Panagiota Kotsila
@pkotsila.bsky.social
Political ecology and environmental justice. Researching at the interface of climate-health-migration and urban socionatures. @icta-uab.bsky.social | @bcnuej.bsky.social | undisciplinedenvironments.org. PI of @imbrace-erc.bsky.social
In light of the new Lancet report on climate and health:
"one heat-related death every minute throughout the year"
while
"every heat-related death is preventable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"one heat-related death every minute throughout the year"
while
"every heat-related death is preventable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals
Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In light of the new Lancet report on climate and health:
"one heat-related death every minute throughout the year"
while
"every heat-related death is preventable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
"one heat-related death every minute throughout the year"
while
"every heat-related death is preventable".
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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As the planet heats and floods intensify, who is most at risk? We're taking advantage of #DayOfClimateAction to share our 2 reports on how #climatechange deepens health inequalities for migrants in Europe how justice should lead adaptation 👇
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
October 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the planet heats and floods intensify, who is most at risk? We're taking advantage of #DayOfClimateAction to share our 2 reports on how #climatechange deepens health inequalities for migrants in Europe how justice should lead adaptation 👇
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
#ClimateJustice #ClimateActionDay
📢 Our reports on what shapes vulnerability to the impacts of climate change for migrant communities in European cities are here!! Based on scoping reviews - a starting point for empirical research across Europe.
heat: imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
flood and rain:
imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
heat: imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
flood and rain:
imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
Publications - IMBRACE
imbrace-erc.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
📢 Our reports on what shapes vulnerability to the impacts of climate change for migrant communities in European cities are here!! Based on scoping reviews - a starting point for empirical research across Europe.
heat: imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
flood and rain:
imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
heat: imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
flood and rain:
imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u...
Here is our panel with colleagues from @bcnuej.bsky.social, consider sending your presentation proposal by DEC 5th via the link below, for the @pollenetwork.bsky.social conference to be held in Barcelona end of June 2026!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
P017: Living with the Weather: Everyday Adaptations, Urban Inequalities, and Justice-Centered Climate Responses
The format intended is a panel of short presentations and a common discussion. We will invite up to 5 panel participants.
nomadit.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here is our panel with colleagues from @bcnuej.bsky.social, consider sending your presentation proposal by DEC 5th via the link below, for the @pollenetwork.bsky.social conference to be held in Barcelona end of June 2026!
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...
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#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
shorturl.at
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
What happens now is a vital part of the preparation
Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.
Please spread the word.
shorturl.at/fCGhB
Grantham Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, new report:
Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.
spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...
Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.
spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...
Summer heat deaths in 854 European cities more than tripled due to climate change
Focusing on 854 European cities, this study found climate change was responsible for 68% of the 24,400
estimated heat deaths this summer by increasing temperatures by up to 3.6°C.
The analysis was le...
spiral.imperial.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Grantham Institute and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, new report:
Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.
spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...
Climate change driven changes to the temperatures caused 16,469 additional excess deaths across 854 cities, almost 70% of estimated summer deaths.
spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...
Flexible Athens-based assistant job in our IMBRACE project - PM me with any questions 🙏
📢Hey! We're looking for a field assistant to help us with our #research in #Athens. Find all the info to apply here! 👉 imbrace-erc.org/call-for-fie... #jobs #climatejustice @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Flexible Athens-based assistant job in our IMBRACE project - PM me with any questions 🙏
Great opportunity for PhD on housing inequalities in S Europe, especially if you also speak Spanish and Greek.
Deadline: 15 September 2025 Contact: Send your CV to Sònia Vives-Miró at sonia.vives@uib.eu
📌 Details: lnkd.in/eN6fgibS
Deadline: 15 September 2025 Contact: Send your CV to Sònia Vives-Miró at sonia.vives@uib.eu
📌 Details: lnkd.in/eN6fgibS
September 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Great opportunity for PhD on housing inequalities in S Europe, especially if you also speak Spanish and Greek.
Deadline: 15 September 2025 Contact: Send your CV to Sònia Vives-Miró at sonia.vives@uib.eu
📌 Details: lnkd.in/eN6fgibS
Deadline: 15 September 2025 Contact: Send your CV to Sònia Vives-Miró at sonia.vives@uib.eu
📌 Details: lnkd.in/eN6fgibS
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Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
Metroteka aims to encourage people to read more in country that lost majority of libraries in second world war
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones
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🍇🍽️ Migrant workers feed Europe & keep services running, yet are the most exposed to the #ClimateCrisis, placed in precarity not by origin but by system. An Op-ed in @elpais coauthored by @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
September 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🍇🍽️ Migrant workers feed Europe & keep services running, yet are the most exposed to the #ClimateCrisis, placed in precarity not by origin but by system. An Op-ed in @elpais coauthored by @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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🏠🥵🪭🌡️Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes.
