Last week, @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of “Extraction,” joined the podcast to discuss the environmental and human-rights consequences of extraction - and why we may have overestimated the quantities of critical minerals we actually need. Listen below: www.landclimate.org/riofrancos/

"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.” In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit. @islandpress.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.” @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books. www.landclimate.org/...

“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.” Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women. www.landclimate.org/...

Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions. Listen 👇 www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

So fun to chat with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Review about my new book Existential Politics! Listen to our convo here. #COP30 #carbonpricing www.landclimate.org/what-if-clim...

Land and Climate Review assistant editor @corcorancamille.bsky.social covers the loi Duplomb – a controversial new French farming law that seeks to roll back environmental and public health regulations. Click below to read Camille’s full report on the highly divisive bill:

This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to @mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution. Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...

As attacks on the National Climate Assessments continue, read analysis from Obama's former Science Advisor John Holdren @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social : “Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.." bit.ly/47rrUy6

Plastic pollutes our air, seas, and bodies. We need solutions that address their full life-cycle. Production reduction must be enshrined in the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty – "If the article is not in the text, we lose any possible opportunity of that happening in the future.” @landclimate.bsky.social 🗞️

“The single-use plastics we use in our daily lives could completely annihilate net-zero." As negotiations begin in Geneva, it is essential that the UN #PlasticsTreaty includes an article on production reduction, says Punyathorn Jeungsmarn @ejfoundation.org www.landclimate.org/the-global-p...

As UN negotiators head to Geneva for the final round of talks, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks to Punyathorn "Arm" Jeungsmarn, from ‪@ejfoundation.org‬ about the Global Plastic Treaty and the fossil fuel lobbyists trying to block it. Click below to listen: https://bit.ly/4m0cIwy

🎙️Here’s a podcast episode I did w/ @landclimate.bsky.social on President Petro's bold pledge to end the granting of new hydrocarbon contracts in 🇨🇴. We looked at the motivations behind the pledge, the fierce opposition to it and whether it might last beyond 2026. www.landclimate.org/colombia-ver...

“Fossil pipelines are now augmented by digital pipelines.”

AI, NFTs and crypto have “drafted an extractive environment of burning up energy, characterised by fossil fuel conflicts and pipeline wars," say Hito Steyerl, Gago Gagoahidze and @milostrakilovic.bsky.social in an excerpt from their new book. @versobooks.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social‬ interviewed @simonclimate.bsky.social‬ from ‪@tyndallcentre.bsky.social‬ about the International Maritime Organisation's new penalties for shipping emissions. Click below to listen: www.landclimate.org/...

Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social‬ about what this means for climate research. www.landclimate.org/...

Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social‬ about what this means for climate research. www.landclimate.org/...

Last year, @corcorancamille.bsky.social‬ and ‪@bertiehb.bsky.social‬ revealed that Drax Group had signed an agreement with a public agency in California over contentious plans to commercialise wildfire mitigation. www.landclimate.org/...

“There's silencing of information or research that supports the energy transition.” This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social‬ about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels. www.landclimate.org/...

Thanks @bertiehb.bsky.social for a great conversation about my book and China's environmental politics. @landclimate.bsky.social is one more great green podcast on my listen list! www.landclimate.org/how-did-chin...

“A warming world is seen as an inconvenience to be endured rather than what it truly is: a planetary experiment the impacts are now only beginning to be felt." Read an excerpt from @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social‬’s “Arctic Passages,” published by @islandpress.bsky.social‬: www.landclimate.org/...

How did we lose the farmers? @felixschulz.bsky.social has some answers on our latest podcast 👇👇

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @alimacewen.bsky.social‬ speaks with Felix Schulz about his new research, which examines the divergence in core values between the global north and south. Click below to listen: www.landclimate.org/...

Great @landclimate.bsky.social episode on geoengineering laying out the current state of play. Wildly fascinating partly because it's an issue that fragments across political ideologies and even factions within the climate space. Very 2025... pca.st/episode/67ec...

“A warming world is seen as an inconvenience to be endured rather than what it truly is: a planetary experiment the impacts are now only beginning to be felt." Read an excerpt from @kieranmulvaney.bsky.social‬’s “Arctic Passages,” published by @islandpress.bsky.social‬: www.landclimate.org/...

In the year that BYD sales overtook Teslas in Europe, this podcast from @landclimate.bsky.social and @bertiehb.bsky.social delves into the role that activists played in shifting China from pollution-riddled to an emerging Green powerhouse: www.landclimate.org/how-did-chin...

This time on the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social‬ speaks with environmental activist Ma Tianjie, about his new book “In Search of Green China,” published by @politybooks.bsky.social‬ Click the link below to listen! www.landclimate.org/...

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks with Albert Van Wijngaarden and Adrian Hindes about the history of polar and solar geoengineering, its divisive nature, the risks, and the lack of global governance. www.landclimate.org/...

