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Tatiana Filatova @tatianafilatova.bsky.social · Sep 10

Great job, @jakkerman.bsky.social! Want to learn more about conditions when economies successfully recover after #climate-induced #shocks , thrive or permanently decline? Stay tuned, we hope to share the paper soon. #ClimateRisk, #EconSky 🌍 @tudclimateaction.bsky.social #NWO #VIDI

Joos Akkerman @jakkerman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today I presented at the #SRA-E Benelux meeting on #transformational impacts of large environmental shocks on #regional #economies. Thank you for the nice questions, comments, and the inspiring sessions!

@sc3team.bsky.social @tatianafilatova.bsky.social

Supported by VIDI grant 191015.

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Joos Akkerman @jakkerman.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today I presented at the #SRA-E Benelux meeting on #transformational impacts of large environmental shocks on #regional #economies. Thank you for the nice questions, comments, and the inspiring sessions!

@sc3team.bsky.social @tatianafilatova.bsky.social

Supported by VIDI grant 191015.

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Thorid Wagenblast @thorid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Interested in #TippingPoints in social simulation? Check out our poster (with @jakkerman.bsky.social and @tatianafilatova.bsky.social ) today at #ssc2025. We propose a procedure for how to detect tipping in (social) simulation data.

Supported by VIDI grant 191015.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · Apr 12

✍️I visited British Steel last week - just as workers were discovering that the plant's Chinese owners were effectively planning to starve the blast furnaces to death.
It was a strange, unsettling experience. With deep ramifications. Some thoughts: edconway.substack.com/p/the-strang...

The Strange, Unsettling Story of British Steel

Why the fate of a blast furnace in Scunthorpe might have much deeper implications for this country

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Thorid Wagenblast @thorid.bsky.social · Mar 24

Are you working on social simulations of #structuralChange, #transformations or (social) #tipping points?
Consider submitting your work to the Special Track on Modeling Transformative Change at #SSC2025!
ssc2025.tbm.tudelft.nl
Deadline for submissions is April 11th!

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Social Complexity of Climate Change @sc3team.bsky.social · Feb 17

3 SC3 members (@jakkerman.bsky.social, @ignasicortes.bsky.social, @chatzivasileiadis.bsky.social) presented their work on #economic #climate #adaptation to a room of fellow NL-based environmental economists at the DEARE Day 2025 in Wageningen. A great opportunity to receive feedback on our work!

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Social Complexity of Climate Change @sc3team.bsky.social · Feb 10

Our team is expanding! Shane, Merel and Mikhail joined SC3 in the last couple of months and all work on topics related to #climate #adaptation. Meet them in this thread 👇

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Social Complexity of Climate Change @sc3team.bsky.social · Jan 20

Fresh off the printing press, @sof14g1l.bsky.social, @thorid.bsky.social, @jakkerman.bsky.social and @tatianafilatova.bsky.social investigate barriers and drivers of #Climate adaptation through a literature review using #NLP algorithms, as part of our VIDI project on social tipping points. Congrats!

Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · Jan 9

🚨Publication alert!

In this work, @sc3team.bsky.social used #NLP algorithms to provide insights into the barriers and drivers of adaptation to #floods and #SLR. We show that the interplay between individuals, communities, and governments is key for effective adaptation action.

More here 👇🏽

Patterns in reported adaptation constraints: insights from peer-reviewed literature on floods and sea-level rise

Understanding climate change adaptation constraints for different actors — governments, communities, individuals, and households — is essential, as ad…

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Joos Akkerman @jakkerman.bsky.social · Jan 9

Check out our new publication, with @sof14g1l.bsky.social @thorid.bsky.social and @tatianafilatova.bsky.social (@sc3team.bsky.social)!

Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · Jan 9

🚨Publication alert!

In this work, @sc3team.bsky.social used #NLP algorithms to provide insights into the barriers and drivers of adaptation to #floods and #SLR. We show that the interplay between individuals, communities, and governments is key for effective adaptation action.

More here 👇🏽

Patterns in reported adaptation constraints: insights from peer-reviewed literature on floods and sea-level rise

Understanding climate change adaptation constraints for different actors — governments, communities, individuals, and households — is essential, as ad…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Joos Akkerman @jakkerman.bsky.social · Dec 27

I live near this neighborhood! They also very nicely integrated the old industrial architecture and turned them into restaurants and coffee places!

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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · Dec 24

What.

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Luca Fornaro @lucafornaro.bsky.social · Dec 19

Last Sunday Mario Draghi delivered a forceful speech, arguing that Europe has fallen into a vicious cycle of weak domestic demand, insufficient macroeconomic stimulus, depressed investment and low productivity growth cepr.org/system/files....

