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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦

@adamsneyd.bsky.social
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Author of Hidden Politics in the UN SDGs & Professor @ Moo U and President of UGFA - critical thoughts on commodities, sustainability & CSR + check out www.theicsdp.org and adamsneyd.com

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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Africa tells global bond rating agencies that we can do the job ourselves rfi.my/D74M
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L'Union africaine lance une agence de notation pour renforcer la souveraineté financière du continent
L’Afrique se dote d’un nouvel outil pour avoir son mot à dire sur les marchés financiers. L’Agence africaine de notation de crédit a été officiellement lancée mercredi 7 octobre à Maurice, avec l’ambi...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Quit worrying about public sector debt and start unpacking this nonsense
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
African cotton and sustainable development still super relevant rfi.my/D6E5
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Un jour au village - Transformation locale du coton dans les villages
Au Mali, le coton ne s’arrête plus aux portes des champs. Il se transforme, se file, se tisse et peut ainsi changer de vie. Le coton est la principale culture du pays et constitue un pilier majeur de…
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Moo-U! www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/f...
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Food Fight! U of G students get messy coming up with food security solutions
The Guelph Food Fight was a chance for students to come up with creative solutions to plausible challenges Ontario's food system could face in the future
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is just getting obscene
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Susan Strange’s approach to understanding structural power front and centre rfi.my/D0DM
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Géopolitique - Les ruptures technologiques désormais au cœur des rapports de puissance
Depuis 1945, la puissance se mesurait à l’aune de la capacité de projection : dollars, porte-avions, bases militaires. Aujourd’hui, ce paradigme s’effondre. Les États-Unis, hyperpuissance incontestée,...
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 28/08/2026
Canadians wonder if they can win trade war against famously self-sacrificing and unified Americans
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Canadians wonder if they can win trade war against famously self-sacrificing and unified Americans
OTTAWA - With tensions continuing to ratchet in the face of President Trump's unilateral trade war, Canadians are openly wondering how they will fare against the notably harmonious, disciplined, and s...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026
Holy shit — the purpose of this Trump event is to announce that he’s changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” It will be interesting to see which if any institutions and companies go along with this
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Take a break from Orange Man Bad to absorb the greatness - Less Trump, More Trumpet www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZra...
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Time After Time (2022 Remaster)
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Cool rfi.my/CuB6
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C'est pas du vent - La décroissance est en pleine croissance
Et si la croissance économique n'était pas la solution, mais le problème ? Attendez, ne décrochez pas tout de suite… Pendant des décennies, je vous l’accorde, il était impossible ou presque de se pose...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
PWYP and EITI need to keep up the pressure - someone has been eating off this mess for a decade….https://rfi.my/CsBR
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Cameroun: les mesures annoncées pour assainir le secteur de l'or jugées insuffisantes par la société civile
Au Cameroun, où en est la réponse des pouvoirs publics plus de sept mois après la révélation d'un écart important entre l'or déclaré sortant du pays et celui que les acheteurs internationaux, Émirats…
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
When you want in the corruption so badly that you create a fake foreign investment promotion agency…. rfi.my/CrKH
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Nigeria: Abuja secouée par le scandale d'un vrai-faux «Conseil présidentiel de promotion des investissement étrangers»
Au Nigeria, le Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC) - le « Conseil présidentiel de promotion des investissement étrangers » en français - échangeait très officiellement avec des...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Check out the brilliant @glorianovovic.bsky.social on why we need more robust approaches to sustainable development than the #SDGs status quo www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bF...
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Navigating the Complexities of Development with Dr. Gloria Novović
YouTube video by David Peck Live
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Re: impacts on LDCs SIDS & landlocked unctad.org/publication/...
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Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: Beyond reopening - lasting impacts on vulnerable economies |
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would bring much-needed relief for many economies.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Super discussion of the challenges facing international research in 2026 rfi.my/CpTv
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Géopolitique - Territoires empêchés: quand la recherche se heurte aux frontières
Il y a encore quelques années, la recherche de terrain reposait sur un principe simple : aller voir, enquêter, observer, comparer. Aujourd’hui dans un nombre croissant d’États, ce geste élémentaire de...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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France: TotalEnergies condamné dans un procès climatique inédit
Le groupe TotalEnergies a été condamné jeudi 25 juin par le tribunal judiciaire de Paris pour non-respect de son devoir de vigilance climatique. Autrement dit, la justice reproche à la major pétrogazi...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Geopolitique w its fingers directly on the pulse this week - great listen! rfi.my/CoJm
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Géopolitique - Après le G7, la Russie sous pression?
Le conflit en Ukraine reste enlisé. Mais Volodymyr Zelensky a reçu à Evian, à l’occasion du sommet du G7, un soutien renouvelé de ses alliés européens et de Donald Trump qui a promis de faire tout ce…
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Ilias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Also funny that "industrial policy may be ok in some cases but you shouldn't do it because you don't have the fiscal/administrative capacity" is precisely what IMF/OECD/etc. tell developing countries. Now the ft tells the rich world: "china does it, but you shouldn't". The irony!
