#Adaptation isn't about preserving the status quo, but about managing inevitable and often painful change. Our new paper on 'curating transformation' looks at lessons from heritage management for wider adaptation & managing losses & damages (open access). www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Most experts still have hope despite evidence this year that the UN system is not fit for purpose on environmental issues apnews.com/article/unit...

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🎥 Sneak peek from the Financing Climate Action Roundtable! @tommytanner.bsky.social offers his perspective on the financial pledges made at COP29. Watch the full roundtable discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W56S... @soasuni.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social

The call is out! In Oct 2025, Aotearoa/New Zealand hosts the world’s most significant climate adaptation event: #AF2025. Online & in-person. Hosted by UC & UN World Adaptation Science programme & consortium sponsors. A key focus is Oceania & Indigenous solutions. Join us! adaptationfutures2025.com

Great new article by @martaolazabal.bsky.social @sean-p-goodwin.bsky.social et al Barriers to climate adaptation include 1. search for universal truths 2. failure to integrate different perspectives and knowledges 3. tendency to simplify what is a complex process doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Watch the recording of this fab roundtable event here youtu.be/W56S-rY0MVc @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social

Please join us this coming Thursday 5pm GMT @SOAS Register for online or in person attendance here soas.ac.uk/about/event/... @soasdevelopment.bsky.social

If you are looking for a good paper that showcases critical adaptation scholarship, I really recommend Julian Yates chapter on the power and politics in the governance of community-based adaptation. You can find it here www.researchgate.net/publication/...

1/26. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: Are you trying to understand the text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG) at #COP29? 🤔 Are you a bit confused by all those technical terms? 😊 Read this thread! 🧵