Niklas Weins
@niklasweins.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 🇨🇳🇧🇷 🌱
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“The Great Green Wall is not only restoring degraded landscapes - it’s strengthening knowledge, collaboration, & impact. It shows what’s possible when strong partnerships come together to create meaningful change for people & the planet.” @elianeubalijoro.bsky.social
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
October 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“The Great Green Wall is not only restoring degraded landscapes - it’s strengthening knowledge, collaboration, & impact. It shows what’s possible when strong partnerships come together to create meaningful change for people & the planet.” @elianeubalijoro.bsky.social
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
#WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
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Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
Meinung: Cihan Celik zu Stadtbild-Debatte: Was Merz in der migrantischen Community auslöst
Mit seinen Worten entfremdet Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Millionen Deutsche mit Migrationsgeschichte von der deutschen Gesellschaft. Für Menschen wie mich ist das eine bestürzende und schmerzvolle Er...
www.spiegel.de
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)
The Quantum Mechanics of Greenhouse Gases | Quanta Magazine
Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic explains how relatively few heat-trapping molecules can have a planetary ef...
www.quantamagazine.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:24 AM
There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)
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China is pouring billions into Brazil 🇨🇳🇧🇷, from energy to mining to food security. But why now, and what does it mean for both economies? 💰🌎
👉 Watch as Tulio Cariello breaks down the surge in Chinese investment and what’s driving Brazil’s growing importance to Beijing.
Watch - tinyurl.com/y4c79udh
👉 Watch as Tulio Cariello breaks down the surge in Chinese investment and what’s driving Brazil’s growing importance to Beijing.
Watch - tinyurl.com/y4c79udh
September 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
China is pouring billions into Brazil 🇨🇳🇧🇷, from energy to mining to food security. But why now, and what does it mean for both economies? 💰🌎
👉 Watch as Tulio Cariello breaks down the surge in Chinese investment and what’s driving Brazil’s growing importance to Beijing.
Watch - tinyurl.com/y4c79udh
👉 Watch as Tulio Cariello breaks down the surge in Chinese investment and what’s driving Brazil’s growing importance to Beijing.
Watch - tinyurl.com/y4c79udh
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"Wir möchten höflich darauf hinweisen, dass die taz – im Gegensatz zu Nius – ein journalistisches Medium ist, das nach presseethischen Grundsätzen arbeitet."
Das schrieben @uwiworks.bsky.social und @junge.bsky.social vor mehr als einem Jahr. Es scheint dringend erneut erklärt werden zu müssen.
Das schrieben @uwiworks.bsky.social und @junge.bsky.social vor mehr als einem Jahr. Es scheint dringend erneut erklärt werden zu müssen.
taz-Chefredaktion schreibt an Christian Lindner
Die taz-Chefinnen zeigen sich „irritiert und ratlos“ über Gleichsetzung der taz mit „Nius“.
blogs.taz.de
August 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Wir möchten höflich darauf hinweisen, dass die taz – im Gegensatz zu Nius – ein journalistisches Medium ist, das nach presseethischen Grundsätzen arbeitet."
Das schrieben @uwiworks.bsky.social und @junge.bsky.social vor mehr als einem Jahr. Es scheint dringend erneut erklärt werden zu müssen.
Das schrieben @uwiworks.bsky.social und @junge.bsky.social vor mehr als einem Jahr. Es scheint dringend erneut erklärt werden zu müssen.
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world leaders are meeting now to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty.
the majority of countries are prepared to cap plastic production.
but negotiations are about to collapse — because the US, Russia, and the Gulf States flooded the event with 234 oil industry lobbyists who are disrupting progress.
the majority of countries are prepared to cap plastic production.
but negotiations are about to collapse — because the US, Russia, and the Gulf States flooded the event with 234 oil industry lobbyists who are disrupting progress.
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
world leaders are meeting now to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty.
the majority of countries are prepared to cap plastic production.
but negotiations are about to collapse — because the US, Russia, and the Gulf States flooded the event with 234 oil industry lobbyists who are disrupting progress.
the majority of countries are prepared to cap plastic production.
but negotiations are about to collapse — because the US, Russia, and the Gulf States flooded the event with 234 oil industry lobbyists who are disrupting progress.
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1) This is my top highlight. We found that the global North net-appropriates more than 800 billion hours of labour from the South per year. This occurs because Southern wages are 83–98% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill in the same sector. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unequal exchange of labour in the world economy - Nature Communications
Hickel and colleagues find that, in 2021, the economies of the global North net-appropriated 826 billion hours of embodied labour from the global South, across all skill levels and sectors. Unequal ex...
www.nature.com
January 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
1) This is my top highlight. We found that the global North net-appropriates more than 800 billion hours of labour from the South per year. This occurs because Southern wages are 83–98% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill in the same sector. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced.
It’s time to turn off the tap.
Greenpeace is calling for at least a 75% reduction in plastic production by 2040.
#PlasticsTreaty
It’s time to turn off the tap.
Greenpeace is calling for at least a 75% reduction in plastic production by 2040.
#PlasticsTreaty
August 1, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced.
It’s time to turn off the tap.
Greenpeace is calling for at least a 75% reduction in plastic production by 2040.
#PlasticsTreaty
It’s time to turn off the tap.
Greenpeace is calling for at least a 75% reduction in plastic production by 2040.
#PlasticsTreaty
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The 8 billion tons of plastic waste on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out of Plastics Crisis, Report Warns
e360.yale.edu
August 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The 8 billion tons of plastic waste on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
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Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche erscheint schon nach kurzer Amtszeit als Fehlbesetzung. Sie bringt selbst die eigenen Reihen gegen sich auf.
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche: Im Klassenkampfmodus
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche erscheint schon nach kurzer Amtszeit als Fehlbesetzung. Sie bringt selbst die eigenen Reihen gegen sich auf.
taz.de
July 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche erscheint schon nach kurzer Amtszeit als Fehlbesetzung. Sie bringt selbst die eigenen Reihen gegen sich auf.
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The International Court of Justice #ICJ found that 1.5°C is the ‘primary goal’ under the Paris Agreement and countries must act on climate with the 'highest ambition' to meet this.
Statement from @billhare.bsky.social explains what this means for #climateaction 👇
Statement from @billhare.bsky.social explains what this means for #climateaction 👇
ICJ: 1.5°C is ‘primary goal’ under the Paris Agreement and countries…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a fundamental set of findings that reinforces the centrality of the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, and the duty on ...
climateanalytics.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The International Court of Justice #ICJ found that 1.5°C is the ‘primary goal’ under the Paris Agreement and countries must act on climate with the 'highest ambition' to meet this.
Statement from @billhare.bsky.social explains what this means for #climateaction 👇
Statement from @billhare.bsky.social explains what this means for #climateaction 👇
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🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 🚨
Project: Cumulative impact assessment of infrastructure in the Xingu River Basin 🌱🛰️
🧭 Experience in spatial data & multidisciplinary research
📩 INFO: fapesp.br/bolsas/pd
#Postdoc #EnvironmentalScience #SpatialAnalysis #Xingu #LandUseChange
Project: Cumulative impact assessment of infrastructure in the Xingu River Basin 🌱🛰️
🧭 Experience in spatial data & multidisciplinary research
📩 INFO: fapesp.br/bolsas/pd
#Postdoc #EnvironmentalScience #SpatialAnalysis #Xingu #LandUseChange
Bolsa de Pós-Doutorado
Normas para Apresentação e Seleção de Propostas no Programa de Bolsas de Pós-Doutorado
Normas vigentes a partir de 01/06/2025.
