Remco van de Pas
@rvandepas.bsky.social
Public health doctor/academic/eco-socialist. Health, climate & economic justice. Work@ https://unu.edu/iigh/ Politics@ https://diem25.org/en/ Research@ https://bit.ly/3UHfCLF Activism@ http://phmovement.org/ Neurodivergent. Opinions personal
Oud-president Soeharto ondanks felle kritiek geëerd als Nationale Held Indonesië - nos.nl/l/2589905
Oud-president Soeharto ondanks felle kritiek geëerd als Nationale Held Indonesië
Huidig president en voormalig schoonzoon Prabowo reikte de eretitel uit. Soeharto leidde het land met harde hand en werd veelvuldig beschuldigd van corruptie.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Oud-president Soeharto ondanks felle kritiek geëerd als Nationale Held Indonesië - nos.nl/l/2589905
The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "Mr Guterres was right on Thursday. The failure to keep within the agreed 1.5C target – – is a “moral failure” and one that reinforces profound injustices"
The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer | Editorial
Editorial: The increasing ferocity and frequency of tropical storms imposes an unbearable burden on countries including Jamaica
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November 10, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Guardian view on worsening extreme weather: the injustice of the climate crisis grows ever clearer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "Mr Guterres was right on Thursday. The failure to keep within the agreed 1.5C target – – is a “moral failure” and one that reinforces profound injustices"
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#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
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November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight")
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
Proposed late additions to agenda:
* trade
* finance
* deforestation
* ambition
* reporting
Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!)
This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵
1/
'There is no money’ As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? www.theguardian.com/environment/... After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. Successful schemes such as Kenya's Kasigau now face a stark future
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
'There is no money’ As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? www.theguardian.com/environment/... After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. Successful schemes such as Kenya's Kasigau now face a stark future
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On 20 October 2025, 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆 visited the Japan Institute for Health Security, delivering a lecture & exploring opportunities for collaboration.
Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.
#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.
#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On 20 October 2025, 𝗨𝗡𝗨-𝗜𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗰𝗖𝗼𝘆 visited the Japan Institute for Health Security, delivering a lecture & exploring opportunities for collaboration.
Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.
#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
Thanks to 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗷𝗶𝘁𝗮 and 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗺𝗶 for hosting David.
#UNU #UNUIIGH #GlobalHealth #HealthSecurity
Conference Report: The Global Heating Emergency drtomharris.substack.com/p/conference... Ten years ago the world agreed to limit temperatures to 2ºC by 2100, so it’s a little alarming to attend a conference discussing if its even possible to prevent breaching that limit by 2040.
Conference Report: The Global Heating Emergency
Ten years ago the world agreed to limit temperatures to 2ºC by 2100, so it’s a little alarming to attend a conference discussing if its even possible to prevent breaching that limit by 2040.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Conference Report: The Global Heating Emergency drtomharris.substack.com/p/conference... Ten years ago the world agreed to limit temperatures to 2ºC by 2100, so it’s a little alarming to attend a conference discussing if its even possible to prevent breaching that limit by 2040.
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UNU-IIGH’s Thandazile Sibindi and Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) recently participated in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme in Canberra, Australia.
Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
Reflections on the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme
UNU-IIGH's Thandazile Sibindi shares her reflections on participating in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme held in Canberra.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:41 AM
UNU-IIGH’s Thandazile Sibindi and Remco van de Pas (@rvandepas.bsky.social) recently participated in the Planetary Health Equity Future Leaders Programme in Canberra, Australia.
Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
Explore Thandazile's insights from her experience in the programme: go.unu.edu/nb2VI
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theconversation.com/inside-the-f... On the 'funhouse mirror' that X has increasingly become. Certainly true for the 'For you' feed, i can confirm. @willemvandeput.bsky.social @katribertram.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
Inside the far-right social media ecosystem normalising extremist ideas in UK politics
A process of normalisation has led Reform to propose mass deportations where once it believed such a policy would never be politically viable.