Los refugios climáticos no están diseñados pensando en las características de los migrantes, indica @pkotsila.bsky.social
www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
Los refugios climáticos no están diseñados pensando en las características de los migrantes, indica @pkotsila.bsky.social
www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes
Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes
www.rtve.es
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🏠🥵🪭🌡️Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes.
Los refugios climáticos no están diseñados pensando en las características de los migrantes, indica @pkotsila.bsky.social
www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
Los refugios climáticos no están diseñados pensando en las características de los migrantes, indica @pkotsila.bsky.social
www.rtve.es/noticias/202...
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Temas muy chulos aquí: una investigación en el Raval mostró que donde mejor se sentían los migrantes en verano, no solo por confort térmico sino emocional, no eran refugios climáticos al uso. Eran dos espacios autogestionados/ocupados: un huerto urbano y la escuela Massana www.rtve.es/n/16694090/
Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes
Una casa sin aire en El Raval o un invernadero en Almería: el calor agudiza la vulnerabilidad de los migrantes
www.rtve.es
August 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Temas muy chulos aquí: una investigación en el Raval mostró que donde mejor se sentían los migrantes en verano, no solo por confort térmico sino emocional, no eran refugios climáticos al uso. Eran dos espacios autogestionados/ocupados: un huerto urbano y la escuela Massana www.rtve.es/n/16694090/
Unas reflexiones estos dias de agosto que la mayoría vamos de vacaciones… @bcnuej.bsky.social @imbrace-erc.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
Los trabajadores inmigrantes cuando aprieta el calor
Las temperaturas extremas se ceban con empleados extranjeros a menudo olvidados en los planes de adaptación climática
elpais.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Unas reflexiones estos dias de agosto que la mayoría vamos de vacaciones… @bcnuej.bsky.social @imbrace-erc.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
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🔅⚠️☔ We held a 2-day workshop with migrant health experts to unpack climate risks faced by migrants in EU cities. Their insights revealed 9 urgent drivers of vulnerability and the need for justice-centered climate adaptation. #ClimateJustice @pkotsila.bsky.social
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
What We Learned from Migrant Health Experts on Climate Risks - IMBRACE
Author Lourenco Melo Lourenço is a research assistant for the IMBRACE project, with a master's degree in Political Ecology from ICTA-UAB.
imbrace-erc.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔅⚠️☔ We held a 2-day workshop with migrant health experts to unpack climate risks faced by migrants in EU cities. Their insights revealed 9 urgent drivers of vulnerability and the need for justice-centered climate adaptation. #ClimateJustice @pkotsila.bsky.social
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
This was definitely a highlight of the year work-wise, having amazing people to discuss how we can shape our work in @imbrace-erc.bsky.social and build long-lasting collaborations. Next year we're off to case study cities. But first, August 🌊🏄📖🌗🍹😌
🔅⚠️☔ We held a 2-day workshop with migrant health experts to unpack climate risks faced by migrants in EU cities. Their insights revealed 9 urgent drivers of vulnerability and the need for justice-centered climate adaptation. #ClimateJustice @pkotsila.bsky.social
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
👉 imbrace-erc.org/what-we-lear...
What We Learned from Migrant Health Experts on Climate Risks - IMBRACE
Author Lourenco Melo Lourenço is a research assistant for the IMBRACE project, with a master's degree in Political Ecology from ICTA-UAB.
imbrace-erc.org
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This was definitely a highlight of the year work-wise, having amazing people to discuss how we can shape our work in @imbrace-erc.bsky.social and build long-lasting collaborations. Next year we're off to case study cities. But first, August 🌊🏄📖🌗🍹😌
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Injustice in Urban Sustainability coauthored by #IMBRACE PI @pkotsila.bsky.social w/ @bcnuej.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social, M. G. Lamarca and F. Sekulova, is 1 of the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List! www.metropolis.org/news/10-book...
July 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Injustice in Urban Sustainability coauthored by #IMBRACE PI @pkotsila.bsky.social w/ @bcnuej.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social, M. G. Lamarca and F. Sekulova, is 1 of the 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award Long List! www.metropolis.org/news/10-book...
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🎬 📉A BBC documentary on #degrowth features our researchers @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social + affiliated researcher Filka Sekulova! Here's a clip w/ their thoughts on housing, #climatejustice and a future beyond growth @icta-uab.bsky.social 📺 Full video👉 youtu.be/596dU6pDEU8?...
July 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🎬 📉A BBC documentary on #degrowth features our researchers @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social + affiliated researcher Filka Sekulova! Here's a clip w/ their thoughts on housing, #climatejustice and a future beyond growth @icta-uab.bsky.social 📺 Full video👉 youtu.be/596dU6pDEU8?...
