Lauren Gifford 🌱🌎🌲
@laurengifford.bsky.social
Geographer. Climate and carbon governance. Carbon markets, removal, offsets, climate tech, justice. 🌱🌎🌲
www.laurengifford.net
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Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action
Given the exponential growth in financial investments to support climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly shaped as capital flows from the Global North to the Global South, an incredib...
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📢🌎 New *open access* article out now!
“Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action” is a deep literature review that explores the unique complexities around climate finance and justice concerns.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
“Defining Climate Finance Justice: Critical Geographies of Justice Amid Financialized Climate Action” is a deep literature review that explores the unique complexities around climate finance and justice concerns.
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
And this is why carbon developers' first hurdle is to prove a project is "real." For real.
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Blue Carbon LLC signed carbon deals covering 24.5 million hectares. Then the company disappeared
Blue Carbon’s mega-carbon trading deals were always greenwash.
reddmonitor.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
And this is why carbon developers' first hurdle is to prove a project is "real." For real.
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/blue-carbo...
reddmonitor.substack.com/p/blue-carbo...
I brought my 8-year-old to the special collections floor of the Denver Public Library and it’s the best. 10/10 would recommend for quiet work or exploring.
November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I brought my 8-year-old to the special collections floor of the Denver Public Library and it’s the best. 10/10 would recommend for quiet work or exploring.
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As well as Episode 3, which aired earlier this week with @laurengifford.bsky.social and @pammcelwee.bsky.social on the future of carbon governance: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
COPOut Episode 3: The Future of Carbon Governance - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)
In our third episode of The COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with guest experts who dig deeper into the problems facing the climate regime and what we should realistically expect from COP30. T...
cece.american.edu
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
As well as Episode 3, which aired earlier this week with @laurengifford.bsky.social and @pammcelwee.bsky.social on the future of carbon governance: cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
The Africa Pavilion caught fire at COP30.
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#cop30 | Verel Rodrigues | 34 comments
Huge fire breaks out at #COP30 in Belem, Brazil. | 34 comments on LinkedIn
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November 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Africa Pavilion caught fire at COP30.
www.linkedin.com/posts/verelr...
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I spent 2 weeks preparing a grant proposal only to miss the submission deadline by an hour. 🫠
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I spent 2 weeks preparing a grant proposal only to miss the submission deadline by an hour. 🫠
The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the 'Future of Carbon Governance' is LIVE!
Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social @fisherdanar.bsky.social & me 👋 discuss how science informs climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark.
cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social @fisherdanar.bsky.social & me 👋 discuss how science informs climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark.
cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the 'Future of Carbon Governance' is LIVE!
Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social @fisherdanar.bsky.social & me 👋 discuss how science informs climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark.
cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social @fisherdanar.bsky.social & me 👋 discuss how science informs climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark.
cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
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If you’re following #COP30 like we are, I highly recommend The COP Out podcast with @fisherdanar.bsky.social — especially the latest episode with my friend and once upon a time COP15 fellow PhD researcher @laurengifford.bsky.social — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The COPOut Podcast
Politics Podcast · During each episode, CECE Director Dana R. Fisher will host a panel of guest experts who will share their unique perspectives on the state of climate action, the path towards more e...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
If you’re following #COP30 like we are, I highly recommend The COP Out podcast with @fisherdanar.bsky.social — especially the latest episode with my friend and once upon a time COP15 fellow PhD researcher @laurengifford.bsky.social — podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🎙️ The #COPOut Podcast Episode 3 on the Future of Carbon Governance is LIVE! Tune in to hear from @pammcelwee.bsky.social & @laurengifford.bsky.social as they discuss how the use science to inform climate policymaking and why the regime continues to miss the mark. cece.american.edu/copout-episo...
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Here's a Teaser for Episode 3 of the COPOut Podcast which goes live Monday! In it, I discuss the challenges and limitations of the climate regime with @laurengifford.bsky.social & @pammcelwee.bsky.social and how the disenfranchisement of developing countries and NGOs has gone up over time
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Here's a Teaser for Episode 3 of the COPOut Podcast which goes live Monday! In it, I discuss the challenges and limitations of the climate regime with @laurengifford.bsky.social & @pammcelwee.bsky.social and how the disenfranchisement of developing countries and NGOs has gone up over time
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Episode 3 airs on MONDAY! In it, I talk with @pammcelwee.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social about the future of carbon governance given the disenfranchisement that developing countries and NGOs are experiencing in the COP process. Stay tuned for clips this weekend!
