Fantastic summary of our longer political settlements argument by my co-author Nicolai Schulz...

On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv) trailer youtu.be/fjPX2KmGvkc via YouTube

Successes at #COP27: ✅ Loss & damage fund focused on particularly vulnerable countries. ✅ Demand for MDBs to define a new vision & operational model equal to the climate crisis. ✅ Nuanced debate about responsibility & vulnerability beyond the developed/developing dichotomy.

Failures at #COP27: ❌ Inability to explicitly confront fossil fuels (indeed, oil & gas welcomed into the room by Egyptian Presidency). ❌ Carbon market loopholes will enable corporate greenwash. ❌ $100 billion commitment remains unmet, primarily due to shortfall from the US.

The frustrated, furious response above is all mine. For a more nuanced, less sleep-deprived assessment of key issues at #COP27, please check out the daily insights from ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social. My brilliant colleagues unpack all the tricky topics above, and more. odi.org/en/about/our-w…

I’m looking forward to teaching this course with Alina Rocha Menocal Neil McCulloch @gwilliams39 Ed Laws Tim Kelsall Samantha Wade

Do you want to understand better the #contexts where you work and how to #influence change? Two weeks left to apply - 31st Jan! With leading experts Laure-Hélène Piron Alina Rocha Menocal @gwilliams39 Neil McCulloch Tim Kelsall Ed Laws Samantha Wade ODI Global | odi-global.bsky.social thepolicypractice.com/latest-politic…

Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity.

Kenan Malik's 'Not So Black and White' is the most important book I have read for a long time: hurstpublishers.com/book/not-so-bl…

We remain a country of predominantly tolerant, welcoming and generous people. Thank you. ❤️ 4/4

Change the way you think and work on climate change problems with this new course from my colleagues at The Policy Practice.

We are SO excited to be in Dar es Salaam for our second consortium-wide meeting! 🙌 Tomorrow is the official first day, but we’ve already been busy with city of systems, political settlements and domain workshops, and visits to five different neighbourhood projects today.

Anyone interested in cities and urbanism should watch Professor taibat lawanson's inaugural lecture. I've learned so much from her over the years, and feel honored to be working with her. x.com/Kuukuwa_/statu…

Day 2 of our Urban Reform Coalitions Conference kicks off with PASGR’s Martin Atela, who introduces the #UtafitiSera approach – including its emergence and how it brings actors together to form a community of practice, bridging the gap between research and policy action.

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Very excited to finally see our data intro paper "The Political Settlements Dataset: Power Configurations and Political Blocs in the Global South, 1946-2018," co-authored with Tim Kelsall, published open access in International Interactions. A thread about the dataset. doi.org/10.1080/030506…

⚡️Cracking new resource! Full report really worth reading for anyone who cares abt Malawi's growth & development- whether inside country system, or outside. Carefully sets out <political economy> at national & city level, electoral & 'small p', & how this affects key sectors. 1/2

🏆 We're delighted that ACRC’s CEO @DianaMitlin has been awarded the best paper of 2024 by Area Development & Policy for “The contribution of reform coalitions to inclusion and equity: lessons from urban social movements”.