Diana Liverman
@dianaliv.bsky.social
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Geographer, seeking climate justice especially by studying vulnerability, adaptation and governance University of Arizona dianaliverman.net

Diana Liverman is a retired Regents Professor of Geography and Development and past Director of the University of Arizona School of Geography, Development and Environment in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences in Tucson, Arizona. .. more

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For panel at the International Adaptation futures meeting in NZ I’m collecting data and stories on what happened to adaptation projects and funds in US in 2025 incl USAID. If you are willing to share any info on impacts on your work or community please message me ASAP and I’ll send my email

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Katherine Wilkinson from some years ago

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Destruction of USAID and its climate adaptation programs

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I am so angry today seeing the devastating cuts to my colleagues research funding and their grief at having to give notice to their research teams. Especially upset about cuts to indigenous resilience, flood risk and agrivoltaics work that has so much economic and risk reduction potential :(

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Congratulations Svitlana Krakovska! (you can find her on FB)

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She is honored for research and her leadership in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC), and I am particularly admiring of her courage in speaking out on the role of fossil fuels in causing conflict and her support for science in Ukraine.
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At the US National Academy of Sciences meeting this morning, Ukrainian climate scientist, Svitlana Krakovska was elected as an international member. Election to membership in the US NAS recognizes excellence in research and is one of the highest honors a scientist can achieve.

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Watching online but delighted to see Tom Dietz, Jonathan Overpeck, and Sue Cutter sign the big book as elected members of the National Academy of Sciences(class of 2024) @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social

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Delighted to see some wonderful women working on environmental justice elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Laura Pulido, Karen O'Brien and Rebecca Solnit www.amacad.org/news/new-mem... @karen-obrien.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social
Rebecca Solnit Laura Pulido Karen O'Brien

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So happy to see Tiana Bruno get the Margaret FitzSimmons early career award from the Cultural and Political Ecology group at AAG in Detroit! @cape-aag.bsky.social @geographers.bsky.social

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Tucson turned up!
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Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.
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Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

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Standing up for Science at the University of Arizona including social science and indigenous science

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I had already called about NOAA today

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Just called all my reps to express my shock and embarrassment at the way the President and VP behaved with the Ukrainian President today. Their bullying is unacceptable and a violation of diplomacy

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And of course the publications of US scientists will be cited in IPCC reports so we must keep writing!

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Oh and US scientists may be nominated to IPCC by international orgs like ISC I think or by IPCC bureaus?

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I assume that US scientists may need to fund their own attendance at any in person IPCC meetings as usgcrp may not do so. But I am sure those selected will make every effort to do so.

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Just tell us what we can do!
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This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks
NSF state cards - Google Drive
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‘Flow’ is a stunning animated film about animals working together to overcome adversity. No dialog, amazing landscapes..I found it very moving. Hope it gets Oscar.

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I’m coming in person! First visit to NZ!

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I appear to be on editorial advisory board although I asked to step down several years ago! Will try to resign. Again. But also mention issue to a couple of assoc editors

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I am so sad. She and I were grad students together at UCLA and then shared a house in Boulder for a year when we worked with Steve Schneider.She was brilliant and hilarious with her dry sense of humor. I will miss her and her work.

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Take a break from doom scrolling and look at this adorable dog who got given some tennis balls….