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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson@profejzrobinson.bsky.social |
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Director of Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics Repost ≠ endorsement Born @ 321 ppm CO2
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Is it possible to attribute worsening health outcomes to the changing climate? We think it is. See our new paper (me @granthamlse.bsky.social and @shourodasgupta.bsky.social, CMCC) for more evidence of the health co-benefits of tackling climate change.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Good point!
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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There's a QR code you scan with your phone when you plug in. You put in your card details and an e-mail address. It tells you how much electricity you used and charges you for it. No app needed! But now there's plenty of other options for curbside charging.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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I have been charging my Renault Zoe using nearby adapted lampposts for the past six years. So far so good. And many more alternatives now in London than six years ago.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Poverty is the leading cause of hunger in Europe. Dr. @shourodasgupta.bsky.social and I @granthamlse.bsky.social show how climate change is increasing food insecurity. More heatwaves & droughts drive up food prices, makes it harder for households to access sufficient healthy & nutritious food
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Shouro Dasgupta, PhD
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Read our @granthamlse.bsky.social policy brief focusing on heat stress and the labour force in #Bangladesh.
Prof @profejzrobinson.bsky.social Lucia Letsch.
🔗 t.co/C89CDa2a8q
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LSE Press
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We're delighted to announce the launch of Naila Kabeer's Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox as part of the LSE Festival In conversation with Monica Ali, Philip Hensher and Sarah Worthington
🗺️ Sat 15 June | 15.30 - 16.30 | lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F... @lseid.bsky.social
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LSE Press
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Join LSE Press author Naila Kabeer for a fireside chat on her forthcoming #OpenAccess book - Renegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh Paradox
Thurs 25 April | 10:30 - 12 PM | NYC | ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/fireside-c... @lseid.bsky.social @lselibrary.bsky.social
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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We are seeking two pledges from mayoral candidates: to stop cyclist and pedestrian deaths caused by motor vehicles in London by 2028; and to bring forward the deadline for eliminating *all* transport related deaths ("Vision Zero") in London, from 2041 to 2032
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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@granthamlse.bsky.social colleagues today met with London LibDem mayoral candidate Rob Blackie to talk about improving cycling and pedestrian safety in London, and hand over our open letter. Many thanks especially to Anika Heckwolf, Antonina Scheer, and Peter Wyckoff.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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@granthamlse.bsky.social has an active and dynamic group of visiting scholars. It has been great to be hosting this week our visiting senior fellow @shourodasgupta.bsky.social from CMCC Venice Italy.
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Doug Parr
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Another month, another extraordinary record for planetary temperatures. Here's March 2024 with the highest monthly value on record
The month was 1.68°C warmer pre-industrial period
climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-m...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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New from Dr Candice Howarth at @granthamlse.bsky.social and me, our Nature Climate Change commentary.
Adaptation & mitigation designed & implemented in isolation is generally not cost effective, can lead to a range of social barriers, & may result in maladaptation & unintended consequences.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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It was great to be a part of the team, human health factsheet and infectious diseases storyline led by @shourodasgupta.bsky.social
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Paul Krugman
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Are we better off than we were four years ago? Hell yes www.nytimes.com/2024/03/07/o...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Great launch, congratulations to Bangladesh organisers. How can Bangladesh achieve sustainable growth & benefit from health co-benefits of a move away from burning fossil fuels & biomass?
@shourodasgupta.bsky.social , CMCC & @granthamlse.bsky.social visiting senior fellow
giving the keynote speech.
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Kathryn Chelminski
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Three new studies from @BrownUniversity @climatessn.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social show how fossil fuel interests are working with climate denial think tanks and community groups to obstruct offshore wind projects in the US 🔌💡
cleantechnica.com/2024/03/01/b...
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Giorgio Graffino
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Great piece, as usual, by CarbonBrief (please let's make them join this place!) about the overwhelming approval rate for climate policies among the public, and how this overwhelming majority is consistently underestimated.
Climate change deniers are a minority.
www.carbonbrief.org/interview-wh...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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"How is mangrove ecosystem health defined? A local community perspective from coastal Thailand". A new paper led by my former U of Reading PhD student Dr Angie Elwin. Part of the legacy of Prof Joanna Clark, co-author, who passed away during the article prep.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley
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The world is finally investing in climate solutions.
But are we investing in the *right* ones? No, not really.
Science can help us find the best solutions using 6 simple criteria, which I outline in my TED talk.
Please check it out & share with your network. Thank you!
go.ted.com/jonathanfoley
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Climate News
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Please follow @dougparr.bsky.social - Chief Scientist at Greenpeace UK.
Worth a follow:
@dougparr.bsky.social
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Annie Leymarie
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The number of factory farms for chicken & pigs has risen from 974 in 2016 to 1176 in 2023 in the UK. Animals are spending their short lives "in barren barns or cages, suffering from overcrowding, often lacking access to fresh air & natural daylight".
Polluting hells!
www.ciwf.org.uk/news/2024/02...
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Michael E. Mann
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"Climate Scientist Wins $1M in Defamation Suit Against Right-Wing Bloggers" by AJ McDougall for The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social
www.thedailybeast.com/climate-scie...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Bangladesh's government is already promoting climate-smart agricultural practices, has safety nets in place, but changing climate means more efforts needed to improve food & nutritional security. Our latest @granthamlse.bsky.social policy brief.
