Putin’s embarrassing cancellation of Arab summit signals waning influence in Middle East | Russia

https://www.europesays.com/2494866/

When Vladimir Putin first announced he would host a “Russia-Arab world” summit, the Kremlin imagined the region’s leaders…

A 0.5% month-on-month increase in the latest figures provided by Nationwide is more than double what was forecast ⬇️

As we make parts of the world increasingly unliveable, important discussions about what it means for citizenship… #NomadCentury

Curious about the processes that contribute to mid-latitude summer heatwaves?

Black arrows = driving mechanisms
Red arrows = feedbacks (+, positive and −, negative)
Boldface = processes in current climate
Italics = projected changes under anthropogenic warming

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation #geographyteacher www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘The argument with the public [about international aid] was not lost in the past few years, it was lost somewhere around 2012-2013.’

Great blog from @duncangreenlse.bsky.social with clear ideas on building the idea of development as solidarity

blogs.lse.ac.uk/activism-inf...

Future flooding from the sea is now a reality. There are no clear long-term plans for this. What will this mean for towns like Eastbourne? #Eastbourne #ClimateChange #CoastUnderThreat

Yesterday, we recorded next week's Rare Earth, on the atomic age and the environment (because the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb is coming up), slightly ahead of the news but very relevant: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Available here, after the 4th: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Half of a Yellow Sun?
I don’t know if it’s ‘Nollywood’ enough.. but written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

One of the things about going to a new social media app is I don't know anyone on here. Where are all the #teachers and environmental people? Would be good to follow some more people! #geographyteacher #biologyteacher

‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects #geographyteacher #climatecrisis #Biodiversity www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Incredible snowfall in Val d'Isere.

Weeks of exam question practice with writing frames, models, examples, BUGging, etc. is swiftly forgotten under test conditions when students go into word vomit panic mode. #geographyteacher

“Boys and toys.” So many infrastructure projects would make a difference to everyday lives - affordable housing, local transport schemes, water storage, renewable energy, capital investment in schools and hospitals - and yet £billions are wasted on toys for the boys www.thetimes.com/article/ab8f...

In July we aim at that horrible material found in SO many items of everyday living #plastics #PlasticFree

In a new article titled "The Eventfulness of Place," @conflictgeog.bsky.social argues "places are not just constituted by relations. The opposite is also true: places make relations." Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00167428.2025.2467747