Sean Sweeney
Biographic Data
| ID | 4120640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sean Sweeney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sean |
| FAMILY NAME | Sweeney |
| SIGNATURE | SWEENEY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Murphy Institute, New York, NY, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1979-2488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Fad Is Dead: Why “Just Energy Transition Partnerships” Are Failing
We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), met in Elmau on 26-28 June 2022, at a critical juncture for the global community, to make progress towards an equitable world.As open democracies adhering to the rule of law, we are driven by shared values and bound by our commitment to the rules-based multilateral order and to universal human rights.As outlined in our Statement on support for Ukraine, standing in unity to support the government and peo…
In Everyone’s Backyard? Facing the Challenge of Energy Sprawl
The Dark Doldrums: Has Germany’s Energy Transition Reached a Dead End
Global South Unions Search for a “Public Pathway” Approach to Energy Transition
What China’s Climate Policy Can Bring to the World
How Can Cities Reach Their Climate Goals
Leaping Backwards: Why is Energy Poverty Rising in Africa
Covid, Climate Change: Is the World Ready for “Global Public Goods
Keywords capitalism, climate change, global unions, green economy, international labor, neoliberalism
Mexico’s Wall of Resistance: Why Amlo’s Fight for Energy Sovereignty Needs Our Support
Sustaining the Unsustainable: Why Renewable Energy Companies Are Not Climate Warriors
Keywords capitalism, climate change, corporations, environmental movement, green economy, sweatshops, working class
A Public Energy Response to the Climate Emergency
Five Years On, the Paris Climate Agreement Needs an Overhaul
Weaponizing the Numbers: The Hidden Agenda Behind Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform
The Final Conflict? Socialism and Climate Change
There May Be No Choice but to Nationalize Oil and Gas—and Renewables, Too
When Science Upends Wishful Thinking: Can Renewables Alone Ensure 1.5 Degrees
The Green New Deal’s Magical Realism
The Fizz Has Gone: Time for the Left to Say Goodbye to Carbon Pricing
Puerto Rico’s Energy Future: Keeping Power With the People
Does collaborative tree planting between nonprofits and neighborhood groups improve neighborhood community capacity
In the past decade, urban tree canopy cover goals and tree-planting initiatives have proliferated among local governments and nonprofit organizations across the globe. While research has documented many benefits new trees will provide, less has considered whether active participation of city residents in urban forestry activities might also benefit urban neighborhoods. This paper examines nonprofit tree-planting programs in four cities in the Mid…
The Energy Revolution Will Not Be Subsidized
A Bridge to Somewhere? Progressive Democrats’ “Climate Ambition” Must Confront Energy Realities
Why Clinton’s Embrace of the United States as an Energy Superpower Should Matter to Those Seeking to Reform the Democratic Party
When Stopping Coal Plant Closures Makes Environmental Sense
Standing Rock Solid with the Frackers: Are the Trades Putting Labor’s Head in the Gas Oven
Challenges of forest governance in Madagascar
There has been a huge surge in interest in the preservation of Madagascar's forests in the past two decades, but despite the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, the goal remains elusive. Recent legislation has given the government the authority to enter into contractual arrangements with communities for the management of the country's public forests, so it has become crucial to grapple with the significant challenges involved. This pap…
Does collaborative tree planting between nonprofits and neighborhood groups improve neighborhood community capacity
In the past decade, urban tree canopy cover goals and tree-planting initiatives have proliferated among local governments and nonprofit organizations across the globe. While research has documented many benefits new trees will provide, less has considered whether active participation of city residents in urban forestry activities might also benefit urban neighborhoods. This paper examines nonprofit tree-planting programs in four cities in the Mid…
Contested Futures: Labor after Keystone XL
Earth to Labor: Economic Growth is No Salvation
Standing Rock Solid with the Frackers: Are the Trades Putting Labor’s Head in the Gas Oven
Green Capitalism Won’t Work
For the last twenty years, unions in the United States and internationally have generally accepted the dominant discourse on climate policy, one that is grounded in assumptions that private markets will lead the “green transition,” reduce emissions, and stabilize the climate over the longer term. Indeed, unions began attending the climate negotiations convened by the United Nations in the early 1990s, a time when the “triumph of the market” went …
Books and the Arts
The Afl-Cio’s ‘New Internationausm’
The Case for Global Justice Unionism
The Case for Global Justice Unionism
Challenges of forest governance in Madagascar
There has been a huge surge in interest in the preservation of Madagascar's forests in the past two decades, but despite the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, the goal remains elusive. Recent legislation has given the government the authority to enter into contractual arrangements with communities for the management of the country's public forests, so it has become crucial to grapple with the significant challenges involved. This pap…
Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change
Earth to Labor: Economic Growth is No Salvation
Green Capitalism Won’t Work
For the last twenty years, unions in the United States and internationally have generally accepted the dominant discourse on climate policy, one that is grounded in assumptions that private markets will lead the “green transition,” reduce emissions, and stabilize the climate over the longer term. Indeed, unions began attending the climate negotiations convened by the United Nations in the early 1990s, a time when the “triumph of the market” went …
Corbyn’s Class Act Is a Climate Game Changer
Contested Futures: Labor after Keystone XL
Corporations Call for “Net Zero” Emissions: Do They Know How to Get There
Why Clinton’s Embrace of the United States as an Energy Superpower Should Matter to Those Seeking to Reform the Democratic Party
When Stopping Coal Plant Closures Makes Environmental Sense
Standing Rock Solid with the Frackers: Are the Trades Putting Labor’s Head in the Gas Oven
Puerto Rico’s Energy Future: Keeping Power With the People
Does collaborative tree planting between nonprofits and neighborhood groups improve neighborhood community capacity
In the past decade, urban tree canopy cover goals and tree-planting initiatives have proliferated among local governments and nonprofit organizations across the globe. While research has documented many benefits new trees will provide, less has considered whether active participation of city residents in urban forestry activities might also benefit urban neighborhoods. This paper examines nonprofit tree-planting programs in four cities in the Mid…
The Energy Revolution Will Not Be Subsidized
A Bridge to Somewhere? Progressive Democrats’ “Climate Ambition” Must Confront Energy Realities
When Science Upends Wishful Thinking: Can Renewables Alone Ensure 1.5 Degrees
The Green New Deal’s Magical Realism
The Fizz Has Gone: Time for the Left to Say Goodbye to Carbon Pricing
Weaponizing the Numbers: The Hidden Agenda Behind Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform
The Final Conflict? Socialism and Climate Change
There May Be No Choice but to Nationalize Oil and Gas—and Renewables, Too
Mexico’s Wall of Resistance: Why Amlo’s Fight for Energy Sovereignty Needs Our Support
Economics (31 works) · Political science (26 works) · Political economy (17 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (10 works) · Business (7 works) · Climate change (7 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (7 works) · Economic system (7 works) · Engineering (7 works) · Law (7 works)