.achieveproject.eu/about/projec...

#voluntaryclimateaction

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043) | University of Oslo Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (4 years) (272043), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, February 15, 2025

📣We are hiring! Please share!
👉 Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science
🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
📅 Deadline: February 15th, 2025.
🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

City law firms unite for climate action The cases, the chatter, the chaos: what’s really going on in the law

City law firms unite for climate action - The Times

$5 million (£4 million) will be invested over ten years to support agroforestry and reforestation in Kenya

www.thetimes.com/uk/law/art...
#ClimateAction

🎯 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩: 𝐀𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

We are pleased to share that our "Ambition and Integrity in Climate Action" workshop took place on 23 January 2025!
Our findings will soon be available on our website: www.achieveproject.eu
Stay tuned for updates!

#voluntaryclimateaction

👀 More than half of green claims are misleading, unsubstantiated, or simply inaccurate.

The Green Claims Directive – soon entering the final negotiation phase – is Europe’s best chance to eliminate the scourge of #greenwashing.

Here is how negotiators can make it happen ⤵️