Cesar B. Martinez-Alvarez
@cesarbmartinez.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC Santa Barbara.
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In 2024, #Bolivia experienced its most extensive forest #fires on record, with the burned area exceeding the size of Portugal.
In a letter published in @science.org , we highlight how these fires are part of a broader trend of environmental degradation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In a letter published in @science.org , we highlight how these fires are part of a broader trend of environmental degradation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Enact reforms to protect Bolivia’s forests from fire
www.science.org
January 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In 2024, #Bolivia experienced its most extensive forest #fires on record, with the burned area exceeding the size of Portugal.
In a letter published in @science.org , we highlight how these fires are part of a broader trend of environmental degradation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In a letter published in @science.org , we highlight how these fires are part of a broader trend of environmental degradation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
'Local Peace, International Builders - How UN Peacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up' by @wnomikos.bsky.social.
Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.
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Demonstrates how legacies of colonialism shape the effectiveness of international interventions, peacekeeping, and statebuilding in the 21st century.
📚 cup.org/4jtWATl 📚
January 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
My book, "Local Peace, International Builders," is now OUT.
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
It examines the conditions under which international actors successfully bring order, peace, and stability to fragile settings.
To read more about each chapter and download the book OPEN ACCESS: www.williamgnomikos.com/local-peace
Rainy afternoon in Mexico City
December 23, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Rainy afternoon in Mexico City
The Colegio de San Ildefonso in CDMX has a very interesting expo on cities and the environment, including an exhibit on the reconstruction in Acapulco after Otis and another one on community oriented housing in Barcelona. There’s a big opportunity to raise awareness on climate issues via art!
December 23, 2024 at 3:05 AM
The Colegio de San Ildefonso in CDMX has a very interesting expo on cities and the environment, including an exhibit on the reconstruction in Acapulco after Otis and another one on community oriented housing in Barcelona. There’s a big opportunity to raise awareness on climate issues via art!
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Excited to have a new review article up – on Land and Politics – at Annual Review of Political Science. To understand inequality, development, identity, conflict, state-building, and more, you have to understand the power of land!
Land and Politics | Annual Reviews
Human societies and their politics are deeply rooted in the land. Land shapes politics through its material nature and distribution across society, by serving as a mechanism of control and state-build...
www.annualreviews.org
December 20, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Excited to have a new review article up – on Land and Politics – at Annual Review of Political Science. To understand inequality, development, identity, conflict, state-building, and more, you have to understand the power of land!
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Excited to announce a new @pnas.org publication on the Social Cost of Carbon. We integrate evidence from the literature and expert survey to provide an SCC distribution inclusive of both parametric and structural uncertainties. Our mean 2020 value is $283 per ton CO2
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Synthesis of evidence yields high social cost of carbon due to structural model variation and uncertainties | PNAS
Estimating the cost to society from a ton of CO2—termed the social cost of carbon
(SCC)—requires connecting a model of the climate system with a re...
www.pnas.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Excited to announce a new @pnas.org publication on the Social Cost of Carbon. We integrate evidence from the literature and expert survey to provide an SCC distribution inclusive of both parametric and structural uncertainties. Our mean 2020 value is $283 per ton CO2
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
This is a great data resource for anyone interested in the political economy of land, land use change, and natural resources management. Looking forward to exploring it!
New ILR Working Paper:
Agricultural Mechanization Around the World (Roman, Hadi, Wuepper 2024)
For the first time, we now have a globally comprehensive and comparable dataset on agricultural mechanization (based on ML):
ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/34836...
Agricultural Mechanization Around the World (Roman, Hadi, Wuepper 2024)
For the first time, we now have a globally comprehensive and comparable dataset on agricultural mechanization (based on ML):
ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/34836...
December 18, 2024 at 2:59 AM
This is a great data resource for anyone interested in the political economy of land, land use change, and natural resources management. Looking forward to exploring it!
There are crucial connections among the different environmental crises facing the world. The Nexus Assessment Report of IPBES is a fundamental resource to study them
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨
📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available!
➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate.
🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future!
www.ipbes.net/node/85582
📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available!
➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate.
🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future!
www.ipbes.net/node/85582
December 18, 2024 at 2:45 AM
There are crucial connections among the different environmental crises facing the world. The Nexus Assessment Report of IPBES is a fundamental resource to study them
A picture taken after the last lecture of the quarter about a week ago ⛰️ ☀️ the Santa Ynez mountains and Henley Gate on the background
December 18, 2024 at 2:35 AM
A picture taken after the last lecture of the quarter about a week ago ⛰️ ☀️ the Santa Ynez mountains and Henley Gate on the background
Grades submitted for the winter quarter! 🤩🎉 I am also wrapping up my first calendar year of teaching as a faculty member
December 18, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Grades submitted for the winter quarter! 🤩🎉 I am also wrapping up my first calendar year of teaching as a faculty member
I am starting a series of threads on some of my favorite environmental politics and history books and articles 🌳
Today, let’s talk about “Political Landscapes” from Christopher Boyer (2015), which explores the intersection between state land policies and community conservation efforts in Mexico 1/4
Today, let’s talk about “Political Landscapes” from Christopher Boyer (2015), which explores the intersection between state land policies and community conservation efforts in Mexico 1/4
December 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM
I am starting a series of threads on some of my favorite environmental politics and history books and articles 🌳
Today, let’s talk about “Political Landscapes” from Christopher Boyer (2015), which explores the intersection between state land policies and community conservation efforts in Mexico 1/4
Today, let’s talk about “Political Landscapes” from Christopher Boyer (2015), which explores the intersection between state land policies and community conservation efforts in Mexico 1/4
Going to a new gym is like going to a new supermarket: it’s all momentary angst and confusion, as in “are these all the barbells?” Or “I cannot get through my list without X machine?” And “oh wait, I hadn’t seen this before, it’s kinda cool”
But at least I got a new record with my pull-ups 😎
But at least I got a new record with my pull-ups 😎
December 13, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Going to a new gym is like going to a new supermarket: it’s all momentary angst and confusion, as in “are these all the barbells?” Or “I cannot get through my list without X machine?” And “oh wait, I hadn’t seen this before, it’s kinda cool”
But at least I got a new record with my pull-ups 😎
But at least I got a new record with my pull-ups 😎
Great initiative on social-ecological transformations in Latin America. Looking forward to learning more about it. Congrats to the team!
👋 Excited to share our new website for the Just Social-Ecological Transformations in Latin America program I co-direct at Colorado State: www.jset-la.org. Join us in 2025 to think about justice & transdisciplinary research! Check it out & let us know what you think! +Site updates rolling out soon!
December 13, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Great initiative on social-ecological transformations in Latin America. Looking forward to learning more about it. Congrats to the team!
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New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
December 10, 2024 at 12:25 AM
New paper characterizing trends in wildfire smoke PM2.5 in the US, incl. updated daily dataset and implications for air quality regulation. Below is animation of 2023.
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
Paper: eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
Data (BETA version): www.stanfordecholab.com/wildfire_smoke
Quick thread:
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Thrilled to share that my paper “Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom” was accepted at JOLE earlier this year.
Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!
@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7
Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!
@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7
Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 29, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Thrilled to share that my paper “Spatial Diffusion of Local Economic Shocks in Social Networks: Evidence from the US Fracking Boom” was accepted at JOLE earlier this year.
Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!
@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7
Full article here👉 doi.org/10.1086/732300.
A short 🧵 below - my first on 🦋!
@jlaborecon.bsky.social @sofi.su.se #econsky 1/7
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New paper with @nilskupzok.bsky.social out in Perspectives today! We show how decarbonizable industries are reshaping climate politics through what we call "the decarbonization bargain." 1/
November 29, 2024 at 4:02 PM
New paper with @nilskupzok.bsky.social out in Perspectives today! We show how decarbonizable industries are reshaping climate politics through what we call "the decarbonization bargain." 1/
Timeline cleanse courtesy of Santa Barbara, California
November 28, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Timeline cleanse courtesy of Santa Barbara, California
Location of coal power plants worldwide, using data from the Global Energy Monitor Tracker. In Latin America, Colombia and Chile stand out in terms of the number of coal facilities.
November 28, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Location of coal power plants worldwide, using data from the Global Energy Monitor Tracker. In Latin America, Colombia and Chile stand out in terms of the number of coal facilities.
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New article accepted @natureportfolio.bsky.social HSSC (w/ @dahjinkim.bsky.social and Gechun Lin).
- Tweets about Russian invasion of Ukraine (Feb 22-25)
- Trace user ideology through networks
- Libs pro-Ukraine
- Cons more misinfo
- Mods in between
Abstract 👇
Pre-print 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
- Tweets about Russian invasion of Ukraine (Feb 22-25)
- Trace user ideology through networks
- Libs pro-Ukraine
- Cons more misinfo
- Mods in between
Abstract 👇
Pre-print 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
November 25, 2024 at 3:43 AM
New article accepted @natureportfolio.bsky.social HSSC (w/ @dahjinkim.bsky.social and Gechun Lin).
- Tweets about Russian invasion of Ukraine (Feb 22-25)
- Trace user ideology through networks
- Libs pro-Ukraine
- Cons more misinfo
- Mods in between
Abstract 👇
Pre-print 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
- Tweets about Russian invasion of Ukraine (Feb 22-25)
- Trace user ideology through networks
- Libs pro-Ukraine
- Cons more misinfo
- Mods in between
Abstract 👇
Pre-print 👉 doi.org/10.31219/osf...
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Really excited to host @agazmararian.bsky.social and Helen Milner at UCSB Department of Political Science and @the2035initiative.bsky.social to workshop their book "Climate Fault Lines" and talk about future of climate politics domestically and internationally over two action-packed days.
Climate Fault Lines: The Political Economy of a Warming World | Helen V. Milner
hvmilner.scholar.princeton.edu
November 19, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Really excited to host @agazmararian.bsky.social and Helen Milner at UCSB Department of Political Science and @the2035initiative.bsky.social to workshop their book "Climate Fault Lines" and talk about future of climate politics domestically and internationally over two action-packed days.
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How common is opposition to wind energy and what predicts where it occurs? My new open-access research in @PNASNews looks at wind energy opposition across North America between 2000 to 2016. We find opposition is common and growing over time. THREAD🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
September 26, 2023 at 2:03 PM
How common is opposition to wind energy and what predicts where it occurs? My new open-access research in @PNASNews looks at wind energy opposition across North America between 2000 to 2016. We find opposition is common and growing over time. THREAD🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
What a beautiful day to have my new faculty orientation at UC Santa Barbara.
Very excited to start my first year in the tenure-track!!
Very excited to start my first year in the tenure-track!!
September 23, 2023 at 2:26 AM
What a beautiful day to have my new faculty orientation at UC Santa Barbara.
Very excited to start my first year in the tenure-track!!
Very excited to start my first year in the tenure-track!!