Based on a photovoice study conducted during my PhD and together with Winfred Lipina Koinet, @matcashmore.bsky.social and Todd A. Crane, we edited a (non-academic) booklet that foregrounds the voices and pictures of Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya.

Have a look here: www.nmbu.no/en/faculties...

At the top of the page is the booklet title "Witnessing changing livelihoods through photovoice in southern Kenya: Transformations and persistence of Maasai pastoralists in a changing climate". Below is the mention "Edited by Edwige Marty, Winfred Lipina Koinet, Matthew Cashmore and Todd A Crane". There is then a picture of a Maasai shepherd herding some goats through trees. He is carrying a water jerrican and his other hand holds a spear, while he has a knife sheathed at his waist.

April is the climate change and resilience month of the #IYRP2026, and thus seems a particularly good moment to talk about the experiences, resourcefulness, creativity and knowledges that pastoralists deploy every day to manage climate and other livelihood risks.

‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals

In case you missed it this ⬇️ It is still going on. Weirdly in a era where people are asking if a machine can be a person whilst simultaneously treating people like machines. Having to ask questions about both.

It's weird times guys.

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REFOREST is recruiting a funded PhD positions in the Forest Sciences for applicants from Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Deadline January 25. Please see further information at: www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz/reforest/

After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death “Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.

NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.

Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.

OnlineFirst - "Understanding lived experiences of climate change adaptation processes: Diversification subjectivities among Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya" by @edwimarty.bsky.social and Winfred Lipina Koinet:

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'[Climate change contributing to Hurricane Melissa by] strengthening top wind speed by 10 mph, and increasing potential damages by 50%.'

Environmental changes that sound small can have massive effects when they key cross breakpoints and thresholds.

From @environment.theguardian.com live blog.

Doing this photovoice with amazing participants in Shompole, Kajiado, was probably my favorite part of my PhD research. Now working with Lipina on making the amazing pictures produced on changing livelihoods in a changing climate available in a booklet in English and Maa.

Understanding lived experiences of climate change adaptation processes: Diversification subjectivities among Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya - Edwige Marty, Winfred Lipina Koinet, 2025 Adaptation planning efforts frequently overlooks the experiences of those undergoing broader transformations in their daily lives, notably in rapidly changing p...

Last paper out of my PhD is out! 🙂 Written with Lipina Koinet, we use photovoice data co-produced with pastoralists in southern Kenya to explore how they view and experience livelihood diversification and the tensions associated with it in a changing climate.

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As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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Rich, high-polluting nations have failed East Africa, delivering only 4% of the climate finance they promised under international agreements. Climate finance is not charity, it’s a matter of justice. Read more in our latest report ➡️ africa.oxfam.org/latest/press...

EFI indice de prévision extrême: la canicule ibérique risque fort de s'exporter au delà des Pyrénées

En moyenne sur cette semaine, les fortes chaleurs prendront un caractère climatologiquement remarquable (avec risque de canicule) surtout dans le Sud-Ouest et notamment à proximité des Pyrénées. C'est là que l'indice de prévision extrême @ecmwf.int réagit le plus.

A group of Kenyans have started a mutual aid fund that is paying hospital bills for those who are affected by the police brutality of the last 2 months. If you are in a position to contribute please consider giving? checkout.mookhpay.com/wakenya-for-...

Last few days to submit to the special issue on methodological advances for locally led adaptation!

Key messages from the @CopernicusECMWF European State of the Climate report on 2024.
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"Since the 1980s, Europe has warmed twice as fast as the global average"

When will our governments take this seriously and take economy-wide 𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕪 action?

Looking for contributors for a special issue in Environmental Science & Policy on methodological advances for locally led adaptation - deadline for abstracts is 15th June! Come talk to us if you are interested 🤗

With @vitamind4me.bsky.social, @sirier.bsky.social, David Mfitumukiza and Feisal Rahman

Death in moderation Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi’s death has renewed focus on the human cost of technological progress – a cost that is disproportionately paid by people in the Global South.

Ladi Anzaki Olubunmi’s death has renewed focus on the human cost of technological progress – a cost that is disproportionately paid by people in the Global South.

#Femmes | En 2023, le revenu salarial moyen des femmes dans le secteur privé est inférieur de 22,2 % à celui des hommes. À temps de travail égal, l’écart de salaire en équivalent temps plein (EQTP) entre femmes et hommes atteint 14,2 %
👉 www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...

Formal education as a contested pastoral adaptation pathway: insights from southern Kenya - Regional Environmental Change In dryland pastoral environments, political and geographical marginalization has historically led to development strategies that poorly account for individual and communities’ spatial and socio-econom...

Interesting research James, finding some commonalities with research done in Kenya! But there it was not only the school calendar that was carried over from colonial times but also the perceptions of certain agro-based livelihoods (here pastoralism) and the devaluation of local knowledges

IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work”

— concludes @ipbes.bsky.social major nexus report

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Highlights and images for 11 December 2024

At #ClimateICJAO, many statements reflected the tension between static and dynamic interpretations of States’ obligations on #climatechange — touching on evolving scientific insights, national circumstances, and capacity.

#ICJ #climatejustice

This essay was shortlisted for the 2024 Melbourne Prize for Literature. If you give it a read, you will see why.

Hey #AAA2024 -- many, many of you belong on this Climate Social Science starter park. If you aren't there and want to be, please let me know! And if you are there and don't want to be, of course, let me know that as well. #anthrosky go.bsky.app/S6w6yNz