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Thomas Smucker
@tsmucker.bsky.social
Prof and Graduate Chair, Geography @ Ohio U | Editor, Research in International Studies-Africa Series, Ohio University Press | Visiting Researcher, Kenyatta U | Climate change adaptation, local knowledge, development | Adaptation policy & practice
Upcoming Sustainable Admin hub seminar! Join a discussion on sustainable investing w/ Assoc Prof of Finance David Stowe, members of the Student Equity Management Group and Student Fixed Income Management Group. 2/24, 5pm @ the Front Room. @ougeography.bsky.social @ohiosustainable.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Paris definitely wasn’t always this way. This is very recent. It wasn’t magic. It just took vision and leadership. Your city could choose leadership too.

Great pic via @JBPssx
December 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Commercially motivated climate disinformation is such a severe issue that the COP30 host Brazil, the United Nations and UNESCO have now launched this Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change:
www.un.org/en/climatech...
G20 Leaders’ Summit: Brazil, UN and UNESCO launch Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change | United Nations
www.un.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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The global carbon budget 2024 is out
November 13, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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The most powerful oil producers claim demand won’t peak for decades, but their actions tell a different story. I wrote about it for @heatmap.bsky.social
heatmap.news/economy/oil-...
Oil Companies Are Preparing for a Lucrative Decline
The industry is not doubling down on the future of fossil fuels. Far from it.
heatmap.news
November 15, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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Did capitalism write this?
November 2, 2023 at 8:33 PM
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It is an insufferable travesty that global lenses on history and various other domains of knowledge remain overwhelmingly West-centric, placing the arduous task of decolonisation on the shoulders of the Global South.

A review essay by Namrata Raju:
How Southasia and Oman intertwined
In ‘Sovereigns of the Sea’, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa
www.himalmag.com
September 25, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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Join us tomorrow at 8.30am for our @AdaptFutures session — exchange by young researchers and adaptation practitioners. Presentations will focus on Ghana, Tanzania, Gambia, and Kenya and chaired by @tsmucker.bsky.social
#geosky
October 5, 2023 at 12:05 AM