A Bolsa de Pós-Doutorado da...
fapesp.br
July 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 🚨
Project: Cumulative impact assessment of infrastructure in the Xingu River Basin 🌱🛰️
🧭 Experience in spatial data & multidisciplinary research
📩 INFO: fapesp.br/bolsas/pd
#Postdoc #EnvironmentalScience #SpatialAnalysis #Xingu #LandUseChange
Project: Cumulative impact assessment of infrastructure in the Xingu River Basin 🌱🛰️
🧭 Experience in spatial data & multidisciplinary research
📩 INFO: fapesp.br/bolsas/pd
#Postdoc #EnvironmentalScience #SpatialAnalysis #Xingu #LandUseChange
Four intense conference days at #ICPP7 are coming to an end - what a wonderfully mixed scholarly rigorous but generous group of people!
Looking forward to the next edition and to mature those policy diffusion ideas…
Looking forward to the next edition and to mature those policy diffusion ideas…
July 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Four intense conference days at #ICPP7 are coming to an end - what a wonderfully mixed scholarly rigorous but generous group of people!
Looking forward to the next edition and to mature those policy diffusion ideas…
Looking forward to the next edition and to mature those policy diffusion ideas…
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Over the next one and half days (24/25th June), Bath will be host to a milestone event, the Conference on China and Global Sustainability Transition, held by the SGAIN Project from the University of Bath.
June 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Over the next one and half days (24/25th June), Bath will be host to a milestone event, the Conference on China and Global Sustainability Transition, held by the SGAIN Project from the University of Bath.
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The recipe for ending the plastic pollution crisis is a process known as circularity.
But how can the world embrace it?
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay on June 5, this Q&A looks at the role green skills can play in driving real change: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But how can the world embrace it?
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay on June 5, this Q&A looks at the role green skills can play in driving real change: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
May 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The recipe for ending the plastic pollution crisis is a process known as circularity.
But how can the world embrace it?
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay on June 5, this Q&A looks at the role green skills can play in driving real change: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
But how can the world embrace it?
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay on June 5, this Q&A looks at the role green skills can play in driving real change: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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MUJICA, PRESENTE! ✊🏼
Diagnosticado com câncer, um dos mais importantes líderes da esquerda latino-americana manifestou sua recusa a recorrer a tratamentos invasivos, dizendo: "o guerreiro tem direito ao seu descanso". Prestes a completar 90 anos, nosso guerreiro descansou.
Diagnosticado com câncer, um dos mais importantes líderes da esquerda latino-americana manifestou sua recusa a recorrer a tratamentos invasivos, dizendo: "o guerreiro tem direito ao seu descanso". Prestes a completar 90 anos, nosso guerreiro descansou.
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
MUJICA, PRESENTE! ✊🏼
Diagnosticado com câncer, um dos mais importantes líderes da esquerda latino-americana manifestou sua recusa a recorrer a tratamentos invasivos, dizendo: "o guerreiro tem direito ao seu descanso". Prestes a completar 90 anos, nosso guerreiro descansou.
Diagnosticado com câncer, um dos mais importantes líderes da esquerda latino-americana manifestou sua recusa a recorrer a tratamentos invasivos, dizendo: "o guerreiro tem direito ao seu descanso". Prestes a completar 90 anos, nosso guerreiro descansou.
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In Rio de Janeiro this week, Indonesia made its debut on the BRICS stage—not as an invited guest, but as a full member. Indonesia is no longer on the sidelines of global diplomacy. It is stepping onto the field, not with bravado, but with quiet determination.
With BRICS Platform, Indonesia Seeks Global South Solidarity
In Rio de Janeiro this week, Indonesia made its debut on the BRICS stage—not as an invited guest, but as a full member. Foreign Minister Sugiono’s presence at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting mark...
chinaglobalsouth.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In Rio de Janeiro this week, Indonesia made its debut on the BRICS stage—not as an invited guest, but as a full member. Indonesia is no longer on the sidelines of global diplomacy. It is stepping onto the field, not with bravado, but with quiet determination.
