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Ilona M. Otto

@ilonamotto.bsky.social
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A social scientist interested in rapid social change, social tipping points, inequalities, social metabolism, and reaching net-zero emissions

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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Environmental inequality is closely linked to social inequality. Referring to consumption data, we propose six global socio-metabolic classes and show distinctive energy use patterns by these classes. "Socio-metabolic class conflicts in the Anthropocene" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
“War is never worthy of humanity, and it is never blessed by God”
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Sabine Pahl @sabinepahl.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
👍🙏 BG to famous "wedges" paper. A cautionary tale for scientists working w industry & the difficult balance required. Still, doesn't mean the *idea* of wedges is bad. My takeaways 1) wedges are replaceable, 2) ask a social scientist, and 3) beware of technooptimism www.propublica.org/article/wedg...
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How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Social Complexity and System Transformation Research Group Retreat 2026 😊🤓🌿🏔️ @uni-graz.at @wegenercenter.bsky.social Great discussions and hikes in the mountains, however, in the shadow of the European heatwave and quicker that ever melting Alpine Glaciers 🏔️🥺
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
‪Study with us @uni-graz.at to navigate #ClimateChange! 🎓🌱🌏 Join us for an info event on our MSc programme "Climate Change and Transformation Science" and get insights into the programme and chat with lecturers & students. 📆 15.06., 3 pm CEST | online Register now 👉 wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/ccts
Flyer of the event: "Info Event on the MSc programme Climate Change and Transformation Science, June 15, 3 pm CEST, online". Below there's a photo of a storm cloud above a city and ohne of two persons riding bicycles. In the top right corner there's the logos of Wegener Center and Uni Graz.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Demonstrating the social tipping machine 😁 🤓 at the Uni Vibes Festival @uni-graz.at @wegenercenter.bsky.social with Iris de Vries and Andrea Jany #socialtippingdynamics
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Getting ready for tomorrow: Bei zwei Guided Tours habt ihr die Gelegenheit, euch auf ein ungewöhnliches Experiment einzulassen. U. a. stellen @ilonamotto.bsky.social @andreajany.bsky.social & Iris de Vries die Frage: "Ist die Natur die Jury der Zukunft?" 👉 www.lastrada-anmeldung.at/uni-vibes-an...
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
An online Information event about our master program Climate Change and Transformation Science, Monday, 18th May, 2026, 3 pm CET: wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/study-ser... @wegenercenter.bsky.social @uni-graz.at
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MSc Climate Change and Transformation Science, University of Graz - Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
Understand the climate system and the associated risks of climate change. Learn more in the MSC program Climate Change and Transformation Science
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Urban Tom @urbantom.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The kids are alright… Kleine Rebellen gegen das autozentrierte System, die ihr Recht auf eine gute Kindheit einfordern. (Oder einfach nur mit dem Rad fahren wollen, ohne von Autofahrern gefährdet zu werden.) Bravo! #KidicalMass
Am Asphalt eines Radwegs wurde mit Kreide in Großbuchstaben und verschiedenen Farben
"9. Mai
1500
GRÄTZL
KIDICAL
MASS"
geschrieben.

Am linken Rand ist ein Grünstreifen, am rechten die Fahrbahn sichtbar.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A nice end of the week 😁🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻🏃🏼‍♀️https://wegcenter.uni-graz.at/de/neuigkeiten/businesslauf-2026/
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Businesslauf 2026
Die SoCo Runners sausten blitzschnell durchs Ziel
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Climate Change Centre Austria / CCCA @ccca.ac.at · 05/05/2026
Forderung nach Kurswechsel in der Budgetpolitik💰 Eine Studie des @wegenercenter.bsky.social an der @uni-graz.at im Auftrag des @wwf.at zeigt: Budgetsanierung ohne Klimapolitik ist mehrfach kontraproduktiv und verursacht hohe Kosten sowie wirtschaftliche Nachteile! 👉 www.wwf.at/studie-der-u...
