Erik Abild
@erik-abild.bsky.social
Director of humanitarian assistance and comprehensive response, Norad
Dad. Like to run and read. Love the mountains.
Dad. Like to run and read. Love the mountains.
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– The situation for many of Norad’s partners is critical as a result of the sudden loss of US funding. It is important for Norad to be a principled and flexible donor, says Erik Ablid, head of the humanitarian department at Norad
Read the full story: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Read the full story: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
March 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
– The situation for many of Norad’s partners is critical as a result of the sudden loss of US funding. It is important for Norad to be a principled and flexible donor, says Erik Ablid, head of the humanitarian department at Norad
Read the full story: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Read the full story: www.development-today.com/archive/2025...
Hope. In a bit of dark times..
for the first time ever, solar power generation overtakes coal in the eu
the change since 2011 is staggering (and will continue widening)
the change since 2011 is staggering (and will continue widening)
January 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hope. In a bit of dark times..
Hope. There is strength in that word. Tonight, many people in Gaza are hoping. And in Israel - think how much the families have thought about those who were captured, and the hope they now have.
January 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hope. There is strength in that word. Tonight, many people in Gaza are hoping. And in Israel - think how much the families have thought about those who were captured, and the hope they now have.
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@crisisgroup.org just published a new report on #Syria 🇸🇾, ft. a 360-degree view of how Assad's fall will reshape relations, from Türkiye to Iran to the U.S. and more.
One of the entries focuses on the UN Security Council. A quick 🧵 on what we said. 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
One of the entries focuses on the UN Security Council. A quick 🧵 on what we said. 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
Regional Perspectives on the House of Assad’s Fall | Crisis Group
The Assad dynasty’s demise will certainly remake Syria, but it will also reshape relations between Damascus and other capitals. Crisis Group experts offer a 360-degree view of how the Syrian crisis could shake up regional politics.
www.crisisgroup.org
December 18, 2024 at 7:43 PM
@crisisgroup.org just published a new report on #Syria 🇸🇾, ft. a 360-degree view of how Assad's fall will reshape relations, from Türkiye to Iran to the U.S. and more.
One of the entries focuses on the UN Security Council. A quick 🧵 on what we said. 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
One of the entries focuses on the UN Security Council. A quick 🧵 on what we said. 👇
www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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china’s population…one of the more important charts you’ll see.
December 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
china’s population…one of the more important charts you’ll see.
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"As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly
Assad’s fall offers the possibility of change.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:35 AM
"As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once." www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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november numbers are in: 2024 will officially be the hottest year on record
and first which global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees celsius of warming
and first which global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees celsius of warming
December 9, 2024 at 8:01 PM
november numbers are in: 2024 will officially be the hottest year on record
and first which global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees celsius of warming
and first which global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees celsius of warming
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
20/20
Last book is also the last I read on the list. A book that made me love reading, running and the mountains even more.(The Lovers /La felicità del Lupo)
#booksky #bookchallenge
20/20
Last book is also the last I read on the list. A book that made me love reading, running and the mountains even more.(The Lovers /La felicità del Lupo)
December 9, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
20/20
Last book is also the last I read on the list. A book that made me love reading, running and the mountains even more.(The Lovers /La felicità del Lupo)
#booksky #bookchallenge
20/20
Last book is also the last I read on the list. A book that made me love reading, running and the mountains even more.(The Lovers /La felicità del Lupo)
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Hunger and malnutrition have increased across Sudan since 2023, when the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began battling for control reut.rs/3ZFzQaI 1/5
December 5, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Hunger and malnutrition have increased across Sudan since 2023, when the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began battling for control reut.rs/3ZFzQaI 1/5
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Leder i Eyde-klyngen:
Det vil ta tiår før vi eventuelt kan utvinne mineraler fra havbunnen. Det er også forbundet med stor miljørisiko. Gjenvinning av materialer i dagen kan vi starte opp raskt.
#KampenOmDyphavet
www.altinget.no/klima/artikk...