November 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Episode 3 airs on MONDAY! In it, I talk with @pammcelwee.bsky.social and @laurengifford.bsky.social about the future of carbon governance given the disenfranchisement that developing countries and NGOs are experiencing in the COP process. Stay tuned for clips this weekend!
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We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We have an amazing lineup of guests scheduled for the next 2 weeks, including @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rodschoonover.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social
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📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
📢Announcing the #COPOut Podcast (our first episode goes live on Sunday)!! Here's info about how to listen and why I'm doing this podcast instead of wasting all that carbon to travel to COP30:
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
danarfisher.com/2025/11/08/i...
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These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
These guys are constantly saying that Dems need to abandon identity politics and run on kitchen-table issues. They get the most kitchen table-ass candidate imaginable, spend months saying he's secretly radical, then as soon as he wins they say he's secretly moderate.
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First episode of COPOut airs SUNDAY. Tune in to hear from @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social & more!
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
First episode of COPOut airs SUNDAY. Tune in to hear from @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social & more!
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This Virginia election result is an eye-opener for me, even though I've covered the environmental and health impacts of AI and data centers for quite a while. 👀
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This Virginia election result is an eye-opener for me, even though I've covered the environmental and health impacts of AI and data centers for quite a while. 👀
Me, watching people on linkedin literally blame Guardian reporter Patrick Greenfield for singlehandedly destroying the REDD+ market:
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November 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Me, watching people on linkedin literally blame Guardian reporter Patrick Greenfield for singlehandedly destroying the REDD+ market:
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I'm so excited to be kicking off the COPOut Podcast! Details are below. Tune in to hear conversations with @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social and more!
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'm so excited to be kicking off the COPOut Podcast! Details are below. Tune in to hear conversations with @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social and more!
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
Why your professor friends are yawning. This is considered “normal.”
Today I gave three lectures, hosted my students master’s thesis defense, graded 86 papers, and had a nice long chat with a reporter. I am officially exhausted. 🥱
November 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why your professor friends are yawning. This is considered “normal.”
No one is better than the carbon industry at constantly re-branding concepts without changing the fundamentals of the concept *at. all.*
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 AM
No one is better than the carbon industry at constantly re-branding concepts without changing the fundamentals of the concept *at. all.*
THIS is the hot take of the century. THIS is why we we are experiencing so much strife. We've been convinced we are the problems, and we are supposed to solve things within systems stacked against us. We need better systems.
"The billionaire class has tried to convince those earning $30 an hour their enemies are those earning $20 an hour." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
THIS is the hot take of the century. THIS is why we we are experiencing so much strife. We've been convinced we are the problems, and we are supposed to solve things within systems stacked against us. We need better systems.
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As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As we debate building a new generation of fossil fuel infrastructure for data centers and LNG exports, it's helpful to understand how the last generation's infrastructure is faring. Answer: the fossil fuel industry (and now the fed gov't) has left it behind to poison our communities.
I've just fallen down the rabbit hold of reading reddit posts about carbon project enrollment. You can learn so much reading insights from people who are outside the industry who aren't academics. Please join me:
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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November 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I've just fallen down the rabbit hold of reading reddit posts about carbon project enrollment. You can learn so much reading insights from people who are outside the industry who aren't academics. Please join me:
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
www.reddit.com/r/forestry/c...
cc @reddmonitor.bsky.social
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Calling everyone who has chosen to skip COP30 this year—I’m doing a quasi poll. Lemme know if you made this decision and why!!
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October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Calling everyone who has chosen to skip COP30 this year—I’m doing a quasi poll. Lemme know if you made this decision and why!!
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I get why people are replying to point out eligibility requirements and the prevalence of the working poor, but ultimately the only requirement for getting fed should be that you're hungry.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I get why people are replying to point out eligibility requirements and the prevalence of the working poor, but ultimately the only requirement for getting fed should be that you're hungry.