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
More of this is going to happen: commodity producers banding together to coordinate production and marketing and inviting others to join #cocoa rfi.my/CnXy
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Cacao: à Abidjan, Ghana et Côte d'Ivoire annoncent des mesures communes pour faire face à la crise
Ce mardi 16 juin 2026, les présidents Alassane Ouattara et John Dramani Mahama animaient, à Abidjan, un sommet de l’Initiative Cacao Côte d’Ivoire-Ghana. À travers ce sommet, les deux premiers product...
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Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
We are closing @goldperc.bsky.social after 12 years. Here I reflect on the times and what we made of them www.goldperc.uk/project_post...
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Looking back on PERC - Political Economy Research Centre
The Political Economy Research Centre is to close formally this summer. Here, founding Director, Will Davies, reflects on its twelve years of activity. It took two or three years before the causes, ef...
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Jennifer Clapp 🇨🇦 @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So nice to see this piece out with @jacktaggart.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social and Peter Dauvergne on global environmental governance in a fracturing liberal political economy... We talk about climate, food and plastics governance as liberal norms erode...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Some big thoughts on new economic thinking and rethinking development from @sakarisaaritsa.bsky.social in conversation with David Peck #ICSDP www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZgf...
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Exploring Global Development with Dr. Sakari Saaritsa
YouTube video by David Peck Live
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Should be front page news in @theglobeandmail.com as well but I’m not holding my breath…. rfi.my/Cm6F
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Bilan carbone désastreux, chaleurs extrêmes: le Mondial de football, symbole puissant du dérèglement climatique
La météo, déséquilibrée par le changement climatique, sera un paramètre crucial du grand tournoi du football (11 juin-19 juillet, États-Unis, Mexique, Canada). L’événement, en retour, aggravera le réc...
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
A must-read long interview with @thunen.bsky.social for anyone who wants to understand our current moment. One of the best, most nuanced discussions I've read on US power, with lots for Canadians to consider regarding how to deal with this declining, but still-powerful empire.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
daaaamn london
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Job secure profs: please think about your environmental footprint next time you blow through your annual carbon budget to attend the same old boring academic conference or event to keep up appearances. /end
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m sure that I will fly to destinations in Africa and beyond to look at issues related to sustainability in the future. But I know that I won’t have to move around as much. A little bit of movement can yield a LOT of material for future publications.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m breaking the flight exile to attend a workshop at @uvic.ca on the sustainability of Canada’s agri-food supply chains. The nasty environmental footprint of Canada‘s supply chains is super serious and we need to discuss paths to real solutions in-person.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
When the pandemic dragged on and I engrossed myself in the degrowth literature, I emerged from lockdown thinking more about making sustainable choices and then actually made those choices.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My flight exile didn’t start as sanctimonious critique of conspicuous consumption: Covid-19 led to the cancellation of the 2020 Next Einstein Forum in Nairobi.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Even so, it seems to me that academics need to take the idea of responsible and sustainable consumption much more seriously.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
That said, the three big book projects that I finished over my last seven flightless years would not have been possible without my previous international experiences.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We can get grants and partner with people who are more qualified than us to do research in their own countries, and we can contribute to training when we send students and not ourselves.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Job secure/permanent academics don’t NEED to fly anywhere at this point. Flying is largely a lifestyle choice even for those of us who study global issues.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I’m getting on a plane tomorrow for the first time in seven years: some reflections 1/n
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Assassinat de Patrice Lumumba: décès d’Étienne Davignon, homme d’État belge
On apprend, ce lundi 18 mai, la mort à 93 ans de l’homme d’État belge, Étienne Davignon. Diplomate, politicien et dirigeant d’entreprises, il était revenu sous les feux des projecteurs, bien malgré lu...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... The messy, chaotic and possibly quixotic quest to phase out fossil fuels
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The messy, chaotic and possibly quixotic quest to phase out fossil fuels
The inside story of a climate summit unlike any other
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae...
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This one is good as gold without even bothering to mention the Saudis telling Trump to get stuffed. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Drumpf Just Got Told to Get Fucked. In Mandarin. And There Ain't A Goddamn Thing He Can Do About It.
China just announced it will not recognise or enforce US sanctions. Translation: go fuck yourself, Donald.
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“Policy-based evidence making” # unfollow
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Oh look, something actually reasonably good coming out of the US this evening: Happy International #JazzDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=y86v...
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2026 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert — Live in 4K from Chicago, USA
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/04/2026
Only 338 people have submitted requests for the fast-track residency scheme that the US president launched with great fanfare last year. ft.trib.al/puuUq2y
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The great commodities disruption giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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The great commodities disruption
Trump’s attack on Iran has served as a reminder of how interconnected the global economy remains
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Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦 @adamsneyd.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Seems the @financialtimes.com has stopped its live blog on the largest energy crisis ever. Nothing to see here people - Hormuz is so old news….#facepalm
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
everything in american politics boils down to this
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W. Andy Knight @knight54.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Americans, look in the mirror; this is exactly who you are. We 🇨🇦 no longer buy into the narrative that “this is not who we (the USA) are”.
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