Meg Mills-Novoa
@mills-novoa.bsky.social
Geographer. Climate justice. Director of the Climate Futures Lab. Berkeley Prof. Extreme fruit enthusiast.
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Reuters has a new story on state insurer-of-last-resort programs being stretched to their limits, using data from @cplusc.bsky.social's recent report.
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
How a US home insurance fix is becoming a problem
U.S. states have set up insurers to provide protection in disaster-prone areas that private insurance has avoided. They are taking on more risks as calamities become widespread.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Reuters has a new story on state insurer-of-last-resort programs being stretched to their limits, using data from @cplusc.bsky.social's recent report.
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
What I would add to this coverage is more analysis of WHY these programs are in trouble & whether it's the right...
www.reuters.com/graphics/USA...
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I heard rumors about this but devastating to see it happening.. “the PPFP faculty hiring incentive is sunsetting as of fall 2025” 💔 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I heard rumors about this but devastating to see it happening.. “the PPFP faculty hiring incentive is sunsetting as of fall 2025” 💔 www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
25 years after the World Commission on Dams reckoned with the socio-environmental impacts of dams, we are in the midst of another dam boom, causing lots of conflict around the world. We just published an open-access review of dam conflicts post-2000 in World Development. Pdf and thread👇
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
25 years after the World Commission on Dams reckoned with the socio-environmental impacts of dams, we are in the midst of another dam boom, causing lots of conflict around the world. We just published an open-access review of dam conflicts post-2000 in World Development. Pdf and thread👇
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Let's get a hell yeah in the chat for this great write up of how we get more free as we adapt to climate change from @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social & @mmikulewicz.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Let's get a hell yeah in the chat for this great write up of how we get more free as we adapt to climate change from @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social & @mmikulewicz.bsky.social
Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due to the delivery of adaptation as projects. In this article, we explore real alternatives that can address the structural causes of vulnerability. DM for pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Moving beyond projects to achieve transformative adaptation - Nature Climate Change
Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due in part to the delivery of adaptation as projects, but there are viable alternatives tha...
www.nature.com
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due to the delivery of adaptation as projects. In this article, we explore real alternatives that can address the structural causes of vulnerability. DM for pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We're hiring in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley! Can be asst or associate level. It is an "open search" in enviro science, energy engineering OR qual/mixed-method social science. Critical social scientists of climate plz apply!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05092
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05092
Assistant or Associate Professor - Energy and Resources Group
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We're hiring in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley! Can be asst or associate level. It is an "open search" in enviro science, energy engineering OR qual/mixed-method social science. Critical social scientists of climate plz apply!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05092
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05092
If anyone is in Detroit, we are going to be talking about @jmijin.bsky.social’s amazing book - A Just Transition for All at 4:10pm. DM for details!
March 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If anyone is in Detroit, we are going to be talking about @jmijin.bsky.social’s amazing book - A Just Transition for All at 4:10pm. DM for details!
Climate change adaptation is happening but so is resistance to these efforts. In our open-access article, @mmikulewicz.bsky.social and I look at 20 cases to understand why resistance is happening and highlight alternative visions for adaptation. We learned 9 key things. 🧵. doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
The Promise of Resistance: A New Lens for Climate Change Adaptation Research and Practice
Over the years, thousands of climate change adaptation projects have been implemented globally. While there has been substantial scholarship on the extent and nature of adaptation efforts, fewer stud....
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Climate change adaptation is happening but so is resistance to these efforts. In our open-access article, @mmikulewicz.bsky.social and I look at 20 cases to understand why resistance is happening and highlight alternative visions for adaptation. We learned 9 key things. 🧵. doi.org/10.1002/wcc....
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New forum in Contemporary South Asia on Threatening Dystopias with reviews by several scholars I've learned so much from (Andrea Nightingale, Ambarish Karamchedu, @mills-novoa.bsky.social, David Ludden) + my response
So honored by the chance to engage with them 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/3...
So honored by the chance to engage with them 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/3...
Contemporary South Asia
Volume 32, Issue 4 of Contemporary South Asia
www.tandfonline.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:30 AM
New forum in Contemporary South Asia on Threatening Dystopias with reviews by several scholars I've learned so much from (Andrea Nightingale, Ambarish Karamchedu, @mills-novoa.bsky.social, David Ludden) + my response
So honored by the chance to engage with them 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/3...
So honored by the chance to engage with them 🙏 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ccsa20/3...