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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 7h

#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.

What happens now is a vital part of the preparation

Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.

Please spread the word.

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Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN

The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · 2d

Grantham Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, new report:

Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.

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Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change

Focusing on 854 European cities, this study found climate change was responsible for 68% of the 24,400 estimated heat deaths this summer by increasing temperatures by up to 3.6°C. The analysis was le...

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · 2d

Flexible Athens-based assistant job in our IMBRACE project - PM me with any questions 🙏

IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · 2d

📢Hey! We're looking for a field assistant to help us with our #research in #Athens. Find all the info to apply here! 👉 imbrace-erc.org/call-for-fie... #jobs #climatejustice @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great opportunity for PhD on housing inequalities in S Europe, especially if you also speak Spanish and Greek.

Deadline: 15 September 2025 Contact: Send your CV to Sònia Vives-Miró at [email protected]

📌 Details: lnkd.in/eN6fgibS

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 7

Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones

Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Sep 2

🍇🍽️ Migrant workers feed Europe & keep services running, yet are the most exposed to the #ClimateCrisis, placed in precarity not by origin but by system. An Op-ed in @elpais coauthored by @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...

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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · Aug 18

🏠🥵🪭🌡️Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes.

Los refugios climáticos no están diseñados pensando en las características de los migrantes, indica @pkotsila.bsky.social

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Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes

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Álvaro Caballero @alvarocaballero.bsky.social · Aug 12

Temas muy chulos aquí: una investigación en el Raval mostró que donde mejor se sentían los migrantes en verano, no solo por confort térmico sino emocional, no eran refugios climáticos al uso. Eran dos espacios autogestionados/ocupados: un huerto urbano y la escuela Massana www.rtve.es/n/16694090/

Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Aug 6

Unas reflexiones estos dias de agosto que la mayoría vamos de vacaciones… @bcnuej.bsky.social @imbrace-erc.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social

Los trabajadores inmigrantes cuando aprieta el calor

Las temperaturas extremas se ceban con empleados extranjeros a menudo olvidados en los planes de adaptación climática

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Aug 1

🔅⚠️☔ We held a 2-day workshop with migrant health experts to unpack climate risks faced by migrants in EU cities. Their insights revealed 9 urgent drivers of vulnerability and the need for justice-centered climate adaptation. #ClimateJustice @pkotsila.bsky.social
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...

What We Learned from Migrant Health Experts on Climate Risks - IMBRACE

Author Lourenco Melo Lourenço is a research assistant for the IMBRACE project, with a master's degree in Political Ecology from ICTA-UAB.

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Aug 1

This was definitely a highlight of the year work-wise, having amazing people to discuss how we can shape our work in @imbrace-erc.bsky.social and build long-lasting collaborations. Next year we're off to case study cities. But first, August 🌊🏄📖🌗🍹😌

IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Aug 1

🔅⚠️☔ We held a 2-day workshop with migrant health experts to unpack climate risks faced by migrants in EU cities. Their insights revealed 9 urgent drivers of vulnerability and the need for justice-centered climate adaptation. #ClimateJustice @pkotsila.bsky.social
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...

What We Learned from Migrant Health Experts on Climate Risks - IMBRACE

Author Lourenco Melo Lourenço is a research assistant for the IMBRACE project, with a master's degree in Political Ecology from ICTA-UAB.

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Jul 18

Injustice in Urban Sustainability coauthored by #IMBRACE PI @pkotsila.bsky.social w/ @bcnuej.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social, M. G. Lamarca and F. Sekulova, is 1 of the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List! www.metropolis.org/news/10-book...

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BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎬 📉A BBC documentary on #degrowth features our researchers @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social + affiliated researcher Filka Sekulova! Here's a clip w/ their thoughts on housing, #climatejustice and a future beyond growth @icta-uab.bsky.social 📺 Full video👉 youtu.be/596dU6pDEU8?...

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BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · Jul 15

🏘️Un estudio sobre desigualdad en la vivienda en España liderado por nuestros investigadores 👇 Austin Gage Matheney @brianrosa.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social

ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · Jul 14

🏚️💸☹️Uno de cada cuatro españoles destina la mayor parte de sus ingresos a la vivienda.

Un informe ICTA-UAB alerta de que el aumento de precios agrava las desigualdades estructurales en todo el país y del envejecimiento del parque inmobiliario en las zonas rurales.

www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

Uno de cada cuatro españoles destina la mayor parte de sus ingresos a la vivienda

El 40 % de los arrendatarios españoles destina más del 30¿% de sus ingresos a la vivienda, de modo que superan el umbral que marca que un hogar...

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Jul 8

We worked with people with a migrant background living in the neighborhood and were hosted by the wonderful Refugio space.

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Jul 8

At the @atgender.bsky.social conference tomorrow to present our work with @evacamusb.bsky.social using the Relief Maps method to understand thermal/emotional comfort during heatwaves in Neukölln, Berlin.

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Jul 8

Esto es hoy!!

BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · Jun 17

📆📢Coming up, Jul 8‼️ @matinakapsali.bsky.social, postdoc researcher at @officialuom.bsky.social will talk at @icta-uab.bsky.social about the political and spatial dynamics of grassroots, feminist-oriented infrastructures emerging in migrant communities. Join us online!💻🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Jul 2

🔥 Europe is facing another deadly #heatwave. But not everyone is equally at risk. Some people are systematically more exposed, more vulnerable—and less visible in the data. A thread 🧵👇

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Jun 27

📸A few snapshots from last week's #IMBRACE Arena, which gathered researchers, activists, journalists and community workers to examine immigrants’ climate health vulnerabilities. See who participated here 👀👇 imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u... #climatejustice @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social

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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · Jun 20

🌊🌡️ ¿Cómo responden las comunidades ante fenómenos extremos como inundaciones y olas de calor?

El 25/06, @pkotsila.bsky.social del ICTA-UAB, hablará en el Palau Macaya sobre la #resiliencia comunitaria frente al aumento de los riesgos climáticos. @imbrace-erc.bsky.social

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Jun 19

Very excited for this talk which kick-starts our collaboration with Matina in the framework of the @imbrace-erc.bsky.social project. Join us in person at @icta-uab.bsky.social or online!

BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · Jun 17

📆📢Coming up, Jul 8‼️ @matinakapsali.bsky.social, postdoc researcher at @officialuom.bsky.social will talk at @icta-uab.bsky.social about the political and spatial dynamics of grassroots, feminist-oriented infrastructures emerging in migrant communities. Join us online!💻🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

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Panagiota Kotsila @pkotsila.bsky.social · Jun 10

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Jun 10

🧵10/📚 Read the full article by @pkotsila.bsky.social et al.:👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

EMBODYING AND RESISTING URBAN HEAT INJUSTICE: Migrant Vulnerabilities and Radical Adaptations in El Raval, Barcelona

Heat is a central concern for many cities whose efforts for adaptation tend to reproduce inequities. While community-led adaptation has been considered key for enhancing just outcomes, how migrants f...

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IMBRACE @imbrace-erc.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣New article‼️
🧵1/ How can we adapt cities to climate change—equitably? Not just with more trees or cooling centers, but through justice, solidarity & collective care.
Insights from migrant residents in Barcelona’s El Raval 👇 #HeatJustice #ClimateAdaptation #Migration

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BCNUEJ @bcnuej.bsky.social · May 27

Yesterday @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social
served as jury members for the 2024 Ciudad de Barcelona Awards @barcelonacat.bsky.social awarding the Lancet Countdown’s Europe Report on Health & Climate Change. Congrats to lead authors @daalenkim.bsky.social @drrachellowe.bsky.social!

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