Land and Climate Review
@landclimate.bsky.social
Investigations, features and opinion on land-use and the climate crisis.
Listen to The Land & Climate Podcast every other Friday: www.landclimate.org/podcast
Listen to The Land & Climate Podcast every other Friday: www.landclimate.org/podcast
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social is joined by Professor Matthew Hole where the two discuss the timeframe for grid integration, the geopolitical dimensions of the emerging energy race, deregulation, and the high-risk, high-reward nature of fusion technology.
www.landclimate.org/...
www.landclimate.org/...
The article follows an open letter to world leaders from leading polar scientists & organisations, stating "the evidence is unequivocal: the cryosphere is destabilising at an alarming pace."
@bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social
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@bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The article follows an open letter to world leaders from leading polar scientists & organisations, stating "the evidence is unequivocal: the cryosphere is destabilising at an alarming pace."
@bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social
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@bepsiiseaice.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social @catchscience.bsky.social
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"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people"
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
November 18, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"These changes threaten water supply and infrastructure for billions of people"
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
@leti-polar.bsky.social, @zoraur0ra.bsky.social, and @pxh.bsky.social warn that the Earth’s frozen regions are approaching irreversible tipping points, and call for urgent action at COP30: www.landclimate.org/...
"The courts remain designed for the persecution of Indigenous peoples and those who defend their rights.”
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
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Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The courts remain designed for the persecution of Indigenous peoples and those who defend their rights.”
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
Read an edited excerpt from "La Lucha," where Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres recounts her mother's fight to protect a sacred river and her tragic assassination.
@charcopress.com
www.landclimate.org/...
This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This week, @alimac.bsky.social talks with @dagomardegroot.bsky.social about his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean,” they discuss how the solar system has shaped human history and how humanity is now reshaping space.
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
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"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.”
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
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Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
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October 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"21st century society appears constitutionally incapable of solving any problem. All it can do is to expunge symptoms.”
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
Click to read an excerpt from @wimcarton.bsky.social and Andreas Malm’s new book, “The Long Heat,” published by @versobooks.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
"I was in my 40s, but my lung age was 60, then 65, then 68.”
One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.
One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.
October 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"I was in my 40s, but my lung age was 60, then 65, then 68.”
One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.
One former Drax worker interviewed is Martyn Sweet, who was hospitalised twice following asthma attacks at the UK's largest power station. He said he was not warned about health impacts before biomass was first used on site.
“These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.”
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“These cities have a clear separation from the outside. These utopias will be preserved, while the outside is imagined as a space of catastrophe.”
This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
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This week, @bertiehb.bksy.social interviews @drgokcegunel.bsky.social about smart city projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
www.landclimate.org/...
"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless."
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
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In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Truly decarbonising would make existing fossil fuel assets and infrastructure worthless."
In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
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In an excerpt from our podcast interview, @greenprofgreen.bsky.social explains why offset markets and carbon pricing are failing to avert climate catastrophe.
www.landclimate.org/...
“Land tenure is climate resilience infrastructure,” say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble @tmgthinktank.bsky.social
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
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But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
October 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
“Land tenure is climate resilience infrastructure,” say Frederike Klümper and Joanna Trimble @tmgthinktank.bsky.social
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
But "The UN's most famous and politically powerful climate treaty remains behind on land rights."
Click below to read their advice for COP30 delegates:
www.landclimate.org/...
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @wimcarton.bsky.social co-author of “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” written with Andreas Malm and published by @versobooks.bsky.social
Listen to the episode:
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Listen to the episode:
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October 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @wimcarton.bsky.social co-author of “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” written with Andreas Malm and published by @versobooks.bsky.social
Listen to the episode:
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Listen to the episode:
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"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.”
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
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In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
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September 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The apple has gone from being a complex and diverse fruit to a cloyingly sweet supermarket staple.”
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
In an excerpt from her new book, 'The Light Between Apple Trees,' Priyanka Kumar breaks down the industrialisation of America’s most beloved fruit.
@islandpress.bsky.social
www.landclimate.org/...
“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
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@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
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September 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“The fact is marginalised communities are the ones subjected to these extractive enterprises.”
@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
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@alimacewen.bsky.social interviews @triofrancos.bsky.social, author of the new book “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism,” published by W.W. Norton and Icon Books.
www.landclimate.org/...