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Studie der Uni Graz: Fehlende Klimapolitik gefährdet Budgetsanierung - WWF Österreich
Analyse des Wegener Centers zeigt steigende Kosten und fiskalische Risiken durch fehlende Klimaschutz-Maßnahmen – WWF fordert Kurswechsel in der Budgetpolitik
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
What a day! 🥳
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
A glimpse of impressions from the Creativity Workshop with Art Elements with PhD students at the Universität Graz @wegenercenter.bsky.social supported by Forum Climate Change Graz. In cooperation with Renold Netto 🎨🫟🖌️
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Art exhibition "Reconnecting with Nature", Thursday, March 5, University of Graz Botanical Garden. Great surroundings for art inspired by climate extremes and the power of nature 🌊❄️🌍
Reconnecting with Nature, Art exhibition
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Daniel Huppmann @danielhuppmann.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Die Video-Serie zum Zweiten Österreichischen Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel #AAR2 #WissenSchafftKlimaschutz
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Elevate Festival @elevatefestival.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Elevate Discourse Programme 2026 "Vital Signs" 5 - 7 March 2026 | Heimatsaal Graz Free entry to the entire discourse programme! 
elevate.at/en/discourse... @rushkoff.com @dossier.at @gildasahebi.bsky.social @ilonamotto.bsky.social @kkropshofer.bsky.social
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Elevate Festival @elevatefestival.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The Future Is Not in Short Supply – Regenerative Economics Instead of Resignation SAT, 7 March 2026 / Heimatsaal, Graz 16:30 - Free entry! In conversation: Ilona Otto, Georg Günsberg & Baro Vicenta Ra Gabbert. Moderated by Katharina Kropshofer. @ilonamotto.bsky.social @kkropshofer.bsky.social
The Future Is Not in Short Supply – Regenerative Economics Instead of Resignation
Saturday, 7 March 2026 / Heimatsaal, Graz 
16:30 - Free entry!

The climate crisis is fading from public debate — not because it has been solved, but because other crises have grown louder.

Political frameworks remain weak, transformation too slow, polarization too deep. The sense of inevitability grows. Yet the future is not scarce. Spaces for action exist beyond the false divide between economy and climate.Where do concrete opportunities for regenerative economics lie? How can climate, social security, and economic stability be aligned? What decisions are needed to make transformation effective?

In conversation: Ilona Otto, Georg Günsberg, and Baro Vicenta Ra Gabbert. Moderated by Katharina Kropshofer.
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University of Graz @uni-graz.at · 22/12/2025
Österreichs Treibhausgas-Emissionen im Jahr 2025 sind laut Prognose der Uni Graz um etwa 2,5 Prozent höher als im Vorjahr. @wegenercenter.bsky.social #weworkfortomorrow
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Rückschritt: Österreichs Treibhausgas-Emissionen laut Prognose der Uni Graz 2025 gestiegen
Klimaschutz hat derzeit einen schweren Stand. So konnte sich die Internationale Staatengemeinschaft zuletzt nicht auf einen Fahrplan zum Ausstieg aus fossilen Brennstoffen einigen. Und das, obwohl die...
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Paper in @natcomms.nature.com: Applying fairness in subnational carbon budget allocations. Teresa Lackner, Lukas H. Meyer, Stefan Nabernegg, @karlsteininger.bsky.social & Keith Williges 👇
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Applying fairness in subnational carbon budget allocations - Nature Communications
This study develops a distributive justice framework for allocating subnational carbon budgets. Applying it to the EU, it reveals substantial within-country differences in production- and consumption-...
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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
It seems Bluesky is too serious for seriouspeople.co who do videos like this one: 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr9M...
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Private jets don’t pay fuel duty. Now I don't either.
