Adam Sneyd 🇨🇦

50 YEARS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN AUSTRALIA: A NEW ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY - Progress in Political Economy (PPE) The first full program of courses in political economy at an Australian university began in 1975. It was in the product of a long struggle by a dissident student-staff movement at the University of Sy...

Edited by Frank Stilwell, the latest issue of Journal of Australian Political Economy celebrates 50 years of Political Economy at the University of Sydney as a discipline. More events later in the year!

This is the kind of opportunity that can give grad students focusing on sustainable development their start - APPLY! group78.org/chief-report...

Join us online or in-person for the Group of 78's 2025 Conference on "Redefining Development in the New World Disorder," featuring José Antonio Ocampo and @drodrik.bsky.social Friday 10 October group78.org/programs/ann...

‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation Israel’s offensive and aid curbs tip enclave of 2.1mn Palestinians into famine

"For Mustafa, the descent into hunger began slowly, then suddenly became unavoidable...These past few weeks had been the worst...On the days he and his brother cannot find food, the children eat a tablespoon of salt and fill their bellies with water."

unbelievably cruel

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great compositions + the silkiest tone + A&M magic = legend #RIPChuck

YouTube video by Chuck Mangione - Topic Give It All You Got

TURN UP THE VOLUME - www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OK...

We also show why a bad deal is worse than no deal:
1. Trump can change it at will.
2. Will accelerate outflow of capital.
3. Disarms Canada's ability to retaliate.
4. Hits strategic sectors worst.
5. Sabotages a global response to Trump.
6. Forgoes pressure growing inside U.S. /4

Argentine: une étude s'alarme de la nocivité pour la santé des pesticides et de leur «effet cocktail» Alors que l’usage croissant des intrants chimiques en agriculture est de plus en plus critiqué – en témoigne le débat en France autour de la loi Duplomb, dont la pétition a atteint le million de signa...

Stop the agrochemical disaster…https://rfi.my/BrON

Humbled for the shout out but the real OMG story here is you starting up at KCL!!! Way to go, Gloria - you are making waves in a good way

Get yourself a mentor like @adamsneyd.bsky.social who will advocate for your PhD app, serve on your committee, then cite you over and over in his (fantastic!) book years later 🥰

I read it amidst my transition to @schoolforgovt.bsky.social from @lsegender.bsky.social, SO grateful for my “village” 🙏

Look forward to participating in this webinar next Friday! It's so important to have this conversation and call out what is not being discussed at UNFSS+4

Trump threatening 35% tariffs on Canadian goods across the board | CBC News U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to slap a 35 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods as the two countries have been engaged in negotiations to reach some sort of trade agreement.

Canada should not bargain away ANYTHING. Time to find other trade partners who share our values.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Opinion: The U.S. is not our friend any more. Has anyone told Mark Carney? Why is the Prime Minister still trying to negotiate a trade and security agreement with a capricious authoritarian?

New from me, on the disconnect between Mark Carney’s nationalist rhetoric and what his actual policies will deliver: Deeper Canadian integration with an increasingly authoritarian and fascist US.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Chronique des matières premières - Les cotonniers africains sur le qui-vive refusent d'être déclassés Le commerce du coton africain va-t-il devenir de plus en plus compliqué ? C’est ce que craignent les représentants de la filière. Dans une lettre ouverte, l’association cotonnière africaine (ACA) rela...

Brutal US trade policy & the synthetic fibre lobby are once again undermining African cotton rfi.my/BpI9

Want to change how we are thinking about/talking about all dimensions of ‘progress’ - talk to us ! www.theicsdp.org/people

Une enquête internationale confirme les abus de Socfin en Afrique et en Asie Une enquête internationale confirme la responsabilité de Socfin, la Société financière des caoutchoucs, dans des cas d’abus dénoncés par les communautés riveraines en Afrique et en Asie entre 2023 et 2025, nous apprend le site d’information en ligne Mongabay. Les conclusions de cette enquête indiquent que la holding luxembourgeoise est responsable d’accaparement de terres, de mauvaises conditions de travail, de dégradations de l’environnement et de violences sexuelles. 

Une enquête internationale confirme les abus de Socfin en Afrique et en Asie

A Green Cold War In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed

Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
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Relancer l'aide internationale au développement, un défi complexe au sommet de Séville La quatrième Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement s'ouvre ce lundi 30 juin à Séville, en Espagne, dans un contexte de baisse généralisée de l'aide au développement, avec notam...

FfD4 should be getting WAY more play in the Canadian media…. rfi.my/Bnjr

If Carney wants to build, he should go big on a Youth Climate Corps If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that.

If the Liberals want to earn back the trust of young people, they must make a compelling and inspiring offer, and the Youth Climate Corps represents just that, write Bushra Asghar, Erin Blondeau, Lea Mary Movelle and Juan Vargas Alba www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/11/o...

YouTube video by David Peck Live Adam Sneyd on Rethinking Sustainable Development: The ICSDP Initiative

A call to action from me: we can and must independently assess the sustainability impasse, reinvent the SDGs, and create better metrics of progress m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJr...

Learn more about our ICSDP initiative to reinvent the sustainable development agenda here: www.theicsdp.org

Afrique économie - La réforme des Nations unies, un bouleversement pour les économies africaines « Coupes budgétaires, réduction des effectifs et relocalisations sont au menu de l’initiative de réforme ONU 80 lancée par le secrétaire général, Antonio Guterres, le 11 mars dernier », explique lacon...

Not good rfi.my/BmgW

A right that the US subsequently worked to block through refusing to negotiate the NIEO package as a single-undertaking, outstripping the negotiating capacity of most newly independent states across the South....

We aim to put research at the core of an independent commission on sustainable development progress - check out our initiative and DM me for more www.theicsdp.org

YouTube video by David Peck Live Adam Sneyd on Rethinking Sustainable Development: The ICSDP Initiative

A call to action from me: we can and must independently assess the sustainability impasse, reinvent the SDGs, and create better metrics of progress m.youtube.com/watch?v=KwJr...

YouTube video by UNAC Regina Independent Commission for SDGs: Targets and Indicators for Responsible Consumption and Production

and here: in relation to SDG 12 www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7r2... (more of a listen rather than a view) w content from Hidden Politics in the UN SDGs....

YouTube video by The Group of 78 The UN Sustainable Development Goals Hidden Politics and How to Hold the UN Accountable

I also previously discussed the need for an independent commission to push us beyond the SDG impasse with Ruby Dagher: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo3D...

Why we need an Independent Commission on Sustainable Development Progress: A modest proposal

for some background/context, please check this blog of mine out from back in January adamsneyd.com/news/why-we-...

After talking about a truly Independent Commission on Sustainable Development Progress (ICSDP) and developing a strategy for the past six months, our team is ready. NEXT WEEK we are launching a website for our major collaborative research initiative - stay tuned and please reach out & get involved!

Old fashioned fisking of the FT piece on coal. Mute if you don't want to see lots of red ink spilled on the pink paper.