Thomas Hale
@thomasnhale
Professor and Director, Master of Public Policy, @BlavatnikSchool @StAntsCollege @UniofOxford How can we solve global problems effectively & fairly?
📚BOOK THREAD📚 How do we govern problems like climate change, pensions, infrastructure, or demographic shifts, which span more than a generation? In *Long Problems* I try to explain why that's hard politically, but also what strategies might work. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
✨ From striking for climate in Uganda to shaping policy at Oxford, MPP student Vanessa Nakate is using the Master of Public Policy to deepen her impact and grow as a leader. 🌍 🔗 Read her story: ow.ly/opl850VWYgn
Xi Jinping just made his first climate-focused, internation speech in several years. While he said little that is new in substance, Xi's speeches are always important signals of the leadership's priorities. 🧵
#UN80 will fail to deliver results unless it makes the UN fit for a world of #LongProblems, write @AdamDayGeneva and Daouia Chalali genevasolutions.news/global-news/un…
🌍 | Thomas Hale, Professor in Public Policy @BlavatnikSchool, leads initiatives to monitor global climate targets and net zero commitments. Learn more about his career ⬇️ #NetZeroWeek | #OxfordClimate
Quote from a former senior official at one of China's big 5 power firms: Companies are building coal power due to central government pressure. There's little enthusiasm to invest, and the target for expanding coal power capacity in this five-year plan likely won't be met.
In case anybody thought it was just enviros shocked at the Senate bill, here’s the building trades: @NABTU: “This stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of the country. Simply put, it is the equivalent of terminating over 1,000 Keystone XL pipeline projects.”
Interesting from Khalid Waleed at SGAIN conference at Univ of Bath: huge growth of household solar in Pakistan (made possible by cheap panels from China) is reducing demand for grid power, turning Chinese-backed coal plants in Pakistan into stranded assets sgain.org
Latest later from #cop30 presidency focuses on the Action Agenda, calling on all sectors of society to pitch in to a work programme with 30 focus areas across 6 themes cop30.br/en/brazilian-p… Ambitious scope, less clarity on “how”
We've just published an update on the state of climate action: a mid-year assessment of where we are with the new, 2035 NDC's submitted by governments. We HAD planned to add up the combined emissions reductions, but there was barely anything to quantify. bit.ly/CAT_NDCs_sb62
New from us: the economic benefits of strong emissions and clean energy targets for China. China's clean energy industries could double in value by 2035, adding $2.1 trn to the economy, with ambitious domestic targets and continued acceleration of the global energy transition.
A great example of where stronger climate poicy could drive law and order ig.ft.com/mexico-fuel-th…
📢 Public lecture: Long Problems: Governing in an Era of Existential Risk 📅 Thu 29 May, 17:30–19:00 BST 📍 Fellows Auditorium, Homerton College, Cambridge & online 🎙️ Prof @thomasnhale (@BlavatnikSchool, Oxford) 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/NmpNI
📺Watch the replay of the @wbg_gov book talks with @thomasnhale who presented his book - Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time. 👉wrld.bg/LLwo50VS1yF
📊 Despite political shifts in the US, climate regulations worldwide are expanding. The Climate Policy Monitor by Oxford teams provides a critical global snapshot. Read more: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/news/climate-p…
‘You can have 10,000 lives in one human span when you read novels.’ Science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson joined Dr Aaron Maniam and Prof @thomasnhale to explore how fiction builds empathy for better policymaking. 📚 🌏
📚📣Join us for the @wbg_gov Book Talks on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 with @thomasnhale who will present his book, Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time. RSVP to attend here: wrld.bg/IANE50VHhJ2
Tomorrow the 'Oxford Ministry for the Future' brings together fascinating minds like Kim Stanley Robinson and Brian Eno to imagine a different world, as well as some much less profound thinking from me on how we might get there by tackling #LongProblems sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/oxford-…
📚📣Join us for the @wbg_gov Book Talks on 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟳𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 with @thomasnhale who will present his book, Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time. RSVP to attend here: wrld.bg/IANE50VHhJ2