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Fred Shaia
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Ph.D. candidate at Brown University. Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow.
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Can confirm that the EUI is every bit as lovely as people said it would be. Grateful for the experience and everyone I met along the way. What a year…
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💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:

1 Disinformation is everywhere

2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.

3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.

More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Fun little scoop by the FT - an Indian kitchenware company sold the domain cop29.com to Global Witness even though the COP29 presidency made a higher bid because they are concerned about climate change www.ft.com/content/acd0... (gift link)
Azerbaijan blocks COP29.com in fossil fuel domain name war
Kitchenware company near New Delhi sells name to campaigners attacking oil and gas groups
www.ft.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:04 PM
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Proud to be part of the @UofTenvironment
and this decision to stop taking #fossilfuel $$. Thank you @dharna.bsky.social for covering us! ClimateSky EnergySky

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
University of Toronto’s environment school cuts financial ties to fossil fuels
Princeton University, the only other North American school to take similar action, rolled back its commitment recently
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Can confirm that the EUI is every bit as lovely as people said it would be. Grateful for the experience and everyone I met along the way. What a year…
September 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Simple visual for anyone following loss and damage negotiating tracks in the UNFCCC at COP28.
December 10, 2023 at 10:09 AM
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OPEC’s letter conveys an old message with a new tone. It says “they are coming for us -- for real now”. Bad news for COP28, though few had high expectations.

But NB: in a sense the letter confirms that the energy transition has never had more momentum. So gotta keep the moment going.
December 9, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Just announced at COP28: Parties reached an agreement on the Santiago Network for loss and damage, whose secretariat will be jointly hosted by UNDRR and UNOPS. The Network will provide technical assistance to developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
December 6, 2023 at 7:42 AM
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On the eve of COP28, I'm re-upping this piece I wrote for Daedalus.

As climate scholars, it's our professional responsibility to engage in climate politics.

THe climate crisis is here. It's time for all hands on deck. 1/2

ClimateSky 🔌💡 GreenSky PoliSky

direct.mit.edu/daed/article...
Less Talk, More Walk: Why Climate Change Demands Activism in the Academy
Abstract. As climate scholars, it is our professional responsibility to engage in climate politics. First, we need to engage in radical scientific analysis: we must ask questions that get at the root ...
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November 27, 2023 at 1:09 PM
On November 27, the Climate Social Science Network is hosting a virtual event commemorating the life's work of Professor Saleemul Huq, including his remarkable efforts to advance adaptation and loss and damage in the UNFCCC. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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November 23, 2023 at 11:58 AM
Introducing ClimateSky—a feed for anyone working on or interested in the politics of climate change, broadly defined.

Please share / like / join to help build this climate community!

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September 24, 2023 at 10:36 AM
If you’re wondering why the international response to loss and damage has been delayed over the last 30 yrs, our new open-access article in Global Environmental Politics offers a typology of negotiating tactics countries have used to obstruct financing for this issue.

direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Tactical Opposition: Obstructing Loss and Damage Finance in the United Nations Climate Negotiations
Abstract. In 1991, in meetings constructing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the small island state of Vanuatu introduced a proposal requiring wealthy countries to pay for da...
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September 10, 2023 at 3:53 PM