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Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social

International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL

Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · 21d

Looking forward to this 👇

Amsterdam Law School @uvalawschool.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/@celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social on 25 September. https://bit.ly/4nD6cfH @acil-uva.bsky.social

International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL

Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 28d

A dramatic climate-insurance breakdown that shocks the financial system of entire national economies
.....is not going to happen.

Why not? NEW: @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...

Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.

www.phenomenalworld.org

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Looking forward to discussing this excellent book !

Amsterdam Center for International Law @acil-uva.bsky.social · Sep 4

Join us for a discussion of @johannalorenzo.bsky.social new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks.
W/ @celinetan.bsky.social, @akinkugbe.bsky.social & @ingovenzke.bsky.social
25 September, 17:15cet
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International Financial Institutions and Sustainable Development - ACIL

Join us for the launch of Dr Johanna Lorenzo’s new book on the legal and sustainability implications of financing by multilateral development banks. With commentary from Professor Celine Tan (University of Warwick Law School) and Dr Olabisi D. Akinkugbe (Dalhousie University, Schulich School of Law). Professor Ingo Venzke (UvA) will moderate the discussion.

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Sep 1

Then it gives the authors of said paper more space & airtime to continue to defend their problematic position & allowed the rehashing of problematic & unethical arguments in the face of an ongoing genocide. This is as a colleague & friend observes is an eg of epistemic injustice. Shame on LJIL 3/3

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Sep 1

The paper published did not meet the threshold of retraction under COPE guidelines (pls find guidance on publishing during genocide) plus the excuse of an editor not paying attention to world events due to high workload (maybe reconsider editing an IL journal) 1/3

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is a truly terrible response to an already flawed paper & even more flawed editorial process, a microcosm of what is problematic about western academia. The reliance on fomalities is an exercise in what Tania Li termed 'rendering technical', the technocratic depoliticisation of events 1/3

Leiden Journal of International Law @ljil-leiden.bsky.social · Sep 1

LJIL joins this platform today, with announcement of our new issue, 38(1): “Special Issue Addressing Issues and Concerns Raised by the Publication of the ‘Gaza Marine Article’”.

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Anil Yilmaz @anilyilmaz.bsky.social · Jul 26

The 2nd webinar of our series "Illegal occupation, genocide, and business - reflections on the case of Palestine" is on 28 July, with reflections from @irenepietropaoli.bsky.social @chiaramacchi.bsky.social Francesca Albanese, Dr Michelle Staggs Kelsall, Dr Mark Taylor, and Andressa Soares. Reg 👇🏻👇🏻

Shahd Hammouri @shahdhm.bsky.social · Jul 26

Join us for an expert panel exploring the UN Rapporteur on the OPT's latest report on the economy of genocide with a fantastic line up of Business and Human Rights experts. @chiaramacchi.bsky.social @alhaq.bsky.social @somoamsterdam.bsky.social Register here: eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · May 12

We muse about the state of British catering & obsessions over the weather & collectively complain about the state of collapsing infrastructure & obscenely expensive train journeys. To my fellow strangers on this island, cheers 🍻 We are better than Starmer (& Powell) 2/2

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · May 12

I have made very good friends in this ‘island of strangers’. This is one the UK’s greatest strengths. It’s entire economy depends on such strangers working together & bonded by shared bafflement over separate hot & cold water taps, carpets in bathrooms & draughty buildings 1/2

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Thomas Verellen @tverellen.bsky.social · Apr 3

Perhaps this is a good moment to say a few words about the EU’s so-called “trade bazooka”, the anti-coercion instrument.

What is it and how does it work? 👇

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Lys Kulamadayil @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social · Apr 1

For a sneak preview of my forthcoming monograph, please join for the virtual book talk of 'The Pathology of Plenty' organised by the fabulous @juliadehm.bsky.social & Caitlin Murphy!
Details below 👇

Julia Dehm @juliadehm.bsky.social · Apr 1

Join us next Tuesday for a talk by @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social on her forthcoming book, "The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law"

Julia Dehm @juliadehm.bsky.social · Feb 3

Dr Lys Kulamadayil @lyskulamadayil.bsky.social (IHEID), ‘The Pathology of Plenty: Natural Resources in International Law’
8 April, 8am CEST/11.30am IST/4pm AEST
Register: latrobe.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Debt Justice @debtjustice.bsky.social · Feb 6

Massive congrats to @bambosmp.bsky.social for an excellent debate in Parliament just now on debt cancellation and to the drafters of the bill @kpatricio.bsky.social, Stephen Connelly and @celinetan.bsky.social

Much more to be done, but justice is certainly around the corner.

#CancelTheDebt

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs

Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · Jan 25

Good article if you're curious about container ships.
Great article if you're curious about traveling as a passenger on a container ship. Lots of fascinating smaller details about Filipino crew members, Russian officers, political tension, and more.
Still looking for ethnographies on all this.

Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · Jan 25

🚢 @jamesrball.com spent a week on a container ship. Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, he writes.
www.prospectmagazine...

Inside the supply chain: my week on a container ship

Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, bringing us the cheap food, clothes and household items we buy every day w...

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk

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Green Central Banking @greencb.bsky.social · Jan 21

Six major US banks, including JP Morgan, have recently left the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA).

Banks in other countries have also followed, with four Canadian banks announcing on Friday that they were also leaving the NZBA.

greencentralbanking.com/2025/01/20/u...

US bank exodus from NZBA raises questions about voluntary climate commitments

The departure of US financial institutions from the Net Zero Banking Alliance and other net-zero commitment groups raises questions about the effectiveness of voluntary associations.

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Paddy McCully @paddymccully.bsky.social · Jan 2

Another great post by @reddmonitor.bsky.social showing the tight web of links between pro-offsetting conservationists, big finance & big polluters: a timber company owned by a bank founded by a Conservation Int'l board member is selling Microsoft offsets from covering savanna with eucalypts

Big Tech’s false solution to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions? You guessed it, carbon credits

“It’s problematic to trade forest carbon for fossil fuel emissions.”

reddmonitor.substack.com

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Progressive International @progintl.bsky.social · Jan 3

The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions. Available in EN, ES, PT-BR, DE, FR, IT and AR.

Carbon Markets and the New Scramble for African Land

The global carbon offset market, projected to grow a hundredfold by 2050, exacerbates neocolonial exploitation under the guise of climate solutions.

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Shane Darcy @shanedarcy.bsky.social · Jan 1

“We are disturbed that this siege, coupled with expanding evacuation orders, appears intended to permanently displace the local population as a precursor to Gaza’s annexation in further violation of international law.”

UN experts on Israel's annihilation of Gaza

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Israel’s assault on the foundations of international law must have consequences: UN experts

GENEVA – Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts, a group of independent human rights experts* said today,...

www.ohchr.org

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Dec 12

My heart breaks for all these children who had hopes and dreams and their future stolen from them. 💔

Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk.bsky.social · Dec 12

🚨 NEW: 96% of children living through the war in Gaza feel that their death is imminent, a new study by @warchilduk.bsky.social has found.

We refuse to accept the violence that Palestinian children continue to face as normal.

The UK has a responsibility to uphold children’s rights.

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · Dec 9

Inspiring presentation by Nauru ICJ highlighting that no single treaty or regime from which polluting states could withdraw can replace the general rules of international responsibility for climate change.

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · Dec 9

Reflecting on these words today:

UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell: 'climate finance is not charity,' 'If two-thirds of the world’s nations cannot afford to cut emissions, every nation pays the price.'

Source: ENB COP29 Summary report enb.iisd.org/baku-un-clim...

Summary report 11–22 November 2024

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Dec 9

World Bank: Poor nations spend more money paying off debts to the countries that impoverished them ($1.4tn) than the amount of money they've asked for to combat climate change ($1.3tn).

And remember: the paltry $300bn in finance announced at COP29 comes with strings attached.

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Dec 9

World Bank: "Developing countries spent a record $1.4tn to service their foreign debt…in 2023…squeezing budgets of many…in critical areas such as health, education, & envt"

Perspective on developing countries' unmet request at #COP29 for $1.3tn in annual climate finance…

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Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · Nov 27

🚨 Article 6, the Paris Agreement's carbon trading mechanism was agreed at COP29.

🚨 It's a "get out of jail free card" for Big Polluters.

🚨 Carbon markets are about profit and have nothing to do with addressing the climate crisis.

reddmonitor.substack.com/p/cop29s-get...

COP29’s “Get out of jail free” card: Article 6 carbon trading mechanisms

“Countries have little incentive not to game the system.”

reddmonitor.substack.com

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Celine Tan @celinetan.bsky.social · Dec 7

PS: they also keep me in my job. Maybe those academics moaning about int students who pay their wages should think about reframing their pedagogical lens to accommodate the diversity of their cohorts. This is where (for the left), the theory of decolonising the curriculum should come into practice.

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