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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 2d

NEW – Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit | @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org

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Experts: The key ‘unknowns’ of overshooting the 1.5C global-warming limit - Carbon Brief

On the sidelines of a conference, Carbon Brief asked a range of experts what they consider to be the key “unknowns” around overshoot.

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · 7d

My piece in @theconversation.com just came out! I discuss how the promise of the #justtransition at #northvolt did not come true for neurodivergent workers and how #lyten can do better!
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Why the green transition must be just and inclusive for neurodivergent people

Neurodivergent people can remain invisible and undervalued in a booming job market.

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Shobha Maharaj @shobha-maharaj.bsky.social · 26d

Our new paper, “Adverse Climate,” reveals how systemic barriers limit Global South, POC, & women’s voices in #IPCC AR6. As a Global South woman of color & AR7 CLA, I’m proud to lead this call for #ClimateEquity. Read it: doi.org/10.31223/X59...

FAQs in comment 👇🏽

#DEIinScience #ClimateJustice

Adverse Climate: Addressing Inclusion and Diversity Issues in the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment and beyond

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Aug 27

contribute to advance the understanding of how knowledge creation is also rooted in colonial, extractivist structures and the establishment of epistemic authoritarian systems that define the boundaries that designate what/who should and should not be seen.
#openaccess #academia

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Aug 27

Departing from our position of feminist scholars based in Chile and Sweden and conducting research within the fields of education and geography, Ana Luisa Munoz and I .....
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Ecofeminist-inspired Reflections on Scholarly Reciprocity to Avoid Academic Extractivism

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Aug 7

On August 19th @VasnaRamasar and I have the pleasure to host @sofiazaragocin at the @lund-university.bsky.social Department of Human Geography for her talk
Follow the link and register!
www.keg.lu.se/en/calendar/...

Decolonial Translations and Embodied Methodologies: Thinking through Agua-Cuerpo-Territorio/Water-Body-Territory

Lund University. Sofía Zaragocin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to this, she was a...

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Lisa Pelling @lisapelling.bsky.social · Jul 15

Merparten av Sveriges runt 420 kommunala simhallar byggdes på 1960- och 70-talen. De är hårt slitna, har föråldrad teknik, dålig tillgänglighet och höga driftskostnader.

Sveriges kommuner och regioner (SKR) uppskattar att 80 procent av Sveriges simhallar är uttjänta.

Ett hot mot simkunnigheten.

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jul 11

Och har du sett detta? bsky.app/profile/drma...

Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jul 9

Vädret manipuleras och de över hundra dödsfallen i Texas översvämningar kan jämställas med mord. Det hävdar några republikanska politiker. ”Det är del av en större strategi”, säger forskaren Martina Angela Caretta.
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Konspirationer efter katastrofen: ”Är mord”

Vädret manipuleras och de över hundra dödsfallen i Texas översvämningar kan jämställas med mord. Det hävdar några republikanska politiker. ”Det är del av en större strategi”, säger forskaren Martina A...

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jul 9

Om man vill läsa hela artikeln lu.box.com/s/7d7lk88vt7...

SvD_Konspirationsteorier sprids efter översvämningarna i Texas.pdf | Powered by Box

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jul 9

Vädret manipuleras och de över hundra dödsfallen i Texas översvämningar kan jämställas med mord. Det hävdar några republikanska politiker. ”Det är del av en större strategi”, säger forskaren Martina Angela Caretta.
www.svd.se/a/LMrAL4/kon....

Konspirationer efter katastrofen: ”Är mord”

Vädret manipuleras och de över hundra dödsfallen i Texas översvämningar kan jämställas med mord. Det hävdar några republikanska politiker. ”Det är del av en större strategi”, säger forskaren Martina A...

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just out #openaccess! MariasolePepa, Edmond Totin and I in chapt 3 focus on how #Climate causes #waterinsecurity and its implication for irrigation in the Sahel www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...

Water and Land in the Sahel | Mapping the Flow | Andrea Pase, Angela K

Drawing on over thirty years of research, this book investigates the intermingling of land and water in the Sahel, analysing landscapes defined by the ebb and

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jun 12

Join us at @lund-university.bsky.social !

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Assistant professor in human geography with focus on (Geo)AI, regional development and spatial planning

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as assistant Professor in human geography with focus on (Geo)AI, regional development and

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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · Jun 9

Gaining access to interviewees when conducting qualitative research is time-consuming and challenging. @drmacaretta.bsky.social explores how, based on fieldwork on hydraulic fracturing in Appalachia, positionality shifts while being vouched for by funders & industry representatives. buff.ly/3k3R66S

Screenshot of the abstract. Click the link to learn more.

