Simon Dalby

The Post-Liberalism conference at George Washington University is on today.

I'll be talking on the last panel of the day, on "Humans in their Environment"...

And arguing with a distinguished group of panelists about how 'our environment' keep us from understanding the planet.

@illsp.bsky.social

Landmark global shipping deal abandoned under US threats President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".

When pyromanics ruin the world ... www.bbc.com/news/article... #geopolitics #climatechange

Weekend Update #153: The Land War Is Hardening; The Air War Is Broadening Has Trump's Rhetorical Change Meant Anything Concrete?

HI all, just sent out my free weekend update. It was one of those weeks (months really) which confirmed how the war is evolving. The land war is getting more frozen and destructive for those in it, the strategic air war is broadening and expanding. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

Checkout.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org/checkout/

Climate Change, Water, the Environment and National Security: An Annotated History of U.S. Defense, Intelligence, and Security Assessments (Part 1: to 2010) Summary: For more than half a century, U.S. intelligence and defense communities have worked to understand the threats to national and international security from a range of enviro

“No more climate change worship... We are done with that shit.”
Hegseth announces he's going to ignore 40+ years of US defense and intelligence assessments on the real threat of #climatechange for international security and military operations and bases.

Look here.
www.gleick.com/blog/climate...

‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security − and ignores the wisdom of Eisenhower As hundreds of military brass descend on a base in Virginia to be addressed by Pete Hegseth, his newly bestowed title is ‘Secretary of War.’ That means something.

Wreckless militarism... (and imho hysterical masculinity).

theconversation.com/warrior-etho...

A satellite in space is seen in front of the Earth with visible clouds.

@simondalby.bsky.social's paper "Reframing climate security" discusses how discourses and practices of climate security would need to change if the planetary dimension of the crisis, rather than national security concerns, were to take centre stage. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts Canadian wildfire has quadrupled since the 1990s. That’s releasing billions of tonnes of CO2. The climate beast is waking up. When will we?

Canada’s out-of-control wildfire crisis in six charts.

Important new analysis from @nationalobserver.com's @bsaxifrage.bsky.social 👇
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/03/a...

‘Every company wants to produce the last barrel sold’: the treaty to stop fossil fuel production Tzeporah Berman’s campaign group believes Cop30 will help its initiative to phase out oil, coal and gas take shape

Tackling climate change with a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Poilievre’s New Gaslighting Campaign | The Tyee As Canada burns, what does the Conservative leader do? He hysterically attacks electric vehicles.

Poilievre's New Gaslighting Campaign via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The green transition has a surprising new home Forget about northern Europeans, with their coalition governments and love of cycling

The green transition has a surprising new home
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist

Calling out this direct assault on international law and organizations of global governance; Francesca Albanese targeted by the US administration: garlic-opossum-wgr3.squarespace.com/blog/shape-s...

Signs of rising planetary strain highlight need for accelerated climate targets In their paper published in Science of the Total Environment, researchers from IIASA and Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine presented a novel approach to measure and understand human pres...

phys.org/news/2025-07...

Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...

NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

52: Simon Dalby - Fire, Planetary Crisis, and the Politics of Survival Simon Dalby joins us to explore how climate disruption is reshaping geopolitics – and what it means to govern on a planet that’s burning.

My latest podcast on planetary crisis, the precursors to the current discussion, and how to think differently. www.ucl.ac.uk/global-gover...

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe – major report False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says.

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalized.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Naming the Arsonists Big Oil's war on the planet

Highly recommended read from @charlieangus104.bsky.social

Naming the Arsonists open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Author Val McDermid and her wife, geography professor Jo Sharp, take part in the Pride parade through Edinburgh city centre on Saturday afternoon

𝘐𝘔𝘈𝘎𝘌: 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘸/𝘗𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘈 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴

The fact that Canadian leaders continue to have "Let's build more pipelines" conversations while Saskatchewan and Manitoba are being decimated by wildfires is just wild to me

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Comment: B.C. no longer has a climate plan For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

BREAKING: For years, B.C. has called itself a climate leader. Now, the provincial climate plan is a shambles.

By Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Kai Nagata, Kiki Wood, @drmelissalem.bsky.social, @emikonewman.bsky.social & @traceysaxby.bsky.social.

www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

World military expenditure rose by 9.4 per cent in real terms to $2718 billion in 2024, the highest global total ever recorded by #SIPRI and the 10th year of consecutive increases.

Press release ➡️ bit.ly/3GH5GNe

#GDAMS #MilitaryExpenditure #DefenseBudget #MilitaryBudget #SIPRI

'How could any of them remain silent?': President calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza President Micheal D Higgins commended the late pontiff for his outspoken stance on conflicts ongoing globally.

How could any of them remain silent?': @president.ie calls out world leaders for 'indifference' on Gaza
www.thejournal.ie/president-ca...

This is an important article that gets at civil-military coordination being key to avoiding protracted war.

My next post will be on preparing for protracted war vs focusing on victory in the initial phase. (Spoilers: don’t overcorrect from the fixation on decisive battle)

The Many Semantic Lives of Geopolitics: Evidence from the New York Times Archive 1900-2023 Henry Kissinger’s death foregrounds a puzzle in the history of geopolitics. How did a word made infamous by Nazi Germany become so ubiquitous and popular in the English-speaking world? Was Kissinge...

Geopolitics is a word with multiple uses and meanings, and that's only in English.

Here's a link to a free ecopy of my article with Ipek Eroglu on the subject, which is in the latest issue of the journal.

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SZIUG...

Why Canada needs a coast-to-coast power grid Corporate Knights puts forward a vision for an electrified Canada powered by renewable electricity, smart technology, and a coast-to-coast transmission link

There is much talk about the energy transition these days. One key theme in the Canadian discussion is the need for a national Canada wide electricity grid. Ralph Torrie explains in this recent Corporate Knights article: www.corporateknights.com/climate-doll...

The good, the bad, and the terrifying. This week's climate news round-up from @chrishatch.bsky.social 👇

Climate change doesn't care if Trump believes in it www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

A must-read (and warning, very disturbing) piece from my sister @naomiaklein.bsky.social & @astra.bsky.social 👇

Trump Is A War President He Is Working For Putin's Victory And Using The Right Language Is Crucial

After the events of the last few weeks, we need to change our language. Can we stop saying Trump wants “peace”. He is a war focussed president, who is happy to increase US military operations in the Middle East and to see the war in Ukraine continue. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

"Climate realism" stresses security, mitigation and resilience CFR's Varun Sivaram has written a provocative new essay on the approach.

Climate dystopia, or "realism"? #Geopolitics #Climatesecurity www.axios.com/2025/04/07/c...