Important quote at the end of a dismal year for the world

America’s new #Greenland envoy and mineral security - my thoughts on this latest provocation from Trump www.linkedin.com/pulse/americ...

We have all become digital drug addicts due to quantity, availability, potency and novelty of products and the smart phone is akin to the hypodermic needle of yesteryears - Dr. Anna Lembke @hiddenbrain.bsky.social

As we prepare for #UNEA7 to begin on Monday, pleased to meet Dr. Joyelle Trizia Clarke, St. Kitts & Nevis Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate. Very much appreciate the Minister's work as Rapporteur to the #UNEA7 Bureau and the growing partnership between 🇰🇳 and @unep.org.

Fascinating article defining and mapping river drainage systems on Mars, where #water used to flow. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The Greening of Shipping is a complicated matter but we had good progress at #cop30 to discuss these issues www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Happy Geography Awareness Week!!! #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️

The Mineral Supply for "Smart Cities" - Resourcing a more sustainable "techno-urban" transition. Video of a lecture I gave some years ago at alma mater @yaleenvironment.bsky.social and just found online www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZMO...

Great comments by @ingerandersen.bsky.social regarding the complexity of climate linkages with conflicts in Sudan and Syria - #Video from #COP30

Great to hear in person @gavinnewsom.bsky.social give this impressive speech at #Cop30 yesterday highlighting the bipartisan history of environmental action and California leadership against all odds cc: @petergleick.bsky.social @deepseadawn.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

A new Nature Communications study indicates even if all other sectors went #net-zero today, emissions from construction alone would still push the world beyond the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C target by 2050 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Such a pleasure to host @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social for the annual #Mather lecture at @udelaware.bsky.social

Pleased to report that my book on #Sustainability with @oxfordacademic.bsky.social is now available as an #audiobook - available on most audio platforms like Spotify and also Audible cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.amazon.com/Sustainabili...

Among the many extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage sites I have visited in travels to 174 member states of the United Nations, The Pothala Palace stands out as singularly monumental in its setting, ambition and transcendence

What the 2025 economics #NobelPrize reveals about the way nature and science need to be internalized in our assessment of #innovation and growth - my thoughts for @forbes.com cc: @pkrugman.bsky.social @petergleick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

For Star Trek fans this one is for you www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

My thoughts on the new book by Malala Yousafzai and how to connect it to broader conversations on diversity, migration and sustainability - might interest @jenbiddle.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

“Key to success in transformative change is identifying the underlying causes” - Arun Agrawal at @notredame.bsky.social sustainability conference

“Road to philanthropic hell was paved with “pilot projects.” - Jim Leape at NSS meeting

“Politics is downstream of culture than policy is downstream of power” - David Beckman / Pisces foundation at @notredame.bsky.social conference

“I do not seek infinite growth but I do seek improvement in quality of life - shift from quantity to quality is what matters.” Chris Boone - dean of @uscprice.bsky.social at the National Sustainability Society conference at @notredame.bsky.social cc: @geodgb.bsky.social

In past 7 years we have extracted more materials from earth than past 100 years prior. Very concerning trend - noted at #Zerowaste forum

🌎On the doorstep of the Amazon, this year's #COP30 is taking place where the pressures of development and deforestation collide. But it can inspire the courage and cooperation the future demands. See why this location matters. Find out more → go.wri.org/cop30

Such a pleasure moderating the panel with Jeff Sachs at the Global Zero Waste Forum in Istanbul today

Arrived in #Istanbul for #Zerowaste forum - lots of good publicity about the waste problem but #TurkishAirlines needs to recycle better and stop using so many disposable items and accessories on their planes!! ✈️🍀good news that they are using more biofuels

IUCN launches Nature-based Education Facility with $10 million in-kind contribution from Esri iucncongress2025.org/programme/iu...

There are plenty of opportunities to recycle rare earth minerals which are not being adequately utilized as I argue in this recent piece for @forbes.com cc: @triofrancos.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

New report from United Nations International Resource Panel suggests, circular economy strategies must be prioritized - otherwise we face the prospect of a $450 billion financing gap for critical minerals. Cc: @edgarhertwich.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Academic exodus from USA goes to next level as Nobel laureate couple from MIT depart for Switzerland cc: @globalecoguy.bsky.social www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs #openaccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌊 🦑

My thoughts on #Africa’s largest dam that just opened on the Nile and cautious optimism for #Ethiopia moving forward in my latest column for @forbes.com cc: @petergleick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

Prof Mike Searle’s comprehensive new geological map of the Himalayas is now complete and has been handed over to his long-time colleague Marc St-Onge at the Geological Survey of Canada for digitisation! Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting project

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity cc: @michaelemann.bsky.social bbc.com/news/article...

Our latest paper exploring the complicated relationships between the energy source for processing the ubiquitous metal - aluminum / and economic measures of productivity when we factor in carbon into the equations cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Perfect Storm Fueling Pakistan’s Solar Boom www.wri.org/insights/pak...

#Sex, #Gender and #Sustainability - a complex and often neglected topic www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

“Vengeance is a Lazy form of Grief.” - from The Interpreter film #Quotes

Russia and USA can cooperate on science - Friend and fellow board member Prof. Paul Arthur Berkman delivered an invited presentation online about Pan-Arctic Cooperation with Global Inclusion: Addressing Urgencies Across Security-to-Sustainability Time Scales scidiplo.org/pan-arctic-c...

Visit to #SierraLeone - locally owned bauxite mine with Turkish investors less than two hours drive from Freetown had a community development forum that was quite revealing and hopeful as was the visit to the university and their efforts at circular economy projects

Visit to University of #Gambia this week reconnecting with my old friend the former head of the Gambian Environment Agency which has strictly enforced waste management and coastal erosion regulation

Human lifespans are increasing and their connection to #sustainability raises some challenging questions - my thoughts for @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

The Civility in Public Service award being awarded today by @udelaware.bsky.social Ithaca Initiative to these two amazing politicians from different parrots who worked together to memorialize the inspirational courage and compassion of Robert Smalls

University of Delaware graduate students are studying birds of conservation concern to help their populations recover. The data they uncover could guide future efforts to protect and manage these vulnerable species.

Looking forward to visiting Duke University to present in this seminar hosted by @eswein.bsky.social as they have recently established a research institute on #criticalminerals nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/events/scien...

What is “minerals diplomacy?” - check out this new paper led by my stellar doctoral student Thomas Hale based on his fieldwork in #Greenland #CriticalMinerals www.frontiersin.org/journals/pol...

Excited to announce my research group is launching a new monthly webinar series, 'Critical Conversations'! In our first session @saleemali.bsky.social kickstarts the conversation discussing the importance of equity when thinking about resource extraction Register to join here: shorturl.at/HC46U

My thoughts on how to fix the failure of the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations with good data and some insights from research in environmental diplomacy cc: @katharinehayhoe.com www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...

New Jersey Wins $2 Billion Settlement From DuPont Over #PFAS Contamination thewaternetwork.com/article-FfV/...

The Future of Geothermal Energy – Analysis - this win win source could supply 15% of global energy demand according to @iea.org www.iea.org/reports/the-...

Thanks to The Wall Street Journal for profiling my work in this article today on how to cooperate on critical minerals for #GreenTransition based on earlier work published in @aaas.org journal Science cc: @globalecoguy.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com www.wsj.com/articles/cou...