YouTube video by Oli Frost
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Wie machen wir #Klimaschutz "ansteckend"? @ilonamotto.bsky.social im @derstandard.at 👇
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Die gesellschaftliche Stimmung zum Klimawandel kann jederzeit kippen
Die Klimaforscherin Ilona Otto erforscht, wie gesellschaftliche Kipppunkte den Klimaschutz beschleunigen könnten
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
BETWEEN NET ZERO AND COLLAPSE: Reflection & discussion following the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, with @ilonamotto.bsky.social, @axelmaas.bsky.social & @dmaraun.bsky.social 📆 04.12., 5 pm | SR 62.31 @uni-graz.at & online 👉 wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/events/be...
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
URBI Science Talk ** TODAY ** at 3.30, SR 56.11 @uni-graz.at: TOO HOT TO HANDLE: Heat impacts on maternal and new-born health. 🔥 Insights into @highhorizonseu.bsky.social. With Jetina Tsvaki (@ceshhar.bsky.social), Katharina Wieser & @ilonamotto.bsky.social 👉 wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/events/ur...
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The presenting team 😊
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 22/11/2025
I did write more about this (with Johan Rockstrom): theconversation.com/the-world-lo...
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The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
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Axel Maas @axelmaas.eurosky.social · 20/11/2025
I do #TalkCollapse in Graz on December 4th: wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/events/be...
Advertising text on the event: BETWEEN NET ZERO AND COLLAPSE, Reflection & discussion following the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém (4th of December 2025, 17:00, at University Graz, SR 62.31).
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
„Was es braucht, sind verlässliche Rahmenbedingungen. Das ist die wichtigste Aufgabe der nationalen Regierungen – Sicherheit schaffen. Und dafür braucht es mehr Mut.“ @ilonamotto.bsky.social war bei der #COP30 in Belém 👇 @meinbezirk-stmk.bsky.social
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Weltklimakonferenz in Belém: Steirische Forscherin über bittersüße Klima-Realität der COP30
Rund 50.000 Delegierte aus knapp 200 Staaten finden sich seit vergangener Woche in der brasilianischen Hafenstadt Belém ein: Noch bis 21. November läuft dort die 30. Conference of the Parties, die Wel...
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It is getting increasingly interesting... Protesters break into #COP30 Conference venue in Belém. They demand an involvement of indigenous and youth groups in the negotiations. They are not at the negotiation desks and they don't have the lobby power that the fossil fuel industry has 🫤
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Studis @uni-graz.at aufgepasst! 👀 Dein Studium + ein Mastermodul = Masterstudium Plus 👉 www.uni-graz.at/de/studium/r... 📆 Infoveranstaltung: 20.11. 16:30, online – jetzt anmelden 👉 www.uni-graz.at/de/studium/r... Sei Teil der Lösung! 🌱 Mit dem Mastermodul Klimawandel & nachhaltige Transformation 👇
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Klimawandel und Nachhaltige Transformation - Universität Graz
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
On "cascades of hope" in an interview carried out by Dėsiree Schneider perspective-daily.de/article/3984...
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Angst vor dem Klimawandel? Mit diesen Kipppunkten schaffen wir die Wende
Dieser Text ist nichts für schwache Nerven. Denn der Klimawandel kommt mit großer Wucht. Doch das Konzept der sozialen Kipppunkte verspricht Kaskaden der Hoffnung.
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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739...
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Paper out in @natclimate.nature.com: Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts 👇
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Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts - Nature Climate Change
Impacts from a climate event can cascade through natural, anthropogenic and socio-economic systems. Here the authors assess cascading climate impacts on the EU and identify intervention points for ada...
