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Dr Katharina Richter
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Lecturer in Climate Change, Politics and Society at the University of Bristol. Chair @devgeogsrg.bsky.social

I specialise in degrowth, sustainability transformations, sustainable development and environmental politics more broadly.
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Great piece on the perils of green hydrogen mega-projects in Chile by @gcabana.bsky.social:

"there is no such thing as “empty land” that can innocuously be made into a “battery” for sustaining people half a world away."

degrowth.info/en/blog/a-gr...

#EnergyTransitions #GreenExtractivism
A green mirage: how the hydrogen industry fuels environmental injustice in Antofagasta, northern Chile
Decarbonisation plans in Europe are causing social and environmental disasters in Chile. In this article, Gabriela Cabaña explores resistance to green hydrogen projects in Antofagasta.
degrowth.info
April 28, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
environmentalpol.bsky.social
New guest post from Katharina Richter / @drkatrichter.bsky.social, responding to the prompt: Reasons to be Cheerful?

"The wider point about hope, however, is that it is not something we ‘have’ or ‘don’t have’...

environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/events/reaso...
Title: Reasons to be Cheerful? Prospects for Climate Change Policy after the Year of Elections. Part I. Abstract: In February 2025, the Political Studies Association (PSA) Environment Group and the PSA Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Group (EPOP) co-organised a one-day academic workshop on elections and climate change. The final panel was titled ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’. In this first of a series of guest posts, panellist Dr Katharina Richter shares her reflections on the theme.
April 15, 2025 at 6:34 AM
drkatrichter.bsky.social
Come join us tomorrow at the Trinity Centre in #Bristol for a workshop on Organising for #degrowth: How to improve wellbeing whilst reducing consumption and production

With @j-ainsworth.bsky.social from Degrowth London and part of the Bristol Festival of Commoning

@cabot-institute.bsky.social
This flyer gives the title of our workshop at the Bristol Festival of Commoning: Organising for degrowth - how to improve wellbeing whilst reducing production and consumption, and time and place of the talk: Saturday, 22nd March, 12.45pm in Bristol at the Trinity Centre
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
thierryaaron.bsky.social
As @doctorvive.bsky.social points out in her book, the CCS industry is a remarkable shape shifter.

It is simultaneously both:

An incipient invention in need of major state support & subsidies; &

A tried & tested technology that can be relied on to deliver net-zero
Billions risked on 'unproven' green tech, MPs warn
The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
enviroman.bsky.social
'The govt is committing billions of pounds to an "unproven" green [?] technology for reducing planet-warming gases without considering the impact on consumers' bills... #CarbonCapture, Utilisation and Storage...facilities...nearly £22bn...'
Btw it doesn't reduce gases.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Billions risked on 'unproven' green tech, MPs warn
The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
annieleymarie.bsky.social
Interested in sailing? Want to help the environment? Want to attend COP30 without flying (@flightfreeuk.bsky.social)? Consider joining or supporting www.flotilla4change.org, who are organising a sailing flotilla from Europe to Brazil in October 2025
Webinars: www.eventbrite.com/cc/f4c-webin...?
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Flotilla 4 Change A sailing flotilla from Europe to Brazil in autumn 2025 to take part in COP30 Whether you are an elected member of government, an NGO delegate, or a front-line activist, you are very...
www.flotilla4change.org
January 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
drkatrichter.bsky.social
Thanks so much @annieleymarie.bsky.social for engaging with my work - I've written about these ideas more accessibly here :)

enough.scot/why-we-need-...
December 12, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
federicoandrade.bsky.social
#geosky
isoutar.bsky.social Iain Soutar @isoutar.bsky.social · Dec 10
Our faculty is offering 8 fully-funded PhD studentships to support Black British researchers across a range of research areas, including Geography. The deadline for applications is 28 February 2025.
Award details | Funding and scholarships for students | University of Exeter
www.exeter.ac.uk
December 11, 2024 at 8:06 PM
drkatrichter.bsky.social
New open-access, peer-reviewed paper! This has been in the making for many years, coming out of my PhD. I’m very pleased it’s found a home in Ecological Economics.

‼️If you’re reading this, I also want you to find out more about and #DefendRojava 🌱

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A screenshot of the journal article, published in Ecological Economics and titled Cosmological limits to growth, affective abundance, and Rights of Nature: Insights from Buen Vivir/sumak kawsay for the cultural politics of degrowth
December 11, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Reposted by Dr Katharina Richter
art4theark.bsky.social
Excellent article by @drkatrichter.bsky.social, going beyond the anthropocentrism of much #degrowth research & defining 'cosmological limits to growth'
@ecodenker.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @kateraworth.bsky.social
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Cosmological limits to growth, affective abundance, and Rights of Nature: Insights from Buen Vivir/sumak kawsay for the cultural politics of degrowth
This article creates an inter-epistemic dialogue between degrowth and Buen Vivir/sumak kawsay based on qualitative research conducted in Ecuador. It b…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:13 PM