‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wider significance for global politics

@pa_toussaint @harrovanasselt Maybe 'incantatory' might be more to the point here... https://t.co/NDpV42DYlt

But why is it important to send signals and create momentum? As we explain in our article 'incantatory governance', the Paris agreement adopted in 2015 has changed the nature of global climate politics. https://t.co/pxqGQ0ruQp

RT @CellardLoup: @MatthewJBar what strikes in the greening of AI is how this call seems largely incantatory — big players won't slow down t…

@MatthewJBar what strikes in the greening of AI is how this call seems largely incantatory — big players won't slow down the race for big energy thirsty models right? (see the work of @StefanAykut et al. -> https://t.co/jN7Ht6xdEO)

@bberwyn @izading @StefanAykut @Edouard_Morena https://t.co/EUSn1rCs1Z

@NicolasCelnik @CoralieSchaub Du point de vue de la socio politique, il y a des choses quand même 😉: https://t.co/gTH2rOCBKC https://t.co/NDpV42DYlt

https://t.co/fVK0qFozBQ

@NiranjanAjit @theresphysics @PFriedling @richardabetts Yes, the critique seems also directed against a governance approach that uses positive messaging & PR to make stakeholders believe in the low-carbon transition. This *incantatory* approach clearly

RT @StefanAykut: If you want to take a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement, the article by @Edouard_Morena, Jean Foyer & myself is for you. W…

RT @StefanAykut: If you want to take a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement, the article by @Edouard_Morena, Jean Foyer & myself is for you. W…

Can this work? Well... See this longer 🧵 and our article for a discussion of risks and caveats of the new approach. https://t.co/fVK0qFo1Mi /13

If you want to take a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement, the article by @Edouard_Morena, Jean Foyer & myself is for you. While much research has analyzed the agreement’s formal mechanisms, we examine its discursive & symbolic dimensions. https://t.

RT @_ppmv: You can watch the performative breakdown live even on Twitter, when governments suddenly don’t get away with void phrases about…

RT @_ppmv: You can watch the performative breakdown live even on Twitter, when governments suddenly don’t get away with void phrases about…

You can watch the performative breakdown live even on Twitter, when governments suddenly don’t get away with void phrases about “1.5°C” and the suppression of critique on the dominant IPCC/UNFCCC frames anymore 👇 because energy gets too expensive and disas

23/ Globalement, McK = moins impliqué dans les négos qui débouchent sur l'Accord de Paris. Cela tient NB au fait qu'une des leçons de la COP15, c'est qu'il faut aller au-delà de l'approche incarnée par McK & tenir compte de facteurs politiques & so

RT @StefanAykut: (4) A new chapter in climate talks ("The IN") COP26 finalized the Paris framework for transparency, review & international…

(4) A new chapter in climate talks ("The IN") COP26 finalized the Paris framework for transparency, review & international cooperation. It completes the shift to a new governance that combines transparency performances & global signals, as we show

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

Stefan is great! You can also check out his brilliant interview on the Sustainability Agenda... https://t.co/z2BYUgoxbi

Interesting read! Focuses on discursive and symbolic dimensions of #Paris Agreement. @CANEurope @CANSouthAsia @UNFCCC #climatechange @IESResearch @IISD_news @WBG_Climate @OxfordClimate @WRIClimate @StefanAykut @UNFCCC

Thanks!😊

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

RT @Env_Pol: Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wi…

Fascinating article in International Politics- ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn and its wider significance for global politics by @StefanAykut et al https://t.co/ulJ6QNd8nI https://t.co/XShjpH1WUr

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RT @StefanAykut: More details: (1) Our article ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn https://t.co/pxqGQ0ru…

RT @FelixSchenuit: "Keep up the circus" - good piece on how COPs work and why they still matter. Understanding UNFCCC meetings as "circus"…

RT @FelixSchenuit: "Keep up the circus" - good piece on how COPs work and why they still matter. Understanding UNFCCC meetings as "circus"…

RT @FelixSchenuit: "Keep up the circus" - good piece on how COPs work and why they still matter. Understanding UNFCCC meetings as "circus"…

RT @FelixSchenuit: "Keep up the circus" - good piece on how COPs work and why they still matter. Understanding UNFCCC meetings as "circus"…

"Keep up the circus" - good piece on how COPs work and why they still matter. Understanding UNFCCC meetings as "circus" & studying its symbols/rhetorics tells us a lot about post-Paris climate governance. See @StefanAykut et al on "incantatory governa

For a somewhat less enchanted take on this governance through promises, signals and positive storytelling, which is at the core of the Paris agreement architecture see this 🧵 https://t.co/1cj7GFGsQA and this COP25 report: https://t.co/mFFflGMjEK 2/2

