Mourning the passing of James C Scott this weekend. I couldn't have asked for a better mentor as a young grad student at Yale. He was the model for everything from amazing scholarship to being a wonderful human being.
🌱 Communities across East and Southern Africa are eager for sustainability solutions that work on the ground.
@PamMcElwee discusses practical response options emerging from the #NexusAssessment, emphasizing why local contexts matter.
Watch now!
https://t.co/bTrSUCvxEi
@UNDPNamibia
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Thank you Senator! NJ is behind you - we know how important foreign assistance is and the dismantling of USAID will cause irreparable damage to our standing abroad.
.@SenatorAndyKim at USAID: "I talked to the security guard just in there. He said he has been given specific orders to prevent employees of USAID from entering the building today. I just find that to be absolutely ridiculous. This is no way to govern."
@USAID is enduring am unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
https://t.co/qiXWg7Si0u
🌿 165+ experts, 3 years of work and 147 governments united to deliver the @IPBES#NexusAssessment.
This landmark report provides decision makers with the tools to address interconnected crises.
🔗 Check out the Summary for Policymakers: https://t.co/jLO9FidqsO
I’m hearing there are many long lines to vote across Pennsylvania on college campuses because of record youth voter turnout.
PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS: IF YOU ARE IN LINE TO VOTE STAY IN LINE TO VOTE YOU CANNOT BE TURNED AWAY SO LONG AS YOU ARE IN LINE.
Trump has promised to take the US out of the Paris climate agreement – as he did briefly during his 1st term – and is also reported to be under pressure to pull the US out of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) if he becomes president.
https://t.co/I5DMEfZuON
IPBES & @UNBiodiversity held a press briefing at the opening of the High-Level Segment of #COP16Colombia, highlighting interlinkages between biodiversity, food, water & health as explored in the IPBES #NexusAssessment
https://t.co/sOhFBundvi
@dobura@PamMcElwee @maurocolagreco
🌿 The @IPBES#NexusAssessment Primer is now available online in all official UN languages (+ German)!
Explore how biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate are interlinked and stay tuned for the report launch at #IPBES11 ⤵️
https://t.co/sOhFBundvi
I and others have contributed thoughts mourning the loss of Jim Scott - we will miss his brilliance in writing, eclecticism in reading, strong support of students, and perhaps most of all love of good food.
New #AsiaNow post: colleagues remember James C. Scott, longtime @Yale professor and AAS President in 1997-98. Their tributes testify to Scott's lasting influence as a mentor, scholar, critic, and activist.
https://t.co/nnl04HjCsL
Another day, another story about rogue carbon credits used to 'offset' corporate emissions that are dubious, non-additional, and not providing benefits to local communities https://t.co/kLpYd2F9c0
Gratefully to see how many people appreciated James C Scott’s incredible body of scholarship. I wish Jim was here to tell him Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim was one of them https://t.co/BhXIcR75Tz
In May 2021, the Journal of Asian Studies included a special forum, "Power and Agency: The Discipline-Shifting Work of James C. Scott," edited by @merweissphd & Pamela McElwee. In honor of Scott's life & legacy, @DukePress has made the forum free to all.
https://t.co/y8W3OmqvMQ
@RobGMacfarlane @briankturner101 He passed away on Friday. His new book about rivers (and particularly the Irrawaddy) went to the press for final edits before he died. Will be forthcoming from Yale University Press.