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@dmk1793.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.social"But there is no straight line between experience and opinion. All experience is mediated via pre-existing political beliefs" Fascinating analysis here of experience vs media coverage in shaping climate salience - with wider implications for how we think about the drivers of political opinion
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@the-breakdown.bsky.socialThe contradictions of the energy transition collide in the Inner Mongolian city of Ordos. 🌫️ ’Ordosmaxxing’ by JEREMY WALLACE for our Issue #4: CHINA is available on our website!
@huwcdavies.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialExcellent article that supports agenda setting theory - ‘the media may not tell us what to think but tells us what to think about’. Also, climate deniers with money and media access have successfully made net-zero controversial having lost the scientific ‘argument’ but the result is the same.
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialAs the world heats up, are we really taking notice?
@johnmerrick.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialThis is a brilliant piece of research, on how we keep attention focused on the climate crisis
@morganj0nes.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialPleased to have this out today with @steveakehurst.bsky.social, discussing @persuasionuk.bsky.social's work on climate salience and public attitudes. I'm really pleased with the piece, do give it a read:
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialGet your ticket in our bio. Wednesday, 21 October Close-Up Cinema, E1 6HR The Panel Discussion will be broadcasted live by @montezpressradio
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialJoin us the 21st of October at Close Up Film Center for a film screening and conversation co-hosted by Forensic Architecture and The BREAK-DOWN for the launch of the new investigation "Without Consent: Mining in Neskantaga's ancestral Homelands"!
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialHas Issue #4 made you think about China? Here's what we recommend.
@the-breakdown.bsky.social🌫️ ’Sheer Force of Will’ with JOHN MERRICK and JUDITH SHAPIRO for our Issue #4: CHINA is available on our website!
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@ryankatzrosene.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialOur era today is... beset with macroeconomic instability... crumbling political settlements across the Global North, growing inequality, ...unbridled speculation in AI, trade wars, actual wars and—sadly all too often forgotten in economic discussions—ecological and climate breakdown.
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialOur era of volatility is intimately tied to climate change.
💥 ’The Great Volatility’ by James Jackson and Ryan Katz-Rosene
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@the-breakdown.bsky.socialOil shocks, wars both real and trade, AI bubbles, a warming planet. Each one interacting with the others, making them worse.
Welcome to the era of climateflation
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@uomsoss.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialIn @the-breakdown.bsky.social, James and Mathias broaden the discussion, asking what China’s experience can tell us about climate and environmental policy — and how political systems can shape climate-policy outcomes.
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@roselund.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialI have some minor quibbles with the developments & timelines described around China's turn to an internal market for #solar, but overall I think this piece is another good explanation of the confluence of factors that led China to become the dominant global manufacturer of EVs/solar/batteries etc.
@the-breakdown.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialIf the energy transition looks at first blush like a technology problem, then that scene in Beijing shows that more than anything else it is a problem of political economy. 🌫️ ’The Machine’ by KAISER KUO and DAVID FISHMAN for our Issue #4: CHINA is available on our website!
@roselund.bsky.socialReposted by @the-breakdown.bsky.socialIt's so rare for me to read an analysis of China's unparalleled expansion of #cleanenergy manufacturing that looks deeply at the complex interplay of factors that brought this about.
Nice work @kaiserkuo.bsky.social and David Fishman.
Some highlights. (thread)
