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Reader @RHULGeography // Climate change in a globalised world // Cambodia Chair, RGS Climate Change Research Group Editor at Geo

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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
1 year
Delighted to share my new Transactions @RGS_IBG intervention "Skeletons, Dragons and the Climate War" out TODAY I consider how climate geographers can engage with the discipline's legacy - and turn it to reflexive use... Free and open access here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/hMrYpezdQl
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@graceblakeley
Grace Blakeley
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72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK. Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy. And our democracy is failing as a result. https://t.co/wvpoFppjSA
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@SabinaLawreniuk
Sabina Lawreniuk
19 days
โ“How can we build a thriving, ethical, and sustainable garment industry in the UK - one that works for businesses and for workers? ๐ŸคJoin us Thursday at Highfields in #Leicester for a day of dialogue & action on fair work in UK manufacturing โœจRegister https://t.co/pUFEnVwk2V
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@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
1 month
๐Ÿ†2025 CCRG dissertation prize winners๐Ÿ† The physical geography award goes to @UCLgeography's Jiatong Liang The human geography award goes to @ExeterGeography's Stephanie Cooper for the The overall winner this year is Jiatong Liang. Congratulations to both!
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@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
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New CCRG event upcoming on 4th of November at 1pm: ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ More here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/aZMmE5XTgW
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@SabinaLawreniuk
Sabina Lawreniuk
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Special economic zones arenโ€™t just trade infrastructure - theyโ€™re tools of imperial power and authoritarian control. ๐ŸšจNew paper from @invisible_wrkrs by @katharinagrneis in #Jordan Read on to learn how global production sustains empire & violence. ๐Ÿ”— https://t.co/Rw44ndOLYi
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@graceblakeley
Grace Blakeley
1 month
โ€œDebt trap nation is a chilling and eye-opening expose on how the British state keeps some of the most vulnerable women in society trapped in a cycle of debt homelessness and domestic violence." My endorsement for this brilliant book - order here:
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waterstones.com
Buy Debt Trap Nation by Katherine Brickell, Mel Nowicki from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over ยฃ25.
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@TexFash
TexFash
2 months
Global Compliance Shifts Challenge Cambodiaโ€™s Garment Industry on Climate, Labour, Governance CC: @lauriefdparsons LINK: https://t.co/sipO0Qi4pg
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@SabinaLawreniuk
Sabina Lawreniuk
2 months
๐Ÿ‘•Another stark reminder of the human costs of #fastfashion ๐Ÿค’In #Indiaโ€™s โ€œcastoff capital,โ€ workers are falling ill recycling the world's discarded clothes ๐Ÿ“ˆLung disease. Skin infections. Cancer. Via the @guardian https://t.co/VF31K4jjag
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theguardian.com
Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year
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@SabinaLawreniuk
Sabina Lawreniuk
2 months
๐ŸงตOnce the beating heart of #UK manufacturing, #Leicester's garment industry is now on the brink of collapse โ“What went wrong? ๐Ÿ”ŽOur new @invisible_wrkrs team member, Dr Evie Gilbert, hit the streets to uncover a story of systemic neglect ๐Ÿ”— Read on
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invisibleworkers.org.uk
Traces of the UKโ€™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...
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
I have a NEW BOOK impending early next year with the RGS-IBG book series/ @LSEPress ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž Take a peek at the cover and blurb here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/WTErCk0XE7
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@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
2 months
UPDATED LINEUP We are delighted to announce that The Guardian's Global Environment editor Jonathan Watts will be joining us, live from the Amazon, for tomorrow's event Tuesday September 30th - 7pm Get your tickets here๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/zUGTv5qmuE
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ Last chance to sign up for tomorrow's BIG event at the RGS on ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ There are still a few tickets left. Get yours here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/jpObcNzXgq
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐‰๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฌ Last chance to sign up for tomorrow's BIG event at the RGS on ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ There are still a few tickets left. Get yours here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/jpObcNzXgq
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@SabinaLawreniuk
Sabina Lawreniuk
2 months
Back on the picket yesterday with my brilliant #Geography @UoNUCU colleagues UoN is threatening to cut 100s more staff They say cut back, we say fight back โœŠ๏ธ No compulsory redundancies!
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
Only 6 days to go until our CCRG event on what the rise of far right politics means for climate policy ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ Tuesday September 30th - 7pm Get your tickets here๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/jpObcNzXgq
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
Only 6 days to go until our CCRG event on what the rise of far right politics means for climate policy ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ Tuesday September 30th - 7pm Get your tickets here๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/jpObcNzXgq
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@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
2 months
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: ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ September 30th @ 7pm ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/zUGTv5pOF6
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@RGS_IBGhe
RGS-IBG Higher Ed
2 months
Organised by the Society's Climate Change Research Group, join us in person in London or online later this month, for an expert discussion on 'Climate change under political extremism'. More details. ๐Ÿ‘‡
@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
2 months
Super exciting event incoming at the RGS this September What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ September 30th @ 7pm More here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/zUGTv5qmuE
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@lauriefdparsons
Laurie Parsons
2 months
Incredible event happening later this month at the RGS on climate change and the far right An amazing line up of speakers from academia and journalism to discuss what the rise of Trump, Farage - and many others - means for climate policy Sign up here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/jpObcNzXgq
@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
2 months
Super exciting event incoming at the RGS this September What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ September 30th @ 7pm More here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/zUGTv5qmuE
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@ClimateGeog
Climate Change Research Group
2 months
Super exciting event incoming at the RGS this September What does the rise of far right politics in Europe + the US means for climate policy? ๐‚๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ September 30th @ 7pm More here ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://t.co/zUGTv5qmuE
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