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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🎧 @laurieparsons.bsky.social, author of Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse, speaks with Stentor Danielson for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Listen to the full episode here: newbooksnetwork.com/climate-hege... @rgs.org

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We're delighted to once again be working with @rgs.org #Oxford to host a public lecture by our author, Dr @laurieparsons.bsky.social. His award-winning book is a sharp, urgent and challenging rethink of the politics and distribution of climate change. Tickets on sale now: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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How rich countries export climate breakdown

Dr Laurie Parsons explores the murky practices of outsourcing environmental impact, when emissions and waste are exported from rich to poor countries.

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

OnlineFirst - "Hotter trends: Working conditions and climate-linked heat stress in the Cambodian garment sector" by @laurieparsons.bsky.social, Sabina Lawreniuk, Serey Sok, Long Vouch Ly, Pratik Mishra, Jennifer Cole, and Camellia Biswas: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"A genuine contribution to a growing body of scholarship that insists on treating climate change as a political phenomenon rather than a technical one." @wafarasheeq.bsky.social reviews Climate Hegemony (@laurieparsons.bsky.social) for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social🪴 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

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Mir Wafa Rasheeq @wafarasheeq.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Read my review of @laurieparsons.bsky.social’s book “Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse” for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgs.org · 16/07/2026

Why has climate action stalled? Laurie Parsons explains how the fossil fuel industry has shaped global politics and influenced responses to the climate crisis. Read more in his book 'Climate Hegemony', free to read and download in the RGS-IBG Book Series with LSE Press 📚

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

In Climate Hegemony, Laurie Parsons brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, drawing on two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia. Available now to read and download for free via #OpenAccess: bit.ly/4lBH0qc @laurieparsons.bsky.social @rgs.org

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Enjoyed celebrating the launch of Climate Hegemony in the RGS-IBG Book Series last night @rgs.org - thanks to all who came out! You can read the #OpenAccess book here for free: share.google/boY6a0Y56fGQ... @laurieparsons.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social

The main hall of the Royal Geographical Society with people standing and sitting around talking and having drinks. There are polar expedition sledges, paintings and an old kayak on the walls.

A photograph of a Q&A session with Laurie Parsons and Catherine Souch sitting in front of a seated audience.

A photograph of an RGS staff member serving drinks. There is a display with some cover images of the book Climate Hegemony on the right.

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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📢 Launch Day! We're delighted to celebrate the publication of Laurie Parsons's new book, 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘺: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦, in the RGS-IBG Book Series. Read the full #OpenAccess book (LSE Press) ⬇️ ow.ly/5OkH50YV4O9

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Book titled 'Climate Hegemony' by Laurie Parsons on a wooden table with bookshelves and a window in the background.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🗨️ “We have the power to stop the worst outcomes of climate change” @laurieparsons.bsky.social , spoke with @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social about his new book, Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse. Read the full post: blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...

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Laurie Parsons: “We have the power to stop the worst outcomes of climate change” - LSE Review of Books

LSE Review of Books interviews Laurie Parsons about his book Climate Hegemony, the politics of climate governance, & how ground-up approaches can effect change.

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

👁️ Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse by Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social / @royalholloway.bsky.social. Published as part of @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series. May 2026 #OpenAccess doi.org/10.31389/lse...

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Royal Holloway @royalholloway.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Uncovering the hidden cost of climate change 🌎 Researcher Dr Laurie Parsons (@laurieparsons.bsky.social) from @rhulgeography.bsky.social investigates how extreme heat caused by climate change is impacting workers in the global supply-chain in Cambodia. Read more: ow.ly/X5CG50XyBn8

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Adrian Mercer @adeindevon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Good article - would also recommend Carbon Colonialism by @laurieparsons.bsky.social @brettchristophers.bsky.social

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

🏝️New in Geo!🏝️ 'Epistemic violence in global climate governance: The case of climate finance in Vanuatu' by @johannatunn.bsky.social This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Johanna Tunn (2025) entitled: 'Epistemic Violence in Global Climate Governance: The Case of Climate Finance in Vanuatu' with an orange banner at the top.

