Ich darf morgen zusammen mit Stefan Hain vom @awi.de das nächste POLARSTUNDE-Seminar zum Thema Geoengineering als Herausforderung für den Antarktisvertrag bestreiten.

Die Polarstunde findet monatlich statt & wird von @polarforschung.bsky.social, @apecs-germany.bsky.social & dem 🇦🇶-SPP organisiert.

Very privileged to spending the last 3 days “at the castle” thinking about the future politics between humans, nonhumans, & planetary forces. Much to think about & work on. This is not the end, many thanks @planetarythinking.bsky.social and @frederic-hanusch.bsky.social for bringing us all together.

On the home stretch now, finally. Got stranded in Paris somehow but managed to get on one of the last flights out. Bag is still in Iceland though and this national carrier hasn’t exactly excelled in all of this… not keen on airports for a little while I think.

Spent a long day waiting for various other things in various other queues. Finally transferred to a lovely hotel in the middle of Reykjavik and went for a very refreshing evening walk. Fingers crossed I’ll make it to the European mainland tomorrow.

On the way back from Greenland, currently snowed in at Keflavik Airport in Iceland.

Watched a film on the plane while it was waiting to be de-iced, only to be asked to leave the plane after 2 hours. At least I finished the film, it was good.

A privilege to be able to attend the Polar Law Symposium in Nuuk: there is a lot going on in both polar regions, it is very insightful & exciting to exchange views & arguments with colleagues. And our hosts from the Uni of Greenland are doing a splendid job welcoming us to their home city! Qujanaq.

Always a good time at the Lake of Constance on a hot summer day!

Also: This photo has three countries in its frame.

The last 3 days (on monastery grounds) showed again what a gift it is the be a member of young academy for sustainability research of the @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social: it’s such a joy & intellectual inspiration to be with this kind, smart, and funny community of “young” minds. Thanks everyone!

“Wimbledon’ grass is green. Its processes are dark.”

At King’s, “the whole of the meadow is alive.”

What a contrast of lawns, one from the past, one for the future in this piece.

At Trinity, there is lavender blooming & a discussion of re-activating a centuries-old water pipe to water the lawn…

On the way back home from a very insightful Arctic Repair conference about research into potential polar geoengineering interventions and their governance.

Many thanks to the @climaterepair.bsky.social at Cambridge for the superb organisation. Much to think about in the train now and beyond…

Spent a great day at @scottpolar.bsky.social and the Polar Museum today, thanks to Albert van Wijngaarden and Jean de Pomereu: excellent discussions, a great library, and a wonderful little museum!

Look @vanjackson.bsky.social, what I found at the Cambridge Uni bookstore. Is it any good?

Lee Jae-Myung is the next South Korean president.

Still impressed that a local small town liquor store in Germany offers craft beer from the #Faroer Islands… it’s such a small brewery and the dark lager really really was premium!

Kein Schnee aber viel Sonne heute sowie der Säntis in den Appenzeller Alpen, vom deutschen Bodenseeufer aus.

Mir geht es ganz genauso. Ich träume davon, mal wieder die Strassen unter dem ganzen geparkten Blech zu sehen…

In Japan, auch eine grosse Autonation, ist es grundsätzlich verboten, auf der Strasse zu parken. Man darf überhaupt nur ein Auto kaufen, wenn man vorweisen kann, einen Parkplatz zu haben.

Using the opportunity to tell you about a new paper that I wrote together with Akiho Shibata about the underrated geopolitical dimension of glacial #geoengineering proposals in #Antarctica.

It’s #openaccess & available online at International Affairs here: academic.oup.com/ia/advance-a...