David Satterthwaite

@Dsatterthwaite

Researcher ; Co-editor, Environment & Urbanization , Visiting Professor, University College London. Contributed to last 4 IPCC Assessments

London
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Joined April 2009
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    21 Nov 2017

    Now possible to support SDI’s global poverty fighters and their initiatives with modest donations. So many SDI examples of how far they make modest funding go. If the big funds don't support them we can

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  2. Feb 4

    UNWANTED TWEETS. I seem to be getting more and more tweets from people I do not follow or businesses promoting stuff I don’t want or ‘news’ agencies with news I have no interest in. One of the joys of twitter was relatively little of this.

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    Feb 4

    Elizabeth’s mother built a house. Fire burnt it down. Elizabeth rebuilt it. The governor sent in bulldozers. Nothing you see here exists anymore. Apart from the people. The people remain.

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    Feb 3

    Did you know we have a searchable database of books? We also provide a neat synopsis and further reading for each book. Have a browse!

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    Feb 2

    Flashback — just three days ago, we walked through 15 waterfront communities in from down to where the demolitions began. The fear was palpable, but lives were intact save those first 2000 displaced. Now all these communities are rubble. 💔

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    Feb 1

    DAY 5: another neighbourhood in Diobu, , is bulldozed as people scramble out with what they can carry. Further forced evictions expected tomorrow. This is , but it is a human disaster.

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    Feb 1

    “Where does Wike want us to go?!” — question everyone is asking. Almost a month ago communities wrote to Governor Wike asking for dialogue concerned by his then vague threats of eviction. Countless follow ups at Govt house… no response. Now demolition.

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    “Even fly are treated better than the way he treat us.” Voices from the . This 41-year-old mother was evicted with thousands of others today in Waterfront. Number displaced by may reach 60,000 this week. Where is IDP camp they can find shelter?
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    Feb 1

    My heart breaks for thousands forcibly evicted in — like this widow w/ 8 children, 6 grandchildren I met in Akwuzu whose home was destroyed by today. Tonight she is squatting in an uncompleted building. Lost home of 33 years. For what?

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    Feb 1

    “I am homeless” - Elder Williams of waterfront community in Diobu, Port Harcourt

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    Jan 31

    JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: JEI and our civil society partners condemn the ongoing forced eviction of waterfront communities in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State

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    Jan 31

    Where are all of the aid agencies and humanitarian organizations? and others… is 2,000 homeless with 60,000 more under imminent threat of becoming homeless not reason enough for you to act?

    “Me and my pickin, na here we dey sleep” — Peace Friday and her 3 children, made when the Rivers State Govt demolished her home at community, now sleeping on a road side. Forced evictions are manmade humanitarian disasters.
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    Jan 30

    “Our government, they don’t respect any rules, they don’t respect the Constitution” — Diobu waterfront residents’ emotional plea to end ongoing

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    Jan 30

    URGENT SOS: 15 JEI community paralegals and community leaders from waterfront communities have been arrested for bearing witness to ongoing and unlawful demolition of their communities by the Rivers State Govt

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    Jan 29

    (1) Are you a journalist reporting on climate change? The report on impacts, vulnerability, adaptation (Working Group II) will be out on Feb 28 and the media can sign up to get embargoed materials 👇🏽

    ’s next , the Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report on impacts, adaptation & vulnerability, is due to be released on 28 Feb 2022. Media accreditation is now open. Registration details are in the thread, or visit ➡️
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    Jan 29

    Oxfam's 2022 inequality report has mostly hit headlines for astronomic rise in wealth of the world's richest 10 men during the pandemic (doubled). Also finds "Inequality of income is a stronger indicator of whether you will die from COVID-19 than age."

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  16. Jan 29

    Responding to the Guardian article on per capita emissions. Of course low-consumption countries and people have low carbon footprints But do we really have reliable figures for DR Congo (wars…last census 1984)…Yemen civil war….

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    Jan 28

    First we commend and for building these Level 3 hospitals here in Mukuru. However, we are losing lives. Imagine going to a hospital with a deep cut only to be sent outside to get gloves. The community needs a working hospital and not just a building.

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    Jan 26

    Recognising emotional attachment & locating emotion in decision making in the urban environment are often difficult to tie down. This fantastic report helps navigate this terrain by summarising findings of a 4-year study;with huge relevance right across :

    Project report on emotional attachments to urban heritage now live. The report considers emotional responses, emotional communities and how/why people form attachments to the personalities of historic places:
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    Jan 26

    JOINT PRESS STATEMENT: Communities and CSO Partners Condemn Threat of Forced Evictions Looming over 60,000+ Waterfront Communities in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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    Jan 24

    "Without equal access to information & resources... women & girls worldwide are missing out on many opportunities such as training courses to learn new skills or start their own businesses, finding better jobs, accessing banking services or participating in a more public life..."

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    BLOG: Towards gender equality: the digital rights of girls and women --> The pandemic catalysed a worldwide shift to virtual engagement. But girls and women are still missing out, writes .
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    Jan 24

    📺 NEW | explains our approach to identifying and understanding the complex problems facing , and how we're aiming to catalyse urban reform through our action research.

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