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Andrew Sissons
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18% of jobs in Neath Port Talbot (about 9,000) are in manufacturing. 4% are in tech/finance/ professional services. I think that gives a pretty stark illustration of the impact on the local economy of job losses at the steelworks.
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Iain Soutar
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New policy brief on place-sensitive industrial decarbonisation from colleagues at @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social just dropped...
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ClimateFran
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Couldn't agree more with this op-ed by Justin Mankin on the importance of public, actionable climate risk information
CEA, OMB and Treasury make a similar argument in this public memo on priorities for climate-economic modeling:
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/01/20/o...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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@granthamlse.bsky.social visiting senior fellow @shourodasgupta.bsky.social quoted in IOSH magazine: "one of the problems for policy makers is a lack of high-quality in-depth evidence on the impact of heat stress on workers in many regions of the world ..."
Yes! & Shouro is pioneering this research.
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE
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With COP28 focusing on the voice of young people today check out our explainer on intergenerational climate justice and how decisions made today in relation to climate change will have a major impact on the health and wellbeing of future generations
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE
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With the UK facing a General Election this year what role can journalists play in informing a balanced public discussion about decarbonisation and net zero targets? Join our panel discussion in person or online on 25 January.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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Elizabeth Claire Alberts
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Norway’s parliament has officially voted to allow deep-sea mining to go forward in the Norwegian Sea, despite warnings from scientists and conservationists that it could damage the marine environment.
news.mongabay.com/2024/01/real...
Latest for @mongabay.bsky.social
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Dang, typo, meant to write "whether to laugh or cry" ...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Whether to laugh and cry? "Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories" "a significant shift in transport policy was guided at least in part by conspiracy theories"
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Just realised you are here on Bluesky. Excellent!
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Shouro Dasgupta, PhD
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Climate change is already negatively affecting the labour force, with disproportionate impacts on the most vulnerable workers.
Without labour protection policies, climate change induced debt bondage risk will likely increase.
#CMCC @granthamlse.bsky.social
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Kenny Torrella
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A new study found that one out of every four land animals raised for food in 2019 wound up in the trash. That’s 18 billion animals total, or 2.4 for every human on earth. It’s incredibly bad in the US where it’s 7.1 animals wasted per person. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Delighted to have played a very small part. Great discussion of how we might work with and support Burkinabe colleagues to tackle health and food security challenges in the country in the context of economic growth and climate change.
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Grantham Research Institute at LSE
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At COP28 today Dr Vera Songwe, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern and Amar Bhattacharya have called for all countries to commit to a substantial rise in investment to deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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Will Yeates
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Just five countries – US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK – are responsible for over half (51%) of all planned oil and gas field developments from now to 2050. Article in COP28 newsletter ECO
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Please welcome @aliceleibian.bsky.social to Bluesky. Alice is a colleague at @granthamlse.bsky.social, leading policy relevant research on accelerating a just transition to net zero in the ASEAN region, focus on China, air quality, and healthy aging.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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On the first dedicated health day at COP28, read Lei Alice Bian and my @granthamlse.bsky.social commentary on tackling the linked global challenges of health and climate.
Highlights how climate change is harming our health, and the health co-benefits of tackling climate change.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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"The effect of rising sales of SUVs, and the fact they tend to be heavier than the traditional models previously bought, means the average conventional-engined car bought in 2023 has higher carbon emissions than its 2013 equivalent, according to the climate campaign organisation Possible."
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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I had a VW Golf, bottom of the range, hand winding back windows, but legendary, super practical for moving furniture, swapped it for a second hand Renault Zoe, now 8 years old, battery going strong (though never very far!).
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Sara Hastings-Simon
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"pickups, SUVs and vans with a hood height greater than 40 inches are about 45 percent more likely to cause fatalities in pedestrian crashes than cars and other vehicles with a hood height of 30 inches or less and a sloping profile"
its wild* that we dont regulate this
www.iihs.org/news/detail/...
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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Many congratulations, and much deserved.
Looking forward to your @granthamlse.bsky.social LSE Public Lecture, Our fragile moment: how lessons from Earth’s past can help us survive the climate crisis
tinyurl.com/3czbb7jy
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Michael E. Mann
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I am truly humbled to be a co-recipient (w/ Robert Socolow of Princeton), of the John Scott Award from the
The Franklin Institute and Philadelphia Council: www.inquirer.com/science/clim...
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Akshat Rathi
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"During the show, Swift paused her performance and asked from the stage for water to be brought to a group of people. They were holding up their phones saying ‘We need water.’"
All extreme heat waves now are made worse by climate change.
apnews.com/article/tayl... HT @eroston.bsky.social
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Shouro Dasgupta, PhD
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1/n In the 2023 #LancetCountdown report, Prof
@profejzrobinson.bsky.social & I track the impact of increasing temperatures, increasing frequency of #heatwaves & #droughts on access to food, through impact on crop yields, disrupting supply chains, & price stability.
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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson
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How can health centred climate action save millions of lives each year? * Rapid phase out of fossil fuels to prevent millions of deaths annually linked to air pollution * Greener cities * Balanced low-carbon diets * Access to affordable low-carbon public transport, safe cycling and walking routes
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