RT @StefanAykut: But more importantly, the philosophy of the Paris agreement is *performative*: it aims at building momentum for climate ac…

But more importantly, the philosophy of the Paris agreement is *performative*: it aims at building momentum for climate action by successive commitment cycles. In this framework, momentum is everything. I have explained this in some length here: https://t

RT @StefanAykut: A very important point already highlighted in our Incantatory governance article: in the new climate governance framework,…

RT @StefanAykut: A very important point already highlighted in our Incantatory governance article: in the new climate governance framework,…

RT @StefanAykut: A very important point already highlighted in our Incantatory governance article: in the new climate governance framework,…

RT @StefanAykut: A very important point already highlighted in our Incantatory governance article: in the new climate governance framework,…

A very important point already highlighted in our Incantatory governance article: in the new climate governance framework, critique becomes problematic bc it risks undermining the Paris prophecy. But there can be no accountability without critique. #COP26

“Incantatory’ governance” & global climate politics’ ….what a fascinating disturbing concept #COP26 https://t.co/Cici0A9ZBj

Hier der Original-Artikel zu "Incantatory Governance". Das Konzept ist so ziemlich das Gegenteil von dem, was wir in der Corona-Pandemie an "Command-and-Control" erlebt haben, wie die Autoren am Ende anmerken. https://t.co/eInfIU4IlJ

Coverage of India's announcement is a prime example for what @StefanAykut et al. call "Incantatory climate governance", trying to talk things into being (which is not entirely w/o tangible results, but often leads to over-optimistic claims) https://t.co/U1

@Peters_Glen @KarlMathiesen successfully talked into being perceived as the official target https://t.co/U1cVdrW0Jd

RT @ESG_Climate: With just a week to go before #COP26, there is still time for a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement: instead of its institut…

RT @ESG_Climate: With just a week to go before #COP26, there is still time for a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement: instead of its institut…

RT @ESG_Climate: With just a week to go before #COP26, there is still time for a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement: instead of its institut…

With just a week to go before #COP26, there is still time for a fresh look at the #ParisAgreement: instead of its institutional features, @StefanAykut, @Edouard_Morena & Jean Foyer shine a light on its discursive and symbolic dimensions. https://t.co/

This paper can help media trying to gauge #COP26. Incantations indeed! "In the post-Paris period negotiations increasingly lose their pivotal role. Instead of focusing on the arduous & conflict-ridden process of political bargaining, rituals and perfor

@KateAronoff 'Incantatory governance' in action. https://t.co/JOBfVg9tuP

@anlomedad @giulio_mattioli Implausible does not mean impossible. And I tend to disagree that research should *only* focus on positive stories and encouraging examples. This is precisely the core of the current governance paradigm, which has not brought us

Worthwhile Sunday reading on the new #climate governance approach under and around the #ParisAgreement

RT @StefanAykut: More details: (1) Our article ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn https://t.co/pxqGQ0ru…

RT @StefanAykut: More details: (1) Our article ‘Incantatory’ governance: global climate politics’ performative turn https://t.co/pxqGQ0ru…

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

"The 2015 Paris agreement represents a deep-rooted change in global climate governance. [...] We suggest calling it an incantatory system of governance." (Aykut, S.C., Morena, E. & Foyer, J.) https://t.co/achmGN6SW1

https://t.co/o9zwZr4AqM

Also check out the other great talks at this year's KlimaCampus Kolloquium: https://t.co/lsHgjQ0a7f More on our research: > The article ‘Incantatory’ governance' https://t.co/pxqGQ0ruQp > A report on the COP25 summit in Madrid https://t.co/rGHnpj0

RT @Oliver_Geden: @JesseLReynolds Tensions betw actual legal obligations & (in some countries) widespread expectations about what's needed…

@JesseLReynolds Tensions betw actual legal obligations & (in some countries) widespread expectations about what's needed not only materially but also legally is a good example for what @StefanAykut et al. call 'Incantatory Governance' (= trying to talk

RT @StefanAykut: Great thread on the delusionary tactics of the fossil fuel industry. These tactics fit well with the reorientation of glob…

Great thread on the delusionary tactics of the fossil fuel industry. These tactics fit well with the reorientation of global climate politics to what we call 'incantatory governance' i.e. the use of communication & positive narratives as governance too

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @StefanAykut: Christiana Figueres endorsing BP's Bernard Looney is a direct consequence of the Paris governance shift. It is an expressi…

RT @StefanAykut: Figueres believes that in absence of formal constraints, governance is about creating a narrative of progress & "changing…

Figueres believes that in absence of formal constraints, governance is about creating a narrative of progress & "changing the minds" of CEOs & politicians. UN representatives are becoming storytellers & sales(wo)men for climate action. 2/2 T

Christiana Figueres endorsing BP's Bernard Looney is a direct consequence of the Paris governance shift. It is an expression of #IncantatoryGovernance: a governance that builds on symbols, discourse & narratives instead of formal rules. Paper: https:/

RT @StefanAykut: Is the Paris agreement's 'incantatory governance' toothless? Not necessarily: narratives & performances ARE powerful tools…

RT @StefanAykut: Is the Paris agreement's 'incantatory governance' toothless? Not necessarily: narratives & performances ARE powerful tools…

RT @StefanAykut: 3/ overcoming the 'siloization' of policy domains & global governance by mainstreaming climate AND reshaping the uneven po…

3/ overcoming the 'siloization' of policy domains & global governance by mainstreaming climate AND reshaping the uneven political geographies of global regulation, where trade is governed by 'hard', environment by 'soft' law & energy not at all. 3

Is the Paris agreement's 'incantatory governance' toothless? Not necessarily: narratives & performances ARE powerful tools. But filling Paris with life would also mean: 1/ creating 'infrastructures of accountability'... https://t.co/Zh6O9x3INL 1/3 #P

The need to constantly reactualize the positive narrative of an ongoing planetary transition is constitutive for what we call 'Incantatory Governance': https://t.co/NDpV42DYlt #Parisversaire #ClimateAction #IncantatoryGovernance 2/2

RT @StefanAykut: Important piece 👇🏼 but the problem with net zero carbon pledges runs deeper. It is engrained in the Paris agreement's 'inc…

RT @StefanAykut: Important piece 👇🏼 but the problem with net zero carbon pledges runs deeper. It is engrained in the Paris agreement's 'inc…

RT @StefanAykut: Important piece 👇🏼 but the problem with net zero carbon pledges runs deeper. It is engrained in the Paris agreement's 'inc…

Important piece 👇🏼 but the problem with net zero carbon pledges runs deeper. It is engrained in the Paris agreement's 'incantatory' strategy that builds on narratives, symbols & performances instead of rules & regulations, as we argue in this artic

RT @StefanAykut: In dem @dvpw-Beitrag erkläre ich, wie globale Klimagovernance zu einem Experimentierfeld für neue Regulierungsformen wurde…

RT @StefanAykut: In dem @dvpw-Beitrag erkläre ich, wie globale Klimagovernance zu einem Experimentierfeld für neue Regulierungsformen wurde…

RT @StefanAykut: In dem @dvpw-Beitrag erkläre ich, wie globale Klimagovernance zu einem Experimentierfeld für neue Regulierungsformen wurde…

In dem @dvpw-Beitrag erkläre ich, wie globale Klimagovernance zu einem Experimentierfeld für neue Regulierungsformen wurde und welche Rolle dabei Narrative, Inszenierungen & performative Signale spielen 👇 Auch als Video https://t.co/OqyAlSr66o & A

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @StefanAykut: @picharbonnier @adam_tooze @MuellerTadzio ... which is why we also analyzed post-Paris climate politics. On the global lev…

@picharbonnier @adam_tooze @MuellerTadzio ... which is why we also analyzed post-Paris climate politics. On the global level, regulation has given way to an 'incantatory' system of governance that centrally rests on performative signals and narratives, dir

RT @StefanAykut: @bonpoteofficiel Merci pour cette recommandation ! Concernant le name & shame, nous l'avons aussi analysé dans cet artic…

@bonpoteofficiel Merci pour cette recommandation ! Concernant le name & shame, nous l'avons aussi analysé dans cet article https://t.co/vC01s0U4Uu comme tournant vers une gouvernance 'incantatoire' qui mise sur des signaux et discours performatifs.

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

RT @ca_tassinari: Can awareness raising discourse on climate change depoliticize and finally work against environmental poltics? Yes, it ca…

Are we too stuck in maintaining a positive narratice that we cant face climate reality? Is that why a rights and equity approach to LD is always 🤫away. Interesting questions⬇️ w https://t.co/ljwAWOwfqs

RT @NicolasCelnik: Passionnant. Résumé concis (avec sources pour + de lecture) sur la "gouvernance incantatoire" pour le climat, avec les ➕…

RT @StefanAykut: The ‘Race to Zero’ Campaign just launched by the UNFCCC is another perfect illustration of the notion of ‘Incantatory Gove…

Passionnant. Résumé concis (avec sources pour + de lecture) sur la "gouvernance incantatoire" pour le climat, avec les ➕ (envoyer un signal, créer un momentum) et ➖(dépolitiser, privilégier les techs aux solutions plus pragmatiques).

RT @SimPersico: Excellent fil de Stefan Aykut sur la "gouvernance incantatoire" du climat. Raise awareness! Set up a new story! And change…

RT @dharinipart: Interesting analysis (with more links in the thread) on the incantatory governance that marks climate diplomacy and advoca…