Remco van de Pas
@rvandepas.bsky.social
Public health doctor/academic/eco-socialist. Health, climate & economic justice. Work@ https://unu.edu/iigh/ Politics@ https://diem25.org/en/ Research@ https://bit.ly/3UHfCLF Activism@ http://phmovement.org/ Opinions personal
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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If podcasts are your thing, I chatted with the host of the Naked Scientists Pod this week about the clinical trial underway in the UK. You can listen using the link below. www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/int...
Ebola vaccine enters clinical trials
Oxford researchers develop the jab in record time
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‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Climate free fall’: why the biggest risk to our economies is yet to be recognized
Increasing instability of the ocean, ice and atmosphere threatens farming, finance and society. We all need to wake up to that fact.
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The Global Health Security Status Quo on display in Kuala Lumpur www.internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-art... IHP feat article by @rvandepas.bsky.social & Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana.
The Global Health Security Status Quo on display in Kuala Lumpur
The Global Health Security Conference 2026 took place in Kuala Lumpur from June 9-12th. The timely event, especially in the wake of recent Ebola and Hantavirus outbreaks , brought together a large n...
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www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju... We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts
Can ecosystems ‘malfunction’?
We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like aeroplanes or human hearts
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... ‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival. Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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Indonesisch leger grijpt in bij voorstellingen van ontbossingsfilm - nos.nl/l/2616748
Indonesisch leger grijpt in bij voorstellingen van ontbossingsfilm
De film gaat over de kap van oerbos op Papoea. Het leger, zakenlui en politici zouden daar veel aan verdienen. Veel voorstellingen gaan in het geheim door.
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Thermometer checks. A questionnaire about their travel history and symptoms. CDC staff observing them for signs of illness. What awaits U.S. passengers returning from Ebola-afflicted regions at Washington Dulles International airport Victoria Craw and me www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
Air France flight to Detroit diverted to Canada under Ebola restrictions
A passenger from Congo should not have been aboard, authorities said. Under new DHS rules, people who recently visited any of three African countries must enter the U.S. via Dulles.
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So incredibly grim. Supporting and advising my students is by far the most important (and rewarding) part of my job. Why are universities so keen to AI themselves out of existence?
Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 3mo agoAn email in my inbox today from Harvard Business Impact, Harvard University—specifically from something called The Faculty Lounge This is where shit is heading, right? Giving AI-assisted career advice? Just shoot me now.
@unuinweh.bsky.social has signed a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé. @ununiversity.bsky.social Due Diligence Policy should have prevented this. The irony: @unu-iigh.bsky.social has spent years warning against this kind of corporate capture of global health.
Health Policy Watch - Global health news reporting@healthpolicywatch.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhen UN Partners With the Harm It Is Meant to Prevent healthpolicy-watch.news/when-the-un-... @unnicycles.bsky.social Credibility of UN system depends on clear separation of its public mandate from commercial interests its work often contests. Once blurred, it becomes very difficult to draw again.
When The UN Partners With The Harm It Is Meant To Prevent - Health Policy Watch
The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) announced a "strategic partnership" with Nestlé to establish the World
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The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, co-hosted by Colombia and the Netherlands, has concluded with historic momentum towards a just energy transition and fossil fuel phase out.
Today marked a historic breakthrough in climate diplomacy.
apnews.com/article/colo... High-level talks begin on moving away from fossil fuels at Colombia conference. President Gustavo Petro warned the world could “reach a point of no return” without the Amazon’s role in regulating the climate.
High-level talks begin on moving away from fossil fuels at Colombia conference
Ministers and officials are gathered in Colombia for a high-level conference aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels, with financing emerging as a key challenge.
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is more likely to collapse than previously thought. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny doesn’t do existential crises
A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Gunboat diplomacy is the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of naval power, implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare should terms not be agreeable to the superior force en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat... Term originated during the age of imperialism
Gunboat diplomacy - Wikipedia
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable There are moments in history when a crisis long treated as distant reveals itself to be intimate, immediate and profoundly human. Sea-level rise is one of those moments.
Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres
Those facing the earliest and harshest consequences are, overwhelmingly, those who did the least to create them
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www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in th...
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🚨NEW ARTICLE @thediplomat.com: Seismic political shifts in the West means that we need a long term South-South roadmap. Written by 6 experts from each region of the Global South, we contemplate the decline of the West and propose next steps. @munira.bsky.social Read: thediplomat.com/2025/03/a-ro...
A Roadmap for South-South Cooperation
Greater Global South solidarity is the only viable solution in the face of the seismic political shifts in the West.
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Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.
Israel kills 12 medics in attack in southern Lebanon as war ravages nation
Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.
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