“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.”
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
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Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“Racial and gendered neglect undermines women’s rights and weakens climate action.”
Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
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Omaira Bolaños and Namnyak Sinandei Makko explain how climate funding is not reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant women.
www.landclimate.org/...
Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions.
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September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Last week, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social on the Land and Climate Podcast. The two discuss Jessica's new book, "Existential Politics," and how thirty years of climate policy have failed to reduce emissions.
Listen 👇
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Listen 👇
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This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
August 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This week, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
@mparrington.bsky.social, a senior scientist at
@copernicusecmwf.bsky.social, about this year’s record-breaking wildfires, and the public health implications of increasing air pollution.
Listen below: www.landclimate.org/have-wildfir...
As UN negotiators head to Geneva for the final round of talks, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Punyathorn "Arm" Jeungsmarn, from @ejfoundation.org about the Global Plastic Treaty and the fossil fuel lobbyists trying to block it.
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August 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
As UN negotiators head to Geneva for the final round of talks, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks to Punyathorn "Arm" Jeungsmarn, from @ejfoundation.org about the Global Plastic Treaty and the fossil fuel lobbyists trying to block it.
Click below to listen:
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Click below to listen:
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This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed @simonclimate.bsky.social from @tyndallcentre.bsky.social about the International Maritime Organisation's new penalties for shipping emissions.
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July 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social interviewed @simonclimate.bsky.social from @tyndallcentre.bsky.social about the International Maritime Organisation's new penalties for shipping emissions.
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Click below to listen:
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Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social about what this means for climate research.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday, the US Congress passed Trump’s budget bill. On the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks with former Presidential Science Advisor John Holdren @harvardkennedy.bsky.social about what this means for climate research.
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“There's silencing of information or research that supports the energy transition.”
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels.
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This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“There's silencing of information or research that supports the energy transition.”
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels.
www.landclimate.org/...
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks to energy transition expert @guywhedwards.bsky.social about Colombia’s pledge to phase out fossil fuels.
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This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @alimacewen.bsky.social speaks with Felix Schulz about his new research, which examines the divergence in core values between the global north and south.
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June 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast @alimacewen.bsky.social speaks with Felix Schulz about his new research, which examines the divergence in core values between the global north and south.
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Click below to listen:
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This time on the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks with environmental activist Ma Tianjie, about his new book “In Search of Green China,” published by @politybooks.bsky.social
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May 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This time on the Land and Climate Podcast, @bertiehb.bsky.social speaks with environmental activist Ma Tianjie, about his new book “In Search of Green China,” published by @politybooks.bsky.social
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Click the link below to listen!
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This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks with Albert Van Wijngaarden and Adrian Hindes about the history of polar and solar geoengineering, its divisive nature, the risks, and the lack of global governance.
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May 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This week on the Land and Climate Podcast, @alimacewen.bsky.social talks with Albert Van Wijngaarden and Adrian Hindes about the history of polar and solar geoengineering, its divisive nature, the risks, and the lack of global governance.
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www.landclimate.org/...
Agri-corporations have dominated markets through large mergers and acquisitions, says @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social in an excerpt from her new book, “Titans of Industrial Agriculture,” published by @mitpress.bsky.social.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Agri-corporations have dominated markets through large mergers and acquisitions, says @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social in an excerpt from her new book, “Titans of Industrial Agriculture,” published by @mitpress.bsky.social.
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www.landclimate.org/...
“By burning grain, Russia not only attacks global food security and agricultural enterprises—it attacks the revered place of bread in Ukraine’s culture.”
Read Darya’s article—an excerpt from her new book—on ecocide & the significance of bread in Ukraine's national identity.
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Read Darya’s article—an excerpt from her new book—on ecocide & the significance of bread in Ukraine's national identity.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“By burning grain, Russia not only attacks global food security and agricultural enterprises—it attacks the revered place of bread in Ukraine’s culture.”
Read Darya’s article—an excerpt from her new book—on ecocide & the significance of bread in Ukraine's national identity.
www.landclimate.org/...
Read Darya’s article—an excerpt from her new book—on ecocide & the significance of bread in Ukraine's national identity.
www.landclimate.org/...