Prof. Vigdis Vandvik
@vvandvik.bsky.social
❤️🧠 Plants; Alpine; Ecology; Experiments; Biodiversity; Functional Ecology; GlobalChange; Macroecology; Science-Policy; Science Communication; HigherEd; She/her 🌾🌱📏⛰📈🌦🐑🔥⛰🌍🧪🚴♀️💪👟📎 #BtwnTheFjords #CESAM_UiB #UiB 🇳🇴
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
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My latest on Putin's 28-point plan for Ukrainian capitulation:
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
And that pivot does not serve American national interests.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My latest on Putin's 28-point plan for Ukrainian capitulation:
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
Trump Is Once Again Acting as Putin’s Agent
open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...
If you forget your laptop at airport security, it’s a *really* good idea to (i) be at a small airport in the friendliest, most laidback region of Norway, and (ii) have an easily recognizable one… #ProfLife #Værnes #trivelig #va-de-herre’n-kainsje? #IPBES #IAS @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you forget your laptop at airport security, it’s a *really* good idea to (i) be at a small airport in the friendliest, most laidback region of Norway, and (ii) have an easily recognizable one… #ProfLife #Værnes #trivelig #va-de-herre’n-kainsje? #IPBES #IAS @btwnthefjords-uib.bsky.social
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I anledning snøfallet i Oslo i natt
November 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I anledning snøfallet i Oslo i natt
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The industrialized West is rapidly scaling back investment in soft power — slashing foreign aid and shrinking diplomatic networks — even as it diverts resources to defense.
The trend is clear: Many leaders have decided it’s time to sell peace and buy war.
The trend is clear: Many leaders have decided it’s time to sell peace and buy war.
The West’s new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The industrialized West is rapidly scaling back investment in soft power — slashing foreign aid and shrinking diplomatic networks — even as it diverts resources to defense.
The trend is clear: Many leaders have decided it’s time to sell peace and buy war.
The trend is clear: Many leaders have decided it’s time to sell peace and buy war.
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A reminder: last Funk lecture of 2025 from @biogeography.bsky.social will be held this Wednesday at 4pm UTC. Dr. Laura Pollock will speak about the Wallacean gap. You don't want to miss this!!
The next Funk lecture will be Nov 19, 4pm UTC. Dr. Laura Pollock will tackle the issue of the Wallacean gap! Learn more and register here: www.biogeography.org/news/news/no...
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A reminder: last Funk lecture of 2025 from @biogeography.bsky.social will be held this Wednesday at 4pm UTC. Dr. Laura Pollock will speak about the Wallacean gap. You don't want to miss this!!
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«Oljenæringa har no gitt opp målet om 50 % reduksjon i CO2-utsleppa innan 2030, utan at det ser ut til å opprøre korkje regjering eller andre sentrale politikarar. 50-%målet var ein føresetnad for den generøse skattepakka til oljeselskapa under covid-krisa.»
(+) Klimapolitikken må etter alt å døme vike for økonomi og særinteresser også denne gongen
Det bryggar opp til strid om dobbeltbeskatninga av oljenæringa. CO2-avgifta i oljenæringa står for fall, skriv Klaus Mohn.
www.morgenbladet.no
November 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
«Oljenæringa har no gitt opp målet om 50 % reduksjon i CO2-utsleppa innan 2030, utan at det ser ut til å opprøre korkje regjering eller andre sentrale politikarar. 50-%målet var ein føresetnad for den generøse skattepakka til oljeselskapa under covid-krisa.»
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Den norske staten bruker gjerne flere milliarder på en tunnel under Regjeringskvartalet. Men kollektivtransport, det vil ikke staten være med på. Regjeringen vil at folk i Norge skal kjøre bil eller fly. www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/ru...
Rundt Oslo er det fulle tog og lange bilkøer: Nå kan ekstra-bussene forsvinne
Ekstra busser har blitt redningen for mange pendlere i hovedstadsområdet etter stengingen av Ring 1. Men nå står tilbudet i fare.
www.nrk.no
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Den norske staten bruker gjerne flere milliarder på en tunnel under Regjeringskvartalet. Men kollektivtransport, det vil ikke staten være med på. Regjeringen vil at folk i Norge skal kjøre bil eller fly. www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/ru...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
And we warned them with our new 2025 State of the Climate Report which you can check out here: doi.org/10.1093/bios...
Johan andresen ledet Etikkrådet i åtte år. Hans virdering av det som bænå skjer er verdt å lese. e24.no/norsk-oekono...
På tide å si ifra om Etikkrådet
Argumentasjonen for å sløye Etikkrådet er usedvanlig svak.
e24.no
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Johan andresen ledet Etikkrådet i åtte år. Hans virdering av det som bænå skjer er verdt å lese. e24.no/norsk-oekono...
‘Planlegging er politikk, dispensasjoner er juss.’ Greit oppsummert av Statsforvalter Liv Signe Navarsete på #Øygardskonferansen #Dilemma
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
‘Planlegging er politikk, dispensasjoner er juss.’ Greit oppsummert av Statsforvalter Liv Signe Navarsete på #Øygardskonferansen #Dilemma
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"Global tree cover loss due to fires has surged by 370%." 🌏 www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/glob...
Global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023
In 2024, global tree cover loss due to fires surged by 370% compared to 2023, with tropical primary forests suffering the most. This unprecedented increase released 3.1 gigatonnes of CO₂, contributing...
www.downtoearth.org.in
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"Global tree cover loss due to fires has surged by 370%." 🌏 www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/glob...
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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NOU 1977: 40 A Norsk vegplan II Trafikk og miljø
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
NOU 1977: 40 A Norsk vegplan II Trafikk og miljø
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How has it escaped my attention for 12 years? the book Braiding Sweetgrass is a must read for anyone interested in ecological science and/or indigenous knowledge, beautifully written.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
Braiding Sweetgrass - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
How has it escaped my attention for 12 years? the book Braiding Sweetgrass is a must read for anyone interested in ecological science and/or indigenous knowledge, beautifully written.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braidin...
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deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
deeply wild clip of a fossil fuel economist on norway's state broadcaster claiming
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
- 3 degrees of warming is a "problem we can live with"
- Extreme weather is not a threat to human welfare
- We need to dig up Norwegian oil and gas to help 'poor Africans in huts' get rid of polluting cooking fuels
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Fire økonomer i verdens rikeste land debatterer kostnadene ved klimatiltak, basert på egenproduserte analyser i «oljeboka» og bagatellisering av klimakonsekvensene.
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Climate change: IPCC report is 'code red for humanity'
Heating from humans has caused irreparable damage to the Earth that may get worse in coming decades.
www.bbc.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fire økonomer i verdens rikeste land debatterer kostnadene ved klimatiltak, basert på egenproduserte analyser i «oljeboka» og bagatellisering av klimakonsekvensene.
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
Takk til Andreas Bjelland Eriksen som har lest IPCC isteden og gjorde prisverdig innsats i #nrkdebatt www.bbc.com/news/science...
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Apropos oljeskattepakken og oljeselskapene som ikke oppfyller avtalen om å halvere utslippene - og politikerne våre som bare sier "OK" ⬇️
Al Gore at the Norges Bank climate conference just now: ”The fossil fuel industry is significantly more effective at capturing politicians than capturing emissions“
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Apropos oljeskattepakken og oljeselskapene som ikke oppfyller avtalen om å halvere utslippene - og politikerne våre som bare sier "OK" ⬇️
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Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Large crowds of protesters gathered in cities across the U.S. on Saturday as part of a mass “No Kings” demonstration against the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4hocDS0
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Den er grei, NRK.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Den er grei, NRK.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
Nå kan dere forklare hvorfor dere ikke dekker #Nokings.
Bruk samme logikk som sist og ta den tiden dere trenger, vi venter.
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