Joshua Kirshner
@joshkirshner.bsky.social
geographer/planner • low-carbon transitions, urban climate, landscape, extraction frontiers, decarbonization-development dilemmas • known to frequent the Uni of York, UK
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The Lincoln Project knocks it out of the park with this new video.
NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Demolishing Democracy
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The Lincoln Project knocks it out of the park with this new video.
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Thanks to all who have already signed the petition about the closure of Geography at the Uni. If you haven’t, please do so to help stop this ill-thought out action that threatens the future of staff, students & the discipline at Leicester
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
Sign the Petition
Save Geography at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thanks to all who have already signed the petition about the closure of Geography at the Uni. If you haven’t, please do so to help stop this ill-thought out action that threatens the future of staff, students & the discipline at Leicester
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Today - 07/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Climate crisis is an *equity* crisis.
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
Strong main message from @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change, University of Manchester
#R4Today: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
at 2:36:35 in the 3-hour programme
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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CFP: Siyabonana: The Journal of Africana Studies, Omenala: Actions in Accordance with the Earth: Notes for African People in the Era of Climate Disruption. www.journalofafricanastudies.com/call-for-pap...
www.journalofafricanastudies.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
CFP: Siyabonana: The Journal of Africana Studies, Omenala: Actions in Accordance with the Earth: Notes for African People in the Era of Climate Disruption. www.journalofafricanastudies.com/call-for-pap...
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This is essential: creation, attention, the work of art, the possibility of the world, the line. @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJc2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJc2...
Sharing time: the work of art in a possible World - Tim Ingold
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
This is essential: creation, attention, the work of art, the possibility of the world, the line. @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJc2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJc2...
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#COP30 La mitad de los miembros de la flotilla indígena que recorre el Amazonas rumbo a la cumbre del clima de Belém tiene menos de 35 años. Están recogiendo demandas y propuestas para lograr incluir sus voces en las negociaciones dozz.es/uleze16
Las voces de los jóvenes indígenas que navegan a la COP30: “Heredamos la fuerza y las heridas de la Amazonia”
La mitad de los miembros de la flotilla indígena que recorre el Amazonas rumbo a la cumbre del clima de Belém tiene menos de 35 años. Están recogiendo demandas y propuestas para lograr incluir sus voces en las negociaciones
dozz.es
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#COP30 La mitad de los miembros de la flotilla indígena que recorre el Amazonas rumbo a la cumbre del clima de Belém tiene menos de 35 años. Están recogiendo demandas y propuestas para lograr incluir sus voces en las negociaciones dozz.es/uleze16
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.” —Mike Davis
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Are universities for education, or for profit?
August 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Are universities for education, or for profit?
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Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!
So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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As someone who greatly respects and has greatly benefited from Professor Farhana Sultana's critical & generous public scholarship on the interrelations between water governance, climate change, colonialism & capitalism, I have signed this Letter of Support
Please consider signing it too
Please consider signing it too
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
As someone who greatly respects and has greatly benefited from Professor Farhana Sultana's critical & generous public scholarship on the interrelations between water governance, climate change, colonialism & capitalism, I have signed this Letter of Support
Please consider signing it too
Please consider signing it too
Many thanks for circulating this call for abstracts. Please submit by 21 December...
Call for abstracts, Harvest Panel:
The Persistence of Fossil Fuels Production in the Global South: Actors, Territories and Futures
Conv. by Hiroyuki Tsuji & Kei Otsuki (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) & @joshkirshner.bsky.social ( @uoyenvironment.bsky.social)
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
The Persistence of Fossil Fuels Production in the Global South: Actors, Territories and Futures
Conv. by Hiroyuki Tsuji & Kei Otsuki (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) & @joshkirshner.bsky.social ( @uoyenvironment.bsky.social)
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Many thanks for circulating this call for abstracts. Please submit by 21 December...
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A global network of urbanists shaping the cities of tomorrow. From sustainability to resilience and fairness, we’re all tackling the same challenges—and we have so much to learn from each other. As climate change and other crises intensify, sharing ideas has never been more urgent.
ICYMI: This is my STARTER PACK specifically profiling urbanists OUTSIDE of North America! If you love cities and want them to be better for people, please consider following these folks and orgs, and please share this pack as much as you can! Thanks very much.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
A global network of urbanists shaping the cities of tomorrow. From sustainability to resilience and fairness, we’re all tackling the same challenges—and we have so much to learn from each other. As climate change and other crises intensify, sharing ideas has never been more urgent.
Brazil’s state-owned oil company won approval to drill near the mouth of the Amazon river, just weeks before the country hosts the COP30 climate summit www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras to drill in the Amazon
The move comes just weeks before Brazil hosts the COP30 climate summit in the Amazon.
www.semafor.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Brazil’s state-owned oil company won approval to drill near the mouth of the Amazon river, just weeks before the country hosts the COP30 climate summit www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
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Spotted in Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪🚲 Perfect illustration of how one parking spot for cars equals 8-10 spaces for bikes. Imagine #lifeaftercars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Spotted in Karlskrona, Sweden 🇸🇪🚲 Perfect illustration of how one parking spot for cars equals 8-10 spaces for bikes. Imagine #lifeaftercars @thewaroncars.bsky.social
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"For decades, the Pentagon viewed the climate crisis as a national security threat – not for environmental reasons, but because it undermined operations and readiness.
Now the Trump administration is dismantling that approach."
Now the Trump administration is dismantling that approach."
Pentagon retreats from climate fight even as heat and storms slam US troops
For decades, the military treated the climate crisis as a threat. Now it’s backing away from plans to protect people and bases from extreme weather
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"For decades, the Pentagon viewed the climate crisis as a national security threat – not for environmental reasons, but because it undermined operations and readiness.
Now the Trump administration is dismantling that approach."
Now the Trump administration is dismantling that approach."
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"The world remains in an energy addition mode, rather than a clear transition." Quite a comprehensive summary of the solar revolution from the FT.
The global boom in solar — with or without the US
Despite the scepticism about renewables in Washington, falling prices for new panels are making a compelling business case around the world
www.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"The world remains in an energy addition mode, rather than a clear transition." Quite a comprehensive summary of the solar revolution from the FT.
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Wow, sweeping coverage of how the oil and gas industry is seeking to kill lawsuits by states and cities to recoup the costs they've had to spend to deal with climate change-worsened disasters.
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
Trump and Republicans Join Big Oil’s All-Out Push to Shut Down Climate Liability Efforts - Inside Climate News
Republican attorneys general, GOP lawmakers, industry groups and the president himself are all maneuvering to foreclose the ability of cities and states to hold the fossil fuel industry liable for dam...
insideclimatenews.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Wow, sweeping coverage of how the oil and gas industry is seeking to kill lawsuits by states and cities to recoup the costs they've had to spend to deal with climate change-worsened disasters.
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
The oil majors knew the dangers of their products, and lied to us.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2610202...
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The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The western end of Jamaica where #Melissa is projected to make landfall has the least well-built structures of anyplace on the island. Graphic is from a 2021 paper, "Poverty and hurricane risk exposure in Jamaica": www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Important thread with action points towards the end @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Important thread with action points towards the end @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
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Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.