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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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🎤 My next book talk "Green Political Economy" will be at LSE @lseideas.bsky.social - on Tuesday 13 October, 6pm-7pm. The talk will introduce key themes of my new book, and specifically how geoeconomics plays into the global green transition. Registration needed at: www.lse.ac.uk/ideas/events...

Green Political Economy

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📖 Just over a month to go until my new book, Green Political Economy, is published by @politybooks.bsky.social. Available in paperback, hardback and ebook, you can get it in the UK by late September, and in the US by early December 2026.

Here is my urgent call to place Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the centre of the Humanitarian Response and discussions about #ReconstructionEfforts. Thanks to @hpg-odiglobal.bsky.social for their invitation. odi.org/en/insights/...

Earthquakes and governance: why we need a gender lens in Venezuela’s compounding crises

Statistically, Venezuela was already a dangerous place for women to give birth before the earthquakes. That fact alone should place sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) needs at the forefr...

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EXCITED to see our new book on Ethics and Planetary Boundaries set for (open access!) publication in September. This book has 18 chapters (two on each boundary) from different places, disciplines, and perspectives.. Access it soon here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

A diverse group of 21 Venezuelanist social scientists has produced a working paper on what we think needs to occur for a fulsome democratic transition to take place in Venezuela. @dsmilde.bsky.social @masayalb.bsky.social @beccahanson.bsky.social @maryhenjimenez.bsky.social ⬇️ t.co/PMZ75AVDvz

This one has been on the makings for years now, glad to finally see it out there!

Benjamin H. Bradlow@bhbradlow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Huge, blockbuster new paper in the sociology of climate change by @liviosilva.bsky.social, just accepted to @amjsoc.bsky.social! Reach and Retrenchment of the Environmental State: Global Climate Politics in the Amazon Rainforest doi.org/10.1086/741696 i

EXTRACTION will have its UK debut soon. I will be coming to London, Cambridge and Oxford for events the week after this one. See my website for event specifics and to RSVP www.theariofrancos.com/upcoming-eve...

5 postdocs just advertised: Come work with us at the LSE Global School of Sustainability @gsos-lse.bsky.social. With 150 people working full-time on the political economy of decarbonisation, you'd be joining the largest research community on the topic. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

NEW – Brazil’s biodiversity pledge: Six key takeaways for nature and climate change | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/rjHKA2e

📢 Public Event Announcement Join us for Professor Hertog's inaugural lecture: "How oil rents fuel populist foreign policy" on 21 January 2026 at 6.30pm In-person and online tickets available 👇 www.lse.ac.uk/events/21-ja... #LSEEvents @lseevents.bsky.social @shertog.bsky.social

Natural resource rents and radical policy | Steffen Hertog

6:30pm Wed 21 Jan | Steffen Hertog | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

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I wrote about just transition in Brazil for UNRISD - TLDR, lots of different impacts, from new kinds of energy, from old ones, with different implications for different groups (some hit urban, some indigenous, some quilombolos, some labor) www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...

Really interesting and plausible parsing of who was on which side of a roadmap to phase out fossil fuels at COP30

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 11mo ago

SCOOP: Carbon Brief has exclusively obtained a list of 84 countries "opposed" to adding a fossil-fuel roadmap to COP30 deal – but our analysis found a series of contradictions & likely errors For eg 14 on list are also roadmap "supporters" Read more➡️ www.carbonbrief.org/...

Great to have the book out there...110 authors, it's a Great Leap Forward in our understanding of why we're failing to act on climate change. Book is free at CSSN.org And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up: www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...

Guy Edwards@guywhedwards.bsky.social · 11mo ago

As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely. Details: cssn.org/news-researc...

Want to learn more about Colombia's energy transition? @npr.org has you covered. 🫡 🇨🇴 🎧 ⬇️

This oil-producing country is moving away from oil. Here's how it's going

Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since.

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Governor Gavin Newsom@governor.ca.gov · 12mo ago

California just signed a new climate MOU with Colombia at #COP30. With this partnership, we're doubling down on the fight against climate change — collaborating on innovative solutions for methane reduction and clean energy.

A useful reminder about the heavy environmental and social costs of the existing energy sector www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report

Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure

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¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍 Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos. @redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org

My new book is out States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society published by @universitypress.cambridge.org With thanks to @carolinelucas.bsky.social @profjohnbarry.bsky.social & Jennifer Clapp for generous endorsements

Many thanks to the author of this piece, Fermín Koop, published by @dialogueearth.bsky.social , for the opportunity to share some comments on the participation of Latin American countries in the COPs and the impact of their regional groups, such as AILAC. dialogue.earth/en/climate/c...

Can Latin America finally present a united front for COP30?

As the UN climate summit returns to the region, we look back at decades of leadership from its nations at the talks – and also fragmentation

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Gabriel Dread com Lula@gabrieldread.bsky.social · 12mo ago

COP30 runs from November 10–21 in Belém, Brazil. I’ll be on site, telling and investigating the real stories of people on the frontlines of planetary change. Are you coming to Belém for #COP30? Let’s connect. I want to hear your stories and build alliances. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Fort Collins, CO had so many people, it took an hour for the march to pass through town (city of less than 200,000)

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...

Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network

Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.

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Climate Social Science Network @cssn.org · last yr.

It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond. Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...

HOT OFF THE PRESSES! Check it out! OPEN ACCESS! #energy #USpol #EU #China #ClimateJustice #ActOnClimate #Brazil #Germany #Protest #coaltoclean #peat #COP30 Stability and #Politicization in #Climate #Governance - www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

Cambridge Core - Environmental Policy, Economics and Law - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

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🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

"A Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) entregou à ministra do Meio Ambiente e Mudanças Climáticas do Brasil, Marina Silva, o prêmio WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation, a principal honraria da organização que reconhece o compromisso extraordinário com a natureza e as pessoas."

Wildlife Conservation Society@wcs.org · last yr.

Brazil's Minister @marinasilvaoficial.bsky.social is a champion for nature and people. Tonight, we awarded her the WCS Distinguished Leadership in Conservation Award. “It is an exceptional opportunity for WCS to bestow this honor on a true lifelong leader,” said WCS's Adam Falk. 🌎 bit.ly/3IyFaqO

‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️ Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering. www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...

China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab

A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database

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New study from Carlos R.S. Milani, Janaina Pinto, and Arthur Facini on the organized obstruction observed in the Brazilian government and industries. Read the full article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1/18 Is China's economy collapsing or dominating? Meg Rithmire's new piece in Current History argues it's doing both simultaneously—and that's the problem.