Spandan
@spandan.bsky.social
PhD-ing in Geography@ClarkUniversity. Urban Climate Governance. Risks and Adaptation. Political Ecology. Climate Finance. Also, love stories, whether in films, literature, or music.
As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
NERV IRB Coordinator@professormusgrave.bsky.social · 5mo agoI have to say the Post chose a hell of a moment to lay off all their foreign correspondents
Photo by Jeff Wheeler of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Geographers, in case you missed this detail, Alex Pretti graduated from the Minnesota Geography department in 2011.
Congratulations @kaibosworth.bsky.social, @lorettaclees.bsky.social, and @rrr3006.bsky.social for 2025 IHG Research Grant Award!!
For my latest for @rollingstone.com , I take a deep dive into every dirty gift Trump's massive tax-and-spending bill gives the fossil fuel industry, and takes from everyone else. Spoiler: it's worse than you think. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
My latest in the Guardian where I argue that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social position on Palestine was not a liability, but that the Palestine movement and its organizers are why he won. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Zohran Mamdani has the Palestinian protest movement to thank for his win | Heba Gowayed
The Democratic socialist’s victory in the New York City primary elections shows support for Palestine is not a liability
theguardian.com
The profound misrepresentation of Zohran’s positions (on police, Israel) and the viability/scale of his policy platform (modest tax increases for small-scale pilot programs) by Democrats and the media are what you would expect from bad faith opponents, which makes me think that's who they are.
Come and join us at the Conference on Centring justice in climate risk management for transformative change at IIASA in December this year. The call for abstracts has been extended to 7 July. See more in the link below.
IIASA@iiasa.ac.at · last yr.⚖️ Call for Abstracts: Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change. 📅 Deadline extended: 7 July 2025. Learn more and submit you abstract ➡️ iiasa.ac.at/news/jun-202...
News item: the global average temperature in 2024 surpassed the 1.5C threshold set by the Paris accord
2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What? (Gift Article)
Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.
nytimes.com
The call is out! In Oct 2025, Aotearoa/New Zealand hosts the world’s most significant climate adaptation event: #AF2025. Online & in-person. Hosted by UC & UN World Adaptation Science programme & consortium sponsors. A key focus is Oceania & Indigenous solutions. Join us! adaptationfutures2025.com
There's an amazing Palestine Studies guide up on the University of Chicago library site! Check it out: guides.lib.uchicago.edu/palestine
Library Guides: Palestine Studies: Home
Guide to getting started with research related to Palestine and Palestinians
guides.lib.uchicago.edu
Our paper "Defining climate finance justice" is out now, open access. @laurla11.bsky.social agsci.source.colostate.edu/research-pap...
New research paper explores concept of climate finance justice
CSU's Lauren Gifford is the lead author on a new paper examining the emerging field of climate finance justice.
agsci.source.colostate.edu
Quite helpful thread(s) by Prof @lisaschipper.bsky.social on the evolution of adaptation, conceptual overlap and tensions with development, challenges in guiding policymakers, implications on vulnerability, and maladaptation. Please read!!
Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪@lisaschipper.bsky.social · 2y agoJust for the record, a complete 🧵 of my 🧵 on adaptation. bsky.app/profile/lisa... Part I
Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world | @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org 🎨 Kerry Cleaver, Tom Pearson @tomoprater.carbonbrief.org Read here: https://buff.ly/4eFnQus
Looking for literature that focuses on the role of geopolitics as a driver of climate change adaptation projects in the Global South. I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
Deforestation is a complicated political process to manage and sustain https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/725051
