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Remco van de Pas
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Public health doctor/academic/eco-socialist. Health, climate & economic justice. Work@ https://unu.edu/iigh/ Politics@ https://diem25.org/en/ Research@ https://bit.ly/3UHfCLF Activism@ http://phmovement.org/ Neurodivergent. Opinions personal
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Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30’s watered-down agreements will do little for an ecosystem at tipping point
Delegates made minimal headway on timetable for replacing oil and gas or on firm commitments to reducing carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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A fire broke out at a pavilion inside the COP30 global climate summit in Belém, Brazil, on Thursday. It is the latest in a series of mishaps for the annual conference this year. nyti.ms/43Iej2X
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Exclusive: The Guardian understands Brazil had been planning to drop a roadmap to a transition away from fossil fuels amid opposition from petro states
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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unu-iigh.bsky.social
📢𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝟯𝟬

🗓️ 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ⏰ 𝟭𝟮:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟯:𝟬𝟬 (UTC-3)📍 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻

“𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗖𝗝 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗢𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀”

This event will be facilitated by UNU-IIGH Dr. Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social),
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian president will take fossil fuel phase-out plan to G20 summit
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he is ready to fight for transition roadmap despite opposition from some states
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We can no longer predict the seasons’: why Indonesia’s coal mindset has to change
It’s a climate-vulnerable nation, while also being the world’s sixth-largest greenhouse-gas emitter. Global investment in climate action is vital
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is survival’: Jamaica leads calls from vulnerable nations at Cop30
Countries including Mauritius and Cuba reiterate life-or-death nature of cutting emissions, calling it ‘a moral duty’
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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www.cesr.org/cop30-is-bil...
COP30 is billed as the “Implementation COP”: will this year’s annual summit deliver the tangible action we need?
www.cesr.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage

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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges

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Have courage to create fossil fuel phaseout roadmap at Cop30, Brazilian minister urges
Marina Silva says contentious plan would be ‘ethical answer’ to climate crisis but does not commit Brazil to it
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This is an absolute relevant question! @UNU-IIGH

Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken?

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Cop30 was meant to be a turning point, so why do some say the climate summit is broken?
Swamped by lobbyists and hobbled by a lack of urgency, there are fears Cop could become a sprawling spectacle that betrays those who depend on it most
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Oud-president Soeharto ondanks felle kritiek geëerd als Nationale Held Indonesië - nos.nl/l/2589905
Oud-president Soeharto ondanks felle kritiek geëerd als Nationale Held Indonesië
Huidig president en voormalig schoonzoon Prabowo reikte de eretitel uit. Soeharto leidde het land met harde hand en werd veelvuldig beschuldigd van corruptie.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "Mr Guterres was right on Thursday. The failure to keep within the agreed 1.5C target – – is a “moral failure” and one that reinforces profound injustices"
The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial
Editorial: The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including Jamaica
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")

Proposed late additions to agenda:

* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting

Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)

This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵

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November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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'There is no money’ As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? www.theguardian.com/environment/... After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. Successful schemes such as Kenya's Kasigau now face a stark future
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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unu-iigh.bsky.social
On 20 October 2025, 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆 visited the Japan Institute for Health Security, delivering a lecture & exploring opportunities for collaboration.

Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.

#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Conference Report: The Global Heating Emergency drtomharris.substack.com/p/conference... Ten years ago the world agreed to limit temperatures to 2ºC by 2100, so it’s a little alarming to attend a conference discussing if its even possible to prevent breaching that limit by 2040.
Conference Report: The Global Heating Emergency
Ten years ago the world agreed to limit temperatures to 2ºC by 2100, so it’s a little alarming to attend a conference discussing if its even possible to prevent breaching that limit by 2040.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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UNU-IIGH’s Thandazile Sibindi and Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) recently participated in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme in Canberra, Australia.

Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
Reflections on the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme
UNU-IIGH's Thandazile Sibindi shares her reflections on participating in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme held in Canberra.
go.unu.edu
October 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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theconversation.com/inside-the-f... On the 'funhouse mirror' that X has increasingly become. Certainly true for the 'For you' feed, i can confirm. @willemvandeput.bsky.social @katribertram.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.
theconversation.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world www.theguardian.com/business/202... Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings @unu-iigh.bsky.social
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world
Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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October 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Real question, not snark. How do we update this diagnosis to reflect the elimination of USAID, other US cuts (eg NIH), and big (~40%) overall cuts to health aid over other rich countries? Global health as we knew and could critique it in 2024 is mostly gone. What are productive ideas now?
Why global health research must stop treating communities as data sources and start honoring them as knowers - GHO
Professor Seye Abimbola joins us for the Expert's Voice where he discusses epistemic injustice, the stubborn legacies of colonialism in academic global health, and why meaningful change requires us to...
globalhealthotherwise.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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www.theguardian.com/football/202... We're so screwed. @rvandepas.bsky.social
A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape
NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... @rvandepas.bsky.social
Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens
Masoud Pezeshkian says subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s water
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliances
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliances
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM