- 📣 New blog from the University of Amsterdam’s CLIFF project team asking: 'Can the Global South exercise its right to develop while the world must leave fossil fuels underground?' 🧵 www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...
- The Global South holds 78% of fossil reserves. For many states, fossil fuels promise growth but bring risks - stranded assets, instability, and climate damage. 🛢️Oct 21, 2025 12:31
- Heras, Rammelt & Gupta show that the “Right to Development” isn’t fixed it’s an ideograph, a flexible idea used to defend extraction or argue for sustainable transformation. 💡
- Their study of 127 countries maps seven rationales for the right to develop - from fossil-fuel dependency to pathways for phase-out - revealing sharp differences within the Global South. 📶
- The authors call for a reframing of the right to development as a right to sustainable development, anchored in justice, equity, and democratic control over resources. ⚖️
- A global fossil phase-out must engage with the politics of energy transitions, not just the economics. Only then can fairness and the 1.5°C goal go hand in hand. 🤝 Check out the full paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... And the blog here: www.sussex.ac.uk/research/pro...