Det vil ta tiår før vi eventuelt kan utvinne mineraler fra havbunnen. Det er også forbundet med stor miljørisiko. Gjenvinning av materialer i dagen kan vi starte opp raskt.
#KampenOmDyphavet
www.altinget.no/klima/artikk...
Nei til utvinning på havbunnen åpner mineralmuligheter i dagen
Det var fornuftig å bremse planene om utvinning av havbunnsmineraler. Nå må fokuset rettes mot gjenvinning av sjeldne råmaterialer fra norsk industri, skriver Helene Falch Fladmark, daglig leder i Eyd...
www.altinget.no
December 9, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Leder i Eyde-klyngen:
Det vil ta tiår før vi eventuelt kan utvinne mineraler fra havbunnen. Det er også forbundet med stor miljørisiko. Gjenvinning av materialer i dagen kan vi starte opp raskt.
#KampenOmDyphavet
www.altinget.no/klima/artikk...
Det vil ta tiår før vi eventuelt kan utvinne mineraler fra havbunnen. Det er også forbundet med stor miljørisiko. Gjenvinning av materialer i dagen kan vi starte opp raskt.
#KampenOmDyphavet
www.altinget.no/klima/artikk...
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The future is uncertain. But the past was hell.
December 8, 2024 at 1:03 PM
The future is uncertain. But the past was hell.
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All the first- and second-order consequences of Syria, the death and displacement, the way it warped the politics of countries near and far, in the end all just to buy a few more years for a regime that collapsed anyway under the weight of its own brutality and incompetence
December 7, 2024 at 4:57 PM
All the first- and second-order consequences of Syria, the death and displacement, the way it warped the politics of countries near and far, in the end all just to buy a few more years for a regime that collapsed anyway under the weight of its own brutality and incompetence
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Hadi al-Bahra, the head of Syria's main overseas opposition group, calls for an 18-month transition period: six months to draft a new constitution (with a referendum on it), and then elections for whatever political system it spells out. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Syrian opposition leader calls for 18 month transition period before elections
Syria should have an 18 month transition period to establish "a safe, neutral, and quiet environment" for free elections, Hadi Al-Bahra, the head of Syria's main opposition abroad, said to Reuters on the sidelines of the Doha Forum on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Hadi al-Bahra, the head of Syria's main overseas opposition group, calls for an 18-month transition period: six months to draft a new constitution (with a referendum on it), and then elections for whatever political system it spells out. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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This is one of the most interesting reads on localsation in the sector for a while. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024...
Localisation doesn’t shift power. It deepens international dominance.
Trying harder to localise aid will replicate the same results. Trying something new is the greater challenge.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 7, 2024 at 1:33 PM
This is one of the most interesting reads on localsation in the sector for a while. www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2024...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
19/20
A book about the Viking settlement in Greenland - so far away, yet a stirringly alive book about nature, love and life. A fabulous book.
#booksky #bookchallenge
19/20
A book about the Viking settlement in Greenland - so far away, yet a stirringly alive book about nature, love and life. A fabulous book.
December 8, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
19/20
A book about the Viking settlement in Greenland - so far away, yet a stirringly alive book about nature, love and life. A fabulous book.
#booksky #bookchallenge
19/20
A book about the Viking settlement in Greenland - so far away, yet a stirringly alive book about nature, love and life. A fabulous book.
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Homs City is under full rebel control.
The remaining regime positions in the east and south will likely fall the next hours, the latest tomorrow.
The remaining regime positions in the east and south will likely fall the next hours, the latest tomorrow.
December 7, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Homs City is under full rebel control.
The remaining regime positions in the east and south will likely fall the next hours, the latest tomorrow.
The remaining regime positions in the east and south will likely fall the next hours, the latest tomorrow.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
18/20
First book I read after my paternal grandfather died. He had another favorite by Hamsun (Victoria), but I will never forget reading this. Or him.
#booksky #bookchallenge
18/20
First book I read after my paternal grandfather died. He had another favorite by Hamsun (Victoria), but I will never forget reading this. Or him.
December 7, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
18/20
First book I read after my paternal grandfather died. He had another favorite by Hamsun (Victoria), but I will never forget reading this. Or him.
#booksky #bookchallenge
18/20
First book I read after my paternal grandfather died. He had another favorite by Hamsun (Victoria), but I will never forget reading this. Or him.
Ok, Twitter still seems to have more and faster updates on #Syria then here on Bluesky, and although this is already 1 day old, it is very interesting. Talking about fast: Who knows how it will look in 1 day from now..
x.com/charles_list...
x.com/charles_list...
x.com
x.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Ok, Twitter still seems to have more and faster updates on #Syria then here on Bluesky, and although this is already 1 day old, it is very interesting. Talking about fast: Who knows how it will look in 1 day from now..
x.com/charles_list...
x.com/charles_list...
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what should you take away from south korea's flirtation with martial law?
it will remain a democracy thanks to the strength of its institutions
it will remain a democracy thanks to the strength of its institutions
What Actually Mattered This Week: South Korea’s (Brief) Descent into Martial Law
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December 6, 2024 at 7:16 PM
what should you take away from south korea's flirtation with martial law?
it will remain a democracy thanks to the strength of its institutions
it will remain a democracy thanks to the strength of its institutions
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NEWS: Today we take a graphics-driven, deep dive into the failures that led to famine at Zamzam IDP camp. www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway.
Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:57 AM
NEWS: Today we take a graphics-driven, deep dive into the failures that led to famine at Zamzam IDP camp. www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
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This @reuters.com report on famine in the Zamzam camp in Sudan is harrowingly brilliant journalism. Full of admiration for @mcneill.bsky.social @marianozafra.bsky.social @lenamasri.bsky.social and their colleagues - www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
The world’s hunger watchdog warned of catastrophe in Sudan. Famine struck anyway.
Here’s how the world’s hunger monitoring-and-response system is supposed to work – and why it’s not achieving its mission.
www.reuters.com
December 5, 2024 at 11:48 AM
This @reuters.com report on famine in the Zamzam camp in Sudan is harrowingly brilliant journalism. Full of admiration for @mcneill.bsky.social @marianozafra.bsky.social @lenamasri.bsky.social and their colleagues - www.reuters.com/graphics/FAM...
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I dag tenkjer eg på alle kvinnene som kjem til å døy i barsel som sannsynleg konsekvens av dette forbodet. Det gjer så vondt. Det er så uforsvarlig. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Afghanistan: UN condemns Taliban ban on women attending medical classes
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned a new ban imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan preventing women and girls from attending private medical institutions, warning that it will have devas...
news.un.org
December 6, 2024 at 11:33 AM
I dag tenkjer eg på alle kvinnene som kjem til å døy i barsel som sannsynleg konsekvens av dette forbodet. Det gjer så vondt. Det er så uforsvarlig. news.un.org/en/story/202...
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
17/20
The last book my maternal grandfather read. Love the fact that he read a funny book as one of the last things he did. He loved it. It made him laugh.
#booksky #bookchallenge
17/20
The last book my maternal grandfather read. Love the fact that he read a funny book as one of the last things he did. He loved it. It made him laugh.
December 6, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
17/20
The last book my maternal grandfather read. Love the fact that he read a funny book as one of the last things he did. He loved it. It made him laugh.
#booksky #bookchallenge
17/20
The last book my maternal grandfather read. Love the fact that he read a funny book as one of the last things he did. He loved it. It made him laugh.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
16/20
A small book about the evil in the world, and about having the courage of realizing what you know.
#booksky #bookchallenge
16/20
A small book about the evil in the world, and about having the courage of realizing what you know.
December 5, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
#booksky #bookchallenge
16/20
A small book about the evil in the world, and about having the courage of realizing what you know.
#booksky #bookchallenge
16/20
A small book about the evil in the world, and about having the courage of realizing what you know.