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Olivia Lazard
@olazard.bsky.social
Canvassing data & stories about the tensions between international & planetary security. Trying to see if we can reconcile them.

Let's talk about planetary ecology, critical minerals, mining, geopolitics, the technosphere & the future of humanity.
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🆕 | As the effects of climate change intensify, interest in geoengineering approaches is ramping up.

But these methods risk creating new ecological & security threats, warn @olazard.bsky.social, @mandibissett.bsky.social, & @jamesgdyke.info.

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Geoengineering: Assessing Risks in the Era of Planetary Security
As the effects of climate change intensify, interest in geoengineering approaches is ramping up. But these methods risk creating new ecological and security threats, undermining urgent systemic transi...
carnegieendowment.org
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
🚨New Report on Geo-Engineering and Risk Gradients in the Era of Planetary Security

With Mandi Bissett and James Dyke, we worked over the past year on a policy primer about various geo-engineering approaches.

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
July 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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La guerre des ressources : géopolitique de l’extraction - @olazard.bsky.social

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La guerre des ressources : géopolitique de l’extraction - OLIVIA LAZARD
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June 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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🎧 | Trump's cuts to climate funding complicate the clean energy transition.

In a new episode of #EuropeInsideOut, @rmomtaz.bsky.social, @olazard.bsky.social, & @milomcbride.bsky.social explore the avenues left for EU-US clean energy cooperation.

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June 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
3y ago I gave a TED talk on the blindspots of the energy transition, particularly in relation to mining. It is time to reflect on the cognitive dissonances I have witnessed since then when it comes to working on the material implications of the energy transition 👇

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3 years on: Reflection on the blindspots of the green energy transition Ted Talk
It was one of the deep honours of my life to speak about the scramble for critical minerals on the TED Countdown stage 3 years ago. The scramble is now visible for all to see with news coming to us fr...
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April 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Hot off the press! ☄️

I am so very glad to have worked on this new Global Bulletin on the Scramble for Critical Minerals with Instituto Igarapé.

This publication aims to connect the dots on some of the transition risks we need to navigate in relation to mining, particularly in fragile zones.
February 6, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Climate security is a field that was historically confined to risk mitigation/management in conflict & fragile zones. I worked with the Danish government last year to crack our understanding of climate security wide open. Our thinking is now published in this "peace and planet" guidance note.
January 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM