lorenzo sileci
@elchinosauro.bsky.social
straight outta Florence, Italy. Antifascista. la belleza es tu cabeza
Assistant Professor of Economics at IE University, Madrid | Previously @GRI_LSE and @LEEP, PhD @LSEGeography | environment and development economics 🌴🌊 🔥
more at: lorenzosileci.com
Assistant Professor of Economics at IE University, Madrid | Previously @GRI_LSE and @LEEP, PhD @LSEGeography | environment and development economics 🌴🌊 🔥
more at: lorenzosileci.com
Pinned
03/09/2016 - 02/09/2025
it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
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it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
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bubble talk here but yet another dangerous statement that will fuel the rampant climate denialism we are observing. thanks but no thanks mr. gates.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
What Bill Gates Overlooks About Climate Change
Peter Singer explains why a temperature increase of 2.9°C could indeed “be the end of civilization.”
www.project-syndicate.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
bubble talk here but yet another dangerous statement that will fuel the rampant climate denialism we are observing. thanks but no thanks mr. gates.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
that economists, of all professions, should regulate their scientific production through a cartel remains absurd
All is not well at Elsevier richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...
Fraud and cover-up
Fraud and cover-up
richardtol.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:14 AM
that economists, of all professions, should regulate their scientific production through a cartel remains absurd
a home needs no walls
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
a home needs no walls
03/09/2016 - 02/09/2025
it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
open.spotify.com/track/35p0Z5...
it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
open.spotify.com/track/35p0Z5...
September 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
03/09/2016 - 02/09/2025
it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
open.spotify.com/track/35p0Z5...
it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto
grateful for all the good times ❤️
open.spotify.com/track/35p0Z5...
after centuries of disagreement the profession has finally found its unifying trait 🎉
The only good economist is a deranged bum economist, as I have frequently said
Well, this is flattering. I may add "Deranged BUM" to my profile
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
August 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
after centuries of disagreement the profession has finally found its unifying trait 🎉
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An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists
OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...
www.lemonde.fr
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
An international call for action just got louder:
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde
Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally
🧵
www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
quality research you can also show off at the dinner table in scorched-earth mediterranean summer 🔥
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of air conditioning on residential electricity consumption across world countries
We provide a first globally-relevant assessment of the electricity consumption consequences of households’ adaptation to ambient heat through air cond…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
quality research you can also show off at the dinner table in scorched-earth mediterranean summer 🔥
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
impatiently waiting to see farage rock up to the beach with a pack of diapers
🚨🚨 New @bestforbritain.org research suggests that England's swimming waters are five times likely to be polluted than in the European Union.
'Dirty man of Europe' is the expression.
#brexitbenefits #brexitshambles
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
'Dirty man of Europe' is the expression.
#brexitbenefits #brexitshambles
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds
Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
impatiently waiting to see farage rock up to the beach with a pack of diapers
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📣Call for papers OPEN for #OxCSAE2026
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
CSAE Conference 2026
CSAE Conference 2026: Economic Development in Africa
www.csae.ox.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📣Call for papers OPEN for #OxCSAE2026
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa.
🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026!
Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug)
www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...
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New article out on European Economic Review! "Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change", with @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social and G. Scalisi.
Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com
Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
New article out on European Economic Review! "Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change", with @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social and G. Scalisi.
Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com
Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com
best venue if you ask me :)
📈 The Climate Area of the Florence School of Regulation is pleased to announce the #EAERE supported 𝟭𝟭𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀
⏰ Submissions are expected by September 21, 2025
📅 December 2-3, 2025
📍 Florence (Italy)
🔗 fsr.eui.eu/event/fsr-cl...
⏰ Submissions are expected by September 21, 2025
📅 December 2-3, 2025
📍 Florence (Italy)
🔗 fsr.eui.eu/event/fsr-cl...
July 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
best venue if you ask me :)
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One last view over Bergen following a nice #EAERE2025 conference.
Always happy to meet friends and colleagues I seldom have the occasion to cross paths with.
Including
@profejzrobinson.bsky.social
@bengroom.bsky.social
@elchinosauro.bsky.social
And many others
@eaere.bsky.social
Always happy to meet friends and colleagues I seldom have the occasion to cross paths with.
Including
@profejzrobinson.bsky.social
@bengroom.bsky.social
@elchinosauro.bsky.social
And many others
@eaere.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
One last view over Bergen following a nice #EAERE2025 conference.
Always happy to meet friends and colleagues I seldom have the occasion to cross paths with.
Including
@profejzrobinson.bsky.social
@bengroom.bsky.social
@elchinosauro.bsky.social
And many others
@eaere.bsky.social
Always happy to meet friends and colleagues I seldom have the occasion to cross paths with.
Including
@profejzrobinson.bsky.social
@bengroom.bsky.social
@elchinosauro.bsky.social
And many others
@eaere.bsky.social
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90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.
