In their 2025 report on #ClimateChange, @thelancet.com finds that millions of people are already dying every year from the causes & effects of climate change. In the past decade, an average 546,000 people have died per year from increased heat alone — roughly one person every minute.

With Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam operational, debates over the future of the Nile are entering a new phase In his open-access book, @tomlavers.bsky.social reveals how dam building has shaped Ethiopia’s international standing and unpacks the promises and perils of megaprojects - bit.ly/3Vk2yeB

As #Ethiopia finally gets ready to inaugurate the #GERD, read about the history of Ethiopian dam building and the story of the GERD in this open access book (download link below) or a shorter thread below.

🇨🇳 China installed 464 GW of solar capacity in the 12 months to June☀️ That's more than the total EU solar capacity as of 2024 (338 GW) and DOUBLE the total US solar capacity (229 GW). ...in just 12 months

www.avfchistory.co.uk/aston-villa-... #avfc

📣 REMINDER: @globaldevinst.bsky.social are hiring a permanent lecturer in the politics of development (open to subfield and regional specialisation) ⏰ Deadline is TOMORROW 28 May www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

There is still time to apply to join us as our new Lecturer in Politics and Development 👇 We are looking for candidates who can make significant contributions to research and research-informed teaching at GDI. Link: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/internal/Job... Deadline: 28/05/2025

GDI is seeking to appoint a new Lecturer in Politics and Development to further enhance our teaching and research. We would particularly welcome applications from academics with expertise on the politics of gender in the global South. For more information and to apply: bit.ly/3YyAUwm

There’ll be no activity on this account for a couple of weeks. So I’ll leave you with my favourite Thunderbastard of all time, courtesy of Cheito Ramirez in 2004. Imagine getting the ball that far out and thinking: “I fancy my chances from here…”

33 years ago at White Hart Lane: Is that a peak Diego Maradona - or fleet-footed Aston Villa winger Tony Daley?

What sort of owner might KKR be? The following (from Our Lives in their Portfolios) is what happened when KKR took over the municipal water network of Bayonne New Jersey.....

"The world has never truly undergone an energy transition... Instead, the world has experienced a series of energy additions, where new fuels build atop the old, rising like a skyscraper under construction for more than 200 years." media.rff.org/documents/RF...

The TPLF Office view Getachew Reda’s faction’s actions as an intraparty coup within the TPLF, comparing it to what Abiy Ahmed and his OroMara coalition did to the EPRDF in 2017–2018. From their perspective, what they are doing now is a counter-intraparty coup. 1/2 www.linkedin.com/pulse/tigray...

The impacts of #USAID cuts in #Ethiopia: - 85% (!) of CSOs have paused operations - Food assistance for 1 million people & clean water supply to IDPs in Tigray suspended - Termination of 5,000 workers focused on HIV & malaria prevention, vaccinations etc. www.thereporterethiopia.com/44011/

New open access (free!) book on the politics of Ethiopian dam building, 'Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia's Renaissance', out now global.oup.com/academic/pro... @terrefebiruk.bsky.social @globaldevinst.bsky.social @oupacademic.bsky.social

#Ethiopia’s ‘Developmental State’: Political Order and Distributive Crisis. New book available open access from bit.ly/3KKOLbX @globaldevinst.bsky.social. For those interested, a long summary thread below ⬇️

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On American aid cuts/disruptions: www.africanistperspective.com/p/american-a...