Simon Dalby
@simondalby.bsky.social
Author of "Pyromania: Fire and Geopolitics in a Climate Disrupted World" (Agenda 2024) https://www.agendapub.com/page/detail/pyromania/?k=9781788216500
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The Post-Liberalism conference at George Washington University is on today.
I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"...
And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet.
@illsp.bsky.social
I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"...
And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet.
@illsp.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The Post-Liberalism conference at George Washington University is on today.
I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"...
And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet.
@illsp.bsky.social
I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"...
And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet.
@illsp.bsky.social
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HI all, just sent out my free weekend update. It was one of those weeks (months really) which confirmed how the war is evolving. The land war is getting more frozen and destructive for those in it, the strategic air war is broadening and expanding. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #153: The Land War Is Hardening; The Air War Is Broadening
Has Trump's Rhetorical Change Meant Anything Concrete?
open.substack.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
HI all, just sent out my free weekend update. It was one of those weeks (months really) which confirmed how the war is evolving. The land war is getting more frozen and destructive for those in it, the strategic air war is broadening and expanding. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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October 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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“No more climate change worship... We are done with that shit.”
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.
Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.
Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...
Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010)
Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro
www.gleick.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“No more climate change worship... We are done with that shit.”
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.
Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.
Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...
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@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts
Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?
www.nationalobserver.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...
Tackling climate change with a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production
Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tackling climate change with a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Poilievre's New Gaslighting Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Poilievre’s New Gaslighting Campaign | The Tyee
As Canada burns, what does the Conservative leader do? He hysterically attacks electric vehicles.
thetyee.ca
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Poilievre's New Gaslighting Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Calling out this direct assault on international law and organizations of global governance; Francesca Albanese targeted by the US administration: garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com/blog/shape-s...
SHAPE Statement of Solidarity Silencing the Mandate: US Sanctions on Francesca Albanese A Symbol of International Law’s Twilight — Saving Humanity and Planet Earth (SHAPE)
Public Statement 26 July 2025 For immediate release Imagine a scene worthy of Orwell’s worst nightmare: a United Nations envoy, appointed to report on human rights violations, excellently performing...
garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Calling out this direct assault on international law and organizations of global governance; Francesca Albanese targeted by the US administration: garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com/blog/shape-s...
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NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN
The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...
www.cnn.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
My latest podcast on planetary crisis, the precursors to the current discussion, and how to think differently. www.ucl.ac.uk/global-gover...
52: Simon Dalby - Fire, Planetary Crisis, and the Politics of Survival
Simon Dalby joins us to explore how climate disruption is reshaping geopolitics – and what it means to govern on a planet that’s burning.
www.ucl.ac.uk
July 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My latest podcast on planetary crisis, the precursors to the current discussion, and how to think differently. www.ucl.ac.uk/global-gover...
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Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says.
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised
www.theguardian.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says.
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Highly recommended read from @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Naming the Arsonists
Big Oil's war on the planet
open.substack.com
June 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Highly recommended read from @charlieangus104.bsky.social
Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...
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Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
June 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
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The fact that Canadian leaders continue to have "Let's build more pipelines" conversations while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are being decimated by wildfires is just wild to me
June 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The fact that Canadian leaders continue to have "Let's build more pipelines" conversations while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are being decimated by wildfires is just wild to me
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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BREAKING: For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.
By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: B.C. no longer has a climate plan
For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.
www.timescolonist.com
May 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING: For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.
By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
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World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by #SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
April 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by #SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe
#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI
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How could any of them remain silent?': @president.ie calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...
'How could any of them remain silent?': President calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza
President Micheal D Higgins commended the late pontiff for his outspoken stance on conflicts ongoing globally.
www.thejournal.ie
April 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
How could any of them remain silent?': @president.ie calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...
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This is an important article that gets at civil-military coordination being key to avoiding protracted war.
My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)
My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)
Why do wars tend to become protracted despite the allure of quick victories? The answer is as likely to be found as much in political objectives as military means. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...?
The Age of Forever Wars
Why military strategy no longer delivers victory
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This is an important article that gets at civil-military coordination being key to avoiding protracted war.
My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)
My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)
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Geopolitics is a word with multiple uses and meanings, and that's only in English.
Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...
Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...
The Many Semantic Lives of Geopolitics: Evidence from the New York Times Archive 1900-2023
Henry Kissinger’s death foregrounds a puzzle in the history of geopolitics. How did a word made infamous by Nazi Germany become so ubiquitous and popular in the English-speaking world? Was Kissinge...
www.tandfonline.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Geopolitics is a word with multiple uses and meanings, and that's only in English.
Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...
Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...