Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The Irish team wear black armbands in honor of the dead killed in the conflict. Tonight UEFA has approved the Israeli team mirroring this to honor those murdered on 7 October. 021
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We are in climate overshoot, as today's UNEP report clearly documents. The gap between what needs to be done and current state of geopolitics is alarming but needs to be faced. www.unep.org/resources/li...unep.orgLimiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards returnLimiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoida... 021
Reposted by Simon Dalby Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/09/20252/ The pattern goes like this: Oh dear we're going to overshoot, but don't worry we don't need to urgently stop burning fossil fuels we can... restore Natural Carbon Sinks. Scientists: We've taken another look & "the potential for NCS related to ecosystem restoration is close to zero"nature.comLimited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration - Nature GeoscienceThe maximum carbon sequestration potential from global terrestrial ecosystem restoration efforts until 2100 is 96.9 Gt, which is equivalent to 3.7–12.0% of anthropogenic emissions until then, accordin... 25821
Reposted by Simon Dalby Anthony Rodin @greatpowerclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Incedibly excited that my book is now out! 152
Reposted by Simon Dalby James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 07/08/2026"You often hear: another world is possible. Well I am here telling you that another world is inevitable. We either decide to stop burning fossil fuels or the Earth system will stop us. We are well beyond incremental, so-called policy relevant pathways." www.technosphere.earth/climate-chan...technosphere.earthClimate change must not disrupt business as usualDon't believe the hype - we are still firmly on course towards climate catastrophe 413155
Reposted by Simon Dalby Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 07/08/2026My latest newsletter is here (sharing my Guardian piece yesterday): We mobilize to put fires out, but not yet to prevent them. While many leaders are comparing the wildfire crisis to WWII, most fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action. sethdklein.substack.com/p/we-mobiliz... 02215
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 28/07/2026More on the theme of ecological myopia in the UK. If security is to mean anything then it is time to update an old slogan by spelling it correctly: "Its the ecology, stupid!" rethinkingsecurity.org.uk/2026/07/28/t...rethinkingsecurity.org.ukThe Absolute Insanity of Militarised SecurityAs the climate collapses and wars sweep the Middle East, Ukraine and beyond, Diana Francis and Andrew Rigby, two of the founders of Rethinking Security a decade ago, make the urgent case for far mo… 000
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Geopolitics, it seems, is now a key consideration in the geoengineering discussion, as I try to summarise in a new online piece: Simon Dalby “Geoengineering: Infrastructures for a Global Climate?” Oxford: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Science, Technology and Society. 2026. 16pp. lnkd.in/gUebMZkY 011
Reposted by Simon Dalby Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026The heatwave in Europe is so extreme, it's 25–32°F (14–18°C) above normal. You read that right. France recorded it's hottest day ever. The UK had its hottest ever June day. The ground is exceeding 122°F (50°C). People are dying. Tell me again why we shouldn't talk about climate change??? 11031281249
Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I wrote this last summer about rising temperatures not geopolitical drama as the consequential change of our time, though both are connected. Wish it was wrong. share.google/gNUbuOxWcxN6...share.googleSummertime in the age of upheavalThe aging leaders now ruling in Washington and Moscow have abandoned their responsibility to future generations. They are enthralled to their own visions of restoring past glory. They are men whose ti... 001
Reposted by Simon Dalby ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/06/2026NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social propublica.orgBeyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate StudyBP 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. 11562300
Reposted by Simon Dalby Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Icy winters are no match for these floating solar panels. Using foam and aquarium pumps, engineers designed a floating photovoltaic system that keeps working efficiently through Canadian winter conditions www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242…anthropocenemagazine.orgIcy winters are no match for these floating solar panelsUsing foam and aquarium pumps, engineers designed a floating photovoltaic system that keeps working efficiently through Canadian winter conditions 001
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Great to see #Cork will be hosting next year’s Degrowth conference. But just for the record the photo in this story is Cobh, not Cork! 020
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A better link to the forum on Trump and geopolitical change that I noted in a recent post: revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GE...revistas.ucm.esVista de Trump: Anomaly or Herald of a New Geopolitical Order? 000
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 09/06/2026A forum on Trump, world order and geopolitics. Scroll down to the English item in this issue of Geopolitica(s): revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GE...revistas.ucm.es Geopolítica(s). Revista de estudios sobre espacio y poder La revista publicará artículos originales e inéditos de investigadores, dando preferencia a trabajos que aporten una contribución teórica o metodológica genuina al estudio de la relación entre espacio... 000
