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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

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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

21.02.2025 15:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Long line up of people on bikes waiting for the light to change on a Paris street, in a separated bike-lane.

Long line up of people on bikes waiting for the light to change on a Paris street, in a separated bike-lane.

Paris definitely wasnโ€™t always this way. This is very recent. It wasnโ€™t magic. It just took vision and leadership. Your city could choose leadership too.

Great pic via @JBPssx

09.12.2024 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2316    ๐Ÿ” 425    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 30    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33
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The Mystery of Food Deserts They didnโ€™t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.

1. The conventional explanation for food desertsโ€”that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining โ€” fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didnโ€™t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.

01.12.2024 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5590    ๐Ÿ” 2504    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 197    ๐Ÿ“Œ 578
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G20 Leadersโ€™ Summit: Brazil, UN and UNESCO launch Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change | United Nations

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...

20.11.2024 09:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 119    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The global carbon budget 2024 is out

13.11.2024 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 357    ๐Ÿ” 191    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Oil Companies Are Preparing for a Lucrative Decline The industry is not doubling down on the future of fossil fuels. Far from it.

The most powerful oil producers claim demand wonโ€™t peak for decades, but their actions tell a different story. I wrote about it for @heatmap.bsky.social
heatmap.news/economy/oil-...

15.11.2023 15:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 126    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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Did capitalism write this?

02.11.2023 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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How Southasia and Oman intertwined In โ€˜Sovereigns of the Seaโ€™, the histories of Omani sultans in the age of empire speak to the interconnectedness of Southasia, West Asia and East Africa

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:

25.09.2023 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Join us tomorrow at 8.30am for our @AdaptFutures session โ€” exchange by young researchers and adaptation practitioners. Presentations will focus on Ghana, Tanzania, Gambia, and Kenya and chaired by @tsmucker.bsky.social
#geosky

05.10.2023 00:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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