Dennis Bours
@dennisbours.bsky.social
Experienced evaluator and validation expert with over two decades of international career growth, specializing in assessments, evidence-based learning, and resilience measurement across human and natural systems.
"Net zero! It’s not even a real thing so why does everyone hate it?" I Love First Dog on the Moon...
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#NetZero #ClimateDebate #Sustainability #CarbonPolitics
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#NetZero #ClimateDebate #Sustainability #CarbonPolitics
August 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Net zero! It’s not even a real thing so why does everyone hate it?" I Love First Dog on the Moon...
www.theguardian.com/...
#NetZero #ClimateDebate #Sustainability #CarbonPolitics
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#NetZero #ClimateDebate #Sustainability #CarbonPolitics
⚠️ 📉 Meta’s AI chatbot “Big sis Billie” sparked tragedy, revealing how profit-driven choices overshadow safety and ethics. Lax guidelines allowed fabricated, inappropriate interactions—even with children. #AIethics #Meta #TechResponsibility
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August 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
⚠️ 📉 Meta’s AI chatbot “Big sis Billie” sparked tragedy, revealing how profit-driven choices overshadow safety and ethics. Lax guidelines allowed fabricated, inappropriate interactions—even with children. #AIethics #Meta #TechResponsibility
🔗 www.reuters.com/inve...
🔗 www.reuters.com/inve...
The book Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region argues that achieving energy and climate justice requires recognizing and addressing the intersectional nature of systemic injustices, demanding a comprehensive approach to “dismantling.”
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July 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The book Dismantling Green Colonialism: Energy and Climate Justice in the Arab Region argues that achieving energy and climate justice requires recognizing and addressing the intersectional nature of systemic injustices, demanding a comprehensive approach to “dismantling.”
www.resilience.org/s...
www.resilience.org/s...
Positive tipping points show how small actions can restore ecosystems and shift societies toward sustainability. A new study highlights powerful examples—from wolves in Yellowstone to water revival in India—but sadly, failures still far outweigh successes. We must scale fast.
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July 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Positive tipping points show how small actions can restore ecosystems and shift societies toward sustainability. A new study highlights powerful examples—from wolves in Yellowstone to water revival in India—but sadly, failures still far outweigh successes. We must scale fast.
www.weforum.org/stor...
www.weforum.org/stor...
June 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Everyone is ready for what looks to be a hot week in the DC metro ares!
June 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Everyone is ready for what looks to be a hot week in the DC metro ares!
Vienna! Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
1,700 US$ per month for a modern climate-friendly 4-bedroom apartment, including utilities... That is a great value proposition!
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1,700 US$ per month for a modern climate-friendly 4-bedroom apartment, including utilities... That is a great value proposition!
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June 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Vienna! Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
1,700 US$ per month for a modern climate-friendly 4-bedroom apartment, including utilities... That is a great value proposition!
www.npr.org/2025/06/...
1,700 US$ per month for a modern climate-friendly 4-bedroom apartment, including utilities... That is a great value proposition!
www.npr.org/2025/06/...
What Is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO), and Is It Different From a Factory Farm? Most of the meat we consume comes from animals raised on CAFOs.
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June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
What Is a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO), and Is It Different From a Factory Farm? Most of the meat we consume comes from animals raised on CAFOs.
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sentientmedia.org/ca...
Pretty cool! The Reproducible Research Repository is a one-stop shop for reproducibility packages for World Bank research. Catalogued packages provide the analytical scripts, documentation, and, where possible, the data needed to reproduce the results in the associated paper.
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May 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Pretty cool! The Reproducible Research Repository is a one-stop shop for reproducibility packages for World Bank research. Catalogued packages provide the analytical scripts, documentation, and, where possible, the data needed to reproduce the results in the associated paper.
reproducibility.worl...
reproducibility.worl...
New IFRC report highlights concrete ways National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — and others in impacted communities — help people prepare and adapt to climate change, so they can stay safe in their homes or move safely and with dignity on their own terms.
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May 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New IFRC report highlights concrete ways National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies — and others in impacted communities — help people prepare and adapt to climate change, so they can stay safe in their homes or move safely and with dignity on their own terms.
www.ifrc.org/article...
www.ifrc.org/article...
The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action. As a cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was aligned with Pope Francis’s views on the environment.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action. As a cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was aligned with Pope Francis’s views on the environment.
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US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.
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May 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more.
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Imposter syndrome: do you have it? And is it always a bad thing?
‘Overcoming imposter syndrome is not about eliminating self-doubt entirely but learning to manage it and build self-compassion.’
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‘Overcoming imposter syndrome is not about eliminating self-doubt entirely but learning to manage it and build self-compassion.’
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April 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Imposter syndrome: do you have it? And is it always a bad thing?
‘Overcoming imposter syndrome is not about eliminating self-doubt entirely but learning to manage it and build self-compassion.’
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
‘Overcoming imposter syndrome is not about eliminating self-doubt entirely but learning to manage it and build self-compassion.’
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
The African Development Bank Group has launched the innovative RASME (Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation) digital platform in Egypt to transform tracking, monitoring, and evaluation of development projects in country.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:59 AM
The African Development Bank Group has launched the innovative RASME (Remote Appraisal, Supervision, Monitoring, and Evaluation) digital platform in Egypt to transform tracking, monitoring, and evaluation of development projects in country.
www.afdb.org/en/news...
www.afdb.org/en/news...
Climate change reached the world’s highest court: a moment of hope for environmental justice.