Reposted by Simon Dalby Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Hi All, Had some questions about Trump's just announced blockade on Iran. So I put together this primer. Oddly, the US and Iran are now both incentivized to stop traffic in the Strait--to try and hurt the other. This will hurt Iranian income, but it will take time. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comThe US Blockade Of Iran: A PrimerHello All, 1221762
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Useful summary of the confusing but important discussion about geoengineering and how it may play out in North America: Burgess Langshaw Power on its "Janus Face" cdainstitute.ca/the-janus-di...cdainstitute.caThe Janus dichotomy of solar geoengineering for the Canada-U.S. security relationship | CDA InstituteSolar geoengineering (also known as solar radiation modification, or SRM) is a controversial subject, at the best of times. This emerging group of technologies aims to artificially modify global or re... 130
Reposted by Simon Dalby Loren King @lorenking.org · 23/01/2026In the fallout over these thoughtful remarks (marred by Trump's predictably idiotic and variously incoherent responses) it's easy to miss a basic truth clearly stated: "a world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable." 011
Reposted by Simon Dalby Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 22/01/2026If you want to know what we need to do in response, check out the "Three Ages of Water." bookshop.org/p/books/the-...bookshop.orgThe Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the FuturePrehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future 1145
Reposted by Simon Dalby Markham Hislop @markhamhislop.bsky.social · 22/01/2026As the Rules-based Global Order Collapses, Mark Carney Proposes a Middle Power Alternative While Donald Trump warns him to watch his words. markhamhislop.substack.com/p/as-the-rul...markhamhislop.substack.comAs the Rules-based Global Order Collapses, Mark Carney Proposes a Middle Power AlternativeWhile Donald Trump warns him to watch his words 1103
Reposted by Simon Dalby Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 19/01/2026"Canada may hold the distinction of having the worst performance anywhere in the world, with EV sales cratering 41% during 2025. By contrast, pretty much everywhere else made progress." - writes @chrishatch.bsky.social 132
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Global threats at Davos? www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...theguardian.comIn Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid RobeynsEconomic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns 000
Reposted by Simon Dalby Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 17/01/2026As if by clockwork, a few hours after I send out this piece, Trump starts bullying all of Europe to hand over Greenland to the USA. This will only get worse. 1119032
Reposted by Simon Dalby Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Speaking truth to power. "Do not speak of the security of the Arctic, when its greatest threat is YOU" Greenlandic citizen at Nuuk demonstration. Source: dr.dk 317762
Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Dark menacing B&W and then OUR in blood red. Subtle. 011
Reposted by Simon Dalby UCL Global Engagement @ucl-global.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Excellent article in @theconversation.com addressing ecological myopia. It's co-authored by Tom Pegram, Director of @ucl.ac.uk Global Governance Institute, and @simondalby.bsky.social, Professor Emeritus of Geography and Environmental Studies, @wilfridlaurieruni.bsky.social #ClimateCrisisbit.lyEcological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate actionSeeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action. 001
Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Every single time great powers go misty-eyed & mythical about 'their' spaces, territories, homelands, spheres, they should be called out by descriptions of the actual existing materialities of these fragments of an interdependent and turbulent planetary system. 022
Reposted by Simon Dalby Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 31/12/2025Pulling climate data offline, canceling research grants, and de-funding scientific institutions doesn't just suppress climate information. It weakens the foundation we rely on to make good decisions of any kind. In my latest "Tea with Katharine" I share why investment in science is so important! 329281
Reposted by Simon Dalby Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 31/12/2025The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking. NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.nytimes.comNASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts 16336172
Reposted by Simon Dalby Borders in Globalization Lab @big-lab.bsky.social · 01/01/2026As our research community continues to expand, we are consolidating our primary announcements, research highlights, and major updates on LinkedIn to ensure more consistent communication. Follow us on LinkedIn for the latest publications, events, and access to registration for our Summer Institutes 011
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 22/12/2025A new short piece on "Ecological Myopia" and climate change: (Tom Pegram and Simon Dalby) “Ecological Myopia: The Blindspot Holding Back Climate Action” The Conversation 22 December 2025. theconversation.com/ecological-m...theconversation.comEcological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate actionSeeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action. 000
Reposted by Simon Dalby warriorseamstress.bsky.social @warriorseamstress.bsky.social · 14/12/2025"Then in just the last week, the Ukrainians executed a military operation that pushed the Russians back about twice the distance as it had taken the Russians to advance in more than four months. It's interesting that this story has not yet appeared in the New York Times.' 728996
