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Lyla Mehta
@lylamehta.bsky.social
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Professor of environment & development; Water, sanitation, climate, covid; human rights; displacement; feminist; anti-fascist; Editor @Natureandspace; UK, India, Austria, Norway. Twitter migrant; also on @[email protected] & LinkedIn. Views my own; .. more

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · Jan 11
I resisted signing on another billionaire-led app so it's taken me a while to get here. I had blocked #Musk & carried on Twitter despite unease. But now seeing how he is systematically promoting more far-right leaders is just too much. Looking forward to connecting with old & new friends here.

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 1d
OnlineFirst - "An uncooperative transition: Material contradictions in Chile's renewable energy boom" by Caroline White-Knockleby, Elena Louder, and Manuel Prieto:

#energytransition #commodification #socioecologicalfix #Chile #neoliberalnatures

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 2d
"The roots of sustainable development are (...) deeply shaped by the legacies of colonisation and coloniality", writes @ids.ac.uk's @lylamehta.bsky.social on our blog, suggesting pathways towards decolonising the discipline and calling out remaining challenges.
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2402
The Challenges of Decolonising Sustainability and the Environment in Development Studies
By Lyla Mehta The colonial roots of sustainability  Since the Brundtland Commission advanced the concept of sustainable development in 1987, a lively strand in Development Studies (DS) has eng…
www.developmentresearch.eu

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 2d
OnlineFirst - "Living space and the struggle against geothermal energy projects in Flores, Indonesia" by @mleyeh.bsky.social, @cypripajudale.bsky.social, @afiomagr.bsky.social, and Shae Frydenlund:

@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp @cugeography.bsky.social

journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 5d
OnlineFirst - "Strange birds of a feather: Israeli common myna, between invasiveness and belonging" by Eran Nisan Schwarzfuchs:

#Invasionbiology #multispecies #environment #alienspecies #Israel

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 5d
Yes I agree. But not sure they will be held accountable for any of this. Also later in the pandemic they claimed they were always against herd immunity

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 5d
I think they have all been elevated to national treasures now. To be fair I think they rolled back quickly on their early positions and even denied that they had endorsed Herd Immunity etc

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 6d
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lylamehta.bsky.social Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 12d
Please join @justwaterfutures.bsky.social for a discussion on: Do we need the Global Commission on the Economics of Water to Value Water? November 21, 2025, 14:00-15:00 CEST. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/do-we-need...
#Water #Justice
Poster for Just Water FUture Event on Nov 21

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 6d
In March 2020 other European countries were in lockdown. #Johnson said the #UK should take it on the chin. Advisers like Whitty, Edmunds & Vallance initially advocated herd immunity & nudge theory. 20,00 lives could have been saved without this chaos. #COVID19
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com

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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 7d
Giving a shit about genocide on #WorldToiletDay

IDS research fellow @lylamehta.bsky.social & Alan Nicol (IWMI) write today for @newhumanitarian.bsky.social on how genocidal wars in Gaza and Darfur leave people without even basic forms of sanitation 👇

https://thenewhumanitarian.pulse.ly/jajfkcbtd8
Giving a shit about genocide on World Toilet Day
Genocidal wars not only force people to move away from homes, schools, and places of work, but away from even the most basic forms of sanitation.
thenewhumanitarian.pulse.ly

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Shoaib M Khan @shoaibmkhan.bsky.social · 7d
UN expert expresses serious concern with Security Council’s Resolution 2803, saying it runs counter to Palestinian right to self-determination, consolidates Israel’s unlawful presence, including unlawful policies and practices, and risks legitimating ongoing violence.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN Security Council resolution a violation of Palestinian right of self-determination and UN Charter, UN expert warns
GENEVA – A UN expert today expressed serious concern with the Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2803, warning that it runs counter to the Palestinian right to self-determination, consolidates ...
www.ohchr.org

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 8d
OnlineFirst - "Experimenting through Sen: The lived networks of Thailand's cannabis boom" by Al Lim:

www.al-lim.com

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 12d
@blue-community.net @mzwarteveen.bsky.social @jeremyjschmidt.bsky.social @justwaterfutures.bsky.social @shibbose.bsky.social @nathanoxley.bsky.social

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 12d
Please join @justwaterfutures.bsky.social for a discussion on: Do we need the Global Commission on the Economics of Water to Value Water? November 21, 2025, 14:00-15:00 CEST. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/do-we-need...
#Water #Justice
Poster for Just Water FUture Event on Nov 21

