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‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climate
‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
The watershed summit in 2015 was far from perfect, but its impact so far has been significant and measurable
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Freedom - my new Podcast Episode with inspiring @leaypi.bsky.social ist out now and it will make your think about Europe, Migration , writing memoirs and much more …

www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/urn:...
Podcast: Freiheit Deluxe – Lea Ypi – Indignity
The philosopher knows what it means when certainties disappear. As a teenager in Albania, she experienced the end of communism and the collapse of state structures. Her literary debut, "Free", became ...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.

Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
LMICs paid out $741 billion more in principal and interest on their external debt between 2022 and 2024 than they received in new financing - the largest amount in at least 50 years.

blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/...

#economics
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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ICYMI ▶️ The latest System Dynamics Review issue is now available!

🔗 Access SDR articles: https://ow.ly/xUpQ50XwMy8
🎥 How to publish in SDR: https://systemdynamics.org/how-to-publish-in-the-system-dynamics-review/

#SystemDynamics #systemsthinking #SystemDynamicsReview #sdr
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“When we compare the total terrestrial water storage data with climate datasets, the trends broadly correlate,” said Mohammad Shamsudduha, professor of water crisis and risk reduction at UCL.

www.theguardian.com/environment/... #water
November 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Good morning from Texel, NL. Sunrise over @niozsearesearch.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Climate disruption impact on economy

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How climate shocks could break the economy | Edmond Rhys Jones
Podcast Episode · TED Talks Daily · 13/11/2025 · 13m
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November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
October 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
#Amazon aims to “…return more water than it uses by 2030…” How does the miraculous multiplication of water work? Turning wine into water?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #warer #sustainability #systemdynamics
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
European rating agency Scope downgraded the United States' credit rating by a notch on Friday, citing sustained deterioration in public finances and a weakening of governance standards. www.reuters.com/business/sco... Via Reuters
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October 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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„This is a national security issue!“ says Dame Angela McLean, the UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, about the collapse risk of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre.
Interesting discussion on Forecasting Arctic Tipping Points - Building an Early Warning System for Everyone, at #ArcticCircle.
October 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Great interview of climate scientist Mike Mann and virologist Peter Hotez on the war on science by special interest groups. My colleague Mann endured vicious attacks after his pioneering (and solidly confirmed) ‘hockey stick’ curve of #globalwarming.

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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@pablo.rochat and their pigeon art: 🔊 #AGoodPlace

Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...
October 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Killer sales arguments
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?

Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.

To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
October 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Platform #tourism: major impact on housing prices, water and energy consumption. Full story via @correctiv.org correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM