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Laurie Parsons
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Reader @ Royal Holloway Geography

Climate change in a globalised world // Cambodia

Chair, RGS Climate Change Research Group

Editor at Geo
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🏝️New in Geo!🏝️

'Epistemic violence in global climate governance: The case of climate finance in Vanuatu' by @johannatunn.bsky.social

This paper is part of an ongoing Special Section: 'Political Ecologies of Islands: Environmental & Climate (In)Justices'.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Johanna Tunn (2025) entitled: 'Epistemic Violence in Global Climate Governance: The Case of Climate Finance in Vanuatu' with an orange banner at the top. This paper explores mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through the climate finance (access) industry in Vanuatu, shedding light on the colonial inflictions of multilateral green funds in global climate governance. While the climate crisis is a reality in Vanuatu, its access to direct climate finance remains constrained, as it is not an accredited entity to any of the major climate funds. This serves as a gateway for a growing climate finance (access) industry that has established itself across the Pacific and in Vanuatu. Using an action-theoretical perspective that centres acts of doing epistemic violence, this paper identifies four mechanisms of epistemic violence enacted through Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry: distortion via the mistranslation of realities; imposition via rendering people and regions investable; devaluation via rendering people incapable and exploitation through the extraction of knowledges and exhaustion of resources. Rather than improving access and equity for frontline communities, this paper elaborates that epistemic violence remains the modus operandi of Vanuatu's climate finance (access) industry—and is thus complicit in the perpetration of physical violence in the form of losses and damages, ecocide and epistemicide. Dismantling this system would at least require the islanding of climate finance, emphasising local agency and self-determination over externally imposed, extractive models.
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' by @naimakf.bsky.social et al.

This paper uses the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries to explore hydrogen as a potential enabler of net-zero
doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Naima Kraushaar-Friesen, Gavin Bridge & Magdalena Kuchler (2025) entitled: 'Between energy transition and industrial revival: Exploring hydrogen imaginaries in the United Kingdom and Teesside' with an orange banner at the top.
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' by Farhana Sultana

This paper critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in producing inequitable climate knowledge, global governance, policies and solutions.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Farhana Sultana (2025) entitled: 'Repairing epistemic injustice and loss in the era of climate coloniality' with an orange banner at the top. Climate change intensifies existing inequities, disproportionately impacting marginalised populations, particularly in the Global South and Indigenous communities. This is maintained through inequitable global climate governance, policies and solutions. The paper argues that climate coloniality, the complex entanglements of colonial legacies with contemporary climate and ecological changes, operates through systemic knowledge-based marginalisation or epistemic injustice, serving as a key mechanism in the uneven production and distribution of climate harms. Beyond the more commonly discussed material dimensions of loss and damage, epistemic injustices arise from silencing critical voices and devaluing knowledge systems. The paper extends the scope of loss and damage debates by drawing attention to epistemic losses: the erasure of worldviews, ontologies and practices that are vital for just and sustainable climate futures. It critically examines the intersections of power, pedagogy and praxis in (re)producing epistemic injustices, while simultaneously revealing counter-narratives of refusal, resurgence and relationality. By engaging Indigenous and Global South scholarship, the paper underscores the need to decolonise knowledge systems that reproduce dominant climate narratives and heed the epistemological alternatives offered by land- and kinship-based knowledge systems. Advancing climate justice depends on confronting epistemic injustice as both a form of loss and a condition of possibility: centring Global South and Indigenous perspectives is essential for cultivating pluriversal, decolonial and just climate frameworks and futures.
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Piotr Żuk & Paweł Żuk (2025) entitled 'Glocalisation of environmental challenges: The impact of the war in Ukraine on smog and heating practices in Polish local communities' with an orange banner at the top. This article analyses the impact of the war in Ukraine on air quality and heating practices in Polish cities. In this case, it does not focus on the direct impact of military activities, but on various social and political decisions, as well as changes in social behaviour undertaken under the influence of the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine. The authors defend the thesis that it is worth analysing air quality and heating practices in local communities not only in the context of local and national policies but also by referring to global and transnational factors. Based on focus group interviews with the residents of Wrocław, they prove that global events may have an impact on local air quality and apartment heating methods and be a catalyst for processes in various spheres of local and national public life: legal–political, economic, environmental–spatial, health and socio-practical. The article proposes a glocalisation perspective as an approach that can integrate local social and environmental conditions with global ecological challenges, while also highlighting the impact of global factors—economic, political, energy-related and military—on local trends, behaviours and policies in the context of environmental protection.
October 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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👋 Newbie writer for Housing Quality Magazine

✏️ We've penned the op ed "Allocation Policies – A Hidden Homelessness Scandal" for their new edition

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Allocation policies: A hidden homelessness scandal – HQM
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October 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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This is why "all of the above" energy is not a climate solution.

Record amounts of clean energy were built in 2024, but since we're still building out fossil fuels—indeed, since we're still just *using* fossil fuels—the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is still going up, cooking us.

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WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024 • PRESS RELEASE 15 October 2025 Carbon dioxide (COz) levels in the atmosphere soared by a record amount to new highs in 2024, committing the planet to more long-term temperature increase, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
October 16, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A deeply disturbing talk this afternoon from Mark Bo
at the London School of Economics on his new book Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds

🔥 A terrifying read on the dark underbelly of the new political economy of labour where coercion, digital capitalism & exploitation converge
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The UK and US sanctioned the alleged mastermind behind some of the largest scam centers in Cambodia, in a move that freezes more than £130 million ($172 million) of properties across London.
London Mansion Frozen as UK Sanctions Cambodian Scam Network
The UK and US sanctioned the alleged mastermind behind some of the largest scam centers in Cambodia, in a move that freezes more than £130 million ($172 million) of properties across London.
www.bloomberg.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Special economic zones aren’t just trade infrastructure - they’re tools of imperial power & authoritarian control.

🚨New paper from @invisibleworkers.bsky.social

Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence.

🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629825001635
Governing through extra-territoriality: Jordan's clothing production zones as tools of imperial power and authoritarian rule
Jordan's Export Processing Zones (EPZs) for clothing production form part of political geographies of US imperialism in the Middle East, and have serv…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Published today on #WorldHomelessDay: my book Debt Trap Nation – a deep dive into how government policy is driving families into homelessness & debt.

All royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social 💜

Families aren't failing. They're being failed.

📖 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

#DebtTrapNation
October 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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New in Area: What happens when academic institutions police solidarity?

Dr Shereen Fernandez explores the disciplining of #Palestine solidarity & the radical potential of #friendship in resistance.

Part of our Dialogues in #Radical Geog SI.

Read 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirec...
October 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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🧵Once the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse

❓What went wrong?

👟On the ground, our new Invisible Workers colleague, Dr Evie Gilbert, uncovers a story of systemic neglect

🔗 Read on: www.invisibleworkers.org.uk/journal/leic...
Leicester clothes the world? — Invisible workers
Traces of the UK’s clothing and textile manufacturing heritage remain today in places like Leicester, where a shrinking number of suppliers still vie for orders in the competitive global market. Our ...
www.invisibleworkers.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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If you want to find out about publishing #OpenAccess in the RGS-IBG Book Series, take a look at this recent interview with our Co-Editors, Margath Walker & @jakehodder.bsky.social ⬇️
lsepress.bsky.social LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social · Aug 26
📢 New on the LSE Press blog!

How can geography publishing reflect today’s diverse and complex world?

📍Five minutes with Margath Walker and @jakehodder.bsky.social on the @rgsibg.bsky.social monograph series publishing #OpenAccess later this year with LSE Press.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsepress/202...
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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In Climate Hegemony, @laurieparsons.bsky.social brings us a human’s-eye view of the climate crisis, drawing on two decades’ research at the frontline of global development in Cambodia.

📚 Publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026.

Find out more: press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...
October 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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We're delighted to share two upcoming books from our RGS-IBG Book Series! These books will be publishing via #OpenAccess in Spring 2026.

Find out more: https://press.lse.ac.uk/rgs-ibg-series

@laurieparsons.bsky.social @jbrigstocke.bsky.social @annamlawrence.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social
Graphic promoting the book Non-Authoritarian Authority, with LSE Press logo, RGS logo and Open Access logo. Graphic promoting the book Climate Hegemony, with LSE Press logo, RGS logo and Open Access logo.
October 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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🌍New in Geo!🌍

'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' by @calebscoville.bsky.social et al.