Here's a 🧵 on recent research related to this view.

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Social Complexity of Climate Change @sc3team.bsky.social · Dec 3

@jakkerman.bsky.social is a PhD candidate researching the economic and financial dynamics arising from increasing climate hazards. He examines how societies adapt to these risks and investigates the endogenous processes that can lead to nonlinear outcomes, such as lock-ins and tipping points.

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Social Complexity of Climate Change @sc3team.bsky.social · Dec 3

It’s time to introduce the Center for Social Complexity of Climate Change (SC3 www.sc3.center). We work on climate change and how different agents interact in this context. Follow us to learn about the relationship between #ClimateChange and #Society and #Economy. This is the team ⬇️

SC3 - Center for Social Complexity of Climate Change

www.sc3.center

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Nov 29

Macroeconomists cautiously proposing the idea that...

problems that Fields medalists can occasionally handle *(in special cases) are perhaps not the best as-if models of agents' dynamic behavior

Ben Moll @benmoll.bsky.social · Nov 29

New paper: benjaminmoll.com/challenge/

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Nov 15

Rich countries don't want to repay low-income countries for adaptation.

But remember that climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming won't be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income countries until >3°C. That is climate injustice. #COP29

The study of Harrington (2018) underscores that changes in extreme heat, for example, will be felt by the average citizen of a low-income country after 1.5°C of global warming and will not be felt by about 40% of people living in high-income nations until well after double the amount of global warming is reached (3°C increase).

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · Nov 10

Another sobering article again highlighting the obvious:

Our communities are largely not built to withstand marginally intense, let alone anomalously intense, weather events.

Building better and smarter won't reduce risk to zero, but you're giving yourself a much better chance to limit impacts.

NPR @npr.org · Nov 10

Some of the damage from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina could have been lessened with updated building codes, some experts say.

Could updated building codes reduce risks from future storms? Some experts say yes

Some of the damage from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina could have been lessened with updated building codes, some experts say.

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Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · Nov 3

Incredible photo from the aftermath of the Valencia flooding.

Manuel Jaime @manueljai.me · Nov 3

Qué foto más impresionante... (David Ramos / Getty)
www.elmundo.es/cronica/2024...

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Tatiana Filatova @tatianafilatova.bsky.social · Oct 17

🌟JOB: 4-year fully funded PhD 🌟 on 'Soc-econ #Tipping Points & Levers in Scaling up Nature Based Solutions’ to reduce #ClimateRisk & support #adaptation w #NBS. We plan to use #ABM & stat. #data analysis to elicit #complexity. Apply by 28.10: lnkd.in/duRwHpzY #EconSky 🌏 #NL2120 @sc3team.bsky.social

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Joos Akkerman @jakkerman.bsky.social · Oct 11

It was a pleasure to work together, and wishing you the best in your next adventure!

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Sofia Gil-Clavel @sof14g1l.bsky.social · May 13

🚨Working Paper Alert!

In this work, me, @thorid.bsky.social, @joosakkerman.bsky.social, & @tatianafilatova.bsky.social, analyze the associations between different #climatechange adaptations and actors' constraints in adaptation to climate-induced #floods and #sea-level-rise.

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Koen Haegens @koenhaegens.bsky.social · Mar 22

Laat Nederland zich chanteren, of accepteert de politiek dat de ene na de andere multinational het land verlaat? Mijn nieuwe column in de @groene.nl over waarom dat een onacceptabele keuze is www.groene.nl/artikel/het-... #asml #vestigingsklimaat

Net als burgers willen bedrijven weten waar ze aan toe zijn

Bevrijd van het keurslijf van het regeerakkoord besloot de Tweede Kamer de expat-regeling te versoberen, banken extra te laten betalen en inkoop van eigen aandelen door bedrijven te belasten. Nu is...

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de Volkskrant @volkskrant.nl · Mar 5

Hoe moet het verder als de zeespiegel niet met centimeters, maar met meters stijgt?

www.volkskrant.nl

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Tatiana Filatova @tatianafilatova.bsky.social · Jan 19

Job opening: Assistant Professor in Economics & Finance of Climate Change Adaptation (permanent after 1-1,5y). We look for quantitative economists interested in climate #physical #risks & how #climate #finance shapes #adaptation. tinyurl.com/EconCCA Deadline Feb 12. #EconSky #Adapt

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Tatiana Filatova @tatianafilatova.bsky.social · Jan 19

Our new study in Scientific Reports nature.com/articles/s41... shows that economic #damages of #climate-induced #SLR are higher than previously estimated. National damages mask the true costs of climate-induced #SLR that could be an order of magnitude higher. #EconSky #adapt @sc3team.bsky.social

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