Alexei Trundle
@alexeit.bsky.social
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A/Director International of the Melbourne Centre for Cities; working on urban climate resilience. Mostly in Narrm, Unceded Wurundjeri Land, Australia.
A/Director International of the Melbourne Centre for Cities; working on urban climate resilience. Mostly in Narrm, Unceded Wurundjeri Land, Australia.
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There we go - Albanese gets his wish. COP31 will now be in Turkey -->>
www.theage.com.au/national/aus...
www.theage.com.au/national/aus...
Australia loses bid to host global climate summit
Australia has lost its bid to host the world climate conference COP31 in 2026, which will be held in Turkey.
www.theage.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There we go - Albanese gets his wish. COP31 will now be in Turkey -->>
www.theage.com.au/national/aus...
www.theage.com.au/national/aus...
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‘"We are in it, and we are in it to win it, let me make it clear," he said.
"We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ
"We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ
Australia 'not going anywhere' on COP31 hosting goal
Climate Minister Chris Bowen has told attendees of the COP30 climate talks that Australia is "in it to win it" on hosting rights for the 2026 conference.
aapnews.aap.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
‘"We are in it, and we are in it to win it, let me make it clear," he said.
"We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ
"We're not going anywhere,” said @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social #COP30 #COP31 #auspol aapnews.aap.com.au/a/kRrpnComJ
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‘As Palau President Surangel Whipps has said, hosting COP31 in the Pacific cannot just be about symbolism – it must demonstrate “tangible benefits” to Pacific peoples.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol
theconversation.com/how-pacific-...
theconversation.com/how-pacific-...
How Pacific nations plan to go from spending up to 25% of GDP on fossil fuels to running on 100% renewables
Pacific nations spend billions each year importing fossil fuels for electricity. Now the region’s leaders are aiming for energy independence.
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
‘As Palau President Surangel Whipps has said, hosting COP31 in the Pacific cannot just be about symbolism – it must demonstrate “tangible benefits” to Pacific peoples.’ #COP30 #COP31 #auspol
theconversation.com/how-pacific-...
theconversation.com/how-pacific-...
Interesting.. 🇹🇷 #CoP30 Chief Negotiator Fatma Varank says re. a joint #CoP31 a “consensus text” was “agreed” w/ 🇦🇺, but we later withdrew in order to host a #Pacific CoP (3min mark in the vid).
Hadn’t heard that before.. can any #climate folk confirm?
youtu.be/Qd3euNrnLV0?...
Hadn’t heard that before.. can any #climate folk confirm?
youtu.be/Qd3euNrnLV0?...
Türkiye Pushes Ahead in Bid to Host COP31
YouTube video by AnewZ
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Interesting.. 🇹🇷 #CoP30 Chief Negotiator Fatma Varank says re. a joint #CoP31 a “consensus text” was “agreed” w/ 🇦🇺, but we later withdrew in order to host a #Pacific CoP (3min mark in the vid).
Hadn’t heard that before.. can any #climate folk confirm?
youtu.be/Qd3euNrnLV0?...
Hadn’t heard that before.. can any #climate folk confirm?
youtu.be/Qd3euNrnLV0?...
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
October 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
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The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
October 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.
50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.
Australia’s laws to protect the environment don’t work. Woodside’s 40-year greenlight proves it
Approval of the North West Shelf extension shows the purpose of the EPBC Act is to allow developments, not to protect and preserve
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.
50,000 year old art. Oldest known representation of a human face. Industrial pollution WILL damage. "Private negotiations". Remediation delayed. As @adammorton.bsky.social argues here, these laws do NOT work.
Interesting to see Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Yalçın Rafiyev saying that 🇦🇿 are acting as mediators between Türkiye and Australia re. #CoP31 hosting rights, including in NY at the #UNGA.
Suggests there might be a 'result in the near future'.. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFw...
Suggests there might be a 'result in the near future'.. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFw...
