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Klaus Hubacek
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Ecological Economist at the University of Groningen
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Great energy at #ForHimSDG in Nepal — cross-country collaboration, sustainability learning & new ideas for transforming higher education. @prajdhan.bsky.social @klaushubacek.bsky.social @dhakalsaurav.bsky.social @rug.nl
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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We’re proud to share that @rug.nl experts are contributing to the IPCC AR7 – Working Group III

🌍 @klaushubacek.bsky.social — LA, Ch.2
🌍 @prajdhan.bsky.social — CLA, Ch.4
🌍 Linda Steg — LA, Ch.5
Shaping pathways for a sustainable future.
#AR7 #IPCC #ClimateAction
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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New research shows the global service sector isn't as green as we thought.

Between 1995–2021, service-based emissions rose by 63%, driven by public, health & financial services.

Time to rethink sustainability in services.
🔗 doi.org/10.59717/j.x...
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April 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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The latest #newsletter from the #PANTHEON project!
#decarbonization #netzero #modelling

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February 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Some news from Cristina Sarasa

Very excited about our advances towards decarbonization within our PANTHEON project with EU-China cooperation!! 🌍

It has been a big pleasure working these days with this team and hosting our General Assembly in Zaragoza!!

#decarbonization
#netzeroemissions
April 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Huge congratulations to Yuru Guan on successfully defending her PhD thesis:
"Global Carbon Emissions and Mitigation Strategies from Production to Consumption"

Supervised by Prof. @klaushubacek.bsky.social & Dr. Yuli Shan.
#ClimateAction #CarbonEmissions
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April 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Huge congrats to Dr. Yanxian Li on her PhD defense with distinction (Cum Laude)!

Thesis: Energy–economy–emissions interlinkages in China
👏 Supervised by @klaushubacek.bsky.social, Franco Ruzzenenti & Yuli Shan

🔗 www.rug.nl/research/ire...

#PhDDefense #CumLaude #Energy #Sustainability
April 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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New study out now!

Improving biodiversity resilience needs both public & private finance, say Jesper Beverdam, @klaushubacek.bsky.social & team. A life-cycle analysis offers key insights for future biodiversity funding.

📖 doi.org/10.1016/j.ec...
#Biodiversity #Finance #Sustainability
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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A new study in Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management explores how businesses can integrate climate action, social responsibility, and governance (ESG) into their strategies for a sustainable future.

📖 Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

#Sustainability #CSR
Carbon implications of sovereign wealth funds
As of May 2022, assets under management of these funds amount to 9.91 trillion USD. Hence, sovereign wealth funds have a significant influence on the financial system due to their substantial economi....
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March 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. Junjie Yi!

Dr. Junjie Yi successfully defended his PhD thesis on "Environmental Footprints of Food Systems in China" providing key insights into food sustainability and environmental impact.

📖 Read more: www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

#PhDDefense
March 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Debt Relief with Chinese Characteristics
As China is poised to become the world’s largest creditor, concerns about debt sustainability have grown. Yet considerable confusion exists over what is likely
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February 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Empirical reality completely undermines Western narratives about Chinese "debt-trap diplomacy". A Johns Hopkins University investigation of more than a thousand loans to African countries found that China never seized assets, and never even used courts to enforce payments.
February 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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In this new piece we show that as the imperial core imposed structural adjustment programs on Africa, Africans were forced to consume less while their surplus resources were transferred instead out to the capitalist world economy effectively *for free*. roape.net/2025/02/28/p...
Plundering Africa - Income deflation and unequal ecological exchange under structural adjustment programmes - ROAPE
Presenting new research, Dylan Sullivan and Jason Hickel mount a devastating critique of the impact of structural adjustment in Africa in the 1980s and 1990s. Drawing on recent data on Africa’s materi...
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February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Striking data from the latest release of the Democracy Perception Index.

This data is published by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation, a European NGO founded by the former head of NATO and the former PM of Denmark, and certainly cannot be accused of pro-China bias.
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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This piece explains in a nutshell the staggering failure of capitalism to address the climate crisis. “No capitalist,” Marx wrote, “ever voluntarily introduces a new method of production… so long as it reduces the rate of profit.”

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BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works | Brett Christophers
The failure to deal with the climate emergency is not a problem of greedy individual companies, but a system rigged against positive change, says Brett Christophers, a professor of economic geography
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March 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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50% GDP Collapse Ahead? Actuaries Sound The Alarm—Who’s Listening?
A 50% GDP collapse? Actuaries warn of economic devastation if we fail to act on climate risk. Entire industries could crumble—Why are we ignoring the warning?
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March 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Explore how crop switching & improved management can mitigate soil loss by water erosion in China’s croplands.

Study by Keke Li, @klaushubacek.bsky.social, Pasquale Borrelli & team.
📖 Read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...

#SoilConservation #Sustainability #Agriculture #ClimateAction 🌱
January 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Nice summary of our recent paper on the carbon content of our technosphere
December 24, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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📢My latest: New research shows we’re adding fossil carbon to our built environment at an even faster rate than we’re pumping it into the atmosphere. With @klaushubacek.bsky.social and colleagues.
New Research Reveals Carbon ‘Time Bomb’ In Our Homes, Appliances
While emissions from burning fossil fuels get a lot of attention, surprisingly little is known about the growing quantity of fossil carbon in our buildings and products.
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December 20, 2024 at 4:09 PM