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Simon Dalby

@simondalby.bsky.social

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Author of "Pyromania: Fire and Geopolitics in a Climate Disrupted World" (Agenda 2024) https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/pyromania/?k=9781788216500

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Simon Dalby is an Irish-born academic and an author. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Anthropocene Magazine @anthropocenemag.bsky.social · 5d

Checkout.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/checkout/

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 6d

HI all, just sent out my free weekend update. It was one of those weeks (months really) which confirmed how the war is evolving. The land war is getting more frozen and destructive for those in it, the strategic air war is broadening and expanding. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Weekend Update #153: The Land War Is Hardening; The Air War Is Broadening

Has Trump's Rhetorical Change Meant Anything Concrete?

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Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · 10d

Wreckless militarism... (and imho hysterical masculinity).

theconversation.com/warrior-etho...

‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security − and ignores the wisdom of Eisenhower

As hundreds of military brass descend on a base in Virginia to be addressed by Pete Hegseth, his newly bestowed title is ‘Secretary of War.’ That means something.

theconversation.com

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 11d

“No more climate change worship... We are done with that shit.”
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.

Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...

Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)

Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro

www.gleick.com

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Delf Rothe @delfrothe.bsky.social · 25d

@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A satellite in space is seen in front of the Earth with visible clouds.

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.

Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts

Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?

www.nationalobserver.com

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Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tackling climate change with a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production

Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape

www.theguardian.com

Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Aug 21

The green transition has a surprising new home
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist

The green transition has a surprising new home

Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling

economist.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Aug 21

Poilievre's New Gaslighting Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Poilievre’s New Gaslighting Campaign | The Tyee

As Canada burns, what does the Conservative leader do? He hysterically attacks electric vehicles.

thetyee.ca

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Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Jul 26

Calling out this direct assault on international law and organizations of global governance; Francesca Albanese targeted by the US administration: garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com/blog/shape-s...

SHAPE Statement of Solidarity Silencing the Mandate: US Sanctions on Francesca Albanese A Symbol of International Law’s Twilight — Saving Humanity and Planet Earth (SHAPE)

Public Statement 26 July 2025 For immediate release Imagine a scene worthy of Orwell’s worst nightmare: a United Nations envoy, appointed to report on human rights violations, excellently performing...

garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com

Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Jul 1

My latest podcast on planetary crisis, the precursors to the current discussion, and how to think differently. www.ucl.ac.uk/global-gover...

52: Simon Dalby - Fire, Planetary Crisis, and the Politics of Survival

Simon Dalby joins us to explore how climate disruption is reshaping geopolitics – and what it means to govern on a planet that’s burning.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Graeme L Scott @glscott.bsky.social · Jul 1

phys.org/news/2025-07...

Signs of rising planetary strain highlight need for accelerated climate targets

In their paper published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from IIASA and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine presented a novel approach to measure and understand human pres...

phys.org

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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · Jul 1

NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN

The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...

www.cnn.com

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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · Jun 21

Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Jun 21

Highly recommended read from @charlieangus104.bsky.social

Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Naming the Arsonists

Big Oil's war on the planet

open.substack.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Jun 21

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says.

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

www.theguardian.com

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Clare Blackwood @clareblackwood.bsky.social · Jun 4

The fact that Canadian leaders continue to have "Let's build more pipelines" conversations while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are being decimated by wildfires is just wild to me

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · May 31

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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BC Climate Emergency Campaign @bcclimateemergency.bsky.social · May 13

BREAKING: For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.

www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

Comment: B.C. no longer has a climate plan

For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

www.timescolonist.com

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SIPRI.bsky.social @sipri.org · Apr 28

World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by #SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe

#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Apr 27

How could any of them remain silent?': @president.ie calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...

'How could any of them remain silent?': President calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza

President Micheal D Higgins commended the late pontiff for his outspoken stance on conflicts ongoing globally.

www.thejournal.ie

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Dead Carl @deadcarl.bsky.social · Apr 27

This is an important article that gets at civil-military coordination being key to avoiding protracted war.

My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)

Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · Apr 27

Why do wars tend to become protracted despite the allure of quick victories? The answer is as likely to be found as much in political objectives as military means. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?

The Age of Forever Wars

Why military strategy no longer delivers victory

open.substack.com

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Gerard Toal @critgeopolitics.bsky.social · Apr 20

Geopolitics is a word with multiple uses and meanings, and that's only in English.

Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...

The Many Semantic Lives of Geopolitics: Evidence from the New York Times Archive 1900-2023

Henry Kissinger’s death foregrounds a puzzle in the history of geopolitics. How did a word made infamous by Nazi Germany become so ubiquitous and popular in the English-speaking world? Was Kissinge...

www.tandfonline.com

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Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Apr 20

There is much talk about the energy transition these days. One key theme in the Canadian discussion is the need for a national Canada wide electricity grid. Ralph Torrie explains in this recent Corporate Knights article: www.corporateknights.com/climate-doll...

Why Canada needs a coast-to-coast power grid

Corporate Knights puts forward a vision for an electrified Canada powered by renewable electricity, smart technology, and a coast-to-coast transmission link

www.corporateknights.com

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Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social · Apr 13

The good, the bad, and the terrifying. This week's climate news round-up from @chrishatch.bsky.social 👇

Climate change doesn't care if Trump believes in it www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

Climate change doesn't care if Trump believes in it

www.nationalobserver.com

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · Apr 13

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

The rise of end times fascism

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Dalby @simondalby.bsky.social · Apr 12

Climate dystopia, or "realism"? #Geopolitics #Climatesecurity www.axios.com/2025/04/07/c...

"Climate realism" stresses security, mitigation and resilience

CFR's Varun Sivaram has written a provocative new essay on the approach.

www.axios.com

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · Apr 12

After the events of the last few weeks, we need to change our language. Can we stop saying Trump wants “peace”. He is a war focussed president, who is happy to increase US military operations in the Middle East and to see the war in Ukraine continue. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Trump Is A War President

He Is Working For Putin's Victory And Using The Right Language Is Crucial

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