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Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
„5,2 Millionen Personen müssen in erheblicher materieller Entbehrung leben. Darunter befinden sich
etwa 1,1 Million minderjährige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie 1,2 Millionen Vollzeiterwerbstätige.“
Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
„5,2 Millionen Personen müssen in erheblicher materieller Entbehrung leben. Darunter befinden sich
etwa 1,1 Million minderjährige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie 1,2 Millionen Vollzeiterwerbstätige.“
Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
Der Paritätische Armutsbericht 2025 befasst sich u.a. mit der Verschärfung der Armut im Zuge der Inflation.
www.der-paritaetische.de
April 29, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
„5,2 Millionen Personen müssen in erheblicher materieller Entbehrung leben. Darunter befinden sich
etwa 1,1 Million minderjährige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie 1,2 Millionen Vollzeiterwerbstätige.“
Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
„5,2 Millionen Personen müssen in erheblicher materieller Entbehrung leben. Darunter befinden sich
etwa 1,1 Million minderjährige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie 1,2 Millionen Vollzeiterwerbstätige.“
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Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China’s food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday.
China Further Shifts Agricultural Trade to South America in Tariff Standoff
Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China's food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National De...
chinaglobalsouth.com
April 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China’s food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday.
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🇧🇷🇨🇳 A parceria entre Brasil e China adquire um significado estratégico: trata-se da construção de alternativas concretas, de um caminho autônomo de desenvolvimento baseado na justiça social, na paz e no respeito mútuo entre as nações.
📲 Leia aqui:
mst.org.br/2025/04/09/b...
📲 Leia aqui:
mst.org.br/2025/04/09/b...
April 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
🇧🇷🇨🇳 A parceria entre Brasil e China adquire um significado estratégico: trata-se da construção de alternativas concretas, de um caminho autônomo de desenvolvimento baseado na justiça social, na paz e no respeito mútuo entre as nações.
📲 Leia aqui:
mst.org.br/2025/04/09/b...
📲 Leia aqui:
mst.org.br/2025/04/09/b...
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📣Episode 1 is Live!📣
Environmental Issues along the Belt and Road: "Manufacturing the Clean Energy Transition"
Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/admin/196316...
Environmental Issues along the Belt and Road: "Manufacturing the Clean Energy Transition"
Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/admin/196316...
April 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
📣Episode 1 is Live!📣
Environmental Issues along the Belt and Road: "Manufacturing the Clean Energy Transition"
Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/admin/196316...
Environmental Issues along the Belt and Road: "Manufacturing the Clean Energy Transition"
Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/admin/196316...
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A extrema-direita dominou as redes com uma visão crítica à globalização neoliberal. É chegada a hora de um novo internacionalismo, verdadeiramente progressista, que coloque solidariedade entre os povos, preservação do meio ambiente e justiça social acima dos lucros corporativos.
O problema não é a globalização — é o capitalismo
A extrema-direita dominou as redes com uma visão crítica à globalização neoliberal. É chegada a hora de um novo internacionalismo, verdadeiramente progressista, que coloque solidariedade entre os povo...
jacobin.com.br
March 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A extrema-direita dominou as redes com uma visão crítica à globalização neoliberal. É chegada a hora de um novo internacionalismo, verdadeiramente progressista, que coloque solidariedade entre os povos, preservação do meio ambiente e justiça social acima dos lucros corporativos.
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15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
March 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
15+ years old, but still VERY relevent — and if we had acted 15 years ago, the “better world” we’d be creating would be a LOT better & easier to reach. There are real consequences we’re just starting to see to not heeding this cartoon a lot sooner. Even worse if we don’t heed it now. #ClimateCrisis
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"Preços obscenos"; "COP da Elite". Boa, @danielachiaretti.bsky.social
Disparada de preços de hotéis faz Belém virar “COP da Elite”
Hospedagem na capital paraense em novembro está mais cara que nas sedes anteriores do evento da ONU para o período
valor.globo.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Preços obscenos"; "COP da Elite". Boa, @danielachiaretti.bsky.social