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Hannah Hughes

@hannahhughes.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University. Connecting with all the other Planeteers out there in all their embodiments 🌍🪐🌊🐳

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 Join us for the 2026 EH Carr Memorial Lecture on 8 October to hear @terezacapelos.bsky.social from @unisouthampton.bsky.social on the dangers to democracy from the politics of grievance. This is a public lecture that is free and open to all, and one that is not to be missed. ⬇️
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All welcome to join for the 2026 EH Carr Annual Memorial Public Lecture, on what promises to be a very interesting, timely and thought provoking discussion. This event is co-hosted by @irjournal.bsky.social, David Davies Memorial Institute and @interpolaber.bsky.social
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"This means that four of the five worst harvests in the UK have occurred in the past decade." Food and farmers need to take a more important place in #climate politics www.carbonbrief.org/how-this-sum...
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How this summer’s heat and drought impacted crops in Europe – in six charts - Carbon Brief
In the six charts below, Carbon Brief provides a snapshot of the impact this summer’s extremes are considered to have had on crop production and yields across Europe.
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Welcome Dr Tchella Maso, from University of Brasília! Tchella has recently joined @camamazon.bsky.social. In this blog, she describes her relationship with the Amazon and research across feminism, Indigenous peoples, gender, sexualities, & global politics. ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/09/30/b...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All welcome to join for the 2026 EH Carr Annual Memorial Public Lecture, on what promises to be a very interesting, timely and thought provoking discussion. This event is co-hosted by @irjournal.bsky.social, David Davies Memorial Institute and @interpolaber.bsky.social
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In this @camamazon.bsky.social blog, Verônica Korber Gonçalves looks between Bonn & Brazil, #COP30 & the June Climate Meetings. These view points raise for her critical questions of participation, representation and expectations on the direction of change. ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/09/24/t...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In this paper we quantify government's engagement in the topics of carbon management (abatement technologies, CDR, BECCS, etc.) and nature based solutions in the approval of the #IPCC #AR6, two topics that would land in the outcome of the first global stocktake at #COP28
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There were a lot of dialogues taking place at the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, which offered me an opportunity to reflect on the structures of dialogue within the UNFCCC and different modes of speaking science and vulnerability by countries ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/09/22/b...
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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Congratulations to our colleague @hannahhughes.bsky.social on the publication of her policy brief for a United Nations University Centre for Policy Research (UNU-CPR) special forum on science-policy interfaces. In it, she examines the importance of participation. unu.edu/publication/...
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Participation is the Fundamental Building Block in Science-Policy Interface Design
Meaningful participation is the foundation for building science-policy interfaces that produce shared knowledge and enable collective action.
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In this policy brief for a @unu-cpr.bsky.social special forum on science-policy interfaces, I examine participation as the fundamental building block to producing a shared knowledge base for collective action, and its political effects. unu.edu/publication/...
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Participation is the Fundamental Building Block in Science-Policy Interface Design
Meaningful participation is the foundation for building science-policy interfaces that produce shared knowledge and enable collective action.
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is the second of a two-part blog, where Verônica reflects on the territory of the #TAFF and what made this meeting different (or the same) as the #UNFCCC COP process
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Next People's Assembly in Penparcau, Aberystwyth will discuss the Well-being for Future Generations Act: What do we want out of it?
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Verônica went to the first conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta to learn how to imagine a fossil-free world. Read her field notes and reflections here ⬇️
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What you find when you follow the money to its source: "DeSmog’s analysis reveals that 67 percent of Reform’s funding to date has come from donors with financial interests in fossil fuels, totalling more than £24 million" www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is an amazing game for #climate nerds! Guess the country by their GHG profile Thank you Sam Rowan :-) climatle.xyz
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Climatle
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Next Penparcau People's Assembly Event is July 4th, 2pm
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reaching the heart of the trickiest issues in #climate negotiations as 1.5 target requires significant emission reductions and scaled up climate finance for mitigation and adaptation. Who will walk the path first? www.climatechangenews.com/2026/06/18/b...
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Bonn climate talks end in "gridlock" on adaptation and emissions-cutting
Splits between developed and developing countries over finance and science held back progress on key areas of climate action, leaving disappointment and much work for COP31
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The articles in the latest issue of @irjournal.bsky.social shed light and understanding on some of the most complex dynamics shaping the geopolitical situation today.
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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Good to see this update on the important work being done by our colleague @hannahhughes.bsky.social and her colleagues on #climate, #Brazil and #COP30
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Last week I was at the intersessional #climate negotiations SB64 with @vkgoncalves.bsky.social. This is the final year of the @camamazon.bsky.social project, following Brazil's presidency of #COP30 and negotiations related to science and just transition
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Another convergence of climate and land politics: www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Tax-break trees: how woodland became a store of wealth for the rich
Attempt to turn a stretch of the English-Scottish border into a commercial forest exposes threat to habitats from wealthy investors
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We’re very happy to welcome Dr Erzsébet Strauss to the @irjournal.bsky.social team. She is particularly excited to receive your submissions in her areas of research expertise ⬇️
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
In the latest @camamazon.bsky.social blog, Erzsebet Strausz returns to childhood memories of traversing territories to see what lessons it may hold for the project's multi-territorial study of #UNFCCC #climate #COP ➡️https://camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/04/27/travelling-across-territories/
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 29/04/2026
This is how King Charles ever-so-diplomatically raised the issue of the environment during his speech to the US Congress joint session. He avoided directly raising the issue that has long been close to his heart - the threat of climate change
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International Relations @irjournal.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New online first article: The construction of Eurocentric universals: recognition, property and the dynamic force of the negative Authored by Christopher Long ⤵️⤵️⤵️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #Eurocentrism #Decolonial #Property #Hegel #Critical #IR
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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 29/04/2026
The European State of the Climate Report is launched today: 🌐 more than 40 datasets 👩‍🔬 over 100 scientists 🗺️ > 130 charts and graphics 🌍 🌡️ Europe is the fastest warming continent, with temperatures rising at around twice the global average rate Check it out: climate.copernicus.eu/ESOTC
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This truly is a sickness in the system - some companies and individuals profiting so vastly on the destruction of human & environmental relations. There's only one place this money should be going - not the pockets of individuals; realising a just transition. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher
The energy giant said it had seen an
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The next People's Assembly is on Saturday 18th April at 2pm. The last event gave us an opportunity to identify and share what matters most to us in our community with Senedd candidates and local councillors. I really valued the discussion and I look forward to this next one.
