🌧️ Climate risks are never just environmental, they’re also social and political: This morning's workshop with Omar Pérez Figueroa from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign @pkotsila.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social
IMBRACE
IMBRACE
@imbrace-erc.bsky.social
A research project funded by the European Research Council that analyzes the nexus between climate change, health, and immigration. Led by Panagiota Kotsila at @icta-uab.bsky.social https://imbrace-erc.org/
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📢🌱 Join us next week for our workshop with Omar Pérez Figueroa exploring climate adaptation, environmental risk and inequalities 👇 #resilience #environmentaljustice 🌱 tinyurl.com/3p6767uj
🗣️Hey! Next week we're hosting this workshop with Omar Pérez Figueroa on #environmentalrisk and #environmentaljustice 👇Let us know if you want to join the online session and we'll send you the link! 🎫
Beyond technical risk management! 📢 Discover how communities navigate unequal access to water, safety, and decision-making power in this upcoming workshop with Omar Pérez Figueroa at @ICTA_UAB. Join us! 🔗 www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
A @storymaps.bsky.social report by Matteo Salvini explores three overlapping dimensions of heat vulnerability featuring @pkotsila.bsky.social and @amaliacaar.bsky.social imbrace-erc.org/under-the-sa... Full report in Spanish ➡️ storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fee5...
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Hey! Make sure to check out our researcher @andreamcintosh.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social new Substack channel, where she talks about her fieldwork on #homelessness and #extremeweather, and how these relate to life in #Philadelphia US. andreamcintosh.substack.com?utm_source=n...
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Started this starter pack with energy justice & climate justice folks. Let me know who I should add to it. go.bsky.app/HXiuKJ5 (P.S. yes this is my way of finding my friends that migrated to bluer skies) @costasamaras.com @menrywy.bsky.social @leahstokes.bsky.social @sidersadapts.bsky.social
A recap of our Living with the Weather panel at @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! 👇
🙌We went to @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! Here's a few moments from our panel "Living with the Weather" w/ @pkotsila.bsky.social, Kim West @fatimafizza.bsky.social @amaliacaar.bsky.social Lisa Hannuschke, Sergio R. Cayuela @ianguelovski.bsky.social
Today, 16:30-18:30! Part 2 of our panel "Living with the Weather" at @pollenetwork.bsky.social @ub.edu #POLLEN2026👇
🌡️☔Next week is @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! Here @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social from @bcnuej.bsky.social talks about the upcoming panel "Living with the Weather," which looks at heat, flooding, who the city protects, and who it doesn't. Full video ⬇️ youtu.be/MpcFoAPunXM
In our panel today at @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026 our researchers Melissa Arrigoitia + @susananevesalves.bsky.social explained how migration status and race compound climate vulnerability in #cities @icta-uab.bsky.social @bcnuej.bsky.social @pkotsila.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social
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Panagiota Kotsila, lead investigator of the IMBRACE project, shares her perspectives on urban climate justice and previews her group's participation in the POLLEN (Political Ecology Network) Conference, taking place in Barcelona from June 29 to July 3, 2026. #pollen2026
🌡️☔Next week is @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! Here @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social from @bcnuej.bsky.social talks about the upcoming panel "Living with the Weather," which looks at heat, flooding, who the city protects, and who it doesn't. Full video ⬇️ youtu.be/MpcFoAPunXM
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📢Are you coming to #POLLEN2026? We are part of the @pollenetwork.bsky.social organizing committee @ianguelovski.bsky.social and lab members including @pkotsila.bsky.social @imbrace-erc.bsky.social @amaliacaar.bsky.social will be there! @icta-uab.bsky.social www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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📣El projecte GINA co-liderat per @amaliacaar.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social busca dones majors d'edat que visquin o freqüentin el #PratdeLlobregat per participar en dos tallers participatius sobre clima, habitatge i barri. Compensació de 60€👇🧵 bcnuej.org/projects/gina/
🌡️☔Next week is @pollenetwork.bsky.social #POLLEN2026! Here @pkotsila.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social from @bcnuej.bsky.social talks about the upcoming panel "Living with the Weather," which looks at heat, flooding, who the city protects, and who it doesn't. Full video ⬇️ youtu.be/MpcFoAPunXM
🔵📩🟠Our newsletter is out! Read our field work stories, learn about our new case study in Valencia, watch @pkotsila.bsky.social talk about ourupcoming panel at the #POLLEN2026 @pollenetwork.bsky.social + more 👇 mailchi.mp/26f532e2eb30...
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Can we talk about vulnerability in climate & health studies but from a feminist perspective? Here we try to outline what this would mean, and what new questions and methods it would require: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 🔓 open access 🙃
🇫🇷 Called "poor, dirty, dangerous" for decades, Belle-de-Mai in #Marseille is also one of the most solidary neighborhoods in #France. Susana Neves Alves reports on vulnerability to #climatechange among #migrantcommunities #climatejustice imbrace-erc.org/notes-from-t...
🚨New report from @sanidad.gob.es on the use of the healthcare system by the migrant population in Spain
🥵🇬🇷What does extreme heat feel like when your sidewalks resemble an obstacle course, your flat is on the lowest floor, and your asylum application is pending? Our researcher @fatimafizza.bsky.social reports from #Athens #climatejustice #heatjustice #migraton imbrace-erc.org/notes-from-t...
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At our @imbrace-erc.bsky.social workshop, we were joined by migrants from Afghanistan, Lebanon, Iran, Pakistan, Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia. We used 2 creative methods: body maps to uncover embodied experiences of heat; postcards to reflect on heat adaptation needs in Athens, Greece.
