
Thomas Tanner
@tommytanner
Professor of Climate and Society @SOASDevelopment.
Mostly now moved to @tommytanner on Bluesky
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📌 Upcoming Seminar! 28 Nov at 5pm SOAS & Zoom A roundtable hosted by Thomas Tanner, Professor of Climate and Society at SOAS University of London will take stock on the state of global climate finance in the aftermath of #COP29. This talk titled 'Financing Climate Action: Global Pledges to


Congrats to Dzodzi Tsikata, Anika Altaf, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Marleen Dekker and the team! 📌Join us for the book launch at SOAS University of London on 12 Dec 🗓️at 5pm on campus and online. More information & registration link➡️: soas.ac.uk/about/event/bo… SOAS Economics SOAS Politics University of Ghana

Sound Up! 📢 Hear strong words from Dr. Dr Jemilah Mahmood Sunway Centre for Planetary Health on how #COP29 is a failure and the money offered by developed countries is an insult to people facing a #ClimateEmergency, and it's not even in the form of grants. She highlights that the #ClimateCrisis is a

Join us this coming Thursday 5pm GMT SOAS University of London Register for online or in person attendance here soas.ac.uk/about/event/fi… SOAS Development Studies SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation


📢 Join us today at 5 PM via Zoom for an exciting book launch! Featuring Dzodzi Tsikata , Marleen Dekker, and their team, chaired by Awino Okech. 🔗 Register now to receive your Zoom link: shorturl.at/Msgac Maty Konte, Dr. (She/her) Josephine ahikire Simon Manda Innocent Chirisa


Watch the recording of this fab roundtable event here youtu.be/W56S-rY0MVc SOAS Development Studies SOAS Economics SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance May Thazin Aung Yannis Dafermos Emily Wilkinson Leo HornPhathanothai

Great new article by @martaolazabal Dr Ana 🌎 Amorim-Maia @draldavidal Sean Goodwin (he/him) Barriers to climate adaptation include 1. search for universal truths 2. failure to integrate different knowledges 3. simplifying what is actually a complex process doi.org/10.1016/j.cosu…


🎥 Sneak peek from the “Financing Climate Action” roundtable! In this 30 seconds clip, Thomas Tanner offers his perspective on the financial pledges made at #COP29. Watch the full, fascinating roundtable discussion here ➡️: youtube.com/watch?v=W56S-r… SOAS University of London SOAS Economics


Most experts still have hope despite evidence this year that the UN system is not fit for purpose on environmental issues suggests @borenbears from AP apnews.com/article/united…


Bursaries available to study with SOAS Development Studies and CeDEP on one of our 4 online MSc programmes. soas.ac.uk/study/student-… soas.ac.uk/study/online-a…



The Real "Adaptation Gap": Adapting Development in a Climate Changing World With Professor Thomas Tanner 📅 Thursday 20 March 🕒 13:00 – 14:00 hrs UK/GMT 💻 Online (Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees) 👉 For more information and to register: buff.ly/IfDE1FX


Is India ready for the extreme heat of a 1.5C world? In a new Sustainable Futures Collaborative report, we conduct the 1st multi-city analysis of the implementation of heat actions in India. We focused on 11% of the urban pop with some of the highest increases in heat risk. sustainablefutures.org/publication/is…

