Alcohol and other drugs agencies need to contribute to climate adaptation - Institute of Alcohol Studies Climate change is intensifying health and social inequalities, hitting people who use alcohol and other drugs (AoD) particularly hard. In this blog, the authors discuss how AoD services face growing d...

People who access alcohol and other drug services are already experiencing more acute impacts of climate change. With Lisa de Kleyn, @meganpcook.bsky.social and @laurenrickards.bsky.social. Thanks to @ias.org.uk for publishing our blog.
www.ias.org.uk/2026/02/17/a...

New paper by Maree Patsouras (+supervisors & @sarjomac.bsky.social). It explores how midlife women's drinking challenges/fits within ideals around femininity, 'good motherhood' and neoliberalism.

A great final qual paper as part of Maree's mixed methods PhD! 😊

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Climate change necessitates a concerted and coordinated response from the alcohol and other drugs sector Published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Climate change poses massive challenges to people who use AoD. It's hard for AoD workers to plan for this. We identify some possible responses. @laurenrickards.bsky.social @meganpcook.bsky.social, Lisa de Kleyn, @latrobeuni.bsky.social, @eleanorcos.bsky.social

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News.com.au headline with a photo of an AustralianSuper member, which says 'Betrayal': Aussies fume over super truth. AustralianSuper is one of the largest shareholders in Whitehaven Coal, ignoring climate science and energy transition targets.

Members are fuming that #AustralianSuper has become one of the largest investors in Whitehaven Coal, with shares worth about $395 million.

“I think that AustralianSuper promoting themselves as an environmentally sustainable fund is false advertising and I’m angry.” 🔗 www.news.com.au/finance/supe...

Gender Differences in Alcohol Research: A Focus on How Men and Women Are Studied in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Click on the article title to read more.

Have a read of our editorial in @apsad-dar.bsky.social, led by @meganpcook.bsky.social, where we argue that we need to start focusing more on men in non-medical alcohol research in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Led by Joanne Bryant with @sarjomac.bsky.social @joneale.bsky.social, Jen Skattebol, Mark Ferry, Andrew Bruun & Jacqui Sundbery

That's hilarious!

SOCIAL WORK ACROSS THE GENERATIONS: views on practice, equity and professional identity YouTube video by La Trobe University

Watch our World Social Work Day event for diverse perspectives on our discipline, its role and future youtu.be/33HE29iOpxQ. With Prof Margarita Frederico, Jaryd Stobaus, Amanda Tully & Saly Alman. Compared by A/Prof Maureen Long & Chloe Dillon. Wrangled by @alexbhathal.bsky.social and Karen Holl

Looks great!

Not too be missed

@pennybuykx.bsky.social and I wrote a chapter titled 'Social work research with people who use alcohol and other drugs'. It's in HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH METHODS IN SOCIAL WORK. @alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @latrobeuni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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@instalcstud.bsky.social

Alcohol’s contribution to climate change - Institute of Alcohol Studies Dr Megan Cook and Professor Sarah MacLean explain how little information exists about alcohol and sustainability, why this is an important area, and why public health researchers are well-placed to in...

Why do we talk about food miles but not about alcohol miles?
@meganpcook.bsky.social and I ask this question and think about the researchers' responsibilities in a new blog.
@alcoholandmedia.bsky.social @laurenrickards.bsky.social
@latrobeuni.bsky.social

www.ias.org.uk/2025/01/14/a...

A black background with white and orange text and fossil fuel symbols: While on Hesta's watchlist, Woodside has approved a new oil field (est. 200 million tonnes of emissions) and bought a new LNG project (up to 1.5 billion tonnes of emissions)

Have HESTA, Rest and Australian Retirement Trust lost their nerve?

These super funds remain invested in Woodside and Santos while claiming to support greater climate action – but sit on their hands when it comes to using their voting power to rein in fossil fuel growth. #climate

Alcohol’s contribution to climate change and other environmental degradation: a call for research Abstract. Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The production, distribution and consumption of many fast-moving consumer goo

And i will take this opportunity to highlight other work i did with @sarjomac.bsky.social & others where we explore current evidence on alcohol production & it's contributing to significant environmental degradation through water usage & other carbon emission costs. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

@xrglobal.bsky.social

Thank you Megan!

@laurenrickards.bsky.social

How does climate change impact people who use alcohol and other drugs? A scoping review of peer reviewed literature The world has experienced devastating extreme weather events, alongside slow-onset processes including increasing temperature means, that scientists a…

Everyone is impacted by climate change, including the many of us who use alcohol and other drugs. New paper in @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social collaborating with staff of Social Work and Social Policy and the Climate Adaptation Lab at La Trobe University.
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