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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 1d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 1d

Talking Climate www.talkingclimate.ca?r=41e5jg&utm... Great blend of science, politics, hope

Talking Climate | Katharine Hayhoe | Substack

Subscribe to Katharine's newsletter for a clear-eyed and hopeful look at climate science and solutions. Receive weekly climate updates, good climate news, event information, ideas on things to do and ...

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you @benansell.bsky.social and guests for this highly recommended show. Not covered in the podcast, but #ZerosumMentality key to understanding contemporary #Populism as well. @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 13d

Coming up at 4pm on Radio 4, Rethink Winners and Losers where we look at the idea of a ‘zero-sum mindset’ something that affects people of all political backgrounds.
With Stephanie Stancheva, Parth Patel, @igmansfield.bsky.social, Patricia Andrews Fearon and Cleo Watson.

BBC Sounds - Rethink, Rethink... winners and losers

Why understanding zero-sum thinking can help explain modern politics and attitudes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 12d

Well done (and well deserved) @carbonbrief.org 👏

Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 12d

Really thrilled to see that @carbonbrief.org's @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org has been shortlisted in the "Environmental Journalism National" category at this year's prestigious Society of Editors awards!

Lil' CB up against big-gun outlets such as BBC, Sunday Times, Mirror, Guardian and i newspaper...

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 12d

Really appreciated Scottish parliamentarians @sarahboyack.bsky.social, @foysolchoudhury.bsky.social and @lornaslater.bsky.social taking time to discuss climate solutions w constituents. Action at local and sub-state level is key.

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland @sccscot.bsky.social · 12d

We had a great turnout from folks in the Lothian region at the mass climate lobby. Thank you to @sarahboyack.bsky.social,
@foysolchoudhury.bsky.social and @lornaslater.bsky.social
for making their way round the tables and speaking to so many constituents.

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 20d

Hugely inspiring to join 100s of citizens and #piper at #ScottishParliament and #DynamicEarth to lobby MSPs to take action on #climatechange. Thank you‬ ‪@sccscot.bsky.social‬ @foescot.bsky.social; @sarahboyack.bsky.social

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · 20d

Check out this short piece on 'Climate Change Politics in the Age of Trump 2.0'. Not as depressing as you'd think. @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social @psaenvironmental.bsky.social

Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 21d

*PSA PUBLICATIONS* NEW issue of #Political Insight is out now!
PSA members can access ALL articles online, a few are #OpenAccess including,
#Climate Change #Politics in the Age of #Trump 2.0 by @eebomberg.bsky.social
➡️ Read article buff.ly/anQI97x

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Aug 19

What an event. Riveting personal stories, poetry and scholarship. The redemptive power of arts is mistakable. Thank you to @edbookfest.bsky.social @kir-anderson.bsky.social @noellecobden.bsky.social @lady_unchained

Francesca Soliman @frasoliman.bsky.social · Aug 18

Packed room for the "Unlocking the arts" event at the Edinburgh Book Festival this afternoon, with the wonderful Kirstin Anderson and Lady Unchained discussing art, incarceration, and how to think of possible ways forward to both mitigate and prevent the harms of criminalisation.

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David Schlosberg @dschlosberg.bsky.social · Aug 15

Postdoc Fellowship: Multispecies Justice. Come work with @danycelermajer.bsky.social and me at @seisydney.bsky.social. We're looking at experiments in more-than-human inclusion in democratic decision making on climate and adaptation. More here:
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Multispecies Justice

Full time, fixed term for 2 years Opportunity to conduct research on Multispecies justice Academic Level B Base Salary from $127,436 + 17% superannuation About the opportunity The School of Social and...

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Ailsa Henderson @ailsahenderson.bsky.social · Aug 14

I think it's really nice they do this but this is my fairly regular request that someone in the PSA puts the Scottish Higher results day in the diary and creates an equivalent post.

We need Scottish students to study politics as well.

Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 14

Good luck to #Students receiving their #ALevel results today. If you are continuing your studies at #University why not consider a #Politics degree! Here are some helpful pointers from PSA CEO Michelle Doyle Wildman. buff.ly/1LYW8F8
#ALevelResultsDay #ALevelResults2025

Considering doing a degree? Why not choose Politics? | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Exam results season 2025 is well and truly underway. If you are considering clearing or applying for a university place in the future, I’ve set out a few pointers below on why choosing to do a…

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Scottish friends
Act Now, Change Forever Mass Climate Lobby at the #ScottishParl 18 Sept, 12:45pm. Meet your MSPs and encourage them to continue leadership efforts on climate and nature. Small nations can make a difference. #RSPB #ChristianAid #FoE
www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/mas...

