Saying the quiet part out loud

#academia #capitalism #class

Geographies of Environmental Data 1 - Max Ritts, 2025 Massive changes to the physical environment over the last decade have been understood by geographers in relation to new social, economic, and institutional impe...

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JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026 The scheme provides funding for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct cooperative research in Japan, with leading research groups in Japanese universities and other institutions, under the ...

Opportunity for early career postdoctoral researchers to conduct research in Japan for 12-24 months. You'll receive a monthly maintenence stipend, a settling in allowance, a research grant and round trip air fare. Apply by 10 Dec
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Carbon offsetting does not work. Not because of implementation details but because there are fundamental issues with the very idea of 'offsetting'. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I have been letting the closing of @adaptationfutures.bsky.social simmer in my mind for the last day. What did we learn - what do we know about adaptation and what are the big questions? A brief thread to summarise what jumped out at me. 🧵 1/4

Thomas Blakie standing at a podium at Te Pae with the panel on stage next to him.

“As Ngāi Tahu we migrated south to Te Waipounamu… We have been adapting all our lives.
I think it’s really inspiring as a young person to think back to our ancestors and how they have succeeded because we are all here today.”

The awesome Thomas Blakie at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

Midway through Day 1 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social - thoughts: There are lots of people here doing adaptation work. Climate change is causing so much labour: research, planning etc. But if we don't rethink development, and our guiding mantra of growth, we will fail. And...

It was a privilege to share my research at the @adaptationfutures.bsky.social conference on #BeyondAdaptation—#Justice and #Maladaptation.

Key message: Need to examine the power and knowledge underpinning the scalar dimension of maladaptation.

@ritodhi.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social

Steve Ratuva at a podium

Professor Steve Ratuva opening the panel at @adaptationfutures.bsky.social #AF2025 reminding us of the critical time we are in for adaptation and rollbacks of Indigenous Rights.

Sefanaia Nawadra on a podium

“We are trying to collect & safeguard knowledge that is there.
In many countries that knowledge is held by few and the way that it was transferred before is hard to do now. Many of our people are moving away from our villages to cities.”

Sefanaia Nawadra at #AF2025 @adaptationfutures.bsky.social

#gaza #poetry

📢 Application Deadline Extended – Apply by 15 August! | Eve Modules We are pleased to announce that the application deadline for the 2025 edition of the EVE Fall School has been extended to 15 August 2025. The programme will run fully online from 25 September to 27 No...

Excellent opportunity for #transdisciplinary and #interdisciplinary researchers:

EVE project Fall School, to explore cutting-edge perspectives on environmental studies through the lens of Euro-African dialogue.

Deadline is today, August 15th!

www.eve-modules.eu/news/%f0%9f%...

📢 Call for Papers!

Urban Politics in the Global South Conference

November 6-7, 2025 (fully virtual!)

This conference showcases research on urban politics in low- and middle-income countries in different world regions.

Deadline for Submissions: Sept. 5

Link: www.globalsouthurbanpolitics.com

“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...

From Roque Dalton ❤️

#justice #earth #resistance

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The Military-Fossil Fuel Complex A world system based on permanent war, and permament ecological crisis.

'The Military-Fossil Fuel Complex. A world system based on permanent war, and permament ecological crisis.'

#ClimateChange #Energy #Oil #Conflict

Via @graceblakeley.substack.com

There are no red states, no blue states, only purple, from Idaho fuchsia to Vermont violet. And in every state there are children, non-citizens, and prisoners who can't vote. In every state where one candidate won, a bunch of people voted for the other candidate. And so forth.

Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The fascist government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to wage war on Gaza civilians, in the longest and most intense violation of the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute and other elements of International Humanitarian Law in this century. The United Nations Human Rights office in the Occupied Palestinian territories […]

Israel continues to Starve, Target Gaza Civilians in ongoing Genocide

Bar chart titled "Matters of Scale" comparing proposed US research budget cuts to the European Union's €500-million (US$571-million) "Choose Europe" fund. The chart shows: * National Institutes of Health (NIH): $8 billion in cancelled grants and $18 billion in proposed cuts by 2026 (long orange bar). * National Science Foundation (NSF): $5.1 billion in proposed cuts by 2026 (shorter orange bar). * EU's Choose Europe fund: $571 million (very short blue bar). The graphic highlights that the EU fund is much smaller in scale compared to the US budget cuts. Text above the chart explains the EU’s intention to attract US researchers in response to policy decisions by the convicted felon and rapist Donald Trump.

If people think American scientists are somehow going to land in Europe, I've got news for you about the difference between millions and billions.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Spanish artists reimagine Picasso's Guernica against the genocide in Gaza In Madrid, eight striking artworks depict the pain of the countless mothers in Gaza losing their children to senseless violence.

In Madrid, eight striking artworks depict the pain of the countless mothers in Gaza losing their children to senseless violence.

This is sadly very relevant and we need to talk about it more in relation to how wars and climate change are related

‘Heartbreaking’: Pensioners, children sleeping rough in Christchurch’s red zone With more people weathering the South Island winter in cars and tents, support organisations said homelessness in Christchurch is “so sad”.

This is the New Zealand Luxon and co are giving us. While the Govt celebrates a reduction in emergency housing the people they have turfed out of emergency housing and/or refused to house have nowhere to go. This is the back on track they are celebrating. #NZpol

A coalition of callous bastards.

Sign the Petition UK Government: End Elephant Captivity

Elephants don’t belong in zoos. It's time the UK banned their captivity for good. No more breeding, no more importation, no more excuses 🐘

Please sign & share 👇

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The political erasure of Indian Muslims INDIA IS HOME to 200 million Muslim people. More Muslims live here than in any other country in the world barring Indonesia and Pakistan.  Yet in 2023, the

The Hindu Right has dispossessed India’s Muslims of meaningful political participation and fair representation in parliament and state assemblies, while radically altering electoral politics to cast #Muslims as a political liability, writes Harsh Mander

Microsoft - one of the highest emitters in big tech, missing its climate targets entirely

JPMorgan chase - the world's biggest funder of fossil fuel projects

Musk - techno-fascist climate delayer and denier who supports new oil and gas extraction and burns community-choking methane for a chatbot

Nato rearmament could increase emissions by 200m tonnes a year, study finds Exclusive: researchers say defence spending boosts across world will worsen climate crisis which in turn will cause more conflict

The military emissions gap -1st piece in our new series by @damiengayle.bsky.social
Exclusive: Nato rearmament could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 200m tonnes a year. Latest global arms race looks set to worsen the climate crisis causing even more conflict
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

screenshot from IG @tinangata on 27 May 2025. "But I already submitted on the Regulatory Standards Bill back in December/January" That was the discussion document. Public consultation has 2 stages: 1. Discussion document (Input into building the bill). 2. Select Committee (Feedback on the bill). YOUR SUBMISSION AGAINST THE DISCUSSION DOCUMENT DOES NOT CARRY OVER. You will still need to send a submission into select committee to have your opposition counted."

#RSB "Clarifying: if you made a submission back in Dec/Jan, YOU STILL NEED TO SEND ONE NOW! That was the 'discussion' phase & this select committee stage is DIFFERENT. Copy/paste text from your Dec/Jan opposition but make sure you say YOU OPPOSE THE BILL & WANT IT THROWN OUT" @tinangata.bsky.social

#RSB Indigenous storytelling powerhouse, Chelsea Winstanley (Māori film director, producer, writer) #nzpol

Amazing work as always Rishika ❤️