🥵☔ Our literature reviews of the drivers of vulnerability to extreme weather, #heatwaves and #floods on #migrants in European #cities are now available in several languages. Download them on our website 👇 imbrace-erc.org/publications/
📢 Call for papers! New special issue in @nature.com Urban Sustainability: Radical Civic Practices,The Future of Urban Environmental Justice Studies in a Highly Unequal World. Guest editors ➡️@pkotsila.bsky.social @ianguelovski.bsky.social Deadline Jun 10! 🔗 nature.com/collections/bjddhegddh
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😍Excited to share that Isabelle Anguelovski from ICTA-UAB presented her research last week at TU Dortmund University. It was a great contribution to interdisciplinary sustainability science and international collaboration. ram.raumplanung.tu-dortmund.de/details/isab...
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🗞️¿La pesadilla de vivir en La Florida?🤯 ✍️El científico Sergio Ruiz Cayuela del ICTA-UAB explica en @elperiodico.com otra versión diferente: cómo el ecosistema barrio de La Florida cuenta una historia de dignidad, resistencia y futuros colectivos 💪 #LHospitalet www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/2...
✍️¿Qué hay detrás de los titulares que llaman a #LaFlorida una “pesadilla”? En @elperiodico.com nuestro investigador Sergio Cayuela y La Florida s’Aveïna comparten otra historia: la de un barrio que resiste, se organiza y construye futuros colectivos #LHospitalet www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/2...
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🥳Tomorrow we're celebrating 10 years of BCNUEJ!👇 #urbanjustice #research #environmentaljustice #cities www.bcnuej.org/2026/03/11/b...
📢20 March! A roundtable titled “Beyond Borders” with our PI @pkotsila.bsky.social will discuss climate migration, participatory methodologies community-based artistic practices, w/ Josep Perelló Palou & Rae Teitelbaum👇 📍 La Escocesa, Bcn 🎟️ Free event w/ registration laescocesa.org/es/view/masa...
🌡️ How does extreme heat affect everyday life in cities? A look at our workshop in Athens @fatimafizza.bsky.social, where migrant women shared their experiences 👇 #ClimateJustice #UrbanHeat #MigrantCommunities imbrace-erc.org/exploring-th...
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⛈️❄️El cambio climático agrava el sinhogarismo (también en invierno) ✍️👩@andreamcintosh.bsky.social, investigadora del ICTA-UAB, pone sobre la mesa esta grave problemática social que se encuentra a diario en las calles de las ciudades. 📰@publico.es www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
🗣️ Shout-out to our team members Susana Neves Alves, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia and @pkotsila.bsky.social who participated in @icta-uab.bsky.social s campaign for #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience! #11F
Sounds normal. But it isn’t. On #WomenInScienceDay these are the voices of women researchers at ICTA-UAB, imagining what science would feel like if gender equality were fully achieved. This is what should be ordinary. #IfThisWereNormal #GenderEquality #11F #ICTAUAB #WomenInSTEM
👉 JOB ALERT! 📣 We’re looking for a Field Assistant in #Marseille 🇫🇷 to support workshops, participant recruitment & data collection for the @erc.europa.eu IMBRACE project. Apply by 5 Feb! imbrace-erc.org/call-for-fie... #recherche #JusticeClimatique @icta-uab.bsky.social
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🚨"Living on the streets is also a climate issue" Our researcher @andreamcintosh.bsky.social @icta-uab.bsky.social explains how climate change deepens vulnerability among homeless people in Barcelona, based on her research and the recent street count w/ Arrels Fundació #Homelessness #ClimateJustice
🌡️Heatwaves are one of the most invisible, yet deadly, climate risks in cities. In this clip, @pkotsila.bsky.social talks about climate vulnerabilities in El Raval, Barcelona, 1 of our key case studies ▶️https://palaumacaya.fundacionlacaixa.org/es/p/comunidad-reconstruccion-y-resiliencia_a172936012
This event was hosted by Fundación La Caixa and coorganized by @isglobal.bsky.social
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📢 Hey! Submission for this call is extended until March 10! 👇https://www.nature.com/collections/bjddhegddh #climatejustice #environmentaljustice
5️⃣ Walk-alongs 🚶♀️🚶♂️ We walk with participants through their everyday routes to observe, discuss & reflect on how urban spaces & climate hazards shape wellbeing. imbrace-erc.org/walk-alongs/
⬇️You can download the full descriptions of each #methodology as a PDF with detailed information, step-by-step guidance, and examples! imbrace-erc.org/methodologies/
3️⃣ Photovoice 📸 Photos capture daily realities of vulnerability, resilience & adaptation priorities — personal stories become collective insight. imbrace-erc.org/photovoice/
4️⃣ Postcards from the Future ✉️ Imagine your neighborhood in 2040. Draw, collage, or write your climate-resilient, wellbeing-focused future. Foresight meets lived experience. imbrace-erc.org/postcards-fr...
1️⃣ Body Mapping 🖌️ Participants draw & annotate life-sized body outlines. Emotions, memories, climate & #migration experiences become visible — literally in the body. imbrace-erc.org/body-maps
2️⃣ Urban Climate Relief Maps 🗺️ Map your city: where you feel safe, uncomfortable, stressed, or cared for. Shows how identity & environment intersect: gender, race, class, heatwaves, floods...all together. imbrace-erc.org/urban-climat...
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Bringing @imbrace-erc.bsky.social to this conference, inserting issues of social justice to discussions of #OneHealth and #PlanetaryHealth
📢 Save the date: ERC annual conference will take place on 28 January 2026! Its theme will be ‘One Health’. Discover the programme and register now 👉 t.co/SBat1iYccr #OneHealth @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @ecdc.europa.eu @efsa.europa.eu
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In light of the new Lancet report on climate and health: "one heat-related death every minute throughout the year" while "every heat-related death is preventable". www.theguardian.com/environment/... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...