This paper compares how participation is conceived in static vs dynamic ocean management.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo by Caleb Scoville, Razvan Amironesei, Lily Xu, Melissa Chapman, Nicholas R. Record & Carl Boettiger entitled: 'From maps to models: Participation and contestability in the dynamic management of natural resources' with an orange banner at the top.
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Very excited to announce a NEW BOOK coming at the start of next year, with the RGS-IBG book series/ @lsepress.bsky.social

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞

More info to come, but take a peek at the cover and overview here 👇

press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3...
September 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Pleased to share the first two RGS-IBG Book Series titles to be published fully open access with @lsepress.bsky.social, available early 2026...

@laurieparsons.bsky.social
@jbrigstocke.bsky.social

press.lse.ac.uk/books/coming...
A book cover for Julian Brigstocke's forthcoming book 'Non-Authoritarian Authority: Cities, Materially and the Aesthetics of Power' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white aerial photograph of a large crowd in the background. A book cover for Laurie Parson's forthcoming book 'Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse' published by LSE Press and the RGS-IBG, with a black and white photograph of three people riding on a scooter above a body of water filled with litter.
September 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Just 6 days to go!

Don't forget to sign up for this incredible upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:

What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 Tuesday September 30th @ 7pm

👇

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.
www.rgs.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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✨ I’m excited to share our new open-access article in @geoopenaccess.bsky.social, led by Juliana Gonçalves and with wonderful arts-based research by Namrata Narendra.

The editorial process has been amazing - so thankful to the team for offering both very meaningful feedback and being fair to us.
September 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🌱New in Geo!🌱

'Urban oases and spatial injustices: Community gardens in the Cape Flats through a Lefebvrian lens' by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira

This paper explores how gardeners in Cape Town, South Africa, transform neglected land as and everyday act of urban spatial justice.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2...
This is a graphical abstract for this paper published in Geo: Geography and Environment. It is a diagram of 'Henri Lefebvre's Theory of the Social Production of Space' with three boxes beneath the title labelled 'Perceived Space: Spatial agency vs. structural constraints'; 'Conceived Space: Symbolic reclamation vs. institutional erasure'; 'Lived Space: Relational space-making'. These all point towards the topic of the paper which is 'Urban community gardens in the Cape Flats'.
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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🐒New in Geo!🐒

'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' by Andrea Presotto et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Andrea Presotto, Stuart E. Hamilton, Gustavo A. Castellanos-Galindo, Ricardo R. Santos & Roberta Salmi (2025) entitled: 'Between dunes and estuary: Forecasting mangrove forest change on primate culture and isolated livelihoods in Maranhão, Brazil' with an orange banner at the top.
September 23, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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I hear 'unboxing videos' are a thing. Matilda decided otherwise.

It's really exciting as well as sobering to receive my new book (with Mel Nowicki) Debt Trap Nation: Family Homelessness in a Failing State.

Royalties to @seacharity.bsky.social

Please order!

www.waterstones.com/book/debt-tr...
September 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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138 bn unworn clothes/ yr by 2050

99% of a t-shirt's lifetime in a wardrobe

Some shocking numbers here - and I should know, as @sabinalawreniuk.bsky.social and I crunched them for @oxfamgb.bsky.social

Months aside, buy more vintage clothing. It's better.

www.theindustry.fashion/oxfam-launch...
Oxfam launches 'Second Hand September' as fashion set to produce 138 billion unworn clothes annually by 2050 - TheIndustry.fashion
Oxfam has today launched its seventh ‘Second Hand September’ campaign, this time fronted by actress, TV presenter and activist Jameela Jamil.
www.theindustry.fashion
September 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Trump at Windsor, Farage at 30%

What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy?

Upcoming CCRG/ RGS event:

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐦 September 30th @ 7pm

👇

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Climate change under political extremism
As far-right movements rise in Europe and the US, what’s at stake for environmental policy? Experts will discuss sustaining action amid political shifts.
www.rgs.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM