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The pros and cons of sectoral climate governance. Learning from the IMO and shipping. Collins Odote presents our work at #ISA2025

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This wins the worst news of the internet today and it had a LOT of competition 😖

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Think you are 'safe' because you don't live in the US? Think again. . . 'Musk’s far-right influence has taken on a life of its own and started to have an impact even in countries he has not yet visited or said anything about.'

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The amount of shit on social media from unreconstructed and flat out racist white South Africans following Trump’s lead is truly insane… Some of the most privileged people imaginable have convinced themselves that they are uniquely victimised…

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WTF???

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If people normalize this lawbreaking instead of pushing back, it will be very hard ever to restore the system of government that most of us grew up assuming it would be in place. Trump’s disregard for US constitution ‘a blitzkrieg on the law’, legal experts say

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NEW: @wired.com built a tool to monitor 1,300+ federal .gov websites, revealing that entire sites are going dark as we speak. @telliotter.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social (who built the tool), and @dell.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/us-gov...

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Actually Bob, there are other ways to work towards solving global hunger: let's start w/paid labour. @lseblogs.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @danbrockington.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social @theguardian.com @stefanoponte.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/...

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As we enter the New Year, RIPE editors have some good news to report!!! Our editors are: @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social @hozic.bsky.social Alison Johnston @skostem.bsky.social @manuelamoschella.bsky.social @stefanoponte.bsky.social @kevinyoung.bsky.social and Hongying Wang doi.org/10.1080/0969...

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And I finally (and too late!) made it to BluSky! 😊

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Yesterday, we hosted Mara Leichtman, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University, for an insightful session on "Da’wa as Development: Everyday Humanitarianism and Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in Tanzania." at CBS. Read more at www.everydayhumanitarianismintanzania.org/activities

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Andreas Malm chronicled this in detail in ‘Overshoot’. This is one more brick.

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Welcome to Bluesky to @julianelang.bsky.social Follow her for insights on inequality, global value chains and critical takes on food and natural resources!

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excellent new paper on green economic planning from excellent CBS colleagues @jhasselbalch.bsky.social & Cornel Ban, drawing on lessons from post-war indicative planning, contemporary industrial policy & corporate planning 🌻 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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This chart is an indictment of the US for-profit health care system. All of those lost years are the cost of profits being claimed.

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No no no! It’s all about freedom … of being stuck in traffic

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David Peck is relaunching his podcast with our conversation on Hidden Politics and the SDGs - have a listen & share for your students and colleagues! shows.acast.com/face2face-wi... @lcotula.bsky.social @davethomas.bsky.social @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social

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Captures my feelings today (Daniel Wurtzel, “Air fountain”, at Trapholt museum, Kolding, DK)

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Let them eat cake

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Carbon capture is the mermaid of all techno-BS

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It’s starting. If they can’t hear the activists, then they will hear the lawyers.

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I can’t believe this song is still celebrated. @brandaid-world.bsky.social and I took apart this kind of white saviourism a gazzillion years ago in our book ‘Brand Aid’

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It was soooooo good!!!

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Read @ebharrington.bsky.social ‘s piece in @theatlantic.com and related podcast. She knows stuff! Let’s take down the Broligarchy!

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Get ready for another big bang book by the one and only @greenprofgreen.bsky.social

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"It was estimated that there was a savings of $8,277 in shelter costs for each individual receiving the $7,500 payment. In other words, the program resulted in a cost savings of more than $750 for each person enrolled in the program." Basic income will save money. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

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The #ICJ hearings have kicked off, and Ralph Regenvanu on behalf of Vanuatu & Melanesian Spearhead Group does not mince his words, emphasizing the high stakes for his and other vulnerable nations. Watch live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...

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Just found the only article on #Tanzania #politics in the American #politicalscience flagship journal APSR since 1970. This tells a lot about the place of people in politics as understood by the field today. @stefanoponte.bsky.social

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NORWAY: “Despite winding back some tax benefits, EVs accounted for 94% of new car sales in October — almost 2x China’s rate — putting the country within reach of a goal to stop adding combustion engines next year.” Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Now in print. With @karenpylai.bsky.social and @stefanoponte.bsky.social. State action and inaction in the shaping of value and wealth entanglements: The role of Singapore in the global ‘gold chain’. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 56(8), 2174-2195. doi.org/10.1177/0308...

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Humanitarian responses in Tanzania are shaped by public perceptions of deservingness, with citizens often inclined to help those recognized as legitimate recipients of aid by government or community leaders. Read more in our policy brief at www.everydayhumanitarianismintanzania.org/reports #EHTZ

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So when all ya’ll keep going on about #bandaid it’s cringey+racist but….it raised so much money 🙄 This is for you, my friends of the business case.

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We used to have a division of labour - we do value, you do wealth sort of thing (reminds me of a Soul Coughing song …) Then we put our heads together. We struggled to agree on things but eventually did - so you should read this stuff (-;

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Tanzania’s longstanding commitment to hosting refugees has faced recent policy shifts, especially in the Kigoma region, where stricter encampment rules now limit refugees’ movement and opportunities for self-sustenance. Read more in our policy brief: www.everydayhumanitarianismintanzania.org/reports

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HOUSING THE HOMELESS SAVES MONEY IN FINLAND: “a recent study showed the savings in emergency healthcare, social services & the justice system totalled as much as €15,000 a year for every homeless person in properly supported housing.” It works AND it saves money. www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...

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“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.” Leadership. #Paris www.theguardian.com/cities/2023/...

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A planet in crisis: How can we solve our plastics problem? #plastics #plasticspollution #fossilfuels #waste thehill.com/opinion/ener...

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Before & After: I don’t think people realize the extent to which parked cars degrade public space.

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The chyron (@maharafiatal.bsky.social taught me that word) reads: 'Researchers recommend a change in policy to recognize people who help in times of crisis' From our #humanitarianism #dissemination #Tanzania @ehtz.bsky.social @shangwe.bsky.social @stefanoponte.bsky.social

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1. Requested my X archive; 2. Unlinked other apps; 3. Will deactivate my X account as soon as the archive arrives; 4. Will let the 30 day in-case-you-change-your-mind period pass; 4. Goodbye forever to X-bro

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Renewables are exceeding expectations - but so are emissions. Why? Part of the fossil economy's staying power comes from false promises of techno-neutralisation. CCS is the OG machine saviour. A new blog for you, on why its second coming hasn't come. ketanjoshi.co/2024/11/24/2... (+ thread)

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In-depth longitudinal studies are pearls of knowledge

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I really ❤️ this 👇

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Want to know more about the broligarchs being put in charge of the US government? What do they want & what will it mean for us? What's up with their obsessions with crypto & pregnancy? Listen to me and @gilduran.bsky.social talk about it on his Framelab podcast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYiH...

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