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 14d
"Social-ecological conflicts: An emancipatory conceptual approach by bringing other-than-humans into environmental conflict analysis" by Markus Rauchecker, David Kuhn, Diana Hummel, Thomas Fickel, Thomas Friedrich, Katja Brinkmann, Stefanie Burkhart, Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, and Luca Nitschke:

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 15d
Why? So much evidence exists that a basic income can reduce poverty & improve societal wellbeing #UBI #Poverty #Inequality theconversation.com/voters-in-ha...
Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them
Voters in the German city of Hamburg recently rejected the idea of a free payment for all residents.
theconversation.com

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 16d
OnlineFirst - "Tracing (un)common senses in irrigation communities: Hegemonies and counter-hegemonies across Spain's Tagus-Segura interbasin transfer complex" by @nickbourguignon.bsky.social:

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 17d
OnlineFirst - "Understanding lived experiences of climate change adaptation processes: Diversification subjectivities among Maasai pastoralists in southern Kenya" by @edwimarty.bsky.social and Winfred Lipina Koinet:

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 21d
NEW REPORT: More than half of the companies that donated to Trump's ballroom are facing federal enforcement actions.

Donating millions to kiss up to Trump is nothing compared to the billions these companies have at stake in federal contracts and enforcement decisions.

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 21d
'We have toppled a political dynasty.' Despite the $22 Million spent by billionaires + vilification from #Trump et al, socialist democrat #Mamdani, committed to social justice, won. Great that hope & love won over fear & hate. Well done NYC! #ZohranMamdani #NewYork #USA
youtu.be/9MfBp8xUR3Q?...
Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech
YouTube video by ABC News
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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 24d
Despite the massive benefits of public research & development investments in the UK (£1 generates £8, see thread), the current Labour govt has done precious little to support HE & research. There've been no major research calls. In the past all govts continued support for R & D. So much self-harm.
hetanshah.bsky.social Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27d
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk

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Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel @tekgw.bsky.social · 24d
In a new publication via @theconversation.com, Birhan &I argue,

“When famine goes unrecorded, the suffering of entire populations is erased from the world’s moral and political map. It also weakens the mechanisms designed to prevent such atrocities elsewhere.”

theconversation.com/starvation-a...
Starvation as a weapon of war: how Ethiopia created a famine in Tigray
Famine was weaponised as part of a broader campaign of destruction in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
theconversation.com

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Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 25d
Rob Jetten, likely new Prime Minister of the Netherlands and his Argentinian fiancé.

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Zecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 25d
Genocide resumes, reads this weekend's cover of @thecontinent.org, as El Fasher falls to the Rapid Support Forces after a year long siege.

Gruesome images of their killing spree that is estimated to have killed thousands, make the rounds. What Sudanese activists warned would happen is playing out.
Cover of this weekend's The Continent newspaper "Genocide resumes in Darfur as Sudan tears apart" Screenshot of article by Khalid Elwalid in Khartoum "Sudan's split in two is now complete." Satellite imagery depicting destruction and possible dead included

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Lyla Mehta @lylamehta.bsky.social · 26d
Amazing day at the #Triennale di #Milano at the event “The Space of Inequality” where I spoke at the session on socio-environmental & climate inequalities. An impressive exhibition on #Inequalities with exhibits on cities, borders, citizenship microbes etc. A great way to spend #WorldUrbanDay
Poster for Event on Inequalities at Triennale di Milano

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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · 26d
OnlineFirst - "Colonial pyrotechniques in Palestine: Arboricide and fiery dispossessions" by Marijn Nieuwenhuis and @mikkojorge.bsky.social:

@geogdurham.bsky.social #Pyropolitics #Pyrotechniques #Palestine #Arboricide

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 27d
"Environmental destruction, rising inequalities, fears of massive unemployment from accelerated automation, and growing dissatisfaction with work centred lives (...) invite to rethink the meaning, purpose, volume, content, and distribution of work"

✍️ From our blog
www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1364
Rethinking work for sustainability and justice
By Erik Gomez-Baggethun Work time reduction is one of the central policy proposals brought forward by ecological economists and degrowth scholars to reduce environmental pressure and unemployment a…
www.developmentresearch.eu

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 27d
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk

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akmuehlebach.bsky.social @akmuehlebach.bsky.social · 29d
justwaterfutures.org @icruxen.bsky.social @rachel-woods.bsky.social @lylamehta.bsky.social 💦
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natureandspace.bsky.social @natureandspace.bsky.social · Oct 28
OnlineFirst - "Spacetimes catalyzing Puerto Rican Karst education, science, and conservation: Microanalyses in a building in transformation" by @marialeperez-geo.bsky.social:

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