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Nico

@nicosananes.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, War & Geos project (Newcastle University) | Board Director, Scientists for Global Responsibility | Expert, Forum on the Arms Trade

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Scientists for Global Responsibility @responsiblesci.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
As SGR Director @nicosananes.bsky.social writes in this new article, there’s nothing ‘green’ about the military green transition. Just the same old war machine, sold as climate action, built on extraction, e-waste, and imperial supply chains... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The military green transition: Decarbonisation as warfighting opportunity
Amid rising concern for the operational implications of climate change and industrial decarbonisation, European military sectors are preparing for a m…
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Article alert 📣 My new open access piece with @politicalgeography.bsky.social digs into the conundrum of war's decarbonisation & the perversion of lower-carbon technologies into battlefield & business opportunities: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Read, share, comment!
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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New article! Co-authored w/ @nicosananes.bsky.social in @geopoliticsjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @podcastgreenred.bsky.social @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social @beautifulidea.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social #war
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Xander Dunlap @drxdunlap.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
An excellent article with Corinne Lamain, @nicosananes.bsky.social, @esthermarijnen.bsky.social & Thijis Jeursen! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
New paper! In this paper we explore the military capture of both climate change and biodiversity decline, and the socio-environmental costs of increasing militarisation. Proposing a research agenda on militarised ecologies. It is open access! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Picking up arms against a collapsing planet: militarised ecologies on a planetary scale
The current era of intensified militarization is exemplified by the number of inter-state armed conflicts (the highest since the end of the Second Wor…
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Esther Marijnen @esthermarijnen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
in Bologna for #EISAPEC25. Join our section on Friday 'Green(ing) War: Military Build-up, Warfare and Socio-Environmental Wounds' with in total 4 panels - organised together with @nicosananes.bsky.social Benjamin Neimark and Corinne Lamain
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10 Percent for All @10percentforall.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join us for the official launch event of the 10% for All campaign, a powerful global initiative calling for a minimum 10% reduction in military spending by all countries—and a redirection of those funds towards life-affirming priorities that build true human security. Register here: bit.ly/44Bxm0g
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
"What does it mean for methodology when one becomes the data? I need to be collected!" Discussing embodied data, military-industrial gender norms & the sexual politics of arms trade fieldwork at the ASA Conf panel 'Precarious Intimacies' with Matthew Porges and Maria Gunko 💥
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
📢CALL4ABSTRACTS #EISAPEC25 S30: Green(ing) War: Military Build-up, Warfare and Socio-Environmental Wounds Join us to discuss all things war's ecosocial wounds at @europeanisa.bsky.social in Bologna, w. chairs @esthermarijnen.bsky.social & Ben Neimark. Submit by Mar 20: eisa-net.org/abstract-sub...
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Phil Webber @philwebber.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
'with' - 5%? 'sustainable?' fuel. Greenwashing on steroids. Real sustainability would mean no F-35 in the first place. Not to mention a few other changes [sarcasm] @nicosananes.bsky.social @responsiblesci.bsky.social
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Betting the planet on "low-carbon" weapons systems and "green" energy sources, the military green transition is breeding more war and deepening militaries' embedding with colonial, extractive modernity. Join us Dec 12th for an exciting session on militarism and extractivism!
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Mary Menton @marymenton.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
EXALT Dialogues: Extractive Militarism, 'Green' & Otherwise Webinar 12-Dec at 3pmUK w @nicoedwards.bsky.social @pmbigger.bsky.social + J.Klinger, B.Neimark elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
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E-lomake - EXALT Dialogues: Extractive Militarism, “Green” and Otherwise
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Another dire ending to another #climateCOP favouring imperial militarist petropowers & global oil, mining & arms lobbies amid the ruination of communities & ecosystems across the globe. We know better. Dismantle the #war machine 4 #ecosocial liberation: worldpeacefoundation.org/wp-content/u...
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Phil Webber @philwebber.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Informative, readable & inspiring report.
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Nico @nicosananes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
The past years have been heavily marked by #climate change & #war. These harms share systemic roots. In this new primer we weave together #militarism, climate crises & climate (in)justice through stories of impact, #resistance & alternatives: wri-irg.org/sites/defaul...
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