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Researchers presenting their research on climate change as a function of behavioural economics without an iota of reflection on economic...

Researchers presenting their research on climate change as a function of behavioural economics without an iota of reflection on economic growth models: *slow claps*

To my mind there is no way of telling a story of climate change future in Nepal without highlighting the material conditions of its...

To my mind there is no way of telling a story of climate change future in Nepal without highlighting the material conditions of its labourers. I think this article speaks of that. - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/06/climate-change-heat-kidney-disease/

‘Locally, there is panicked recognition that it’s happening again—the moment of speculation, the lack of coordination, the...

‘Locally, there is panicked recognition that it’s happening again—the moment of speculation, the lack of coordination, the distribution of costs and benefits, profits accumulating in a few distant pockets while local communities are stripped of resources.’ https://t.co/CRHrkrgAip

‘In this episode Bathsheba Demuth looks at how reindeer are deeply sensitive to the climate, and how that sensitivity thwarted plans to...

‘In this episode Bathsheba Demuth looks at how reindeer are deeply sensitive to the climate, and how that sensitivity thwarted plans to make them part of capitalist and socialist economies’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001fx2n

Merry Christmas!🎄

Merry Christmas!🎄

The Department of History, University of Zürich invites an application for a PhD Researcher:...

The Department of History, University of Zürich invites an application for a PhD Researcher: https://www.infoclio.ch/de/phd-researcher-0?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

“The massive flooding that is taking place in the world today is the outcome of both carbon emissions, on the one hand, and...

“The massive flooding that is taking place in the world today is the outcome of both carbon emissions, on the one hand, and infrastructured landscapes, on the other,” says Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology. | Omnia https://t.co/TlmKy8rCc8

My “मेरे सामने वाली खिड़की में” moment.

My “मेरे सामने वाली खिड़की में” moment.

I’m sorry did you say that the rich, for all their money, would not find it easy to live in a world whose supply of oxygen has dried up?

I’m sorry did you say that the rich, for all their money, would not find it easy to live in a world whose supply of oxygen has dried up?

Webinar— Mending Waterscapes: Restoring River Landscapes:...

Webinar— Mending Waterscapes: Restoring River Landscapes: https://www.hf.uio.no/english/research/strategic-research-areas/oseh/news-and-events/events/other/mending-waterscapes-restoring-river-landscapes%281%29.html

Webinar— ‘Estate Logics and the Making of an Agrarian Enclave in the Bengal Himalaya’ in partnership with the South Asia Center &...

Webinar— ‘Estate Logics and the Making of an Agrarian Enclave in the Bengal Himalaya’ in partnership with the South Asia Center & Dept. of Anthropology Sarah Besky: https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/sarahbesky

Why does Everest matter?Science, labour and the rise of altitude to measure mountains.https://www.himalmag.com/why-does-everest-matter-2022/

Why does Everest matter?
Science, labour and the rise of altitude to measure mountains.
https://www.himalmag.com/why-does-everest-matter-2022/

Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people ...

Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the world’s richest people https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-billionaires-the-investment-emissions-of-the-worlds-richest-people-621446/

‘People have the right to use Facebook without letting the company rifle through their data and profile them for advertising, a landmark...

‘People have the right to use Facebook without letting the company rifle through their data and profile them for advertising, a landmark case filed today in the UK High Court argues.’ https://www.awo.agency/blog/tanya-o-carroll-v-meta-landmark-case-to-stop-facebook-spying-on-us/

I urge football supporters around the world to recognise the atrocities of Qatar World Cup. Reportedly, passports of migrant workers from...

I urge football supporters around the world to recognise the atrocities of Qatar World Cup. Reportedly, passports of migrant workers from India, Nepal and Bangladesh were taken away, debt-ridden labourers were forced to toil under exceptionally harsh conditions. This is slavery.

Two Russians charged with running Z-Library book piracy website. I’m...

Two Russians charged with running Z-Library book piracy website. I’m speechless.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-illegal-library-shut-down-russians-brooklyn-20221116-qqfpuodbpnfhvcgimymhjvmtym-story.html

‘But floods cannot be understood in purely planning, engineering or geographic terms. Instead, they are embedded within property...

‘But floods cannot be understood in purely planning, engineering or geographic terms. Instead, they are embedded within property relations, inequality, making of homes and belonging, and the wider ecology of disasters in low-income settlements. As the city braces each year for spells of low-pressure cyclonic activity across the Bay of Bengal, “unprecedented natures” can no longer remain a political alibi.’ https://www.theindiaforum.in/article/history-floods-chennai

'If I rest, how will I earn?'How an Indian street hawker manages his monthly costs....

'If I rest, how will I earn?'
How an Indian street hawker manages his monthly costs. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2022/11/9/if-i-rest-how-will-i-earn-an-indian-hawkers-monthly-costs

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a California river ...

The largest dam demolition in history is approved for a California river https://www.npr.org/2022/11/17/1137442481/dam-demolition-klamath-river-california-federal-regulators-salmon

Very nice piece: ‘Twitter may not survive Musk, but if and when the website dies, I won’t be sure whether I should mourn it. “There is...

Very nice piece: ‘Twitter may not survive Musk, but if and when the website dies, I won’t be sure whether I should mourn it. “There is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism,” Walter Benjamin once wrote, and so sometimes it’s hard to know how to feel when such documents burn.’ https://t.co/UXY443rY2u