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October 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
theconversation.com/inside-the-f... On the 'funhouse mirror' that X has increasingly become. Certainly true for the 'For you' feed, i can confirm. @willemvandeput.bsky.social @katribertram.bsky.social @gorikooms.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @rravinetto.bsky.social
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world www.theguardian.com/business/202... Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings @unu-iigh.bsky.social
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world
Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world www.theguardian.com/business/202... Influential economists want replenishment of funds and new ways to define countries in need before this week’s IMF and World Bank meetings @unu-iigh.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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Real question, not snark. How do we update this diagnosis to reflect the elimination of USAID, other US cuts (eg NIH), and big (~40%) overall cuts to health aid over other rich countries? Global health as we knew and could critique it in 2024 is mostly gone. What are productive ideas now?
Why global health research must stop treating communities as data sources and start honoring them as knowers - GHO
Professor Seye Abimbola joins us for the Expert's Voice where he discusses epistemic injustice, the stubborn legacies of colonialism in academic global health, and why meaningful change requires us to...
globalhealthotherwise.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Real question, not snark. How do we update this diagnosis to reflect the elimination of USAID, other US cuts (eg NIH), and big (~40%) overall cuts to health aid over other rich countries? Global health as we knew and could critique it in 2024 is mostly gone. What are productive ideas now?
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www.theguardian.com/football/202... We're so screwed. @rvandepas.bsky.social
A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape
NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
www.theguardian.com/football/202... We're so screwed. @rvandepas.bsky.social
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Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... @rvandepas.bsky.social
Iran must move its capital from Tehran, says president as water crisis worsens
Masoud Pezeshkian says subsidence is also ‘a disaster’ in city of 10 million, which consumes quarter of Iran’s water
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October 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Via the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... @rvandepas.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliances
Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership
US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliances
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September 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s... Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership US president’s speech made a mockery of UN values and highlights the need for strong anti-Trumpian alliances
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Monbiot in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @rvandepas.bsky.social
I have now been a journalist for 40 years. The forces ranged against my profession have never been so powerful | George Monbiot
Once, I believed that humanity’s problem was an information deficit. Now, I know you can’t speak truth to power if power controls your words, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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September 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Monbiot in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @rvandepas.bsky.social
Indonesia Protests Over Political Cronyism moderntokyotimes.com/indonesia-pr... Thousands of students, workers and activists demonstrated outside the nation’s parliament on Monday against a monthly housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($US3,075) for MPs, which is 10 times the Jakarta minimum wage.
Indonesia Protests Over Political Cronyism (West Papua) – Modern Tokyo Times
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August 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Indonesia Protests Over Political Cronyism moderntokyotimes.com/indonesia-pr... Thousands of students, workers and activists demonstrated outside the nation’s parliament on Monday against a monthly housing allowance of 50 million rupiah ($US3,075) for MPs, which is 10 times the Jakarta minimum wage.
Thousands of Puncak Jaya residents reportedly evacuated due to military attacks jubi.id/lapago/2025/... Residents of Lumo and Mewoholu Districts, Puncak Jaya Regency, Central Papua, have reportedly evacuated to locations, allegedly due to attacks carried out by the Task Force Operations Command.
Ribuan Warga Puncak Jaya Dilaporkan Mengungsi Akibat Penyerangan Militer | Jubi Papua
Menurutnya, selain menyebabkan ribuan warga dua distrik mengungsi, penyerangan itu juga menyebabkan tiga anak mengalami luka tembak. Korban adalah JG (2
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August 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Thousands of Puncak Jaya residents reportedly evacuated due to military attacks jubi.id/lapago/2025/... Residents of Lumo and Mewoholu Districts, Puncak Jaya Regency, Central Papua, have reportedly evacuated to locations, allegedly due to attacks carried out by the Task Force Operations Command.
Opinion – Wi-Fi, War and West Papua in an Algorithmic Age www.e-ir.info/2025/08/26/o... Protecting these spaces means embracing transparency, resisting monopolization and supporting decentralized, democratic digital tools—one conversation, one placard and one community at a time.
Opinion – Wi-Fi, War and West Papua in an Algorithmic Age
Jürgen Habermas envisioned a public sphere grounded in dialogue, mutual understanding and accountability – today's digital ecosystem deviates significantly from this.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Opinion – Wi-Fi, War and West Papua in an Algorithmic Age www.e-ir.info/2025/08/26/o... Protecting these spaces means embracing transparency, resisting monopolization and supporting decentralized, democratic digital tools—one conversation, one placard and one community at a time.
