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Andrew Fanning

@andrewlfanning.bsky.social

Ecological economist. Research and Data Analysis at https://doughnuteconomics.org. Exploring a good life for all within planetary boundaries at http://goodlife.leeds.ac.uk

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Israeli protesters holding pictures of starving Palestinian children and calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza clashed with police on Thursday in Tel Aviv.

01.08.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 876    ๐Ÿ” 401    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 46
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Landmark Ruling Gives Paris Climate Agreement Teeth A rare unanimous ruling from the International Court of Justice creates a pathway to hold all governments, even the climate-denying ones, legally liable for climate risk.

The ruling from the International Court of Justice last week is genuinely a big fucking deal. It makes it a legal obligation for countries to address climate change. Yes, even the ones not signed on to Paris. Yes, even the U.S. More from me & @rishpardikar.bsky.social drilled.media/news/ijc-1

26.07.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 288    ๐Ÿ” 100    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 14
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Actualitรฉs/Essais/Documents Ralentir ou pรฉrir, Timothรฉe Parrique : Loin dโ€™รชtre le remรจde miracle aux crises auxquelles nous faisons face, la croissance รฉconomique en est la cause...

Ralentir Ou Pรฉrir: L'ร‰conomie De La Dรฉcroissance (by Timothรฉe Parrique) www.seuil.com/ouvrage/rale...

26.07.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Nutmegโ€™s Curse In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origins of our contemporary climate crisis in Western colonialismโ€™s violent exploitation of human life and...

Nutmeg's Curse, The: Parables For A Planet In Crisis (by Amitav Ghosh) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

26.07.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination And Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, And Future (by Riane Eisler and Douglas Fry) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

26.07.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Ministry for the Future <font size="+2">ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR </font><font size="+1">'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it woul...

Ministry For The Future, The (by Kim Stanley Robinson) store.orbit-books.co.uk/products/the...

26.07.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Material World THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK *An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year* Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the Britis...

Material World: A Substantial Story Of Our Past And Future (by Ed Conway) www.penguin.co.uk/books/446267...

26.07.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Marx in the Anthropocene Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Marx in the Anthropocene

Marx In The Anthropocene: Towards The Idea Of Degrowth Communism (by Kohei Saito) www.cambridge.org/core/books/m...

26.07.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
THE BOOK โ€” THE INVISIBLE DOCTRINE

The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism & How It Came To Control Your Life (by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison) theinvisibledoctrine.com/the-book

26.07.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hyperbole and a Half Book Page I wrote a book.ย  It was really, really, really hard. And way less glamorous than I had anticipated. But it's done.ย  Anyway, I made th...

Hyperbole And A Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, And Other Things That Happened (by Allie Brosh) hyperboleandahalfbook.blogspot.com/2013/09/i-wr...

26.07.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline The science on climate change has been clear for a very long time now. Yet despite decades of appeals, mass street protests, petition campaigns, and peaceful demonstrations, we are still facing a boom...

How To Blow Up A Pipeline: Learning To Fight In A World On Fire (by Andreas Malm) www.versobooks.com/products/264...

26.07.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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History for Tomorrow - Roman Krznaric What inspiration can we find in the last 1000 years of history for tackling ten of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st century? Learn more.

History for Tomorrow: Inspiration From The Past For The Future Of Humanity (by Roman Krznaric) www.romankrznaric.com/history-for-...

26.07.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Getting to Yes: Negotiating An Agreement Without Giving In (by Roger Fisher, William Ury, and Bruce Patton) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/324551...

26.07.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures โ€” Merlin Sheldrake "Entangled Life is a mercurial, revelatory, impassioned, urgent, astounding, and necessary read. Itโ€™s fearless in scope, analytically astute, and brimming with infectious joy." โ€” Helen Macdonald

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, And Shape Our Futures (by Merlin Sheldrake) www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life

26.07.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Code of Capital A compelling explanation of how the law shapes the distribution of wealth

Code of Capital, The: How The Law Creates Wealth And Inequality (by Katharina Pistor) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

26.07.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Barbarian Days by William Finnegan: 9780143109396 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books **Winner of theย 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included inย President Obamaโ€™s 2016 Summer Reading List โ€œWithout a doubt, the finest surf book Iโ€™ve ever read . . ....

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life (by William Finnegan) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/292954...

26.07.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A CITY ON MARS Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far awayโ€”no climate change, no war, no Twitterโ€”beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critica...

A City On Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, And Have We Really Thought This Through? (by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith) www.acityonmars.com

26.07.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A collage of 15 book covers on a black background

A collage of 15 book covers on a black background

๐Ÿ“š If you are looking for something to read, here are 15 books that I have enjoyed over the past year. With thanks to the authors for their time and creativity. ๐Ÿ™

๐Ÿค“ also, i must confess that my inner-librarian found compiling the list below deeply satisfying. Pls add your own recommendations! ๐Ÿ“

26.07.2025 17:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Climate & Debt: Interconnected crises & responses | DEAL an online and in-person conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connectedโ€“and what we can do about it

Last week, @andrewlfanning.bsky.social (DEAL Research and Data Analysis Lead) joined other inspiring voices in debt & climate justice to discuss how sovereign debt crises accelerate the #ClimateCrisis - and how the climate crisis, in turn, deepens debt.