Many thanks to @landclimate.bsky.social for posting an excerpt from Titans of Industrial Agriculture on their website and also for the podcast interview with @alimacewen.bsky.social last month! Links ⬇️ www.landclimate.org/how-a-few-gi... www.landclimate.org/monopolies-a...

& be sure to listen to our interview with @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, where she and @alimacewen.bsky.social dive deeper into the topic of agricultural titans. www.landclimate.org/monopolies-a...

Agri-corporations have dominated markets through large mergers and acquisitions, says @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social in an excerpt from her new book, “Titans of Industrial Agriculture,” published by @mitpress.bsky.social. www.landclimate.org/...

Many many thanks to @bertiehb.bsky.social and @landclimate.bsky.social for the conversation about my book www.landclimate.org/has-russia-c...

“By burning grain, Russia not only attacks global food security and agricultural enterprises—it attacks the revered place of bread in Ukraine’s culture.” Read Darya’s article—an excerpt from her new book—on ecocide & the significance of bread in Ukraine's national identity. www.landclimate.org/...

“The damage to ocean biodiversity would be 25 times greater than the impact of land-based mining.” After Trump’s Executive Order, now is the time to revisit Jessica Battle’s piece examining deep sea mining. From the archive: originally published 13/7/23 www.landclimate.org/experts-agre...

This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @bertiehb.bsky.social interviews Darya Tsymbalyuk, author of the new book “Ecocide in Ukraine,” where the two discuss the relation between environmental destruction and war. www.landclimate.org/...

“The waste does not vanish, they are merely transformed into even more dispersed pieces, with increased toxicity.” Ma Tianjie’s “In Search of Green China,” published by @politybooks.bsky.social examines how public health hazards are sidelined in favour of economic growth. www.landclimate.org/...

Dyer-Witheford and Mularoni mention Silicon Valley’s “carbon-capture technologies that do not currently exist.” Be sure to revisit @bertiehb.bsky.social's piece on the matter, examining Big Tech’s "non-existent offsets.” From the archive: 16/12/22 www.landclimate.org/the-emperors...

“Big tech’s real climate change problem is that it is predicated on the circulatory growth of the world market.” Nick Dyer-Witheford and Alessandra Mularoni's new book “Cybernetic Circulation Complex” examines Silicon Valley’s green hypocrisies. @versobooks.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

Following the high-profile mission by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, now is a good moment to revisit our conversation with D. Raghunandan about the privatisation of space exploration, its environmental costs, and the future of space tourism. www.landclimate.org/what-does-sp...

@bertiehb.bsky.social talks to photographer and activist @tuorda.bsky.social about plans for a new open pit iron mine in Northern Sweden, that has led to concern from environmental and Saami activists. Click below to listen: www.landclimate.org/...

@austinfrerick.bsky.social's "Barons" similarly discusses agricultural monopolies. In this excerpt, he explains how Cargill “entrenched itself as the middleman in the grain trade, using this position to amass economic and political power through acquisition.” www.landclimate.org/the-cargill-...

💰 🛢️ New from @landclimate.bsky.social: Exxon is using international law to sue the Dutch government over the closure of the Groningen gas field, despite making €66 billion in profits and causing significant environmental damage.

🧵 Investment treaties with investor-state dispute settlement (#ISDS) hinder climate goals yet remain overlooked. E3G's Eunjung Lee discussed with @landclimate.bsky.social what #ISDS is and why it is a problem to fossil fuel phase out and climate action. www.landclimate.org/why-are-fore...

Was happy to speak with @alimacewen.bsky.social at the Land and Climate Podcast about my new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture this month. Link to the book, and the podcast, below! mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...

Nearly half of the global agriculture market is controlled by four companies. In "Titans of Industrial Agriculture," @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social outlines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and why it matters. @landclimate.bsky.social interviewed Clapp on her new book:

Dana Zartner, Fabian Cardenas and Mohammad Golam Sarwar on the case of Te Awa Tupua: where the Whanganui River has been granted legal personhood after 180 years of colonial exploitation. Below is an excerpt from “Standing for Nature” via @islandpress.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

“They aren’t going to try and out-compete each other; they are going to raise their prices.” @alimacewen.bsky.social speaks to political economist @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social about her new book “Titans of Industrial Agriculture,” published by @mitpress.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/...

It was privilege to be nominated as a finalist for the Chartered Institute of Journalists' Young Environmental Journalist of the Year Award alongside @jaysimhanspal.bsky.social @corcorancamille.bsky.social This is what the judges had to say about our work 👇

Hanna Hindström and Ana Celestial examined the repression—and, in some cases, killings—of environmental defenders in the Philippines. For a broader context on the oppression of protest, listen to @alimacewen.bsky.social interview @berglundoscar.bsky.social www.landclimate.org/is-the-clamp...