This paper explores mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through the climate finance (access) industry in Vanuatu, shedding light on the colonial inflictions of multilateral green funds in global climate governance. While the climate crisis is a reality in Vanuatu, its access to direct climate finance remains constrained, as it is not an accredited entity to any of the major climate funds. This serves as a gateway for a growing climate finance (access) industry that has established itself across the Pacific and in Vanuatu. Using an action-theoretical perspective that centres acts of doing epistemic violence, this paper identifies four mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry: distortion via the mistranslation of realities; imposition via rendering people and regions investable; devaluation via rendering people incapable and exploitation through the extraction of knowledges and exhaustion of resources. Rather than improving access and equity for frontline communities, this paper elaborates that epistemic violence remains the modus operandi of Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry—and is thus complicit in the perpetration of physical violence in the form of losses and damages, ecocide and epistemicide. Dismantling this system would at least require the islanding of climate finance, emphasising local agency and self-determination over externally imposed, extractive models.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🔋New in Geo🔋 'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' by @naimakf.bsky.social et al. This paper uses the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries to explore hydrogen as a potential enabler of net-zero doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Naima Kraushaar-Friesen, Gavin Bridge & Magdalena Kuchler (2025) entitled: 'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' with an orange banner at the top.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

New in Geo: 'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Farhana Sultana (2025) entitled: 'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' with an orange banner at the top.

Climate change intensifies existing inequities, disproportionately impacting marginalised populations, particularly in the Global South and Indigenous communities. This is maintained through inequitable global climate governance, policies and solutions. The paper argues that climate coloniality, the complex entanglements of colonial legacies with contemporary climate and ecological changes, operates through systemic knowledge-based marginalisation or epistemic injustice, serving as a key mechanism in the uneven production and distribution of climate harms. Beyond the more commonly discussed material dimensions of loss and damage, epistemic injustices arise from silencing critical voices and devaluing knowledge systems. The paper extends the scope of loss and damage debates by drawing attention to epistemic losses: the erasure of worldviews, ontologies and practices that are vital for just and sustainable climate futures. It critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in (re)producing epistemic injustices, while simultaneously revealing counter-narratives of refusal, resurgence and relationality. By engaging Indigenous and Global South scholarship, the paper underscores the need to decolonise knowledge systems that reproduce dominant climate narratives and heed the epistemological alternatives offered by land- and kinship-based knowledge systems. Advancing climate justice depends on confronting epistemic injustice as both a form of loss and a condition of possibility: centring Global South and Indigenous perspectives is essential for cultivating pluriversal, decolonial and just climate frameworks and futures.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

☁️New in Geo!☁️ 'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk (2025) entitled 'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' with an orange banner at the top.

This article analyses the impact of the war in Ukraine on air quality and heating practices in Polish cities. In this case, it does not focus on the direct impact of military activities, but on various social and political decisions, as well as changes in social behaviour undertaken under the influence of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The authors defend the thesis that it is worth analysing air quality and heating practices in local communities not only in the context of local and national policies but also by referring to global and transnational factors. Based on focus group interviews with the residents of Wrocław, they prove that global events may have an impact on local air quality and apartment heating methods and be a catalyst for processes in various spheres of local and national public life: legal–political, economic, environmental–spatial, health and socio-practical. The article proposes a glocalisation perspective as an approach that can integrate local social and environmental conditions with global ecological challenges, while also highlighting the impact of global factors—economic, political, energy-related and military—on local trends, behaviours and policies in the context of environmental protection.

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

👋 Newbie writer for Housing Quality Magazine ✏️ We've penned the op ed "Allocation Policies – A Hidden Homelessness Scandal" for their new edition hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/allocation-p...