Missed it? Watch the webinar here ๐Ÿ‘‡

10.07.2025 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At Climate & Debt side event at #FfD4, @andrewlfanning.bsky.social highlights unpaid climate debt of Global North, contrasted with the debts of the Global South that are crowding out finance for health and education

This is a world deeply out of balance, in terms of meeting human needs #FfD4People

01.07.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A map of Europe with a route marked from Cadiz (Spain) to the ISEE-Degrowth Conference in Oslo (Norway), and a label with a train icon that says 4,760 km (57 hours 34 minutes).

A map of Europe with a route marked from Cadiz (Spain) to the ISEE-Degrowth Conference in Oslo (Norway), and a label with a train icon that says 4,760 km (57 hours 34 minutes).

๐Ÿค—I'm looking forward to seeing and learning with friends and colleagues at the upcoming ecological economics/degrowth conference #ISEE-Degrowth2025 in Oslo next week.

๐Ÿ’ปInfo + livestream plenaries (I think!): isee-degrowth2025.no

๐Ÿš†Also, this will be my longest train journey yet -- wish me luck!

20.06.2025 13:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Zweiter ร–sterreichischer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel | AAR2 Der AAR2 ist ein umfassender, interdisziplinรคrer Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel in ร–sterreich.

The Austrian Assessment Report on Climate Change #AAR2 by #APCC is now published.

aar2.ccca.ac.at

@ccca.ac.at

Here are eight key messages:

18.06.2025 05:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Six leaders of JVP Chicago are launching an indefinite hunger strike today. Two of them are academics. No business as usual during genocide.

16.06.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 446    ๐Ÿ” 124    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses | DEAL Join us for an online conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connectedโ€“and what we can do about it

EVENT | Climate and Debt: Interconnected Crises and Responses

Join @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and more for a conversation on how the climate and debt crises are deeply connected - and what we can do about it.

๐Ÿ“… Thurs, June 12, 2025
โฐ 12PM - 1:30PM (BST)

doughnuteconomics.org/events/clima...

07.06.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letโ€™s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen.

This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board.

Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??

09.06.2025 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5971    ๐Ÿ” 1951    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 99    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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As European Society for Ecological Economics, we launched our Curriculum Development Platform!

Designed for educators & learners, it offers 115+ resourcesโ€”slides, syllabi, games, assignments & moreโ€”to support & inspire ecological economics teaching

Explore & contribute: ecolecon.eu/esee-curricu...

02.06.2025 05:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Tomorrow, May 29: I'm looking forward to the next peer gathering of the Doughnut Economics Research-for-action network -- if that sounds interesting, do join us for one of two sessions to accommodate time zones (or both!).

Register via the link below๐Ÿ‘‡

28.05.2025 12:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Doughnut Economics Research-for-Action gathering (Asia-Pacific) | DEAL Connecting scholar-activists to amplify Doughnut Economics research and to mobilise evidence for transformative action

๐Ÿ“ข Calling scholar-activists interested in #DoughnutEconomics: do you want to connect, share ideas, and build a network with like-minded peers?

๐Ÿ“† If so, do join our next #Research-for-Action peer gathering on 29 May, facilitated by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social.

๐Ÿ‘‡ More info + register below here.

21.05.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A map of Europe with many small multi-coloured circles layered on top. A legend titled Ecological Economics lists the colours and research hub, master programme, bachelor programme, and individual course. A logo of the European Society for Ecological Economics is in a corner, and a website URL is at the bottom: https://ecolecon.eu/ecological-economics-map/

A map of Europe with many small multi-coloured circles layered on top. A legend titled Ecological Economics lists the colours and research hub, master programme, bachelor programme, and individual course. A logo of the European Society for Ecological Economics is in a corner, and a website URL is at the bottom: https://ecolecon.eu/ecological-economics-map/

๐Ÿง Are you wondering where to study and learn post-growth approaches in Europe?

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ I'm glad to share the first version of an interactive map - currently with 110+ diverse initiatives spanning 26 countries - that aims to help with that!

๐Ÿค— Dive in here: ecolecon.eu/ecological-e...

๐Ÿ™ Feedback welcome

17.05.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

In a week Trump is being called a #degrowther for all the wrong reasons @vegardbeyer.bsky.social and I are celebrating the 2nd anniversary of our podcast series about the true story of #LimitstoGrowth which has now reached 100,000+ listeners!

So much has happened in 2 yrs with more to come!

A ๐Ÿงต

16.05.2025 07:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

@andrewlfanning is following 20 prominent accounts