Our colleague  Pierre H. Guignard's captivating article, 'Climate and Transitions: Climate Diplomacy Behind Closed Doors,' is now available on our blog! 
Explore his expertise and unique insights.

#climateaction   #EnvironmentalPolicy #Sustainability
mena2050.org/post/climate-a…

The 2023 fire season Across Northern Australia was 9 times bigger than 2019-2020 black summer fires. Noticing and understanding these fires is important for the health of this nation - my latest in The Conversation. theconversation.com/vastly-bigger-…
Northern Institute Wildfire Today 🔥 Charles Darwin University

The Congo Basin is the last major tropical forest that remains a carbon sink. Forest loss in 2023 raises urgent red flags for the area.

New World Resources Inst Global Forest Watch #TreeCoverLoss analysis reveals where new hot spots of loss appeared in 2023 ➡ gfw.global/3Vxpc4p

A very interesting lecture yesterday by Claude Garcia about the use of games to facilitate #stakeholder interactions and dialogue!

🧵 On Those Classic Cultural Twitter Accounts

Someone on here questioned why I would say that accounts like the one below are dog whistles for white supremacy.

Well, ok. Let's do this.

The world is falling short of its ambition to #BuildBackBetter from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic 4 years after the outbreak, according to the #HumanDevelopment Index data in #HDR2024 .

Learn more from Pedro Conceicao's blog post for World Bank:

blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/th…

Recent shifts in environmental policies?
monde-diplomatique.fr/2024/03/GARCIA…

I will begin my talk today at the Café Scientifique in Zurich with this.

Agency - and its representations are the keys to better policy making - on biodiversity, climate, poverty....UN Development #HDR2024

Please to have been invited (again) to a conversation with the ‘Post-Growth Innovation Lab’ team
postgrowth-lab.uvigo.es
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The landmark #EUDR is being undermined by some industry groups & EU governments.

We call on President Ursula von der Leyen to ensure its proper implementation & deliver on Europe's commitment to tackle #deforestation

Read our letter 👇
together4forests.eu/resources/1104…

#Together4Forests

Causation to explain, to predict, to control... and to blame!
Excellent introduction by Lauren N. Ross.

Reminds me of the overlapping but not identical objectives of modeling - to predict, to understand and to change (Levins 66). jstor.org/stable/27836590

Want to check out the findings of UN Development’s new #HDR2024 ?

WATCH this animated explainer to learn how we can overcome the gridlock of interconnected challenges by reimagining cooperation and coming together on issues where it truly matters. youtu.be/09H5okU7abI

Global Canopy Ursula von der Leyen Effective legislation is the correct term. I do not think we have that yet. So, yes to implement EUDR but there are some serious adaptations to make to the existing text for it to have a real impact on deforestation and no harm done to smallholders.

Getting increasingly excited (and a bit nervous! 😬) for this TEDxSantaCruz talk coming up this Saturday. Thrilled to be sharing the stage with such amazing Santa Cruz folks and looking forward to this unique experience. I’ll be talking about birdwatching tourism 👀🐦‍⬛🦜💛

The impact of human development losses is in sharp focus in Afghanistan and Ukraine. Afghanistan’s #HumanDevelopment Index has been knocked back by a staggering ten years, while Ukraine’s HDI dropped to its lowest level since 2004.

More in #HDR2024 : report.hdr.undp.org

I wonder if this one of the reasons why european countries requested the EU to to scale back deforestation law? x.com/ClaudeAGarcia/…