A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week.
For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead.
One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
Please raise your voice to oppose the dissolution of the SBE directorate at #NSF, and with it, elimination of support for all social science research. Check out the action opportunities at cossa.org/action-cente...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Area by Anh Ngoc Vu, Jonathan Rigg, Felicity Kersting, Ekaterina Tarnovskaya & Loc Duc Nguyen (2025) entitled: 'What Difference Does Language Make? Comparing Systematic Evidence Reviews of Vietnamese and English Language Literatures on Climate Change and the Health of Outdoor Workers' with a black banner at the top. The dominance of English-language scholarship in global research has led to a significant knowledge divide, often marginalising research from non-English-speaking regions, particularly in the Global South. This paper presents a comparative analysis of two systematic literature reviews (SLRs) on the health impacts of climate change on outdoor workers in urban Asia, focusing on English- and Vietnamese-language literature. By comparing these two bodies of scholarship, the study uncovers key thematic convergences and divergences, reflecting broader disparities in knowledge production, research norms and priorities. The English-language literature emphasises macro-level analyses, theoretical frameworks, and long-term policy interventions, while the Vietnamese-language literature offers more localised, context-specific insights, highlighting immediate coping strategies and health risks faced by outdoor workers. We argue that the systematic exclusion of non-English sources risks reinforcing existing epistemic hierarchies, narrowing debate on global health and climate change research. By integrating Southern-language perspectives, research can better and more equitably address the diverse vulnerabilities of outdoor workers and develop more effective and locally attuned interventions. The study emphasises the need to cast our linguistic net more widely to enrich global understanding and help achieve epistemic justice.
New in Area:
'What difference does language make? Comparing systematic evidence reviews of Vietnamese and English language literatures on climate change and the health of outdoor workers' by Anh Ngoc Vu et al.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
Indian govt. raids/threatens climate activists for "campaigning against fossil fuels at the behest of some foreign organizations…similar activists or organisations whose climate campaigns may be inimical to India’s energy security are under the scanner”. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/01/07/i...
So frightening. ‘The list covers a wide swath of organizations and groups, including 31 UN entities, such as UN Water, UN Oceans, UN Population Fund, and the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women.’
These apparently ‘no longer serve American interests’.
Cinq mois après sa promulgation, la loi Duplomb commence à être appliquée. Avec des effets très concrets sur le recours aux pesticides ou l’agrandissement des plus grandes exploitations d’élevage. Voici ce à quoi vous n’avez pas échappé.
Un article de Nolwenn Weiler et Sophie Chapelle 👇
"“To me, being a feminist means kindness. If I stay silent when others suffer, one day it will be my turn to suffer too."
A great piece reporting on the seeds of hope for climate change action and justice by Nina Lakhani.
"The future of education has already arrived, as a liquidation sale of everything that once made it matter." An excellent, thought-provoking piece on the impact of AI on university education
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
Intervention -- "Fascist Truths, Toxic Lies: Pesticide Ubiquity and Its Highly Uneven Chemical Geographies" -- a look at the US to question how ubiquitous, invisibilized, and unevenly distributed toxicity is shaping current political formations antipodeonline.org/2025/12/01/f...
Winter storms have torn through Gaza’s camps, destroying more than 22,000 tents and flooding shelters. With little insulation, fuel, or medicine, families face freezing nights as aid agencies warn this winter could prove deadly without urgent intervention.
#Gaza #WinterStorms #Refugees
Victoria Reyes-García, del ICTA-UAB, recibe Premio Rei Jaume I a la Protección del Medio Ambiente
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Fieldwork can be a unique opportunity, but it can also be a very significant challenge to well-being. My colleagues have developed this interactive reflection tool to help manage well-being whilst on fieldwork, preparing to fieldwork, and when you get back
inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/wellbeing/
Excited that our session — 'Cyborg rivers and riverhood movements: potentials of re-imagining, re-politicizing and re-commoning relations between rivers, nonhumans and people' — was accepted for #POLLEN2026. Call for papers is open until 5th December! 🦦
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
@nfucanada.bsky.social recognizes intimate partner violence and gender-based violence as an epidemic
mailchi.mp/nfu.ca/ipv_g...
I'm also helping out with this exciting session on *Pedagogies of Hope*
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
The call for abstracts for POLLEN 2026 is open 🌟 Leigh-Rutt, Assa Doron & I have a panel on *Political Ecologies of Animal Agriculture* - details are here along with instructions for submitting abstracts. If this is in your zone, consider submitting an abstract!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
4 years of discussion and joint writing with 5 fabulous colleagues are behind this *open access* paper on methodological and ethical challenges in studying extreme and cascading forms of nature-society disruption (We even reflect on a failed ARC bid ❤️🩹) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Appel à la solidarité ! 💓 Après 3 années de procès, 5 collègues qui avaient participé à des actions de désobéissance civile lors de la campagne de @scientistrebellion.bsky.social en Allemagne en 2022 ont été condamnés à 11 250 € d’amendes par la justice allemande. [1/3]
Brown rejected the compact!
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with @exeter.ac.uk, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇
👉global-tipping-points.org
Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a annoncé la composition de son gouvernement.
Avec des nominations marquées à droite et la reconduction d'Agnès Pannier-Runacher à l'Écologie, l'avenir de notre environnement est toujours aussi sombre.
Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/XEI
An insightful analysis of the history of the RSS - which just turned 100 years old, and its links with the BJP and Narendra Modi
thewire.in/history/full... by @jaffrelot.bsky.social
Poster of event on Oct 3 - Indian development at a crossroads
Indian development at a crossroads. Join us for this in-person and online event on Friday Oct 3 that explores authoritarian top-down models of development in India and how these are challenged from below.
www.ids.ac.uk/events/india...
#India #Development #Authoritarianism
Universal state failure.
"...j’ai été frappée par le décalage entre cette grande inquiétude et l’absence de cap politique pour y répondre." reporterre.net/Valerie-Mass... @valmasdel.bsky.social
📝 Five important recommendations to root '(unin)habitability' research and policy-making in climate justice - including the recognition of people's rights to stay and to adapt in places abruptly labelled as '(soon-to-be-)uninhabitable'.
@cameliadewan.bsky.social
Researching the environment? What are our options for developing our research & careers? Whether you are applying for academic posts, policy related positions or joining activist movements @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social has got you covered 😀Very much looking forward to being part of this discussion ⬇️
