paul mitchell

Humbled to be sitting next to @cristyclark.bsky.social at this esteemed event

Prefiguring a better, post-growth world - Episode 4 (with Birsha Ohdedar) - Law at the End of the World In this episode of 'Law at the End of the World', Cristy Clark and Elizabeth Macpherson explore the intersections of environmental law, climate change, and social justice. The episode particularly foc...

Episode 4 of Law at the end of the world is now out.

This episode features the fabulous @birshao.bsky.social
And @prof-mac.bsky.social and I discuss prefigurative legalities, utopian politics and my failed attempts at slow scholarship -
www.buzz-sprout.com/2489596/epis...

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It would be amazing to have this written up as a case study for others to learn from

So great!

Would love to hear more about this. Fascinating stuff. Do you have a link to more info?

‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals Swings between drought and floods striking from Dallas to Shanghai, while Madrid and Cairo are among cities whose climate has flipped

Really interesting study on climate change ‘flipping’ urban areas from predominantly wet to dry and vice versa. Makes adaptation planning much more complex www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Legal Geographies of Water: The Spaces, Places and Narratives of Human-Water Relations This book deepens our understanding of humanity’s diverse relationships with water and the law, providing a critical assessment of this relationship, as well as charting the course towards a more sust...

My new book is now available to preorder. It looks at the last four decades of water governance and considers the interaction between human relationships with water and the law, through case studies from Chile, the UK, the Philippines, South Africa, the US, & Aotearoa New Zealand.

St Clements church in Oxford with crescent moon

CBA19: Local solutions inspiring global action CBA19 brings together practitioners, grassroots representatives, local and national government planners, policymakers, researchers and donors working at all levels and scales to discuss how we can dri...

Registration is now open for the 19th international conference on community based adaptation. Session proposals are under review and Dia Alternativo planning is underway. It’s going to be a huge week!
I hope to see many of you in Recife from 12-16 May www.iied.org/cba19-local-...

A park with a pond at sunset

Sunset dogs walks are lovely - particularly now that the sun is setting after 5pm!

Sign at beach advising no swimming due to sharks and other hazards

Very much don’t swim at this beach - drop off, submerged rocks, strong currents - and sharks…

A streetscape in Recife, Brazil with old buildings and a big tree

Old town Recife, Brazil is filled with colonial buildings in various dates of disrepair and vibrancy. This street was, apparently, voted one of the prettiest on earth

Locally Led Adaptation works. Our joint report examined locally led climate change adaptation in practice in Kenya and Tanzania, with promising results. www.diis.dk/en/research/...
@diis.dk #ClimateChangeAdaptation

On my way to the airport. I’ll be in Brazil for the week scoping out venues and politics for the #CBA19 conference - too early to launch the hashtag?

Can’t I be both? Also, fixed thanks

Chamada de propostas para sessões da conferência do CBA19 O IIED está solicitando o envio de propostas de sessões para a 19ª Conferência Internacional sobre Adaptação Comunitária às Mudanças Climáticas (CBA19) em Recife, Brasil, de 12 a 16 de maio de 2025

Versão em português/Portuguese version: www.iied.org/pt-br/chamad...

Convocatoria de propuestas para las sesiones de la conferencia CBA19 El IIED invita a presentar propuestas para las sesiones de la 19ª Conferencia Internacional sobre Adaptación Comunitaria al Cambio Climático (CBA19), que se celebrará en Recife (Brasil) del 12 al 16 d...

Versión española/Spanish version: www.iied.org/es/convocato...

CBA19 call for proposals for conference sessions IIED is seeking submissions of proposals for conference sessions for the 19th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA19) in Recife, Brazil from 12-16 May 2025

The 19th International Conference on Community-based Adaptation is calling for session proposals. The overarching conference question is how can we achieve just and equitable adaptation? Themes are LLA in action, Urban adaptation,
and Nature/adaptation. Open till 17 Feb www.iied.org/cba19-call-f...

CBA bound for Brazil in May 2025 CBA19 will be hosted in Recife, Brazil the week of 12 May 2025 – just months before COP30 in the same country

I'm super excited to be able to share that the 19th international conference on community-based adaptation (CBA19) will take place in Recife, Brazil in the week of 12 May 2025. More details at the link 👇, and MANY more details to come in the new year www.iied.org/cba-bound-fo...

2024 Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice - Global Center on Adaptation The key message from this year’s Stories of Resilience is the need for urgent and rapid reform in how global and national climate finance is delivered, in the power dynamics between providers and reci...

It’s great to see this report out in the world. Locally-led adaptation is (slowly) moving from commitments to action. Some of that action is collected in these chapters. It’s rare to see a publication with perspectives on one issue from such a wide range of different actors gca.org/reports/2024...

Reads like extra shirking of responsibility then doesn’t it!

Hi Jakob. Good questions. I think the intent is for 1.3 trillion overall, of which 300 million should be public and grants or highly concessional loans. The rest is presumed to come from private sector (inc commercial loans and ‘innovative’ sources)

COP29: A Staggering Betrayal of the World’s Most Vulnerable PRESS ADVISORY Baku, Azerbaijan — 24th November 2024 | The LDC Group is outraged and deeply hurt by the outcome of COP29. Once again, the countries most responsible for the climate crisis have fai...

www.ldc-climate.org/press_releas... 4/4

Backsliding on mitigation commitments and weak, untransparent carbon trading rules will only make things harder. The LDC group is right to call this outcome a betrayal 3/4

And with no change to the complex system of multiple funds and countless intermediaries, I’m worried little of this inadequate amount will actually make it to the communities fighting for their survival 2/4

I’m finding it hard to be optimistic about climate action after the debacle in Baku. Yes, we saw an increase in finance commitments, but barely more than the current trickle 1/4

Great to see Panama’s commitment to bringing as action under the three Rio conventions back together - action on climate and nature has been too fragmented for too long (via climate home news)

25 Countries and the EU launch Call to Action for No New Coal in National Climate Plans  - PPCA 25 countries and the European Union launch a Call to Action to reflect no new unabated coal in their electricity systems as part of their national climate plans.  Baku, Azerbaijan: Today, recognizing ...

It’s more than a bit disingenuous of Australia to sign this pledge while increasing mining and export of coal poweringpastcoal.org/news/countri...

I’ve been avoiding social media for a while but am feeling hopeful at this massive growth here in the last few days. So nice to see the climate community flourishing here