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Allocation policies: A hidden homelessness scandal – HQM

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

This is why "all of the above" energy is not a climate solution. Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us. 1/n

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Carbon dioxide (COz) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024, committing the planet to more long-term temperature increase, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

A deeply disturbing talk this afternoon from Mark Bo at the London School of Economics on his new book Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds 🔥 A terrifying read on the dark underbelly of the new political economy of labour where coercion, digital capitalism & exploitation converge

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Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

The UK and US sanctioned the alleged mastermind behind some of the largest scam centers in Cambodia, in a move that freezes more than £130 million ($172 million) of properties across London.

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London Mansion Frozen as UK Sanctions Cambodian Scam Network

The UK and US sanctioned the alleged mastermind behind some of the largest scam centers in Cambodia, in a move that freezes more than £130 million ($172 million) of properties across London.

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control. 🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence. 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635

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Governing through extra-territoriality: Jordan's clothing production zones as tools of imperial power and authoritarian rule

Jordan's Export Processing Zones (EPZs) for clothing production form part of political geographies of US imperialism in the Middle East, and have serv…

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt. All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜 Families aren't failing. They're being failed. 📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/... #DebtTrapNation

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity? Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance. Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI. Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...

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Sabina Lawreniuk @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse ❓What went wrong? 👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect 🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...

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Leicester clothes the world? — Invisible workers

Traces of the UK’s clothing and textile manufacturing heritage remain today in places like Leicester, where a shrinking number of suppliers still vie for orders in the competitive global market. Our ...

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

If you want to find out about publishing #OpenAccess in the RGS-IBG Book Series, take a look at this recent interview with our Co-Editors, Margath Walker & @jakehodder.bsky.social ⬇️

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

In Climate Hegemony, @laurieparsons.bsky.social brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, drawing on two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia. 📚 Publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026. Find out more: press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...

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LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

We're delighted to share two upcoming books from our RGS-IBG Book Series! These books will be publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026. Find out more: press.lse.ac.uk/rgs-ibg-series @laurieparsons.bsky.social @jbrigstocke.bsky.social @annamlawrence.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🌍New in Geo!🌍 'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' by @calebscoville.bsky.social et al. This paper compares how participation is conceived in static vs dynamic ocean management. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Caleb Scoville, Razvan Amironesei, Lily Xu, Melissa Chapman, Nicholas R. Record & Carl Boettiger entitled: 'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' with an orange banner at the top.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Very excited to announce a NEW BOOK coming at the start of next year, with the RGS-IBG book series/ @lsepress.bsky.social 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞 More info to come, but take a peek at the cover and overview here 👇 press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Pleased to share the first two RGS-IBG Book Series titles to be published fully open access with @lsepress.bsky.social, available early 2026... @laurieparsons.bsky.social @jbrigstocke.bsky.social press.lse.ac.uk/books/coming...

A book cover for Julian Brigstocke's forthcoming book 'Non-Authoritarian Authority: Cities, Materially and the Aesthetics of Power' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white aerial photograph of a large crowd in the background.

A book cover for Laurie Parson's forthcoming book 'Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white photograph of three people riding on a scooter above a body of water filled with litter.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Just 6 days to go! Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event: What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm 👇 www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

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Trivik Verma @trivikrama.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

✨ I’m excited to share our new open-access article in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social, led by Juliana Gonçalves and with wonderful arts-based research by Namrata Narendra. The editorial process has been amazing - so thankful to the team for offering both very meaningful feedback and being fair to us.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

🌱New in Geo!🌱 'Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens' by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira This paper explores how gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa, transform neglected land as and everyday act of urban spatial justice. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

This is a graphical abstract for this paper published in Geo: Geography and Environment.

It is a diagram of 'Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Social Production of Space' with three boxes beneath the title labelled 'Perceived Space: Spatial agency vs. structural constraints'; 'Conceived Space: Symbolic reclamation vs. institutional erasure'; 'Lived Space: Relational space-making'. These all point towards the topic of the paper which is 'Urban community gardens in the Cape Flats'.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

🐒New in Geo!🐒 'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' by Andrea Presotto et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Andrea Presotto, Stuart E. Hamilton, Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo, Ricardo R. Santos & Roberta Salmi (2025) entitled: 'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' with an orange banner at the top.

