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Work with the Global School of Sustainability at LSE

Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 3d

Exciting opportunities to work with LSE's @gsos-lse.bsky.social Global School of Sustainability
* Comms & Events Coordinator
* Student Experience Officer
* Assistant Prof in Biodiversity Economics, Dept of Geog & Env
* Assistant Prof of Philosophy, Dept of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 3d

📢 We have a number of job roles currently advertised across GSoS and our partners - work with us to advance sustainability impact through the social sciences.

Explore the latest job opportunities from the Global School of Sustainability and our partners

Work with the Global School of Sustainability at LSE

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 3d

📢 We have a number of job roles currently advertised across GSoS and our partners - work with us to advance sustainability impact through the social sciences.

Explore the latest job opportunities from the Global School of Sustainability and our partners

Launch Report published by the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS)

John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning with good news: An historic energy milestone is reached. Renewables globally produced more electricity than coal for the first time on record in the first half of 2025!

How?

Solar skyrocketed 31%
Wind rose 7.7%

Coal FELL in China & India!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 4d

🌍 Six months of ambition, collaboration and action.

From hosting global thought leaders to launching interdisciplinary research projects and supporting the changemakers of tomorrow, GSoS is showing what sustainability in action looks like.

Our Launch Report is out now ⬇️

Find out how the Global School of Sustainability at LSE is harnessing the social sciences to accelerate sustainability impact.

Typhoon Ragasa live: Two million people evacuated in southern China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines

Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

And who is surprised ... ?

Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

Sounds very painful. Hope you are starting to heal.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 5d

One of my favourite places when I lived in the Bay Area in the '90s. Would drive my '81 Fiat Spider up (now I drive a Renault Zoe EV!). Youngest daughter living there now. Introduced her. Definitely now one of her favourite spots.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 6d

Always good to be reminded and to remind.

Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 6d

“We’ve only known this would happen for 113 years, let our kids figure it out!”

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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 6d

“We’ve only known this would happen for 113 years, let our kids figure it out!”

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Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com · 17d

"Two million people evacuated"

Background: 12-month running mean heating above preindustrial (Sep 2024-Aug 2025) +1.52ºC

425.65 CO2 ppm (2025 to date)

www.theguardian.com/...

#Ragasa

Schools and businesses closed in Hong Kong and Guangdong as powerful winds and rain set to hit after destruction across Taiwan and Philippines

Global investment in renewable energy up 10% on 2024 despite Trump rollback

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 17d

ICYMI
Global investment in energy likely to hit about $3.3 trillion (£2.4tn) this year

More than $1tn of the total is still likely to flow into fossil fuels

But double that amount – about $2.2tn – expected for low-carbon energy

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Growth rate slightly lower than previous first-half years but sector still strong and resilient, experts say

Global trends in climate change litigation: 2025 snapshot - translations - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 18d

Good morning with good news: EVs have ~11% energy loss, so "most of the energy that goes into the car ends up turning the wheels."

Oil burning autos waste ~"80% of the energy that gets pumped into their gas tanks."

Electrostate for the win!
yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/01/elec... #energysky

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 19d

A summary of our 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝘀𝗻𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 report has been translated into Chinese, Korean, French and Portuguese.

Download the translated versions here ⬇️

Translations in several languages of our 2025 flagship litigation report summary: currently available in Chinese, Korean, French and Portuguese.

The Independent Climate 100 List 2025 in full

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · 19d

We're delighted to see our Co-Founder and Chair, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, recognised for his work as a leading environmentalist in The Independent Climate 100 List 2025.👏

@granthamlse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

Now in its second year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are working to stop the damage...

www.independent.co.uk

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 21d

Excellent news indeed. And for India's public health also. Less air pollution = fewer respiratory and other health problems associated with breathing polluted air. Check out @lancetcountdown.bsky.social work on air pollution and health co-benefits. lancetcountdown.org/explore-our-...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23d

It’s not offshore wind that’s killing whales.

