Giacomo Falchetta
@giacfalk.bsky.social
Scientist working on understanding climate impacts on society and on the role of infrastructure for sustainable development and adaptation. Based at CMCC (IT) and IIASA (AT). As always, into cooking and guitar jams. Venice (the old one)-based.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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Nobel Peace Price goes to María Corina Machado
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Nobel Peace Price goes to María Corina Machado
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quality research you can also show off at the dinner table in scorched-earth mediterranean summer 🔥
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
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killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The impact of air conditioning on residential electricity consumption across world countries
We provide a first globally-relevant assessment of the electricity consumption consequences of households’ adaptation to ambient heat through air cond…
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August 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
quality research you can also show off at the dinner table in scorched-earth mediterranean summer 🔥
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Cooling shelters are finally becoming mainstream #heatwave #publicadaptation #climatechange #cities
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Cosa sono i “rifugi climatici” per proteggersi dal caldo - Il Post
Per la prima volta anche le città italiane stanno pubblicando liste di spazi pubblici gratuiti in cui andare a ripararsi
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July 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Cooling shelters are finally becoming mainstream #heatwave #publicadaptation #climatechange #cities
www.ilpost.it/2025/07/02/r...
www.ilpost.it/2025/07/02/r...
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'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
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IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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June 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Del genocidio en Gaza al bombardeo de Irán: Netanyahu arrastra al mundo hacia una escalada bélica.
Llamamos a una desescalada urgente, al respeto del derecho internacional, sanciones inmediatas al régimen israelí y una vía multilateral hacia una paz justa y duradera para todos los pueblos.
Llamamos a una desescalada urgente, al respeto del derecho internacional, sanciones inmediatas al régimen israelí y una vía multilateral hacia una paz justa y duradera para todos los pueblos.
June 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Del genocidio en Gaza al bombardeo de Irán: Netanyahu arrastra al mundo hacia una escalada bélica.
Llamamos a una desescalada urgente, al respeto del derecho internacional, sanciones inmediatas al régimen israelí y una vía multilateral hacia una paz justa y duradera para todos los pueblos.
Llamamos a una desescalada urgente, al respeto del derecho internacional, sanciones inmediatas al régimen israelí y una vía multilateral hacia una paz justa y duradera para todos los pueblos.
*NOW with open output yearly coordinate point-level data (2016-2023) for 358 world cities* at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
June 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
*NOW with open output yearly coordinate point-level data (2016-2023) for 358 world cities* at doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
🌳 New study: we analyze 190 cities (2016–2023) using satellite data & machine learning to estimate the Green View Index (GVI)
– Global street greenery down 0.3–0.5%/yr
– Inequalities within cities are stark
– Open-source model for real-time tracking
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@iiasa.ac.at
– Global street greenery down 0.3–0.5%/yr
– Inequalities within cities are stark
– Open-source model for real-time tracking
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@iiasa.ac.at
May 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌳 New study: we analyze 190 cities (2016–2023) using satellite data & machine learning to estimate the Green View Index (GVI)
– Global street greenery down 0.3–0.5%/yr
– Inequalities within cities are stark
– Open-source model for real-time tracking
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@iiasa.ac.at
– Global street greenery down 0.3–0.5%/yr
– Inequalities within cities are stark
– Open-source model for real-time tracking
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
@iiasa.ac.at
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🇫🇷 Power has been restored in southwest France after blackout, - AFP
🇪🇸 Spanish electricity grid estimates that service restoration will take between 6 and 10 hours.
🇪🇸 Spanish electricity grid estimates that service restoration will take between 6 and 10 hours.
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🇫🇷 Power has been restored in southwest France after blackout, - AFP
🇪🇸 Spanish electricity grid estimates that service restoration will take between 6 and 10 hours.
🇪🇸 Spanish electricity grid estimates that service restoration will take between 6 and 10 hours.
Attending @egu.eu in Vienna this week? Interested in urban heat and sustainable adaptation strategy with urban greening? 🌡️ 🌳 Eager to discuss ongoing research trying to go beyond local case studies? 🌍 Then make sure to check the following presentations by Steffen Lohrey and myself! @iiasa.ac.at
April 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Attending @egu.eu in Vienna this week? Interested in urban heat and sustainable adaptation strategy with urban greening? 🌡️ 🌳 Eager to discuss ongoing research trying to go beyond local case studies? 🌍 Then make sure to check the following presentations by Steffen Lohrey and myself! @iiasa.ac.at
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locationallocation: solving Maximal Coverage Location-Allocation geospatial infrastructure assessment and planning problems
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5XQ69
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5XQ69
March 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
locationallocation: solving Maximal Coverage Location-Allocation geospatial infrastructure assessment and planning problems
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5XQ69
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5XQ69
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Per anni un uomo ha truffato centinaia di editori e agenti letterari, mettendo le mani su migliaia di manoscritti inediti senza nessuna ragione apparente. E senza pubblicarne uno. Una domanda sorge spontanea: ma perché lo ha fatto? Il reportage di Vincenzo Latronico: intern.az/1LvY
February 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Per anni un uomo ha truffato centinaia di editori e agenti letterari, mettendo le mani su migliaia di manoscritti inediti senza nessuna ragione apparente. E senza pubblicarne uno. Una domanda sorge spontanea: ma perché lo ha fatto? Il reportage di Vincenzo Latronico: intern.az/1LvY
Please consider submitting an abstract to the @eurogeosciences.bsky.social EGU25 General Assembly 2025 session ERE2.3: Bridging the gap: climate science models and renewable energy research. | Vienna | Austria | 27 April - 2 May 2025 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
Session ERE2.3
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January 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Please consider submitting an abstract to the @eurogeosciences.bsky.social EGU25 General Assembly 2025 session ERE2.3: Bridging the gap: climate science models and renewable energy research. | Vienna | Austria | 27 April - 2 May 2025 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
I just created a custom Google Earth Engine #GEE feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 21, 2024 at 5:07 PM
I just created a custom Google Earth Engine #GEE feed on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/did:...
🔆🌾💧🌍 What is the role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa? In LEAP-RE RE4AFAGRI we tried to answer this complex question with science, policy, and business analysis. Here are our answers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa
Multi-dimensional and overlapping barriers to wellbeing severely affect many areas in rural sub-Saharan Africa. In the region, more than 90% of cropla…
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November 17, 2024 at 2:07 PM
🔆🌾💧🌍 What is the role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy-centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa? In LEAP-RE RE4AFAGRI we tried to answer this complex question with science, policy, and business analysis. Here are our answers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The market for good social media didn't disappear. The market for good, useful internet didn't disappear. Enshittification isn't some natural ebb and flow of user interface. It is the manipulation or a buoyant market to extract as much as possible, as quickly as possible, leaving only bones behind.
November 14, 2024 at 1:57 PM
The market for good social media didn't disappear. The market for good, useful internet didn't disappear. Enshittification isn't some natural ebb and flow of user interface. It is the manipulation or a buoyant market to extract as much as possible, as quickly as possible, leaving only bones behind.
So refreshing to be here! The turquoise butterfly brings so much peace, as opposed to that gloomy black X
November 14, 2024 at 3:51 PM
So refreshing to be here! The turquoise butterfly brings so much peace, as opposed to that gloomy black X
The role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy- centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa @leapRE_EU @IIASAVienna @UNZA_ZM @PoliTOnews @TFEdigital
November 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM
The role of agriculture for achieving renewable energy- centered sustainable development objectives in rural Africa @leapRE_EU @IIASAVienna @UNZA_ZM @PoliTOnews @TFEdigital
📢 We are promoting a collection on "Big and Granular Data to Assess Infrastructure-related Impacts and Adaptation" in @IOPenvironment ERIS journal. Free open-access publishing for all articles submitted to the journal before 1 January 2025! . Details below
November 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM
📢 We are promoting a collection on "Big and Granular Data to Assess Infrastructure-related Impacts and Adaptation" in @IOPenvironment ERIS journal. Free open-access publishing for all articles submitted to the journal before 1 January 2025! . Details below
They died with the AC off: Why the government pays for heating but not cooling via @politico
November 18, 2024 at 9:35 AM
They died with the AC off: Why the government pays for heating but not cooling via @politico