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Very important conversations being had about #global #diversity in #economics 🧐 iea-world.org/activities/div…

“Once the epicenter of the global trade in gold, illegal mining is once again surging across the Amazon… not only fueling corruption, money laundering and criminal violence – it is accelerating deforestation in the world’s largest tropical forest" news.mongabay.com/2022/01/brazil…

How to rewild a country: the story of Argentina theguardian.com/environment/20…

Volunteer Graphic Designer - Nature Vibezzz - environmentjob.co.uk/volunteering/9… via Environmentjob.co.uk

(1/3) We're recruiting! My colleagues Pol Simpson, Veronica Salazar and I are hiring a Research Assistant to work with us in the LSE Brazil Data Lab - a new initiative from LSE to collect and harmonise microdata from Brazilian sources feeding into multiple research projects.

There's a bit of noise about ClimateTrace, a really nice dataset produced by a large collaboration of scientists. Facility-level emissions, over the whole world! Satellites see everything, and AI does all the work! I want here to look at a single case to open a window onto this.

El gran Bernie Bastien-Olvera, PhD acaba de publicar su primer artículo en nature. Analiza el impacto de la #crisiscimática en los ecosistemas y servicios que prestan. Refrendan el impacto desigual, los países más pobres pagarán la mayor parte de la factura. Un gran trabajo!

⭐ VoxDev Talks: NEW EPISODE Today ⭐ Development researchers who give policy advice should consider the local political constraints & opportunities & not be technocrats, Stefan Dercon Blavatnik School of Government CSAE tells Tim Phillips Talk Normal VoxDev. podfollow.com/voxdev

This podcast shows Robert Solow (maybe the father of growth econ) to be very warm. He’s quickly asked whether growth is necessary. says NO + imagines what supports that world. “If I’d studied tuberculosis it wouldn’t make me a fan of it”. Super insights and interview Tony Yates

Friends don't let friends make bad charts! Chenxin Li, pulled together a lot of great advice for data visualization, with clear "do this, not that" examples for each item. Here are a few of my favorites, see the link below for more.

It's here: my annual presentation on decarbonization. There is a lot going on, and I attempt to capture it in 200 slides. Ocean heat content, deforestation, fund performance, vehicle efficiency, lighting technology, GLP-1 agonists, and much more. nathanielbullard.com/presentations

Thank Peat for Capitalism. 1100-1600 Dutch were strip-mining PEAT sods for thermal energy. Made consumption & export goods like glass,bricks,tiles, ceramics,refined salt and sugar, bleached linen, boiled soap, brewed beer, distilled spirits, baked bread... solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2011/09/mediev…

CALL FOR PAPERS. Workshop on the political economy of environmental policy. Where: Stockholm School of Economics, Friday April 19. Want to present your research on the topic? Send your paper to me by March 4!

The biggest threat to tropical forests is not climate change. It is cutting them down. This Mongabay Latam analysis by Tim Killeen tells us why we are losing the last connections between the Amazon and the Andes.

Join our dynamic group in Lyon! Open PhD position(s) in the areas of Public Economics, Political Economy and/or Economic Development. Deadline: May 3th ENS de Lyon CERGIC Sophie Hatte Elisa Mougin Cédric Chambru Lucile Joseph Enguehard Tom Buchot

Are you interested in measuring the impact of weather/climate on outcomes of interest? Do you observe the weather variables at a higher frequency? Wondering how you should choose between different models and their implied climate projections? Pleased to share our recent JoE+code

Following this year's Job Market, we at the IIES are thrilled to announce that Veronica Salazar-Restrepo Veronica Salazar from LSE Department of Economics will join us as Asst Prof in fall 2025 after a one-year post doc in Geneva. Get to know our fabulous new researcher here: bit.ly/3wFEA4d

Un estudio de la FCDS concluyó que existen 5 factores habilitantes que hacen de la ganadería 🐄 un motor de deforestación 🌳⚠️ en la Amazonia: 1⃣ Inversión pública (financiación a iniciativas ganaderas) 2⃣ Deficiente caracterización de los actores ganaderos 3⃣ Poca trazabilidad

A bit on my and Pol Simpson’s ongoing work on the 2022 Pakistan floods: