“The imperialists come anyway.” This week the podcast is BACK and Adrienne speaks to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics and Lula’s presidency as COP30 begins today in Belém. Listen now to the full episode 👇

"The courts remain designed for the persecution of Indigenous peoples and those who defend their rights.” Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination. @charcopress.com www.landclimate.org/...

We're hiring! Two posts related to sustainability, working with me at @ucc.ie. 1. A postdoc researcher, developing climate-aware energy systems scenarios: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah... 2. An administrator, managing the new BSc Sustainability: www.linkedin.com/posts/hannah...

New publication on hydrogen imaginaries in the Geographies of Energy Futures theme of @geoopenaccess.bsky.social with @Gavin Bridge and @eoraborealis.bsky.social as part of the Carbonscapes project. #hydrogen #sociotechnicalimaginaries #STS #energytransition #energyfutures #UKenergypolicy 1/🧵

"By turning these standing forests into a protected asset, the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, as the new financial instrument is called, seeks to monetize their value as a global public good and give forested nations financial incentives to not destroy them."

🚨 How good are rating agency ratings at predicting defaults? And are some agencies' ratings 'easier' than others? Here are all the charts. on.ft.com/47wneH4

The town board in Lansing, New York, is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction of a data center.

Join us for an online seminar with Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social next week Wednesday; sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1687303112...

Lloyds quietly builds £2bn rental portfolio to become major UK landlord on.ft.com/3JElrGQ

If you take a longer view then Anglofuturism is *already* mainstream doi.org/10.1177/0263...

This is what deindustrialization in a carbon shock therapy setting looks like. If the state doesn’t do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses downward, private equity will do the planning and redistribute any remaining surpluses upward (and out of country). on.ft.com/3WNWnA9

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Dollar volatility tumbles as currency markets move past ‘Trump shock’ on.ft.com/47CNu16

Around 10,000 university workers being made redundant this year. Labour policies are definitely cutting through in higher education …

"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."

Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release

ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...

🇺🇸 US banking regulators withdraw climate risk principles: The Fed, FDIC and OCC abruptly drop guidance — a major step back for US climate supervision.

🇵🇭 How the Philippines’ central bank is building climate resilience: Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas is helping the financial sector prepare for worsening climate shocks.

Call me controversial, but technology that leads vulnerable people into crisis and even holds their hand as they die by suicide should not be endorsed by schools and universities, we should not be giving discounted subscriptions to this monstrous tech to young people AT ALL

New article available #OpenAccess: Think tank output as media input: a case study of transnational climate obstructionism Authored by James Painter, Dieter Plehwe, Jose A. Moreno #Climatechange #Obstruction #Media #IR #Transnational #Thinktank journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Check out the new resource for educators, Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the history of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement. This powerful new website is an interactive multimedia resource that brings to life the history of U.S. immigration enforcement. Link: mappingdeportations.com

Signed! Absolute and uncompromising solidarity with Professor Sultana who is one of the most important voices writing on climate justice

Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/4oVPqZE

To read more about how the "University of Little England" is selling its students short, go here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Three months ago

Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/491k2Ey via @FT

The cable news-ification of everything - on.ft.com/49LNvCy via @FT

Help fight the closure of geography at Leicester. Solidarity with all combatting this

this great article by @debtcollective.bsky.social lays out really clearly what's been on my mind all day: everybody better get real familiar with municipal finance real quick www.inthered.org/p/zohran-won...

Politicians trying to get carbon offsets to re-freeze the Arctic:

bro are you fucking kidding me

That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership

🎙️What makes an effective and enduring green industrial policy? IIPP Prof @mazzucatom.bsky.social spoke to @chrisnelder.bsky.social from the @transitionshow.bsky.social on rethinking industrial strategies to support a sustainable energy transition. 🎧 Listen to the episode here: buff.ly/ERmjDM5

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Leverage creeps into gilts market as insurers seek to boost returns on.ft.com/4nK60uP

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