Hey, everyone 👋! Here's a quick press release about our latest work on local adaption, systemic resilience, and climate justice, in case you're curious (the full-length paper is also linked at the end 🤗)

www.rifs-potsdam.de/en/news/soci...

Hey everybody! I started a little substack where I'll share my poetry, and some minor thoughts on stuff. Feel free to check it out, if you're curious! I try to keep everything brief-ish. Here I have an attempted Ekphrasis of Rembrandt's Saul and David☺️ open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

A bit of hope and healing to start 2025 ❤️

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Very random and void-worthy thought, but I absolutely adore it when you can hear a vocalist smile when singing. The audible joy of expression & creativity just always gets me - (towards the end of this song, you can hear (and see), Elis Regina's big smile 🫶

youtu.be/E1tOV7y94DY?...

Our new article on disaster risk management and Climate change adaptation is out 😊: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... -

Reading about the inevitable socio-political catastrophe that is climate change while being blasted with royalty free airport X-mas music and heading to a systemic risk conference is truly a liminal experience.

Sometimes, when my work has me read climate science, I get a quite powerless feeling of anger and capitulation. Last time I had that feeling, I was at least able to turn it into something to share with others, which is strangely comforting. So here goes, my little poem of despair:

This could be an incredibly valuable opportunity to achieve some justice by implementing forms of meaningful recogntion and participation👀🤞