#19

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 700 words added to the Salongen article I am writing on longtermism, and preporatory readings completed. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 19, including 13 article writing days.

#18

Today I have had a book writing day, with research done on industry news and other news on carbon capture and storage and related topics, and the final design of the book cover chosen for my forthcoming scientific monograph Carbon Capture and the Future of Environmentalism (contracted with Bloomsbury Academic). Moreover, I revised writing plans for the next month, considering when the peer-review of the manuscript will likely be in. Finally, I did some reading related to my scientific monograph in spe Being and Sign.

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 18, including 6 book writing days.

Consultative meeting attended for Council for animal ethics at Norway´s Ministry of Finance

Today I attended a meeting at the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, in Oslo, representing Norway´s Council for animal ethics (along with the council´s secretary Lina Ahlén and chair Knut E. Bøe) in a consultation a committe that is tasked with suggesting changes to the ethics framework of the Norwegian "oil fund" (formally called Government Pension Fund Global, or Statens Pensjonsfond Utland in Norwegian) organized with selected civil society organizations. Lina and I jointly presented "SPU og dyrevelferd" (Government Pension Fund Global and animal welfare), with definitions, information and recommendations addressed to the committee.

#17

Today I have had an article writing day, with some 300 words added to the article "Når gode råd er plagsomme" (When good advice is bothersome) which I co-write with Svein Tuastad. This also included finishing the media search and analysis related to the article´s climate policy case study. 

This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 17, including 12 article writing days.

#16

Today I have had what ended up as half an article writing day, with a few words added to the Salongen article I am writing on longtermism, and some key readings done. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 16, including 11 article writing days.

#15,5

Today I have had a book writing day, with some 300 words added to the manuscript of my scientific monograph Being and Sign, for which I drafted (parts of?) the preface. Moreover, I researched industry news and other news on carbon capture and storage and related topics. This brings the number of writing days so far this Spring up to 15,5, including 5 book writing days.

Rejected by Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy

I have been notified that my proposed paper "Climate economics imaginaries and the contested future of economic growth" has been rejected and will thus not be included in the journal Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy's forthcoming special issue "History of Climate Economics".