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Suomen ympäristökeskus - Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) @syke.fi · 16/10/2025
Can Europe handle cross-border climate risks?🌍 New research reveals critical intervention points for adapting to cascading climate change impacts affecting Europe. Read the paper here🔗: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Critical intervention points for European adaptation to cascading climate change impacts - Nature Climate Change
Impacts from a climate event can cascade through natural, anthropogenic and socio-economic systems. Here the authors assess cascading climate impacts on the EU and identify intervention points for ada...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
2/ First to speak was @ilonamotto.bsky.social presenting newly published work which shows "evidence supporting a tipping point near 25 % of the total population... Near this critical mass, we observe a high likelihood for a social tipping event, where a large majority quickly adopts new norms."
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The Pareto effect in tipping social networks: from minority to majority
Abstract. How do social networks tip? A popular theory is that a small minority can trigger population-wide social change. This aligns with the Pareto principle, a semi-quantitative law which suggests...
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
3/ @ilonamotto.bsky.social stressed the need for scientists and academics to help society imagine positive futures, and ended her talk with a quote by the Pan-Africanist revolutionary who served as the President of Burkina Faso.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
@wegenercenter.bsky.social celebrates its 20th anniversary 🥳
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Pope Leo condemns climate change critics - "Some have chosen to deride the increasingly evident signs of climate change, to ridicule those who speak of global warming, and even to blame the poor" Story by @mattmcgrathbbc.bsky.social HT @carbonbrief.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A very successful and fun exhibition of artworks of Renold Netto and a great and creative workshop on natural pigments. In cooperation with Bauhaus Earth 🤩
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I am co-organizing an art exhibition "Reconnecting with nature" and a workshop on natural pigments with Renold Netto hosted by Bauhaus Earth. Sunday, September 14, 1 pm in Haus der Natur Potsdam, registration: protopotsdam@bauhauserde.org
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I am co-organizing an art exhibition "Reconnecting with nature" and a workshop on natural pigments with Renold Netto hosted by Bauhaus Earth. Sunday, September 14, 1 pm in Haus der Natur Potsdam, registration: protopotsdam@bauhauserde.org
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Am diesen Donnerstag (28.08.25) um 18:00 Uhr im ProtoPotsdam Pavilion (Ecke Spornstr. und Dortustr., 14467 Potsdam) co-organisiere ich eine Veranstaltung zum Thema "Zwischen Bauwende und Bauturbo" im Rahmen der Podcastreihe „Call to Action!“.
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
< „Um die notwendigen Veränderungen zu beschleunigen sowie einen gerechten und fairen Transformationsprozess zu gewährleisten, braucht es effektive Maßnahmen“ – @ilonamotto.bsky.social koordinierte als Leitautorin das Kapitel „Transformation der Nachfrage“
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Online information event about our Master Program Climate Change and Transformation Science at the University of Graz, June 25, 1:30 pm CEST: wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/events/cc...
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Info event: MSc programme Climate Change & Transformation Science - Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Determinants of Sustainable Financial Behavior: Evidence from incentivized experiments and surveys Wegener Center Common Space with Katharina Gangl (@ihs.ac.at) 📆 30.04., 14:00 | SR 56.11 @uni-graz.at All info 👉 wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/events/co...
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Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change @wegenercenter.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Economic security policy in a fragmenting world order: panel discussion with Stefan Nabernegg (among others) 📅 March 18, 6 pm | Museum für Geschichte, Veranstaltungssaal (Sackstraße 16) All info 👇 Organized by @kreiskyforum.bsky.social
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Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog
Das Bruno Kreisky Forum für internationalen Dialog wurde im Jahr 1991, ein Jahr nach Kreiskys Tod gegründet, um jene Anliegen weiterzuführen, die ihm Zeit seines politischen Lebens besonders am Herzen...
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
My Christmas tree has finally found it's place 😁
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 28/02/2025
"We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States" from @davidfrum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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At Least Now We Know the Truth
It’s ugly, but necessary to face.
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Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | A Day of American Infamy (Gift Article)
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
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Ilona M. Otto @ilonamotto.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I can't believe this is really happening. A president of a democratic country is bullying a president whose country has been attacked by a dictator and journalists are asking questions about wearing suits 🤯
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