XİN müavini: “Azərbaycan COP 31 danışıqlarında vasitəçilik edir” – APA TV
YouTube video by APA TV
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Interesting to see Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Yalçın Rafiyev saying that 🇦🇿 are acting as mediators between Türkiye and Australia re. #CoP31 hosting rights, including in NY at the #UNGA.
Suggests there might be a 'result in the near future'.. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFw...
Suggests there might be a 'result in the near future'.. 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAFw...
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For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports, writes Melbourne Climate Futures Research Fellow Arthur Wyns.
Read more → unimelb.me/4mwB7cw
Read more → unimelb.me/4mwB7cw
September 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
For Australia’s national climate plans to be meaningful, they need to include an orderly phase-out of its fossil fuel exports, writes Melbourne Climate Futures Research Fellow Arthur Wyns.
Read more → unimelb.me/4mwB7cw
Read more → unimelb.me/4mwB7cw
Some as-always brilliant data vis on #climatechange by @nickevershed.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com today ... shout out to CSIRO for the massive effort to develop the underlying Aust Climate Services data explorer as well👇
www.acs.gov.au/pages/data-e...
www.acs.gov.au/pages/data-e...
Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst
Nick Evershed www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Nick Evershed www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Australia’s horrifying climate future in four charts – and how we can avoid the worst
Maps released by the Australian Climate Service show just how bad things will get for heatwaves, drought and coastal flooding
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Some as-always brilliant data vis on #climatechange by @nickevershed.bsky.social in @australia.theguardian.com today ... shout out to CSIRO for the massive effort to develop the underlying Aust Climate Services data explorer as well👇
www.acs.gov.au/pages/data-e...
www.acs.gov.au/pages/data-e...
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🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨
They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us
Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏
This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.
They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us
Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏
This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.
September 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨
They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us
Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏
This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.
They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us
Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏
This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.
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The sitting President of the United States is in the United Nations complaining that his company did not get the contract to renovate the United States. And above all he is lying about employment, prices, inflation. He is just rambling. This is embarrassing.
September 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The sitting President of the United States is in the United Nations complaining that his company did not get the contract to renovate the United States. And above all he is lying about employment, prices, inflation. He is just rambling. This is embarrassing.
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Hello 👋
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Hello 👋
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
We're the official #UniMelb account!
Follow us for news, updates and information about UniMelb. For now, enjoy the blue skies over our Parkville campus 💙
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We'll be outside Labor MP offices across the continent on Monday making it clear young people don't accept this failure of a target. Details here: www.aycc.org.au/sleeping_on_...
Climate Target Snap Rallies
Labor is bed in with the fossil fuel industry, with the approval of over 28 new coal and gas projects in their first term, the approval the Woodside North-West Gas Shelf extension, one of the most pol...
www.aycc.org.au
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
We'll be outside Labor MP offices across the continent on Monday making it clear young people don't accept this failure of a target. Details here: www.aycc.org.au/sleeping_on_...
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I spoke with a brave Australian, Dr Bianca Webb-Pullman, who is sailing to Gaza aboard the Family Boat alongside Greta Thunberg.
Following the drone strike on her boat, she has a message for her local member, Josh Burns. Why not help him hear it?
Following the drone strike on her boat, she has a message for her local member, Josh Burns. Why not help him hear it?
Australian doctor attacked by drone aboard the Gaza flotilla talks to Dave
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I spoke with a brave Australian, Dr Bianca Webb-Pullman, who is sailing to Gaza aboard the Family Boat alongside Greta Thunberg.
Following the drone strike on her boat, she has a message for her local member, Josh Burns. Why not help him hear it?
Following the drone strike on her boat, she has a message for her local member, Josh Burns. Why not help him hear it?
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Better together.
Congratulations to H.E. Annalena Baerbock of 🇩🇪 for her election as President of the General Assembly for the #UNGA80.
🇨🇭looks forward to working with you during the upcoming session to achieve a stronger UN.
Congratulations to H.E. Annalena Baerbock of 🇩🇪 for her election as President of the General Assembly for the #UNGA80.
🇨🇭looks forward to working with you during the upcoming session to achieve a stronger UN.
June 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Better together.
Congratulations to H.E. Annalena Baerbock of 🇩🇪 for her election as President of the General Assembly for the #UNGA80.
🇨🇭looks forward to working with you during the upcoming session to achieve a stronger UN.
Congratulations to H.E. Annalena Baerbock of 🇩🇪 for her election as President of the General Assembly for the #UNGA80.
🇨🇭looks forward to working with you during the upcoming session to achieve a stronger UN.
🚨 some (sadly) fake news going around that 🇺🇳 #UNGA80 has been moved to Geneva from NYC after the US refused 🇵🇸 visas.
1) No way vote would be 152-2 for/against, esp. a day before the meeting is in session (w/ leaders itineraries etc. locked in) &
2) No way* to vote without the GA being in session!
1) No way vote would be 152-2 for/against, esp. a day before the meeting is in session (w/ leaders itineraries etc. locked in) &
2) No way* to vote without the GA being in session!
US visa refusal for Palestinian delegation prompts calls to move UN meeting to Geneva
General assembly session about two-state solution for Palestine and Israel due to start in New York on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
🚨 some (sadly) fake news going around that 🇺🇳 #UNGA80 has been moved to Geneva from NYC after the US refused 🇵🇸 visas.
1) No way vote would be 152-2 for/against, esp. a day before the meeting is in session (w/ leaders itineraries etc. locked in) &
2) No way* to vote without the GA being in session!
1) No way vote would be 152-2 for/against, esp. a day before the meeting is in session (w/ leaders itineraries etc. locked in) &
2) No way* to vote without the GA being in session!
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It's a historic day in Victoria:
Victoria is today set to become the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a treaty to its parliament.
The treaty promises to "reckon with the past" & empower Victoria's First Peoples.
More: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Victoria is today set to become the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a treaty to its parliament.
The treaty promises to "reckon with the past" & empower Victoria's First Peoples.
More: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
September 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It's a historic day in Victoria:
Victoria is today set to become the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a treaty to its parliament.
The treaty promises to "reckon with the past" & empower Victoria's First Peoples.
More: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Victoria is today set to become the first state or territory in Australia to introduce a treaty to its parliament.
The treaty promises to "reckon with the past" & empower Victoria's First Peoples.
More: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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PSA that there is cheap (good!) lunch on campus at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre cafe. The woman today told me I was only the third person in for the day — it’s quiet and they need our support! Level 4 of the building with the student food court. UniMelb people please reshare 🙏🏼
September 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
PSA that there is cheap (good!) lunch on campus at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre cafe. The woman today told me I was only the third person in for the day — it’s quiet and they need our support! Level 4 of the building with the student food court. UniMelb people please reshare 🙏🏼
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This, from Jonathan Green, pretty much sums it up: “Meanjin’s financial demand is trivial … a few hundred thousand dollars … the cultural loss of its death is as significant as it is tragic.”
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
Literary journal Meanjin to close after 85 years of publishing
Meanjin, a mainstay of Australia's cultural landscape and the nation's second-oldest literary publication, is shuttering after Melbourne University Publishing decided to cease financial support.
www.crikey.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This, from Jonathan Green, pretty much sums it up: “Meanjin’s financial demand is trivial … a few hundred thousand dollars … the cultural loss of its death is as significant as it is tragic.”
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
www.crikey.com.au/2025/09/04/m...
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In April, the AAUP & our Harvard chapter sued the Trump admin for demanding that Harvard censor speech & restructure core operations or else face $8.7 billion in funding cuts.
We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.
We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.
September 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
In April, the AAUP & our Harvard chapter sued the Trump admin for demanding that Harvard censor speech & restructure core operations or else face $8.7 billion in funding cuts.
We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.
We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.