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Read about a new paper co-authored by @IRSussex Research Associate @Fred_Daley exploring the negative impact of climate solutions offered by the #fossilfuel industry such as carbon offsetting @ClimateHome @sus_pol.🌍⛽️ tinyurl.com/4m4e4f94 #carbon #fossil #climate

🛢🌍Big oil's green solutions are fuelling the #climate crisis @IRSussex Research Associate @Fred_Daley argues that carbon capture props up polluting systems, letting oil and gas companies claim climate action without delivering real impact. @EurekAlert 🔗tinyurl.com/yc7c3v3t

My essay “Oil Futures” is out now in @NewLeftReview's Sidecar! Following Norway's September elections, ongoing struggles against fossil fuels in Europe’s only petrostate challenge incumbent fossil hegemony and its complicity in the Israeli occupation: newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

🌍🛢️COP30: Breaking the Deadlock - or Revealing It? Our new SUS-POL briefing by @Fred_Daley breaks down what COP30 really delivered for fossil fuel phase-outs. sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gatewa… Short🧵on its main arguments👇

🚨 Campaign win! 🚨 Mayor Sadiq Khan pledges to review Transport for London's ad policy on polluter ads. 🎉 Here is the brilliant @CarolineRussell's question for the Mayor along with his commitment. Scroll on for other key moments from Mayor's Question time. 🧵

@CarolineLucas @PeterJNewell_ Thank you for sharing, Caroline!

Brilliant piece from @PeterJNewell_ & @Fred_Daley on why we must resist seductively simple proposal to build renewables & delay fossil fuel phase out. It’s a hugely dangerous gamble on a “later” that a warming world may not grant us. Fossil fuels must be phased out *now* 👇

🛢️We cannot lose sight of phasing out fossil fuels. @Fred_Daley and @PeterJNewell_ have a piece in @TheNatlInterest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition. nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-wo… A short thread on why that approach is risky 👇

🔜 This Friday in @ecpr_energy #ECPRSeminars ⤵️ 🎙️ @PeterJNewell_ @lslothuus @Fred_Daley & Daniela Soto Hernandez explore how leading countries are limiting fossil fuels and shape climate governance 💻 31 Oct, 12:00–13:00 GMT ✍️ Register FREE ecpr.eu/Events/296

🔔 This week in @ecpr_energy #ECPRSeminars ⤵️ 🎙️ @PeterJNewell_ @lslothuus @Fred_Daley & Daniela Soto Hernandez explore how leading countries are limiting fossil fuels and shape climate governance 💻 31 Oct, 12:00–13:00 GMT ✍️ Register FREE ecpr.eu/Events/296

New piece on @sus_pol on squaring development with future fossil fuel extraction 👇

How can the Global South pursue its right to development while leaving fossil fuels underground? A fascinating new blog by Heras, Rammelt & Gupta (U. of Amsterdam) outlining their recent study explores this dilemma.🧵 sussex.ac.uk/research/proje…

In the latest instalment of our Fossil Free Declaration interview series, we speak to one of Britain’s most accomplished Paralympic skiers, @SkiRaceAnna. Away from the slopes, Anna is equally dedicated to protecting the natural world. Full interview 👇 cooldownclimate.org/latest/anna-tu…

🚨BIG news. 🚨 Climbing pioneers, rising talents and major orgs have signed an open letter urging climbing federations and other pro climbers to take a stand against polluting sponsorship. 🧵 Full story: climbing.com/news/open-lett…

In the latest instalment of our Fossil Free Declaration interview series, decorated trail runner Andy Symonds explains why he is taking action against high-carbon sponsorship in sport. 🧵 Full interview 👇 cooldownclimate.org/latest/andy-sy…

I’ve written for LRB on the closure of Scotland’s last oil refinery at Grangemouth by Petroineos and the unjust transition in British manufacturing. A committed workforce was betrayed by multinational employers as governments failed to meet their promises. lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/…

Can climate clubs help reform the international investment regime? New paper with Kyla Tienhaara & Harro van Asselt Reform of the International Investment Treaty Regime: A Role for Climate Clubs? - Tienhaara - Global Policy - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Spanish national football league La Liga and its female counterpart, Liga F, have named Volkswagen as a sponsor. In the wake of deadly wildfires across Spain, a deal with a major fossil fuelled car company amounts to pouring petrol on the flames. 🧵 1/7 insidersport.com/2025/08/05/wsl…

Can sport stay cool in a warming world? Summer brings with it heat, humidity and drought, arriving earlier and earlier each year. And sport is far from immune to these impacts ⚽️🧵 cooldownclimate.org/latest/sportin…

New report out by Cool Down members, The Next Test and BASIS, on one of the world's most climate vulnerable sports - cricket. 🏏🌏 Full report: basis.org.uk/resource/hit-f…