Berk Öktem
@brkoktemecon.bsky.social
Environmental and development economist (he/him) - Assistant prof. at Paris-Saclay - Working on land use, deforestation, and biodiversity 🌈🌱
🌐 https://berkoktem.github.io
🌐 https://berkoktem.github.io
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Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Historian here it’s Hannah Arendt’s death anniversary and she was of course prescient.
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
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Surprising precisely nobody, more CCS plans delayed/abandoned. This is a technology that is just forever overpromising and underdelivering.
#Graphicoftheweek: The UK has sharply downgraded near-term expectations for engineered carbon removals📉
Our chart shows the scale of this shift, highlighting the need to focus on delivering proven climate solutions like renewables and electrification⚡
https://ember-energy.org/
Our chart shows the scale of this shift, highlighting the need to focus on delivering proven climate solutions like renewables and electrification⚡
https://ember-energy.org/
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Surprising precisely nobody, more CCS plans delayed/abandoned. This is a technology that is just forever overpromising and underdelivering.
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The advent of AI might be just the latest stage in a guiding biological process that has produced ever more complex, mutually dependent organisms over the history of life
go.nature.com/4onxvKP
go.nature.com/4onxvKP
What is the future of intelligence? The answer could lie in the story of its evolution
Nature - The advent of artificial intelligence might be just the latest stage in a guiding biological process that has produced ever more complex, mutually dependent organisms over the history of...
go.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The advent of AI might be just the latest stage in a guiding biological process that has produced ever more complex, mutually dependent organisms over the history of life
go.nature.com/4onxvKP
go.nature.com/4onxvKP
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Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
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Some good news: Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, report finds www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, TfL report suggests
Cycling journeys have increased to more than 1.5 million daily this year, according to a new report.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Some good news: Cycling journeys up by 43% in London, report finds www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If this is a deal, then it's a deal to do nothing meaningful whatsoever
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If this is a deal, then it's a deal to do nothing meaningful whatsoever
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
‘Google Maps’ for Roman roads reveals vast extent of ancient network
Nature - A high-resolution digital map nearly doubles the known length of the ancient road network.
go.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A high-resolution digital map allows people to plan their routes along the ancient roads of the Roman Empire
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
go.nature.com/4nHZmoM
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⚡️ More and more fields and forests around Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, are covered with fiber optic wires from drones.
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
⚡️ More and more fields and forests around Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, are covered with fiber optic wires from drones.
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En 2026, les californiens vont peut-être adopter une taxe de 5% sur la fortune des milliardaires. Par référendum, car leur gouverneur (démocrate...) s'oppose à taxer la fortune.
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
oag.ca.gov
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
En 2026, les californiens vont peut-être adopter une taxe de 5% sur la fortune des milliardaires. Par référendum, car leur gouverneur (démocrate...) s'oppose à taxer la fortune.
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
Cette proposition évite toutes les critiques formulées à l'encontre de la taxe Zucman. ⬇️
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oag.ca.gov/system/files...
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Ironic that Syrians were dubbed a "flexible workforce" for years, when that meant informal employment. Now that they're returning to Syria, it is a "labor shortage."
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Turkey’s fabled textile industry is coming apart at the seams
Inflation, China and an exodus of Syrian workers are among its problems
www.economist.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Ironic that Syrians were dubbed a "flexible workforce" for years, when that meant informal employment. Now that they're returning to Syria, it is a "labor shortage."
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Syrians weren't/aren't the problem. It is the business model!
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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Now here is something scary... 👻
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now here is something scary... 👻
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
And some more spooky climate trends for today: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
#HappyHalloween! 🎃
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Le RN vient de faire voter une résolution d’un racisme totalement décomplexé.
J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
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J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
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🇫🇷🇩🇿 Le RN a fait adopter, à 185 voix contre 184, la dénonciation de l’accord de 1968 entre la #France et l’#Algérie.
La chasse aux algériens continue en France. Honte aux députés macronistes qui par leur absence ont offert cette victoire.
La chasse aux algériens continue en France. Honte aux députés macronistes qui par leur absence ont offert cette victoire.
Sabrina SEBAIHI | Dénonciation des accords de 1968, un crachat à la figure de la République
YouTube video by Sabrina Sebaihi
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Le RN vient de faire voter une résolution d’un racisme totalement décomplexé.
J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
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J’ai la nausée et j’ai honte du message que notre pays envoie à tous•tes nos compatriotes d’origine algérienne.
L’obsession de la droite et de l’extrême droite pour l’Algérie a un parfum de revanche colonial.
(1/2)
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude démontre que 60% des plateformes de glaces flottantes situées autour de la calotte glaciaire antarctique pourraient disparaître sur le long terme. Ces plateformes freinent aujourd’hui l’augmentation du niveau des mers. ❄️
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Une étude démontre que 60% des plateformes de glaces flottantes situées autour de la calotte glaciaire antarctique pourraient disparaître sur le long terme. Ces plateformes freinent aujourd’hui l’augmentation du niveau des mers. ❄️
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
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Le contre-budget du RN est clair : ce parti veut accélérer l'effondrement climatique et rendre le pays inhabitable.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Dans le contre-budget du RN, des coupes sans précédent dans la politique environnementale de la France
L’écologie serait, avec les immigrés, la première victime des propositions budgétaires formulées par l’extrême droite, jeudi 23 octobre.
www.lemonde.fr
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Le contre-budget du RN est clair : ce parti veut accélérer l'effondrement climatique et rendre le pays inhabitable.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
Leurs propositions sont aussi délirantes pour l'environnement que l'économie, puisqu'elles anéantiront la filière française du renouvelable.
Bonjour les charlots.
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#CNRSNews 📰 Megafires in North America impact air quality in Europe as the smoke they release, carried by the atmospheric circulation system, takes only a few days to cross the Atlantic. The various pollutants it contains have been spotted as far away as Germany. 🔥
North American fires contaminate Europe
news.cnrs.fr
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
#CNRSNews 📰 Megafires in North America impact air quality in Europe as the smoke they release, carried by the atmospheric circulation system, takes only a few days to cross the Atlantic. The various pollutants it contains have been spotted as far away as Germany. 🔥
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Le cirque autour de l'incarcération de Nicolas Sarkozy prouve une chose : pour toute une partie de la caste politico-médiatique, la justice ne doit pas être la même pour tout le monde.
Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Le cirque autour de l'incarcération de Nicolas Sarkozy prouve une chose : pour toute une partie de la caste politico-médiatique, la justice ne doit pas être la même pour tout le monde.
Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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Impitoyable avec les faibles, obséquieuse avec les forts.
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