NYT ripped into the Sierra Club for going woke (abandoning #climate campaign for DEI). Read @davekarpf.bsky.social on the actual challenge US #climate movement faces - esp. Erosion of democracy. @hanspeterschmitz.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene...

In London? Come along tonight "Governing the End" Lisa Vanhala's new book on #climate loss and damage. 18.30 @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

In a new Nature Climate Change comment, we call for reflection on the role and purpose of #climatelitigation in light of unfortunate trends of challenges to judicial independence, deregulation & anti-climate litigation w/ @mer29-cam.bsky.social @highamian.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social

Check out this new research paper "Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash" in @nature.com by @mer29-cam.bsky.social, @ninahall.bsky.social, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, @highamian.bsky.social & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Zohran Mamdani's won NYC mayoralty. Worthwhile reading his dad's book "Neither Settler nor Native", Harvard. A fascinating account of how nation state intertwined with colonial state: making indigenous ppls "permanent minorities" share.google/Tqcv0mEtRjyO...

Reorienting #Climate litigation in a time of backlash, shrinking civic space & challenges to judicial independence Here's our take in Nature w/ Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social Great collaboration! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Had such a great and productive time with these amazing people in Rapallo for the Exploratory Symposia @europeanisa.bsky.social ! Perhaps we’re smiling too much for discussing the Far-Right in International Politics, but how can you blame us considering our project’s progresses and that view!

"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss & Damage" In London next Weds? Join this book launch of new brilliant work by Lisa Vanhala @ucl.ac.uk Looking fwd to it! @birshao.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/grand-challe...

Buongiorno Rapallo! #EISA what a spot!!

En route to Rapallo for #EISA working sessions. Thanks to Lisbeth Zimmerman & @raffaelemstr.bsky.social for getting us time in a wonderful place to write!

In London? I'm speaking on Far Right and Global Environmental Politics. Thurs 6 Nov 2-3pm @soasuni.bsky.social Please join! Deets below👇

Come to Bologna in May 2026 for Workshop on *Obstructionism in International Organizations* @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Co-organized w/ @borzyskowski.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk Submit by Dec 15👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Please spread the word 🙏

Thanks to @stephofmann.bsky.social & the IR crew @eui-eu.bsky.social for wonderful feedback! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Huge CONGRATS to @hahrie.bsky.social for winning a McCarthur Genius Grant! Fantastic news! hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/h...

What a wonderful weekend of "Sensing the Climate" conversations and experiences at our Festival! Here are artists Mali Weil & Joanne Yao in Le Serre, Bologna. Thanks all volunteers & participants! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Next Thurs 16 Oct I'll be @unileiden.bsky.social Hague Campus. Speaking on "Far Right and Global Environmental Politics" 17 - 18.30. Details 👇 please join & spread the word!

What a scoop! Defence documents from five eyes meeting 👁️ left at a charity shop. Detail deepening military alliance to counter China. Uncovered by investigative journalist Nicky Hager. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/09/s...

Excited for #EISARapallo25 in a few weeks! With Prof. Lisbeth Zimmermann, @ninahall.bsky.social & others, we'll discuss the role & impact of the Far-Right in International Politics! And we're in great company! Programme's out now! eisa-net.org/wp-content/u... Thanks @europeanisa.bsky.social !!

"If movies were people, whether foreign or Italian-born, Bologna is where they would choose to live" - New Yorker article on cinema festival in Bologna. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Wonderful discussion this morning on how artists and academics listen to the living world. Joanne Yao & Mali Weil artist collective. #Sensing the #Climate @ Le Serre Bologna Festival of Ecological Imagination UniBo & @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Italy: National strike in solidarity w/ Palestine today. The second national strike in2 wks. Thousands of Italians taking to the streets. Here's Bologna getting ready this morning.

And it's happening!! #Sensing the #climate festival at Serramadre, Bologna. First event: workshop on the floods which hit Bologna last year. Full program here: serramadre.art

In two wks I'll be Leiden University, speaking at the Hague campus Thurs Oct 16 (17.00 - 18.30). Please join! @unileiden.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

Today Sensing the Climate, Festival of Ecological Transition starts w/ a film 🌳 "Il codice del Bosco" 🌳 Join us!! @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @connect-unibo.bsky.social serramadre.art/evento/il-co...