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I hear 'unboxing videos' are a thing. Matilda decided otherwise. It's really exciting as well as sobering to receive my new book (with Mel Nowicki) Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State. Royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social Please order! www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Trump at Windsor, Farage at 30% What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? Upcoming CCRG/ RGS event: 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 September 30th @ 7pm 👇 www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

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Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Just arrived: Debt Trap Nation by @kbrickell.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki “A compelling call to action... shows how reimagining policy could deliver economic justice.” - @nicolajanesharp.bsky.social Author royalties will be donated to @seacharity.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Photo of a pile of books. The books are 'Debt Trap Nation' by Katherine Brickell and Mel Nowicki. Cover image features a woman and small child in a deep concrete basin or pit with no way of climbing out as the ladder is too short.

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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Health losses attributed to anthropogenic climate change," a brief communication in the journal Nature Climate Change. There's a map showing regions of the world, and pie charts of relevant studies as they apply to different health impacts like "heat-related deaths" and "maternal and child health"

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Op Ed journo contacts in UK - does anyone have these for journos interested in any of these themes? - Homelessness - Housing crisis - Everyday finances and debt - Women's lives - Domestic abuse Thank you 🙏 Looking to write some Op Eds for book release soon: www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

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Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki | Waterstones

Buy Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Prof Katherine Brickell FBA @kbrickell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Rising arrears, from council tax and rent, are a key part of a debt trapped nation which is failing its citizens. What to know more? Read our new book… www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...

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Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki | Waterstones

Buy Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Erin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"The economists...described the results as “conservative” because they did not account for the record-breaking wildfires that torched southern Europe last month or the compounding impact of extreme weather events that strike at the same time."

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Europe’s summer of extreme weather caused €43bn of short-term losses, analysis finds

Greatest damage from heat, drought and flooding done in Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Bulgaria

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Line chart showing that there's been a rapid escalation in how quickly the world installs a gigawatt of solar power capacity.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Incredible event happening later this month at the RGS on climate change and the far right An amazing line up of speakers from academia and journalism to discuss what the rise of Trump, Farage - and many others - means for climate policy Sign up here 👇 rgs.org/events/upcom...

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Climate change under political extremism

As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.

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Dr Anna Lawrence @annamlawrence.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

An interesting case study on the climate mitigation potential of sacred forests on Ethiopian Orthodox Church land ⬇️

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

💧New in Geo!💧 'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' by Paul Hong et al. This study examines stakeholder perspectives on Murray-Darling Basin policies in Australia from 2009-2021. doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Paul Hong, Yongping Wei, Frederick Bouckaert, Kim Johnston & Brian Head (2025) entitled: 'Integrating spatially disaggregated stakeholders' knowledge and opinions to enhance water governance in the Murray–Darling Basin' with an orange banner at the top.

Effective river basin governance requires integrating diverse stakeholder knowledge and opinions to achieve sustainable environmental, economic and cultural outcomes. However, a measurable method for integrating these perspectives remains undeveloped. This study aims to assess the knowledge and opinions of spatially diverse stakeholders regarding the policy initiatives in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) from 2009 to 2021, focusing on the catchments with the misalignment between basin conditions and policy across environmental, economic and cultural dimensions. The analysis identifies significant misalignments in the Lower Murray, Barwon–Darling–Lower Darling, Gwydir and Murrumbidgee catchments, where economic priorities dominate basin conditions while environmental concerns are emphasised in policy development. Environmental advocacy and academic groups are the main drivers of reform, while agricultural stakeholders, Catchment Management Authorities and Indigenous groups present obstacles to progress. These groups require more focused engagement to facilitate governance shifts. The findings underscore the need for targeted consultation to better align policy and basin conditions.

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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

🔋New dialogue in Geo!🔋 'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' by @sidsareen.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Siddharth Sareen, Marianne Ryghaug, Dominic Boyer & Cymene Howe entitled: 'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' with an orange banner at the top.

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Laurie Parsons @laurieparsons.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Super excited to chair this keynote! An incredible lineup of presenters will be discussing the future of environmental geography. Don't miss out!

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