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Kudos to Sheldon Whitehouse and other Congressional Democrats for investigating the years of deceit and climate misinformation by Big Oil. A key reason our planet is burning is because Big Oil is stymieing climate solutions. Climate Solutions Lab CSSN (Moved to Bluesky @cssn.org) Timmons Roberts

It is hard to grasp just how cheap solar modules have become. This is a good way to visualize it.

Earth Day Every Day: How the Department of Defense Advances Climate Resilience — A conversation with Dr. Kate White, Department of Defense 🇺🇸 Climate Resilience Program Director, moderated by Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan. (VIDEO) ow.ly/knuI50Rzxs9

A short 🧵that captures so much about US politics. Over a week ago, the FTC found that a scumbag oil guy (& huge Trump donor) colluded with OPEC to keep oil prices high. cnbc.com/2024/05/02/ftc…

Exciting news! Brown University to launch new School of International and Public Affairs in 2025. brown.edu/news/2024-05-2…

Want a great academic job in Bologna Johns Hopkins SAIS? Please apply (or share) for job in European politics at SAIS Europe. It's a wonderful city & stimulating & friendly institution, plus wonderful students! Happy to answer any qns. DM me. apply.interfolio.com/147045

Summer reading for climate folks! ⁦Thomas Hale⁩ ⁦Clayton Page Aldern⁩ ⁦Climate Solutions Lab⁩

"Losers picking government" is a much more potent challenge for industrial policy than the difficulties of picking winners. Good industrial policy requires collaborative institutions, state capacity, and independent expertise to ensure that governments are not captured.

“There is a direct tension between building the infrastructure – like a pipeline – to satisfy the profit incentives the Canadian oil and gas industry wants, and meeting Canada’s international commitments on climate change,” IBES Affiliate Jeff Colgan told The Guardian ⤵️

The Trans Mountain contradiction: how can Canada lead on climate while doubling down on oil? — In the The Guardian, Climate Solutions Lab Director Jeff Colgan commented on Canada's proposed regulatory framework for greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas. ow.ly/NnW250SK8UC

Great news: the Climate Solutions Lab team, including new colleagues @JenniferHadden & Chris Rea Watson Institute Brown University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to continue its work on Clean Energy & Society. Stay tuned! cc IBES: Institute at Brown for Environment & Society

Happy to share that Jonas Nahm and my article on the political and industrial coalitions behind policies like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and the German Climate Fund is now out with Perspectives on Politics (Perspectives on Politics) cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The Climate Syllabus Bank - an update and future plans Watson Institute Brown University youtube.com/watch?v=KP4ebv…

Great example of fossil asset owner trying to "flip" toward green(er) assets -- in terms of climate, renewables > biofuels, but politically, could help push fossil industry away from obstructionism. Thomas Hale Jeff Colgan nytimes.com/2024/08/27/bus…

Looking forward to this event in Bern. #climate Cc Fiona Bare wti.org/outreach/event…

Congratulations to Jane Vaynman and Tristan Volpe, winners of the Robert O, Keohane award for the best article published by untenured scholars in 2023. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Thrilled to be Professor of Politics and Public Policy University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government!

Two weeks from today we are launching this year’s CambridgeIRHistory discussions Politics and International Studies Cambridge with a seminar from Jeff Colgan. Join us if in Cambridge…

We are excited to welcome Jeff Colgan this Wednesday at the University of Bern! The seminar will be followed by an Aprero. Please register! wti.org/outreach/event… IPW Universität Bern @OeschgerCentre World Trade Institute (WTI) @wyssacademy Wyss Academy for Nature

NEW UG Essay Competition: part of the launch of new MA: the Politics of Climate Change (2025) - please spread the word @goldthau Jan Osicka Jeff Colgan @MatPaterson Peter Newell @climatepolitics Jessica Green PAIS Warwick PAISUndergraduate Warwick Global Sustainable Development 🌎 Diarmuid Torney Dr. Marie Claire Brisbois