Reposted by Simon Dalby Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 13/12/2025"You can draw a line between small islands’ fierce advocacy through to the passage of the largest climate law in American history." Great read from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on the legacy of the Paris Agreement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 12710
Reposted by Simon Dalby Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 11/12/2025It's also the warmth - while historically such events may have seen more precipitation fall as snow at higher elevations, warmer temps mean more falls as rain and goes directly into streams and rivers, while also melting lower elevation snow. Snow levels were up to 8,500ft yesterday. In December. 17625
Reposted by Simon Dalby CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs) @cidobbarcelona.bsky.social · 05/12/2025"Hi ha punts de no retorn perillosos en l’ecosistema climàtic, i evitar-los exigeix reduir l’ús dels combustibles fòssils", @simondalby.bsky.social defensa el marc dels límits planetaris per a impulsar respostes polítiques contra la crisi climàtica a l' #AnuariCIDOB2026cidob.orgReplantejar la seguretat climàtica: l’àmbit «planetari» com a context políticLes amenaces a l’ecosistema mundial són immediates, greus i ens empenyen de manera alarmant cap a un escenari de «Terra hivernacle». La humanitat ja no hab 011
Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 20/10/2025The Post-Liberalism conference at George Washington University is on today. I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"... And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet. @illsp.bsky.social 021
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 17/10/2025When pyromanics ruin the world ... www.bbc.com/news/article... #geopolitics #climatechangebbc.comLandmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threatsPresident Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam". 000
Reposted by Simon Dalby Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2025HI all, just sent out my free weekend update. It was one of those weeks (months really) which confirmed how the war is evolving. The land war is getting more frozen and destructive for those in it, the strategic air war is broadening and expanding. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comWeekend Update #153: The Land War Is Hardening; The Air War Is BroadeningHas Trump's Rhetorical Change Meant Anything Concrete? 417351
Reposted by Simon Dalby Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Checkout. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/checkout/ 011
Reposted by Simon Dalby Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 30/09/2025“No more climate change worship... We are done with that shit.” Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases. Look here. www.gleick.com/blog/climate...gleick.comClimate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro 611142
Reposted by Simon Dalby Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Wreckless militarism... (and imho hysterical masculinity). theconversation.com/warrior-etho...theconversation.com‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security − and ignores the wisdom of EisenhowerAs hundreds of military brass descend on a base in Virginia to be addressed by Pete Hegseth, his newly bestowed title is ‘Secretary of War.’ That means something. 121
Reposted by Simon Dalby Delf Rothe @delfrothe.bsky.social · 16/09/2025@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 111
Reposted by Simon Dalby Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts. Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇 www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...nationalobserver.comCanada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six chartsCanadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we? 34332
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Tackling climate change with a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel productionTzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape 010
Reposted by Simon Dalby Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Poilievre's New Gaslighting Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...thetyee.caPoilievre’s New Gaslighting Campaign | The TyeeAs Canada burns, what does the Conservative leader do? He hysterically attacks electric vehicles. 0117
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 21/08/2025The green transition has a surprising new home economist.com/finance-and-... from The Economisteconomist.comThe green transition has a surprising new homeForget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling 010
Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Calling out this direct assault on international law and organizations of global governance; Francesca Albanese targeted by the US administration: garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com/blog/shape-s...garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.comSHAPE Statement of Solidarity Silencing the Mandate: US Sanctions on Francesca Albanese A Symbol of International Law’s Twilight — Saving Humanity and Planet Earth (SHAPE)Public Statement 26 July 2025 For immediate release Imagine a scene worthy of Orwell’s worst nightmare: a United Nations envoy, appointed to report on human rights violations, excellently performing... 000
Reposted by Simon Dalby Graeme L Scott @glscott.bsky.social · 01/07/2025phys.org/news/2025-07...phys.orgSigns of rising planetary strain highlight need for accelerated climate targetsIn their paper published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from IIASA and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine presented a novel approach to measure and understand human pres... 1225
Reposted by Simon Dalby Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 01/07/2025NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...cnn.comTrump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNNThe Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin... 107764