More 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...

The Absolute Insanity of Militarised Security

As 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…

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Geopolitics, 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

The 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???

NEW: 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

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP 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.

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Icy 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 https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/?p=242002

Icy 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

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Great 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!

DegrowthUK@degrowthuk.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · last mo.

Here it is, next year's International Degrowth Conference! Pleased to be associated with it. Cork City to host 12th International Degrowth Conference https://www.goleordegrowth.com/cork-to-host-12th-international-degrowth-conference/ #degrowth #Ireland #Cork

A better link to the forum on Trump and geopolitical change that I noted in a recent post: revistas.ucm.es/index.php/GE...

A 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...

Hi 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...

The US Blockade Of Iran: A Primer

Hello All,

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Useful 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...

The Janus dichotomy of solar geoengineering for the Canada-U.S. security relationship | CDA Institute

Solar 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...

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In 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."

Mark Carney@mark-carney.bsky.social · 7mo ago

As great powers abandon rules and values for their own interests, middle powers like Canada have a choice: compete with each other for favour or act together with impact.

If you want to know what we need to do in response, check out the "Three Ages of Water." bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future

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As 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...

As the Rules-based Global Order Collapses, Mark Carney Proposes a Middle Power Alternative

While Donald Trump warns him to watch his words

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"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

Global threats at Davos? www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...

In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns

Economic 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

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As 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.

Speaking 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

Excellent 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 #ClimateCrisis

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action

Seeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action.

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Pulling 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!

The destruction of knowledge and history is haphazard & breathtaking. NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts.

NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts

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A 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...

Ecological myopia: the blind spot holding back climate action

Seeing more clearly is the first step toward wiser action.

theconversation.com

"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.'

Phillips OBrien@phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

"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...

It'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.

Katharine Hayhoe@katharinehayhoe.com · 8mo ago

Catastrophic flooding in BC and WA is putting thousands at risk. We’ve always had heavy rain and floods; but as the world warms, they’re becoming more frequent and severe. And it was a UVic research team that ID'd the human fingerprint in increasing extreme precip. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

"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' #AnuariCIDOB2026

Replantejar la seguretat climàtica: l’àmbit «planetari» com a context polític

Les 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

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