Climate Mass Lobby - Stop Climate Chaos Scotland

www.stopclimatechaos.scot

Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Jul 10

Politics and IR @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff processing at today's @uoe-sps.bsky.social summer grad. Congrats students! @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Jul 10

Wonderful Politics & IR @edinburghpir.bsky.social staff presence at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social summer graduation. Congrats to our fab students! @uoe-sps.bsky.social

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Apr 1

Perhaps some of our @uoe-sps.bsky.social 4th years are interested in these paid internships at @instituteforgov.bsky.social

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul...

Deadline is Tuesday 29 April at 11:00

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Dr Sue Oosthuizen @drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social · Apr 3

The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social is staging a #demonstration outside #Meta's offices at Granary Square, King's Cross today at 1.30pm to protest against their #illegal #pirating of our work.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

‘Meta has stolen books’: authors to protest in London against AI trained using ‘shadow library’

Writers will gather at the Facebook owner’s King’s Cross office in opposition to its use of the LibGen database to train its AI models

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Apr 3

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”

Theft is not a valid alternative.

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

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Jan Eichhorn @eichhornjan.bsky.social · Feb 19

Join @heathergrabbe.bsky.social & me for the launch of our @bruegel.bsky.social report at a hybrid event on 25Feb using @dpart.bsky.social research (conducted with @neeleeilers.bsky.social) asking whether publics really stopped caring about climate change. Sign up👇
www.bruegel.org/event/public...

Public support for climate action: can governments deliver on citizens’ expectations?

How can governments gain Europeans' trust in the green transition?

www.bruegel.org

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thank you David @olefeldt.bsky.social‬ and @katherinhayhoe.com for sharing the magic of #peatlands: where #climate science, art and music collide. See: karinepolwart.com/blogs/blog-1... PS: we must get musician #KarinePolwart on @bsky.app

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · Jan 26

One of my favorite things about #peatlands is their patterning at different scales caused by millennia of interplay between hydrology and peat accumulation - mainly Sphagnum mosses. Spent my Saturday evening looking at satellite images of the Hudson Bay Lowlands - a perfectly reasonable activity…

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Feb 12

The 2025 @tylerprize.bsky.social has been awarded to Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio for their stellar bodies-of-work. Not only are they the 1st recipients from S. America, but they were also 2/3 co-Chairs of @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment. 🌍🧪

Congratulations!

Read more: www.tylerprize.org

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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · Feb 13

Living with the Oil Sands
Indigenous Stories of Struggle and Strength
March 5, 4pm - 5.30pm

Two women from the Athabasca Chipeyan First Nation outline life growing up in Alberta, Canada, working with and against the Oil Sands.

Info/registration:
https://edin.ac/3QbsxlH

Aerial visual of oilsands landscape. Text reads: Living with the Oil Sands. Indigenous Stories of Struggle and Strength. A discussion from the front lines of the battle against settler colonialism. Two women from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation outline life growing up in Alberta, Canada, working with and against the Oilsands. Join us to hear how their experiences shaped their indigeneity.

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Feb 8

Nature lovers needing a break from the news: check out gorgeous broadcast premiere of composer Erland Cooper’s tribute to David Attenborough’s career: Birds of Paradise w Freya Goldmark on violin. @hjm.bsky.social ‪@robgmacfarlane.bsky.social‬ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Jan 30

Fantastic opportunity for grad students to explore hugely impt topic @edinburghpir.bsky.social

Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Jan 15

Applications are open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!

This free, 3-week program from @cig-uw.bsky.social is open to current & recent grad students and postdocs from any field w/ demonstrated interest in climate change, resilience, and issues of equity & social justice.

Apply Now to the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute | Climate Impacts Group

Applications are now open for the 2025 Climate Equity and Resilience Summer Institute!Read below to learn more about the program, sign up for an information session, and apply by March 17, 2025, with ...

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P&IR Edinburgh @edinburghpir.bsky.social · Jan 29

Join us on February 12 for The Politics in Contested Times series!

📅 Event: Six Months Is a Long Time in Politics
🎤 Speaker: Jemma Conner
🔗 Book your spot: edin.ac/4hoaXGE

6 months is a long time in politics

YouGov pollster Jemma Conner will talk through the state of UK and Scottish public opinion about politics since the 2024 general election.

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Elizabeth Bomberg @eebomberg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Recorded this @npr.org show before Inauguration Day, anticipating the env and climate impact of the new US Administration but underestimating its speed & intensity. Robust science, citizen/global/substate action now more impt than ever @katharinehayhoe.com @michaelemann.bsky.social edin.ac/4jPrGoD

Civics 101

How do landmark Supreme Court decisions affect our lives? What does the 2nd Amendment really say? Why does the Senate have so much power? Civics 101 is the podcast about how our democracy works…or is ...

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