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dr-di.bsky.social @dr-di.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Yeah That's me
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Continuing the @camamazon.bsky.social project conversation on processes of de-territorialisation, and possibilities and pathways for re-foresting our minds, @vkgoncalves.bsky.social returns to her sense of unrootedness growing up in Santo André in #Brazil ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/03/31/m...
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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Fantastic engagement from students in the Climate Governance simulation module - one of several simulation modules that we offer to our second and third year undergraduates. 🌍
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Yesterday in our #Climate Governance module in @interpolaber.bsky.social we simulated the approval of the #IPCC #SR15 SPM. A brilliant class that maintained incredible focus and attention to detail for the 6 hour event - so much so, no consensus could be reached in time! Well done all 😀
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Exploring our relation to the territories we live and travel has become a central aspect of the @camamazon.bsky.social collective ethnographic practice. In this blog, @dr-di.bsky.social looks between her experience of #COP30 from a distance & love of "tierra." camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/03/19/a...
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CAMAMAZON_COP30 @camamazon.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
In the latest blog on the @camamazon.bsky.social website, @hannahhughes.bsky.social revisits the land degradation of her childhood as a potential starting point to examine the effect of de-territorialised relations on #climate politics
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
What does it mean to be de-territorialised, and how could taking a closer look at our land relations help us in the study of #climate politics and for re-foresting our minds? These are the questions I follow up on in the latest @camamazon.bsky.social blog 🌳 camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/03/10/u...
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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Read the latest from our colleague about her very timely research project ⬇️
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
As a project team we've had some time to reflect and digest our experiences of #COP30. In this blog, we try to make sense of some of our observations through key ideas and concepts that are emerging in our study of Brazil's Presidency of the first Amazon COP. ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/03/05/t...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This was a really special event and I was so glad to join the discussion and share my thoughts and feelings on what matters most to me in my community. Another event is scheduled for the April 18 in Neuadd Goffa. What matters most to you in your community? www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/communi...
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Senedd called to fund citizen assemblies as Penparcau Assembly hailed a success
The Senedd is being called on to set up citizens' assemblies following the success of a new assembly.
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
In the latest @camamazon.bsky.social blog, Matthaeus puts six questions to Brazil's Presidency Youth Climate Champion (PYCC) before and after COP30. Marcele Oliveira talks about the evolution of this new role and the team spirit of the climate youth network ➡️ camamazon.aber.ac.uk/2026/02/16/k...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
No surprise that the US fears strengthening the legal basis of international #climate action through #ICJ ruling and will bully others into towing its line www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...
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US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling
A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
UK's reliance on #climate finance dependent countries would make this an act of "self-harm" www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Experts warn slashing climate aid would be act of ‘self-harm’ for UK
Reports say funds to help poorer nations will would be cut from £11bn to £9.6bn over the next five years
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Can GDP, carbon emissions and damage to the planet be decoupled? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
UN secretary general António Guterres on placing true value on the environment and moving past GDP as measure of human progress and wellbeing: "Let us not forget that when we destroy a forest, we are creating GDP. When we overfish, we are creating GDP.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Economic growth is still heating the planet. Is there any way out?
Rising GDP continues to mean more carbon emissions and wider damage to the planet. Can the two be decoupled?
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
This is really bad news, when #climate finance is in even greater demand and will further weaken UK’s climate negotiating position at a very difficult time for climate diplomacy 😕 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK to cut climate finance to poor countries by a fifth despite promising more help
Exclusive: Campaigners say proposed cut from £11.9bn over past five years to £9bn over next five years will cost lives and livelihoods
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
EU reflection and revision after #cop30 “We're in a new era which is more transactional," one EU diplomat said, adding that some governments also wanted a clearer EU line on when to reject future COP deals that it deems too weak” www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Exclusive: EU rethinks climate diplomacy after bruising COP30 summit, document shows
The European Union is mulling a new strategy in its diplomatic efforts on climate change after a bruising U.N. summit last year where it struggled to rally support for faster, more ambitious action to...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
#COP30 marked by "contradictions, contention, and conflict of interests" - 300 agriculture + 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists - largest Indigenous representation in COP history - While Indigenous caretakers of 21% of land, less than 1% of Blue Zone attendees www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/cop30-...
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COP30 revealed the paradox of global climate change policy–making
Jan 14, 2026 // At COP30, the most polluting sectors sent far more representatives to the climate negotiations than Indigenous groups. This gap grew still further when considering who got Blue Zone pa...
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Water bankruptcy. Water a term and what a state to be in :-( unu.edu/inweh/collec...
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Global Water Bankruptcy
Living Beyond our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
12th letter from the #COP30 #Brazil Presidency cop30.br/en/brazilian...
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Twelfth Letter from the President
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Hannah Hughes @hannahhughes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, and 17 of the 20 “top emitters” are state owned - the same countries that opposed a proposed fossil fuel phaseout at #COP30 in #Belem, Brazil. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
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