Delf Rothe
@delfrothe.bsky.social
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Senior researcher @IFSHHamburg | Critical security and resilience, climate change and the Anthropocene, technology and surveillance. Views my own
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“If we continue, however, with the policies that we have out there, we are clearly on a pathway now of 2.7 degrees or 3 degrees where adaptation is simply not doable anymore. This is just what it is. We cannot protect Amsterdam from sea level rise of 3m. This is just not doable,” Thallinger said.
Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable
Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.
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Ja warum bloß? 🤔 Es ist ein Rätsel...
Screenshot einer Zeitungsheadline mit der Frage "Warum sind plötzlich alle ausgebrannt?"
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europeanisa.bsky.social
📣 We are very excited to share that the 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations will take place in Lisbon, 1-4 September 2026!

⏰ The call for section chairs is now open - find details here: buff.ly/pRPNM9R

🗓️ Deadline: 17 November 2025
1-4 September 2026. 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. #EISAPEC26 PEC 2026 Local hosts and programme chairs. 1-4 September 2026. 19th Pan-European Conference on International Relations. ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal. Giulia Daniele, Local Host. Ana Mónica Fonseca, Local Host. Elizaveta Gaufman, Programme Chair. Nizar Messari, Programme Chair.
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Stefano Guzzini concludes the issue with a plea for "Foregrounding politics". He counters a geopolitical discourse that externalises nature with an inside-out perspective that centers the ideas of affected communities, and advocates an ‘ethics of prudence’. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A protest sign at a climate demonstration saying "Indigenous Justice is Climate Justice".
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In the forum "At the crossroads," @jonathanlukeaustin.bsky.social, David Chandler, Marwa Daoudy, @ritafloyd.bsky.social, and @dahlia-cs.bsky.social discuss how our questions, concepts, and methodologies must change if we take the ecological crisis seriously www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
An aerial view of Shiosakibashi intersection from Dentsu Headquarters Building in Tokyo, Japan
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@mattuq.bsky.social studies how international and domestic bodies mobilise security discourses in relation to climate change and explores the institutional prospects and hurdles for an ecological security agenda. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A satellite image of a river delta in green and beige colors.
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@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A satellite in space is seen in front of the Earth with visible clouds.
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@giobettini.bsky.social & Anna Casaglia offer a timely empirical case study of how illiberal politics shape the climate-security nexus by unpacking "Italy’s right-wing approach to climate migration and security". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A flag of the Fratelli d'Italia party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hangs on a barrier at a public event.
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In "The slow violence of climate security," Shannon O'Lear brings attention to the overlooked, incremental harms of climate change, complicating fast-moving security narratives. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A satellite image of the Thar Desert in India.
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Our framing paper "Recomposing the climate–security nexus", by @chrhentschel.bsky.social, @uschroeder.bsky.social, and me, proposes to theorize climate security as a composition to capture its material, discursive, temporal, and affective dimensions. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A collage-like illustration of the interlinkages between climate change and security
delfrothe.bsky.social
❓ What is security in an age of catastrophic climate change?

📖 Our special issue "Critical Climate Security" in Geoforum provides new concepts, approaches, and methodologies for rethinking the climate-security nexus from a critical perspective. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Geoforum | Critical Climate Security | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
What is security in an age of catastrophic climate change? What conceptual, and critical, tools do we need to come to terms with the unequal geographies of climate insecurity in their temporal, spatia...
www.sciencedirect.com
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ifshhamburg.bsky.social
Wie stellen sich Klima-Aktivist:innen die Zukunft vor, und welche Rolle spielen Bilder? Die Wissenschaftler Delf Rothe und David Shim haben dazu geforscht und stellen ihre Ergebnisse am 17. September um 18 Uhr in der Kunstklinik Eppendorf in Hamburg vor. Der Eintritt ist frei. ➡️ t1p.de/6kwxq
Klimaaktivist:innen demonstrieren (c) Tobias König
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What would security look like if we moved beyond walls, borders, and exclusion? 🌍

Tomorrow we start our international workshop in #Hamburg exploring whether security can be reclaimed from far-right narratives - or if we need entirely new frameworks for protection & care.
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Nuclear power plants are supreme!

Enter #TeamJellyfish..
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#NukeCrippledByJellyfishSwarm
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unierfurt.bsky.social
Funding from the Hans Böckler Foundation has been made available for up to eleven doctoral scholarships at the University of Erfurt for the doctoral programme ‘De-Globalisation and Global Decoupling (DeGlobE)’.
Application deadline: 2 November 2025
www.uni-erfurt.de/en/universit...
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taz @taz.de · Jul 31
Rund 80 deutsche Neonazis feiern in Tschechien Sonnen­wende, singen Hitlerjugend-Lieder und beschwören das „germanische Volk“. Auch AfD-nahe Politiker sind dabei. Die taz war vor Ort.
Neonazis feiern Sonnenwende: Ein Feuer wie beim Führer
Rund 80 deutsche Neonazis feiern in Tschechien Sonnen­wende, singen Hitlerjugend-Lieder und beschwören das „germanische Volk“. Auch AfD-nahe Politiker sind dabei. Die taz war vor Ort.
taz.de
delfrothe.bsky.social
And so my journey to #EWIS2025 begins… with a cancelled train. ☹️ Have a drink for me at the reception
Entrance of the Hamburg main train station
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With inputs by @phil-lottholz.bsky.social, @mariamsalehi.bsky.social, @laurakotzur.bsky.social, @marcokrueger.bsky.social, and others, we discussed the relationship between activism and scholarship. And we did a great guided tour on social struggles in St.Pauli
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Inspiring first day of our "Co-Laborating for Change: The future of peace and security in an age of crises" workshop hosted by @ifshhamburg.bsky.social in Hamburg.
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After several years in the making, our report on participatory peace and security research has finally seen the light of day. Just in time for our @ifshhamburg.bsky.social workshop on Doing Peace at betahaus in Hamburg. You can access the report here: ifsh.de/en/news-deta...
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cdcleuphana.bsky.social
Join us for the next CDC Climate Futures Talk, "Common-Sensing: The Politics of In/Visibility in an Age of Planetary Crisis", with @delfrothe.bsky.social on July 1, 2 to 4 pm in C40.530 at #Leuphana and on Zoom (contact us for details)!

More information at: www.leuphana.de/en/research-...
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ifshhamburg.bsky.social
Fünf Jahre lang hat sich ein Forscher:innenteam rund um @uschroeder.bsky.social in verschiedenen Projekten mit Bürger:innen ausgetauscht. Unser neuer Research Report fasst die Ergebnisse zusammen und skizziert wie neue Formen der partizipativen Forschung aussehen können. ifsh.de/publikatione...
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ryankatzrosene.bsky.social
Dear Americans, on behalf of all Canadians and citizens of the free world, thank you to everyone who turned out, for standing up against tyranny! 🙏
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Stay classy, San Diego. #NoKings
Massive crowd of No Kings marchers. Massive crowd of No Kings marchers.
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If you are still considering flying to the US in the near future...
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New from 404 Media: Delta, United, American etc don't want you to know they sold your flight data to DHS. The country's airlines sell bulk names and flight itineraries to DHS to be searched without a warrant. Contract tells DHS to not reveal where this data came from www.404media.co/airlines-don...
Airlines Don't Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.404media.co