The International Court of Justice held a series of historic hearings regarding the most pressing problem of our times: climate change. We followed them from The Hague.
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The International Court of Justice held a series of historic hearings regarding the most pressing problem of our times: climate change. We followed them from The Hague.
www.dejusticia.org/e...
April 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Climate change reached the world’s highest court: a moment of hope for environmental justice.
The International Court of Justice held a series of historic hearings regarding the most pressing problem of our times: climate change. We followed them from The Hague.
www.dejusticia.org/e...
The International Court of Justice held a series of historic hearings regarding the most pressing problem of our times: climate change. We followed them from The Hague.
www.dejusticia.org/e...
How does research for advocacy work ? A useful new guide.
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April 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How does research for advocacy work ? A useful new guide.
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
With $1.5 trillion in assets, private investors plan to boost climate allocations. Confidence among impact capital allocators remains high, despite concerns about the broader industry—including their peers—and the decline in public involvement.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
With $1.5 trillion in assets, private investors plan to boost climate allocations. Confidence among impact capital allocators remains high, despite concerns about the broader industry—including their peers—and the decline in public involvement.
impactalpha.com/priv...
impactalpha.com/priv...
Summary report of the 16th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative, 23–24 March 2025. How can we successfully transition from a “maritime” to a “regenerative blue economy,” and change the scale to protect the economy and marine ecosystems?
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April 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Summary report of the 16th Meeting of the Monaco Blue Initiative, 23–24 March 2025. How can we successfully transition from a “maritime” to a “regenerative blue economy,” and change the scale to protect the economy and marine ecosystems?
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Interesting weekend read on time, and queerness.
“Time isn’t shaped like a line. It moves in one direction, maybe, but that’s all the line has going for it. Time is iterative, nonlinear, subjective. Maybe it’s shaped like a river. Or maybe it’s tree rings. Or onion layers.”
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“Time isn’t shaped like a line. It moves in one direction, maybe, but that’s all the line has going for it. Time is iterative, nonlinear, subjective. Maybe it’s shaped like a river. Or maybe it’s tree rings. Or onion layers.”
orionmagazine.org/ar...
March 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Interesting weekend read on time, and queerness.
“Time isn’t shaped like a line. It moves in one direction, maybe, but that’s all the line has going for it. Time is iterative, nonlinear, subjective. Maybe it’s shaped like a river. Or maybe it’s tree rings. Or onion layers.”
orionmagazine.org/ar...
“Time isn’t shaped like a line. It moves in one direction, maybe, but that’s all the line has going for it. Time is iterative, nonlinear, subjective. Maybe it’s shaped like a river. Or maybe it’s tree rings. Or onion layers.”
orionmagazine.org/ar...
DC ducks doing Dunkin' Donuts this morning. 😀
March 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
DC ducks doing Dunkin' Donuts this morning. 😀
The clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, which was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average.
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March 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, which was likely the first calendar year to be more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial era, with a global mean near-surface temperature of 1.55 ± 0.13 °C above the 1850-1900 average.
wmo.int/publication-...
wmo.int/publication-...
New Asian Development Bank report: "Quantifying the Economic Costs of Climate Change Inaction for Asia and the Pacific". Potential total GDP loss as a result of climate change reaches 16.9% in Asia and the Pacific by 2070 under a high-end emissions scenario.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
New Asian Development Bank report: "Quantifying the Economic Costs of Climate Change Inaction for Asia and the Pacific". Potential total GDP loss as a result of climate change reaches 16.9% in Asia and the Pacific by 2070 under a high-end emissions scenario.
reliefweb.int/report...
reliefweb.int/report...
The Periodic Table of States (PTOS) - The org chart for a post-Westphalian world.
Just as natural elements are scattered around the planet in varying degrees of abundance or scarcity, their salient characteristics are elegantly captured in the periodic table of elements.
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Just as natural elements are scattered around the planet in varying degrees of abundance or scarcity, their salient characteristics are elegantly captured in the periodic table of elements.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The Periodic Table of States (PTOS) - The org chart for a post-Westphalian world.
Just as natural elements are scattered around the planet in varying degrees of abundance or scarcity, their salient characteristics are elegantly captured in the periodic table of elements.
foreignpolicy.com/20...
Just as natural elements are scattered around the planet in varying degrees of abundance or scarcity, their salient characteristics are elegantly captured in the periodic table of elements.
foreignpolicy.com/20...
After decades of delay, the move from burning fossil fuels to renewables is firmly underway – but the fairness of this unfolding transition is not inevitable. In fact, there is a real danger the world will simply swap one exploitative and unjust system for another.
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frompoverty.oxfam.or...
March 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
After decades of delay, the move from burning fossil fuels to renewables is firmly underway – but the fairness of this unfolding transition is not inevitable. In fact, there is a real danger the world will simply swap one exploitative and unjust system for another.
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
frompoverty.oxfam.or...
But, why have a de-extinction mission for woolly mammoths when we barely survive ourselves current and upcoming climate impacts?! Cute mice though... Biotech Firm Unveils ‘Woolly Mice,’ a Step Toward Recreating Woolly Mammoths.
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March 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
But, why have a de-extinction mission for woolly mammoths when we barely survive ourselves current and upcoming climate impacts?! Cute mice though... Biotech Firm Unveils ‘Woolly Mice,’ a Step Toward Recreating Woolly Mammoths.
e360.yale.edu/digest...
e360.yale.edu/digest...