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Env Studies Professor | Environ & Climate Justice | Governance | Political Ecology | Commons | Editor @Env_Pol | Chair @ESS_of_ISA | Web: https://t.co/TJnEPpn8oQ
Nov 2, 2022 21 tweets 15 min read
🎉Delighted to 📢 the arrival of this baby that several of us nurtured through the trying times of the past three years. Such an honor to work with an inspiring group of academics, activists, artists, & poets. 🥁

A🧵about the pursuits of #ClimateJustice in India & beyond! #COP27 Image The central question we seek to answer here: What does it take to pursue the aspirations of climate justice in countries like India, with longstanding social & economic inequalities and a large population of climate-vulnerable populations? 2/ #LossAndDamage #Inequalities #COP27
Sep 18, 2022 4 tweets 3 min read
🧵Important thread by @vsirnate on the export of radical Hindutva. And, beware of spiritual-sounding groups that sell orientalist fakery to unsuspecting westerners. They are full of bigots who crawl out of woodworks from time to time.
May 19, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
📢New publication: "Globalization of Environmental Justice: A Framework for Comparative Research," which compares Indigenous Peoples' struggles in the United States & India. @OUPAcademic Handbook of Comparative Env Politics Ed. by Jeannie Sowers, @StacyDVanDeveer & Erika Weinthal I build on the @Ostrom_Workshop IAD framework to compare the struggles of Apache activists opposed to proposed copper mining in Oak Flats (Tonto National Forest, Arizona) w/ the resistance of state-led mining in central India by Gond Indigenous Adivasis. #IndigenousPeoples 2/n
Mar 9, 2022 10 tweets 7 min read
Not sure where to start this thread, but @Trevornoah
& @TheDailyShow have made a serious error of judgment in giving platform to a known charlatan. As others have pointed, we wish they'd spent more time researching this gentleman before having him on. 1/n We've been thinking about this for long: "Scientists, corporations, mystics, and movie stars have convinced policymakers around the world that a massive campaign to plant trees should be an essential element of global climate policy." #TrillionTrees #Restoration 2/n
May 11, 2021 4 tweets 6 min read
Dear @jack and everyone else reading this. Please stop funding hate in the times of corona. @SewaUSA is a well-known peddler of hate and bigotry. #COVID19 #Covid19IndiaHelp

RT requested for rapid awareness!

See this: hindutvawatch.org/with-a-hateful… & this: aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/… To better know the supporters of Sewa USA, one should look through the replies to the following tweet by @Profdilipmandal, who has had casteist and bigoted slurs hurled at him. Don't feed the hate machine, @jack.

#COVID19 #Covid19IndiaHelp #Caste
Apr 3, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
India wants richer countries to adopt “net negative” emissions targets. Indian energy minister "launched a broadside against the climate goals of big emitters in the EU and China, in a sign of how climate negotiations are heating up ahead of a UN summit this year." A thread. 1/n The Indian minister is correct about the lack of ambition among the industrially advanced countries, esp. the U.S., which is creating hurdles against the EU-led effort to introduce a carbon border tax, which would go a long way in curbing consumption. 2/n ft.com/content/d31ec6…
Feb 5, 2021 12 tweets 10 min read
"Why the Indian government is mad at Rihanna?"
This episode offers an insightful window into a complete breakdown of the rule of law and means of public accountability in India. #FarmersProtests #FarmersStandingFirm #Thread 1/n
vox.com/22264556/rihan… @jarielarvin via @voxdotcom On Thursday, Delhi Police registered a criminal case against Greta Thunberg to probe international conspiracy to defame India & promote enmity among groups". They cited her tweets as an evidence in the case! No Kidding! #RightToProtest #FarmersProtest 2/n
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Mar 22, 2020 12 tweets 8 min read
Prime minister of makes an emotional speech to ask people of India to stay home on a Sunday. He asks them to do it for the country and do it for him (because, you know, he has always gotten whatever he has asked for). So far so good 1/n In the same emotional speech, he copies the Italian model of people expressing solidarity with doctors & health care workers. The difference? Well, in this case, it is happening because of the urging of a great leader. He reminds everyone that this is a sign of patriotism. 2/n