Salvini's big project is to build a bridge from mainland Italy to Messina, Sicilia. Fascinating pamphlet arguing why: so domestic animals can more easily cross the straits!! This bridge is problematic for many rsns (costs, environmental, earthquake). @fgenovese.bsky.social

Ocean acidification Planetary boundary now breached :( www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Wonderful interview w/ Robert MacFarlane on his latest book, "Is A River Alive?". He visits rivers in Ecuador (which has recognised rights of nature in its constitution), Chennai, and Canada. Powerful writing, and by the end rivers become a verb, not a noun. open.spotify.com/episode/7kr4...

Thrilled to be co-hosting the "Sensing the Climate" festival next week in Bologna. Please join us!! Wonderful line up of artists, musicians, performers, & films. Hosted in glasshouses in public gardens: Giardini Margherita. serramadre.art/produzioni/f...

How did pulling out of the Paris Agreement become a mainstream idea? Support a neat podcast research project in NZ. @ralph9.bsky.social www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/861...

Thousands on the streets of Bologna for Palestine solidarity march. Even the cinema is closed for national strike.

National strike for Palestine today in Italy. Large demonstrations in Bologna. Schools closed, public transport reduced. Italian govt has not (yet) officially recognised Palestine. en.ilsole24ore.com/art/today-ge...

Some good global governance news for once: international treaty for #biodiversity in "high seas" (areas beyond national jurisdiction) comes into force! Morocco, 60th state, just ratified it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bologna turns on its magic to welcome incoming class @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social 2025!

Excited for the new podcast "Power and Purpose" hosted by @nathalietocci.bsky.social & Amanda Sloat. sais.jhu.edu/news-press/p... Stokes to have Natalie as new colleague @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social Bologna! @christinecheng.bsky.social @emilyjones.bsky.social @claraweinhardt.bsky.social

In midst of Kirk commentary: am curious about claim that he set-up Turning Point USA as a conservative response to "MoveOn.org" See obituaries in Irish Times & Times www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

This is a great idea! 🧪 laist.com/news/educati...

Excited to be launching our festival "Sensing the Climate" in Bologna. We have a great line up of artists, musicians, films & talks held in public gardens at Le Serre di Giardini Margherita! #climate #nature #art Join us Oct 1-6th, & ck out the program here: serramadre.art/agenda/

Chart a zone of peace in Pacific. Pacific is too often seen as theatre for great power competition (US & China). #PIF @marcodejong.bsky.social on history of peace, nuclear free movement in region. @tekuaka.bsky.social www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/09/06/c...

Pacific Island Forum is on this week. Insightful analysis from Sione Tekiteki former Director at PIF Secretariat on power of external partners. #PIF #pacificislandforum e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

What do you do after your student project succeeds in going to the ICJ? #climate Great profile of one Pacific Island law student involved in ICJ case. Would love to know who their law school teacher at Uni South Pacific was. @ninareiners.bsky.social thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-0...

Another great day in Bologna #eisapec2025! Global environmental politics section discussing graduation mechanisms & coaltions in #climate regime, links btw #climate #biodiversity & humanitarianism.

Excellent paper tracing increased state repression of #climate #environmental activists #eisapec2025 Chris Rossdale & Uni of Bristol team have a report out already. www.bristol.ac.uk/policybristo...

Easiest conference registration ever #eisapec24. Less than 100m from my office & very speedy! Looking fwd to seeing many of you in Bologna soon. @ninareiners.bsky.social

What an incredible protest action: @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social install Anish Kapoor artwork in North Sea oil platform. Is #climate #activism shifting from throwing paint against art, to creating artworks? Curious to see other examples of art in #activism. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Was just on a committee for a great PhD defence at JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health. It ended particularly strong on this note:

🌼 Ck out "SENSING THE CLIMATE" Festival in Bologna. Oct 2 - 6th: films, art, music, performances, discussions, & more. 🍃🌼 All FREE in a wonderful public venue in gardens. I'm co-organizing this festival w/ @unibo.it & Kilowatt @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social 🌏 serramadre.art/produzioni/f...

Amazing ruling from ICJ on #climatechange yesterday! Intl' Law applies even if states are not party to #Paris Agreement or withdraw from it. They still have to protect env & climate. Incredible that this advisory opinion was initiated by law students from Vanuatu www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨BREAKING🚨 ICJ ruling that a healthy environment is a human right could be a real turning point in setting out governments’ legal responsibility to tackle #climate crisis 👇

⭐NEWLY published: "Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy" in ISR #openaccess Fantastic collaboration w/ @ninareiners.bsky.social @kellyzvobgo.bsky.social @andreavilan.bsky.social @lisasundstrom.bsky.social @peacemedie.bsky.social @sch-ir.bsky.social Laura Henry & Soumita Basu 🙏