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Jens Friis Lund

@jenslund.bsky.social

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Political ecologist. Interested in carbon removal, degrowth, justice.

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Livable4all @livable4all.bsky.social · Oct 29

Very interesting #degrowth #livable #economics #environment podcast: Tipping Point: 50 years ago, they told us what was coming. Why were they ignored? A podcast story of "The Limits to Growth": The study, the backlash – and its legacy tippingpoint-podcast.com via @katyrshields.bsky.social

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Jens Friis Lund @jenslund.bsky.social · Feb 28

Scholars and activists are invited to send short reflection pieces on political ecology in the run-up for POLLEN24 to JPE/Grassroots, Ecología Política, and the Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania (JGAT). More info here: grassrootsjpe.org/view/resourc...

Grassroots JPE Resource

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · Nov 27

Carbon, Capture, & Storage is not really something for oil & gas producers (other than storage infrastructure).

The ones who need CCS the most, like cement, steel, waste, etc, are not the oil & gas industry (in case you had not noticed).

www.iea.org/reports/the-...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Nov 12

This survey from 2009 is really a wild read. Most climate scientists surveyed thought 4-5C by end of century was the most likely, and that 2C was close to impossible to achieve.

Imagine the results if you took this exact survey again today....

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

World will not meet 2C warming target, climate change experts agree
This article is more than 14 years old
Guardian poll reveals almost nine out of 10 climate experts do not believe current political efforts will keep warming below 2C
David Adam, environment correspondent
Tue 14 Apr 2009 01.01 CEST
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Almost nine out of 10 climate scientists do not believe political efforts to restrict global warming to 2C will succeed, a Guardian poll reveals today. An average rise of 4-5C by the end of this century is more likely, they say, given soaring carbon emissions and political constraints.

Such a change would disrupt food and water supplies, exterminate thousands of species of plants and animals and trigger massive sea level rises that would swamp the homes of hundreds of millions of people.

The poll of those who follow global warming most closely exposes a widening gulf between political rhetoric and scientific opinions on climate change. While policymakers and campaigners focus on the 2C

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Will Yeates @wyeates.bsky.social · Nov 8

“Just five rich global north countries are responsible for the majority (51%) of planned new oil and gas extraction to 2050: the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK. These countries have the responsibility to move first to phase out fossil fuel production.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report

Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Nov 6

Impossible to describe these deals as anything other than extremely worrying

www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-ken...

Kenya concedes 'millions of hectares' to UAE firm in latest carbon offset deal

Blue Carbon signs series of deals with African countries for carbon offset projects covering a total area of 24.5 million hectares

www.middleeasteye.net

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Jens Friis Lund @jenslund.bsky.social · Nov 3

Highly recommend this👇

Livable4all @livable4all.bsky.social · Oct 29

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Nov 1

Just revisiting this interview with Dr Saleemul Huq, recorded in March 2022.

I think he shows quite well how gross it can be sometimes when white people dismiss COP as a total irrelevancy, when it is still a valuable place to fight these battles on loss, damage, adaptation and accountability.

The Climate Pod: Climate Citizen: Addressing Loss And Damage

This is Part Three of our four-part series, Climate Citizen, in collaboration with This week, we look at the critical need to reckon with the loss and damage created by the climate crisis and hold ac...

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Kimberly Nicholas @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · Nov 1

Just 1% of global population are regular flyers; they represent 50% of climate pollution from flights. (That was me until 2012!) For regular flyers, it's the biggest slice of your climate footprint.
How to start flying less personally, at work, collectively:
wecanfixit.substack.com/i/70289095/a... 🧪

How to fly less

Facts: Americans do care about climate; Feelings: Climate dissonance; Action: How to cut your own flying, and shift the system.

wecanfixit.substack.com

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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · Oct 30

How can we build a broad coalition for climate action and bring about the massive political movement needed?

1. Focus on planting a seed of desire for a post carbon world.
2. Avoid doom and fear narratives.
3. Avoid narratives of sacrifice or degrowth.
4. Avoid blaming, shaming, or finger pointing.

Politically Effective Communications in the Era of Climate Despair

The strategy of climate apocalypse has lost its effectiveness and it’s time for something new.

medium.com

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