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jun 3

and highlight future avenues of feminist research by making a call for a momentous focus on labor and social reproduction

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Jun 3

New publications alert! @dianavelaalmeida.bsky.social and I critically examine peer-reviewed evidence on the often-overlooked gender dimensions of the just energy transition ....https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629625002191

Just energy transition and gender. A systematic review for feminist research

Through a systematic review this study critically examines existing peer-reviewed evidence on the often-overlooked gender dimensions of the just energ…

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Shobha Maharaj @shobha-maharaj.bsky.social · May 28

Happy to share my thoughts on gender & GS/GN inequity within climate science for the Caribbean Climate Justice Project @lisaschipper.bsky.social @rbeznerkerr.bsky.social @drmacaretta.bsky.social @farhanasultana.com @charliejgardner.bsky.social

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WOMEN IN CLIMATE LEADERSHIP

VOICES OF CHANGE · Episode

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · May 27

I am part of an exciting project looking at willingness to transition in Swedish agriculture – we now have a PhD position advertised that will be based at SLU in Ultuna. Deadline 3rd of June! www.slu.se/en/about-slu...

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. | slu.se

Jobs and vacancies at SLU. Read more about each job by clicking the job title. Please, follow the instructions closely when applying.

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · May 5

Panel "The green transition: is sustainable and fair extraction of critical minerals possible?" with experts from @Lundsuni happening tomorrow between 14.30 and 15.30. No need to register! Just show up!

The green transition: is sustainable and fair extraction of critical minerals possible?

Lunds universitet. Welcome to a panel discussion reflecting on the possibilities of extracting critical metals and minerals fairly and sustainably. Researchers and experts will discuss topics such as ...

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Amina T. Schartup @aminaschartup.bsky.social · Apr 24

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Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy

“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Apr 24

@dianavelaalmeida.bsky.social will give the inaugural talk of the Extractivist Research Group at Lund University Human Geography Department on May 12th between 15-17. Please share!

"Re-imagining care: women’s everyday struggles against extractivism in Latin America"

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Re-imagining care: women’s everyday struggles against extractivism in Latin America – Diana Vela-Almeida

Lunds universitet. This presentation draws attention to the everyday, ordinary, often invisible and undervalued care practices carried out by women—practices that are fundamental to sustaining life in...

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Apr 24

Having Cindi Katz deliver the inaugural Hägerstrand lecture at our department was an honor and a treat! Powerful talk on the topographies of hope.

Johan Pries @johanpries.bsky.social · Apr 14

in just 10 days Cindi Katz will be in town (Lund town that is) to give the inaugural Hägerstrand lecture at KEG. Open to the public and free. Don't miss, and please circulate:
www.keg.lu.se/evenemang/ci...

Cindi Katz: Social Reproduction and the Topographies of Hope

Lunds universitet. Abstract: Social reproduction encompasses the material social practices and relations that sustain production and social life in all their variations. It is the stuff of everyday li...

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Apr 22

You are finally giving me a reason to follow along a forestry conference!

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Apr 22

You deserve it. Period. I know someone who one day would love to see that redwood!

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Johan Pries @johanpries.bsky.social · Apr 14

in just 10 days Cindi Katz will be in town (Lund town that is) to give the inaugural Hägerstrand lecture at KEG. Open to the public and free. Don't miss, and please circulate:
www.keg.lu.se/evenemang/ci...

Cindi Katz: Social Reproduction and the Topographies of Hope

Lunds universitet. Abstract: Social reproduction encompasses the material social practices and relations that sustain production and social life in all their variations. It is the stuff of everyday li...

www.keg.lu.se

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Apr 7

“Good economics” means periodically throwing millions of people out of work in order to keep wages down. “Good economics” means forcing global South countries to operate as subordinate suppliers in commodity chains rather than producing for national development. Etc.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Apr 7

People need to understand that, in mainstream Western institutions, “good economics” does not mean what’s best for meeting the needs of working people, but what’s best for ensuring capital accumulation and imperial hegemony. That’s it.

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Shobha Maharaj @shobha-maharaj.bsky.social · Apr 2

The scientific colonialism of past centuries continue to this day - when global South scientists are chronically and pervasively sidelined from global research & policy agenda …

This is MUST read material!

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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Apr 2

“The absence of care during doctoral education in neoliberalised academia is a form of violence (Castelao-Huerta, 2025).” Here’s a new 5min read by Isaura Castelao-Huerta bringing a number of her recent papers together.

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Fostering care within neoliberalised doctoral education

This is a guest post by Isaura Castelao-Huerta, PhD Researcher, Centre for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav), Department of Educational Research (DIE), Mexico. There is nothing new in sayin…

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Dr. Martina Angela Caretta @drmacaretta.bsky.social · Mar 25

Next three days #fieldwork 🛫 🔋 💚

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Dr Slaughter-Acey @drslaughter99.bsky.social · Mar 22

🧵Yesterday, I received notice that my #NIH grant, on the social environment, lifecourse, epigenetics & #birthoutcomes in Black families, was terminated. This grant represented a critical effort to address the ⬆️ rates of maternal & infant mortality in the US, particularly among Black mothers & babies

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