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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS)
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Climate and development researcher, educator and do-er At SOAS dept of DevStudies, head of Centre for Dev, Env and Policy (CeDEP), associate with ODI
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Nick Brooks @npjbrooks.bsky.social · Jan 27
#Adaptation isn't about preserving the status quo, but about managing inevitable and often painful change. Our new paper on 'curating transformation' looks at lessons from heritage management for wider adaptation & managing losses & damages (open access). www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages - npj Climate Action
Heritage conservation recognizes that losses and damages cannot be entirely prevented, that decisions about what to keep and what to let go are fundamental to maintaining values for future generations...
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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS) @tommytanner.bsky.social · Jan 9
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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS) @tommytanner.bsky.social · Dec 17
Most experts still have hope despite evidence this year that the UN system is not fit for purpose on environmental issues

apnews.com/article/unit...
Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process
In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change have either outright failed or come out with limited outcomes.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Dec 16
We’re hiring research fellows!
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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Dec 5
We're hiring!

We need more part-time researchers to work with our interdisciplinary, all-virtual team of scientists and fellows studying climate solutions. Do you have research experience in climate +
#electricitygrid
#transportation
#oceans
#buildings
#agriculture

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Research Fellow
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · Dec 16
🎥 Sneak peek from the Financing Climate Action Roundtable!
@tommytanner.bsky.social offers his perspective on the financial pledges made at COP29.

Watch the full roundtable discussion here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=W56S...

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Bronwyn Hayward @bmhayward.bsky.social · Nov 16
The call is out! In Oct 2025, Aotearoa/New Zealand hosts the world’s most significant climate adaptation event: #AF2025. Online & in-person. Hosted by UC & UN World Adaptation Science programme & consortium sponsors. A key focus is Oceania & Indigenous solutions. Join us! adaptationfutures2025.com
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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS) @tommytanner.bsky.social · Dec 12
Great new article by @martaolazabal.bsky.social @sean-p-goodwin.bsky.social et al
Barriers to climate adaptation include
1. search for universal truths
2. failure to integrate different perspectives and knowledges
3. tendency to simplify what is a complex process
doi.org/10.1016/j.co...
Front page of the journal article cited in the post
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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS) @tommytanner.bsky.social · Dec 12
Watch the recording of this fab roundtable event here
youtu.be/W56S-rY0MVc

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Prof. Tom Tanner (SOAS) @tommytanner.bsky.social · Nov 26
Please join us this coming Thursday 5pm GMT @SOAS

Register for online or in person attendance here soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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Poster advertising SOAS event on climate finance post COP-29. 5pm UK time on 28th November 2024, featuring speakers: 1. Leo Horn-Phathanothai, Independent scholar, SOAS Professor of Practice 2. Yannis Dafermos, Reader, Department of Economics SOAS 3. Emily Wilkinson, Principal Fellow, ODI 4. Andrew Norton, Ex Director of IIED; special adviser to the Green Climate Fund, SOAS Professor of Practice 5. May Thazin Aung, Climate Finance Researcher, International Institute for Environment and Development
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · Nov 25
If you are looking for a good paper that showcases critical adaptation scholarship, I really recommend Julian Yates chapter on the power and politics in the governance of community-based adaptation. You can find it here www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) 2. Power and politics in the governance of community-based adaptation
PDF | On Jan 1, 2014, Julian S. Yates published 2. Power and politics in the governance of community-based adaptation | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · Nov 19
1/26. ⚠️USEFUL INFO: Are you trying to understand the text for the New Collective Quantified Goal on #ClimateFinance (#NCQG) at #COP29? 🤔 Are you a bit confused by all those technical terms? 😊 Read this thread! 🧵
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