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Hélène Benveniste
@helenebenveniste.bsky.social
Climate, Migration & International Policy. Assistant Professor @Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.
📢Applications are open for the @stanfordkingctr.bsky.social
2026-27 Postdoctoral Fellows Program! Deadline: Dec 1.📢

I'm interested in mentoring postdocs on climate migration, global environmental governance, political economy of decarbonization.

More info: kingcenter.stanford.edu/opportunitie...
For Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows
kingcenter.stanford.edu
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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🌱✨ New in Environmental Research Letters: “Climate-induced redistribution of people is not inevitable” 🌍🧭

📖This Perspective offers 5 recommendations for habitability research, grounded in self-determination and human dignity as foundations for climate justice.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
I was so honored to join many scholars I deeply admire for this perspective piece cautioning against writing off places and communities in the face of climate change
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September 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Very excited to announce our* $450k RFP for ~$25-100k proposals on research for economic resilience in fossil fuel-dependent communities in the United States as they transition. Hit us with your preproposals, due 31 October 👻

*Resilient Energy Economies Initiative! This one sponsored by Sloan
Grants
www.resilientenergyeconomies.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We are excited to announce the release of the Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas, an effort to map ongoing and future environmental hazards and their impacts on society, and to provide up to date evidence on what policies and interventions work to reduce impacts: adaptationatlas.org. Quick thread
Environmental Hazard Adaptation Atlas | ECHO Lab | Stanford University
Studying the impacts of environmental change on human health and well-being
adaptationatlas.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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From our latest issue: "Climate Displacement and Territorial Justice" by Anna Stilz. www.cambridge.org/core/service...
www.cambridge.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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If you're at @apsa.bsky.social this week, come to this discussion on "Long Problems and Political Science" Fri (Sep 12th) 8am VCC East 18 w/
@ofioretos.bsky.social David Victor @leahstokes.bsky.social
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social @helenebenveniste.bsky.social @agazmararian.bsky.social #APSA2025
September 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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We are excited to share a new resource for teaching climate politics! @jeffcolgan.bsky.social and @maxbradley.bsky.social introduce the framework here www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI20.... Visit the Syllabus Bank for more details climate.watson.brown.edu/syllabus-bank - we'd love your feedback!
Teaching Climate Politics | Jeff Colgan & Max Bradley | CSL
YouTube video by Watson School of International and Public Affairs
www.youtube.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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A reminder that the deadline for submissions is today!

You can submit directly here: forms.gle/nBFpm7Xta1mg...

Further details here: www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...
March 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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It's so cool to see this paper in print!

Relevant if you're interested in:

- The domestic politics of stopping global warming

- How voters understand their changing economic circumstances

- The erosion of working-class support for Democrats

www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/HBDCS...
February 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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🌎Does unilateral decarbonization pay for itself? In our new working paper, @adrienbilal.bsky.social and I analyze whether large economies like the U.S. and E.U. can justify broad decarbonization policies based purely on domestic economic benefits.

WP: nber.org/papers/w3336...

#econsky
January 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.

It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.

We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.

The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Scientists Question the Use of “Tipping Point” Metaphor in Climate Change Discussions (from Rutgers Today)
Scientists Question the Use of “Tipping Point” Metaphor in Climate Change Discussions
www.rutgers.edu
December 4, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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In a new interdisciplinary Nature Climate Change Perspective paper, led by me, @lisgilmore and Rachael Shwom, we offer a critical perspective on #climate and social “tipping points.” 🎁: rdcu.be/d2gBC 🧵
‘Tipping points’ confuse and can distract from urgent climate action
Nature Climate Change - The tipping points framing is widely used in climate discussions but receives mixed feedback. This Perspective critiques it for oversimplifying the complexities of natural...
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December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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🚨I'm seeing some climate accounts posting overpopulation stuff, so I've removed the paywall from my article on the subject: Overpopulation Is A Racist Trope.
'Overpopulation' Is A Racist Trope. It's Time We Laid It To Rest
A new movie satirises the myth that climate change is a consequence of too many people. In the real world, our overpopulation obsession must be euthanised.
climatelaundry.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:17 AM