May 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.
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Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.
Amid DOGE-induced turmoil, National Science Foundation in crisis
The $9 billion agency, which exists solely to fund researchers, projects and facilities outside its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters, is hitting reverse on its mission.
wapo.st
May 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.
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🏆The winners of the 2025 𝗘𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 are Romain Fillon, Filippo Pavanello and Rik Rozendaal. Read more at www.eaere.org/best-doctora...
Congratulations!
#EAEREawards
@romainfillon.bsky.social @fpavanello.bsky.social
Congratulations!
#EAEREawards
@romainfillon.bsky.social @fpavanello.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🏆The winners of the 2025 𝗘𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 are Romain Fillon, Filippo Pavanello and Rik Rozendaal. Read more at www.eaere.org/best-doctora...
Congratulations!
#EAEREawards
@romainfillon.bsky.social @fpavanello.bsky.social
Congratulations!
#EAEREawards
@romainfillon.bsky.social @fpavanello.bsky.social
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"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering over half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
"An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..."
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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The XXVI Annual BIOECON Conference on "Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Solutions," taking place on 1-2 September 2025 at St. John’s College, Cambridge University. Call is here. SUBMIT!! @GRI_LSE @UniofExeterNews @EAERE_envecon
www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...
www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...
April 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The XXVI Annual BIOECON Conference on "Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Solutions," taking place on 1-2 September 2025 at St. John’s College, Cambridge University. Call is here. SUBMIT!! @GRI_LSE @UniofExeterNews @EAERE_envecon
www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...
www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...
(very) long journey for this one but so stoked to see "Birds" in print at last! my first ever job in research with the great @bengroom.bsky.social and Charlie Palmer 🦜🦆🦉
bit of a summary thread below.
bit of a summary thread below.
New paper out: with Charles Palmer, Lorenzo Sileci @elchinosauro.bsky.social and Steve Langton. “Biodiversity -food trade-offs when agricultural land is spared from production” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Biodiversity–food trade‐offs when agricultural land is spared from production
Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes, the world's predominant land use, could involve sparing, or setting aside, agricultural land from production, implying biodiversity–food trade-of...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
(very) long journey for this one but so stoked to see "Birds" in print at last! my first ever job in research with the great @bengroom.bsky.social and Charlie Palmer 🦜🦆🦉
bit of a summary thread below.
bit of a summary thread below.
on fascist salutes and inaugurations.
January 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
on fascist salutes and inaugurations.
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Commentators emphasize that the CA fires don't discriminate.
That's misleading:
"only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act":
events.stanford.edu/event/floods...
That's misleading:
"only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act":
events.stanford.edu/event/floods...
Envionmental Behavioral Sciences Seminar, "Floods, Fires, and Fairness: Environmental Justice in Planning for Climate Hazards"
Envionmental Behavioral Sciences Seminar
Floods, Fires, and Fairness: Environmental Justice in Planning for Climate Hazards
As climate hazards like floods and wildfires intensify, local governments ...
events.stanford.edu
January 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Commentators emphasize that the CA fires don't discriminate.
That's misleading:
"only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act":
events.stanford.edu/event/floods...
That's misleading:
"only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act":
events.stanford.edu/event/floods...
heat will tear us apart.
NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.
2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.
January 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
heat will tear us apart.
only a quarter of the way through the book and cannot unread this now - genuinely scared about hearing the soundtrack in my head as i go
OH is giving me stick for liking Intermezzo by Sally Rooney. She thinks the Peter narratives sound like they are Yoda. I had no reply, not being well equipped to defend myself in these matters.
January 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
only a quarter of the way through the book and cannot unread this now - genuinely scared about hearing the soundtrack in my head as i go
especially as he starts promoting AfD in the upcoming German elections. frightening.
Europeans should treat Musk like a rogue state. From @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state – it’s time we reined him in | Alexander Hurst
He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws. We mustn’t make the mistake of playing nice with the world’s richest bully, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM
especially as he starts promoting AfD in the upcoming German elections. frightening.
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Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7)
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...
Exposure to air pollution in England, 2003–23 | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We set out how air pollution (PM2.5) has changed across England and explore inequalities by ethnicity, income deprivation, region and age.
ifs.org.uk
December 9, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7)
ifs.org.uk/publications...
ifs.org.uk/publications...
just my hometown of Florence being pretty in the fall 🍂
a great 10th Annual FSR Climate conference at the #EUI Florence School of Regulation
a great 10th Annual FSR Climate conference at the #EUI Florence School of Regulation
November 29, 2024 at 10:17 AM
just my hometown of Florence being pretty in the fall 🍂
a great 10th Annual FSR Climate conference at the #EUI Florence School of Regulation
a great 10th Annual FSR Climate conference at the #EUI Florence School of Regulation