The Guardian view on the collapse of environmental talks: petrostates blocked a global plastics deal, but we must not despair www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The failure of UN talks in Geneva should anger us all. The increasing threat to our health, environments and wildlife must be addressed.
The Guardian view on the collapse of environmental talks: petrostates blocked a global plastics deal, but we must not despair | Editorial
Editorial: The failure of UN talks in Geneva should anger us all. The increasing threat to our health, our environments and wildlife must be addressed.
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Guardian view on the collapse of environmental talks: petrostates blocked a global plastics deal, but we must not despair www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... The failure of UN talks in Geneva should anger us all. The increasing threat to our health, environments and wildlife must be addressed.
West Papua and Pity the Indigenous: Endless International Failure moderntokyotimes.com/west-papua-a... Spare a thought for the Indigenous Papuans, enduring decades of persecution in their homeland. This ongoing form of colonialism is enabled by nations that continue to supply arms to Indonesia.
West Papua and Pity the Indigenous: Endless International Failure – Modern Tokyo Times
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August 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
West Papua and Pity the Indigenous: Endless International Failure moderntokyotimes.com/west-papua-a... Spare a thought for the Indigenous Papuans, enduring decades of persecution in their homeland. This ongoing form of colonialism is enabled by nations that continue to supply arms to Indonesia.
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Countries race for late breakthrough in deadlocked plastic pollution talks @sightmagazine.bsky.social #plastictreaty #plastic #plasticpollution #UN #INC5 #oilproducers #WorldWildlifeFund
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Countries race for late breakthrough in deadlocked plastic pollution talks - Sight Magazine
Talks to create the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution hung in the balance late on Thursday.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Countries race for late breakthrough in deadlocked plastic pollution talks @sightmagazine.bsky.social #plastictreaty #plastic #plasticpollution #UN #INC5 #oilproducers #WorldWildlifeFund
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Countries deadlocked on plastic production and chemicals as talks on a global treaty draw to close
->Spectrum News | #Plastic | More info from EcoSearch
->Spectrum News | #Plastic | More info from EcoSearch
Countries deadlocked on plastic production and chemicals as talks on a global treaty draw to close
GENEVA — Negotiations on a global treaty to end plastic pollution are drawing to a close Thursday, as nations remain deadlocked over whether to tackle the exponential growth of plastic production. What You Need To Know Negotiations on a global...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations
Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Plastic #Greenwashing
Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Plastic #Greenwashing
Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations
Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Countries urged to ‘hold the line’ in Geneva plastics treaty negotiations
Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Plastic #Greenwashing
Talks continue amid warnings from environmental groups over being ‘sold out’ without meaningful or legally binding measures
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Plastic #Greenwashing
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Muere #EdgarWilmer, pionero en la promoción de la salud holística, fundador de #MedicusMundSuiza @medicusmundich.bsky.social y representante de #MedicusMundiInternacional en #AlmaAta
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida... @mleschhorn.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @kristofdecoster.bsky.social
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July 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Muere #EdgarWilmer, pionero en la promoción de la salud holística, fundador de #MedicusMundSuiza @medicusmundich.bsky.social y representante de #MedicusMundiInternacional en #AlmaAta
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida... @mleschhorn.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @kristofdecoster.bsky.social
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida... @mleschhorn.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @kristofdecoster.bsky.social
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Nick Meynen in de Wereld Morgen: www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2025... @gorikooms.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @willemvandeput.bsky.social
De sluipmoord van het vooruitgangsoptimisme - DeWereldMorgen.be
Fossiel fascisme begint niet met witte mannen die keihard het zwarte goud boven alles zetten. Het begint met alternatieve feiten en debatten die het equivalent zijn van een open breuk vaststellen, maa...
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August 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Nick Meynen in de Wereld Morgen: www.dewereldmorgen.be/artikel/2025... @gorikooms.bsky.social @rvandepas.bsky.social @willemvandeput.bsky.social