Optimist @nobelprize and @exponentialroad and @Earth4All_ Author of Earth For All (published 2022) and Breaking Boundaries (2021). Born at 324ppm
Stockholm, Sweden
Joined March 2011
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#CriticalMinerals shouldn’t be battlegrounds. Our new publication in @ScienceMagazine introduces a Global Minerals Trust—a shared governance framework to stabilize markets and protect communities.
Let’s move from competition to cooperation.
Read here: doi.org/10.1126/science.adv9…
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Apparently it is once again time to bring back the lesson on tariffs from Ferris Bueller
Is it a useful exercise to list the largest oil and coal companies? Will it help bring emissions down? I don't think so. They are pumping because it is legal, extremely profitable and high demand. This is where most effort needed. theguardian.com/environment/…
Great thought piece imagining America in 2050 by @DAcemogluMIT @NobelPrize. A parallel with @earth4all system dynamics modelling that includes a social tension index that provides a rough guide to institutional trust as inequality rises ft.com/content/4e3f1731-3d63… via @ft
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this is the event — temperatures not cooling down once La Niña conditions were re-established — that climate scientists said would imply something quite bad
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More and more people are saying this: Tariffs for oligarchs!
(A little tax will do: no need to ban them—unless they don't pay)
Great oped @owenjonesjourno @guardian. @earth4all_ ran a global survey with @IpsosUK this year. In US while 80% think democracy is good, 41% think a strong autocratic leader also works, and most want economic and political reform. This is what Trump has been promising.
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Ya está en librerías 'Un planeta para todos. Una guía de supervivencia para la humanidad. Un informe para el Club de Roma', de @SDDecleve, @owengaffney, @Jayati1609, Jorgen Randers, @jrockstrom y @estocknes.
Con prólogo de @CFigueres y @lizwathuti.
icariaeditorial.com/inicio/4…
great write up summarising the work of today's @NobelPrize laureates
"For the first time — and probably not the last — a scientific breakthrough enabled by artificial intelligence has been recognized with a Nobel Prize".
@ewencallaway with a terrific story on today's Chemistry Nobel | @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Well… congratulations to @demishassabis our local boy done good! A win for Finchley, and I dare say the first Nobel for comprehensive @christscolfinch & state grammar Queen Elizabeth school Barnet. Congrats to David Baker and John Jumper. Loving your work!
Wouldn’t it just be peachy if the Chemistry Nobel tomorrow went to @demishassabis for AlphaFold and David Baker for Rosetta, FoldIt and protein design? Go on! Make it so!
The Jodies Resolution is almost mythical. By chance, I was in Amsterdam for a wedding last May and moored right next to the reception, there she was. The ship is priceless for @NERCscience, IGBP research, @ECORD_IODP and, i would say, for humanity. theguardian.com/environment/…
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2024 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.
I am still unsure how much access these LLMs have to actual academic literature - full papers on journal sites. Does anyone have any insights? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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Breaking news! 📢
72% of people across 18 of the 20 wealthiest nations believe that #ECOCIDE should be a CRIME! 🌎
This is according to a global poll conducted by @Ipsos and commissioned by @Earth4All_ + @globalcommonshq.
FULL STORY➡️: stopecocide.earth/2024/ipsos…
#StopEcocide
Today we (@Earth4All_ @globalcommonshq @WEAll_Alliance ...) publish our #G20 survey on attitudes to planetary stewardship @IpsosUK. Large support for #ecocide legislation. "Time to criminalize environmental damage", says survey p.dw.com/p/4kJSs?maca=en-Twi…
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The history of three infectious diseases — smallpox, polio, and measles — before and after a vaccine was available.
From my article on humanity's long fight against infectious diseases: ourworldindata.org/microbes-…
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Free Narges now!
@Malala , @mariaressa , Shirin Ebadi, @NadiaMuradBasee , and many other award winners, intellectuals, politicians, and public figures have united to demand freedom for Narges Mohammadi.
Join us in the fight for her freedom!
Take action: write “Free Narges” on a piece of paper, take photos or videos, and post them on social media. Tag @narges_mohamadi_51 on Instagram to amplify her voice.
Let’s stand with her and demand justice. Enough is enough. We stand with Narges.
Free her now! #FreeNarges
@nargesfnd
On train to #NobelPeaceConference reading @nytimes "No education beyond 6th grade. No employment in most places, no publicspace access. No unaccompanied travel. No leaving home uncovered. And now, the sound of a woman’s voice outside the home has been outlawed in Afghanistan."
The annual Nobel Peace Conference will highlight the dangerous rollbacks of women’s rights across the world and look at best practices to counter them. Don't miss out – Thursday 5 September from 12:30-16:30 CEST!
See full programme and sign up for the digital stream: nobelpeacecenter.org/en/woma…
Digital pre-show with @sree staring at 12:30 CEST.
Conference programme starting at 13:00 CEST.
@nargesfnd @digimentors
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⏰The vast majority of people we surveyed across G20 and emerging economies agree: major action is needed this decade to tackle #climatechange and protect nature.
Here are the 🔝10 advocates for urgent measures.
Explore results from your country ⏩ earth4all.life/global-survey…
