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Dublin City Council BETA @dccbeta.bsky.social · 7d

New BETA Project: #StreetMixBETA

Could we design a better process for residents to decide the kerbside uses on 'their' street and balance with public needs?

More information dccbeta.ie/project/arti...

Looking for volunteer streets, so please spread the word! 🙏

A grid of cars, trees, plants and bicycles. Blue and orange icons on a white background.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thank you to so many of you for reaching out - I’m overwhelmed by the response and interest. I will be in touch again in the coming weeks!

Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 18

Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 26

Evi van Dorsselaer, Joris Voets & @cladupont.bsky.social draw on the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance to explore:

- City-wide vs. neighbourhood collaboration

- Leadership, resources & shared goals

- Limits of current frameworks"

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · Aug 27

I'm literally looking out my window and this is true, it is both sunny and raining at the same time

Rachel Handley 🏳️‍🌈 @rachelahandley.com · Aug 27

Today in Irish weather it is both sunny and raining at the same time.

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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @efjeurope.bsky.social · Aug 25

Join us tomorrow 26/08 at 11.30 at Mont des Arts #Brussels to honour the 200+ journalists killed in #Gaza and demand: Israel, stop killing journalists!

A public reading of the names of the journalists killed in Gaza will pay tribute to their courage, condemn their murder and call for justice.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 19

Merci beaucoup!

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks Peter, that would be great, I'll reach out by email in the next few weeks. DMs are well and truly being slid into 😆!

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 18

Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 18

Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.

I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!

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Juliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · Aug 18

The area burned in Spain by climate-induced wildfires this year is estimated to exceed 344,000 hectares: double the size of London
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Última hora de los incendios en España, en directo | La superficie quemada en España este año supera las 344.000 hectáreas, según las primeras estimaciones de Copernicus

El fuego avanza en Galicia, Extremadura y Castilla y León y obliga a desalojar el entorno del lago de Sanabria | La ministra Robles reconoce que no se podrá acabar con los incendios hasta que remita l...

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Aug 17

This morning my 10 year old daughter woke up in a rage this morning. She went on a rant about all the stupid, idiot people that are ruining the world.

Her list included Trump, Putin, Kim-Jong Un, the Taliban, the ‘Benjamin guy in Israel’… ‘All these selfish, lying men!!’

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 12

🏙️ How can cities collaborate better to implement Nature-Based Solutions?

New study on Ghent 🇧🇪 & Heerlen 🇳🇱 dives into how urban actors co-govern NBS to tackle climate risks like heat islands.

Read the article 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/index.php/Im...

Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in Cities: Testing and Refining the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance | GreenDeal-NET

This article examines collaborative governance in urban nature-based solutions, assessing the IFCG framework in Ghent and Heerlen.

www.greendealnet.eu

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GreenDeal-NET @greendealnet.eu · Aug 12

Evi van Dorsselaer, Joris Voets & @cladupont.bsky.social Dupont draw on the Integrative Framework for Collaborative Governance to explore:

- City-wide vs. neighbourhood collaboration

- Leadership, resources & shared goals

- Limits of current frameworks

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 31

Have you ever thought of O’Connell Street as “one of the great thoroughfares of the world…where the most beautiful women were to be seen”?

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 30

Essential information for any visitor:
“Drainage excellent and thoroughly up-to-date. Magnificent water supply”

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 30

A treasure uncovered at my parents’ home: a visitor’s guide to Dublin City, published circa 1926.

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Claire Dupont @cladupont.bsky.social · Jul 11

This is indeed an article worth reading!

Lightning Dolt @jonofgreenjuice.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gonna force everyone I know to read this article by @billmckibben.bsky.social in this week's New Yorker: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

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Markus Pauli @markuspauli.bsky.social · Jun 27

New Special Issue 'The External Dimensions of the European Green Deal' by @greendealnet.eu: link.springer.com/journal/1078... @simonohnen.bsky.social @earsomj.bsky.social @claraweller.bsky.social ‪‪‪@buzogany.bsky.social @cladupont.bsky.social @gorandominioni.bsky.social @retoolproject.bsky.social

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on the theoretical, ...

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