Whale and her calf entangled in shark net off Queensland coast

‘Heartbreaking’ drone footage has captured the moment a mother and calf became trapped. Four humpbacks have been snared in recent days

LSE Green Skills Lab: Launch Event - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

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Grantham Research Institute at LSE @granthamlse.bsky.social · 24d

🌳Join us on September 22nd to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.

Join us to launch the LSE Green Skills Lab, a new interdisciplinary initiative supported by the LSE Global School of Sustainability that will produce academic research on the labour market dynamics of the green and digital twin transition, the identification of skill gaps in the green transition, and the development and evaluation of industrial policy to achieve a Just Transition.

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 25d

My wonderful LSE colleague @gangashreedhar.bsky.social has joined #bluesky. Welcome!

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 25d

My number two has gone but number one has boomeranged back!

UK could raise nearly £2bn by taxing SUVs in line with European countries, study shows

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 25d

"SUV loophole" allows heavier and more polluting cars, which cause disproportionate damage to roads & increased safety risk to pedestrians and cyclists, to escape with 20x less tax than other European countries

This partly explains the surge in SUV sales in UK

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...

Thinktank says an ‘SUV loophole’ means UK buyers pay up to 20 times less tax on biggest models than in neighbouring nations

Will farming under solar panels take off?

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 27d

"[Agrivoltaics] reduces irrigation needs, shields crops from heat stress, and stabilizes incomes by diversifying revenue streams for farmers. ... agrivoltaics can play a vital role in climate adaptation, making agriculture more resilient to unpredictable weather patterns"

John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 28d

Agrivoltaics comes to India & goes global

Farmer grows turmeric under PV.

"My income has tripled, and I sleep peacefully without the stress of climate or crop failure"

Sun Master pays him ~$1,200 annually per acre & $170/month to maintain the solar panels.
www.bbc.com/news/article... #energysky

Farming under solar panels is still in the early stages in India, but will it catch on?

www.bbc.com

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 28d

Agrivoltaics comes to India & goes global

Farmer grows turmeric under PV.

"My income has tripled, and I sleep peacefully without the stress of climate or crop failure"

Sun Master pays him ~$1,200 annually per acre & $170/month to maintain the solar panels.
www.bbc.com/news/article... #energysky

Will farming under solar panels take off?

Farming under solar panels is still in the early stages in India, but will it catch on?

www.bbc.com

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you Fondazione CMCC & @shourodasgupta.bsky.social for hosting first part of my sabbatical in Venice; @gsos-lse.bsky.social, @granthamlse.bsky.social for giving me this research time; & @eurostarnews.bsky.social & trenitalia for getting me there! Much loved cat could not come. #planesnottrains

View of Gare de Lyon around 6:45am this morning as I was heading to the station for the second leg of my London-Venice trip. There's a tree in the foreground, a clock tower in the distance. Place is waiting for the sun to rise.

My much loved calico/tortoiseshell cat, sitting in a black duffle bag, looking up towards the camera, hoping to come too. Plenty of people back home who love and care for her!

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Global School of Sustainability at LSE @gsos-lse.bsky.social · Sep 11

📸 A milestone moment in Beijing: LSE’s Larry Kramer and @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social’s Li Luming launch the LSE–Tsinghua Research Sustainability Fund.

🔗 More info: info.lse.ac.uk/staff/divisi...

#Sustainability #LSE #Tsinghua #GlobalResearch #AcademicPartnerships

LSE President and Vice-Chancellor Larry Kramer and Tsinghua University President Li Luming

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Sep 9

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules

Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

Millions of Britons face higher risk of heart failure due to dirty air, study suggests

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Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson @profejzrobinson.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was lucky to spend time in Mongolia in 2015. Incredible place.

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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Sep 8

"Those living in the worst 10% of areas for PM2.5 pollution had a 27% higher risk of developing heart failure, compared with people in the least worst 10%.

"The risk of having a stroke was 7% higher for people in the areas with the dirtiest air"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Exclusive: stroke risk is 7% higher and heart failure risk increases by 27% in areas with worst level of pollution, research shows