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🏘️Un estudio sobre desigualdad en la vivienda en España liderado por nuestros investigadores 👇 Austin Gage Matheney @brianrosa.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social
🏚️💸☹️Uno de cada cuatro españoles destina la mayor parte de sus ingresos a la vivienda.
Un informe ICTA-UAB alerta de que el aumento de precios agrava las desigualdades estructurales en todo el país y del envejecimiento del parque inmobiliario en las zonas rurales.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Un informe ICTA-UAB alerta de que el aumento de precios agrava las desigualdades estructurales en todo el país y del envejecimiento del parque inmobiliario en las zonas rurales.
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Uno de cada cuatro españoles destina la mayor parte de sus ingresos a la vivienda
El 40 % de los arrendatarios españoles destina más del 30¿% de sus ingresos a la vivienda, de modo que superan el umbral que marca que un hogar...
www.uab.cat
July 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🏘️Un estudio sobre desigualdad en la vivienda en España liderado por nuestros investigadores 👇 Austin Gage Matheney @brianrosa.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social
At the @atgender.bsky.social conference tomorrow to present our work with @evacamusb.bsky.social using the Relief Maps method to understand thermal/emotional comfort during heatwaves in Neukölln, Berlin.
July 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
At the @atgender.bsky.social conference tomorrow to present our work with @evacamusb.bsky.social using the Relief Maps method to understand thermal/emotional comfort during heatwaves in Neukölln, Berlin.
Esto es hoy!!
📆📢Coming up, Jul 8‼️ @matinakapsali.bsky.social, postdoc researcher at @officialuom.bsky.social will talk at @icta-uab.bsky.social about the political and spatial dynamics of grassroots, feminist-oriented infrastructures emerging in migrant communities. Join us online!💻🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Esto es hoy!!
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🔥 Europe is facing another deadly #heatwave. But not everyone is equally at risk. Some people are systematically more exposed, more vulnerable—and less visible in the data. A thread 🧵👇
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🔥 Europe is facing another deadly #heatwave. But not everyone is equally at risk. Some people are systematically more exposed, more vulnerable—and less visible in the data. A thread 🧵👇
Reposted by Panagiota Kotsila
📸A few snapshots from last week's #IMBRACE Arena, which gathered researchers, activists, journalists and community workers to examine immigrants’ climate health vulnerabilities. See who participated here 👀👇 imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u... #climatejustice @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
📸A few snapshots from last week's #IMBRACE Arena, which gathered researchers, activists, journalists and community workers to examine immigrants’ climate health vulnerabilities. See who participated here 👀👇 imbrace-erc.org/wp-content/u... #climatejustice @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social
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🌊🌡️ ¿Cómo responden las comunidades ante fenómenos extremos como inundaciones y olas de calor?
El 25/06, @pkotsila.bsky.social del ICTA-UAB, hablará en el Palau Macaya sobre la #resiliencia comunitaria frente al aumento de los riesgos climáticos. @imbrace-erc.bsky.social
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
El 25/06, @pkotsila.bsky.social del ICTA-UAB, hablará en el Palau Macaya sobre la #resiliencia comunitaria frente al aumento de los riesgos climáticos. @imbrace-erc.bsky.social
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
June 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
🌊🌡️ ¿Cómo responden las comunidades ante fenómenos extremos como inundaciones y olas de calor?
El 25/06, @pkotsila.bsky.social del ICTA-UAB, hablará en el Palau Macaya sobre la #resiliencia comunitaria frente al aumento de los riesgos climáticos. @imbrace-erc.bsky.social
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
El 25/06, @pkotsila.bsky.social del ICTA-UAB, hablará en el Palau Macaya sobre la #resiliencia comunitaria frente al aumento de los riesgos climáticos. @imbrace-erc.bsky.social
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
Very excited for this talk which kick-starts our collaboration with Matina in the framework of the @imbrace-erc.bsky.social project. Join us in person at @icta-uab.bsky.social or online!
📆📢Coming up, Jul 8‼️ @matinakapsali.bsky.social, postdoc researcher at @officialuom.bsky.social will talk at @icta-uab.bsky.social about the political and spatial dynamics of grassroots, feminist-oriented infrastructures emerging in migrant communities. Join us online!💻🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
June 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Very excited for this talk which kick-starts our collaboration with Matina in the framework of the @imbrace-erc.bsky.social project. Join us in person at @icta-uab.bsky.social or online!
Reposted by Panagiota Kotsila
🧵10/📚 Read the full article by @pkotsila.bsky.social et al.:👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
EMBODYING AND RESISTING URBAN HEAT INJUSTICE: Migrant Vulnerabilities and Radical Adaptations in El Raval, Barcelona
Heat is a central concern for many cities whose efforts for adaptation tend to reproduce inequities. While community-led adaptation has been considered key for enhancing just outcomes, how migrants f...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🧵10/📚 Read the full article by @pkotsila.bsky.social et al.:👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...