Saying the quiet part out loud #academia #capitalism #class

Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Carbon offsetting does not work. Not because of implementation details but because there are fundamental issues with the very idea of 'offsetting'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I have been letting the closing of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social simmer in my mind for the last day. What did we learn - what do we know about adaptation and what are the big questions? A brief thread to summarise what jumped out at me. 🧵 1/4

“As Ngāi Tahu we migrated south to Te Waipounamu… We have been adapting all our lives. I think it’s really inspiring as a young person to think back to our ancestors and how they have succeeded because we are all here today.” The awesome Thomas Blakie at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

Midway through Day 1 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social - thoughts: There are lots of people here doing adaptation work. Climate change is causing so much labour: research, planning etc. But if we don't rethink development, and our guiding mantra of growth, we will fail. And...

It was a privilege to share my research at the @adaptationfutures.bsky.social conference on #BeyondAdaptation—#Justice and #Maladaptation. Key message: Need to examine the power and knowledge underpinning the scalar dimension of maladaptation. @ritodhi.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social

Professor Steve Ratuva opening the panel at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025 reminding us of the critical time we are in for adaptation and rollbacks of Indigenous Rights.

“We are trying to collect & safeguard knowledge that is there. In many countries that knowledge is held by few and the way that it was transferred before is hard to do now. Many of our people are moving away from our villages to cities.” Sefanaia Nawadra at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

#gaza #poetry

Excellent opportunity for #transdisciplinary and #interdisciplinary researchers: EVE project Fall School, to explore cutting-edge perspectives on environmental studies through the lens of Euro-African dialogue. Deadline is today, August 15th! www.eve-modules.eu/news/%f0%9f%...

📢 Call for Papers! Urban Politics in the Global South Conference November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!) This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions. Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5 Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com

A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...

From Roque Dalton ❤️ #justice #earth #resistance

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'The Military-Fossil Fuel Complex. A world system based on permanent war, and permament ecological crisis.' #ClimateChange #Energy #Oil #Conflict Via @graceblakeley.substack.com

There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.

Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

In Madrid, eight striking artworks depict the pain of the countless mothers in Gaza losing their children to senseless violence.

This is sadly very relevant and we need to talk about it more in relation to how wars and climate change are related

This is the New Zealand Luxon and co are giving us. While the Govt celebrates a reduction in emergency housing the people they have turfed out of emergency housing and/or refused to house have nowhere to go. This is the back on track they are celebrating. #NZpol A coalition of callous bastards.

Elephants don’t belong in zoos. It's time the UK banned their captivity for good. No more breeding, no more importation, no more excuses 🐘 Please sign & share 👇 www.change.org/p/uk-...

The Hindu Right has dispossessed India’s Muslims of meaningful political participation and fair representation in parliament and state assemblies, while radically altering electoral politics to cast #Muslims as a political liability, writes Harsh Mander

Microsoft - one of the highest emitters in big tech, missing its climate targets entirely JPMorgan chase - the world's biggest funder of fossil fuel projects Musk - techno-fascist climate delayer and denier who supports new oil and gas extraction and burns community-choking methane for a chatbot

The military emissions gap -1st piece in our new series by @damiengayle.bsky.social Exclusive: Nato rearmament could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 200m tonnes a year. Latest global arms race looks set to worsen the climate crisis causing even more conflict www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A 'Coal in India' explainer for @drilledmedia.bsky.social. Historical roots to nationalisation & back to privatisation, worker issues, Adani & state favour, resistance by Adivasi communities & police action & underground mining. Context: non-existent energy transition drilled.media/news/india-c...

Nice summary of known data on the Spain blackout so far. It has become pretty clear that voltage played a major role in the blackout - very, very contrary to the speculation put out by Bloomberg columnists literally during the event media.licdn.com/dms/document...

“The #tech #bros that #Trump has surrounded himself with have wrapped #hypercapitalism in a technological cover, claiming that #technology can solve all woes & unlimited growth – read unlimited profits for the rich – is the only way to progress” www-aljazeera-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.alja...

typical corrupt science

Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’ #Climate

“As Trump administration has gutted foreign aid, diplomats have pressed governments to fast-track licenses for Starlink. U.S. officials said that for their foreign counterparts, helping Starlink is a chance to prove their commitment to good relations with U.S.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

The incredible @ruha9.bsky.social #credo #justice

I swear to freaking god there was a time when a lawyer who was found to have forged information to use in a court would face a punishment stronger than having to deliver an apology Why the hell aren't the people who create harmful lies using automated tools facing WORSE consequences?

A brief summary of the pathology of a nation www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“💰#Economic development enables investment in climate knowledge production…This relationship between economic capital and #climate #knowledge has profound implications for participation in the #IPCC & ultimately, how climate is known and #governed” www.planetpolitics.org/ppi-blog/wri...

Finally saw "Sinners." GotDAMN that was good. It's so beautiful to see a Black creative, in the fullness of his power, ignore all the "shoulds" and conventions and just COOK. That movie was so good it made me come home and write.

🤔Somehow this sure seems familiar... #NZPOL

"What was it about this five-foot tall firebrand that threatened someone enough to have her murdered? At what point did online abuse tip over into real-world harm? Who had Gauri Lankesh angered, and why?" @lax_always writes:

This is fabulous: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

"The green state must rise from the ashes of the derisking state... plan for a future of resilience or resign ourselves to chaos and the perils of climate adaptation under authoritarianism." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind.... @cornelban.bsky.social #decarbonization #planning #ClimateSky

Come work with us at @ucl.ac.uk Institute for Sustainable Resources. Looking for a new lecturer in Environmental Policy. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

🌎New #OA paper in Geo🌍 'Challenging elite environmentalism: Stories from Brazil and India' by @ritodhi.bsky.social & Aline Carrara doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo

Last chance to see the Great Mughals exhibition at the V&A! Tickets are sold out so either get a membership, or grab a friend who does!! Picture shows Rudabeh lowering her long hair so Zal can visit. Shahnameh, c.1590. Keir Collection.

Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.

The "wakandification" of Africa by greedy and/or authoritarian elites is one of the things that bugs me the most. Great discussion here | Pan Africanism under elite capture