#ResourceCurse and #MoneyLaundering - hearing details of how illicit gold, #fossilfuels and #CriticalMinerals fueling corruption and conflict: City of London & UAE at heart
#Sudan #Ukraine
#Sudan #Ukraine
March 17, 2026 at 9:32 AM
#ResourceCurse and #MoneyLaundering - hearing details of how illicit gold, #fossilfuels and #CriticalMinerals fueling corruption and conflict: City of London & UAE at heart
#Sudan #Ukraine
#Sudan #Ukraine
1/ New research from @lut.fi shows how uneven natural resource distribution shapes regional #EROI during the energy transition. doi.org/10.1029/2025.... 🌍 Can regions transition to sustainable #NetZero energy systems without triggering a #RenewableEnergy-based #resourcecurse? 📢
January 13, 2026 at 2:58 PM
1/ New research from @lut.fi shows how uneven natural resource distribution shapes regional #EROI during the energy transition. doi.org/10.1029/2025.... 🌍 Can regions transition to sustainable #NetZero energy systems without triggering a #RenewableEnergy-based #resourcecurse? 📢
Neocolonialism in one report
"Companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on the Global South"
#ReparationsNow #ResourceCurse
phys.org/news/2025-05...
"Companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on the Global South"
#ReparationsNow #ResourceCurse
phys.org/news/2025-05...
100 corporations behind a fifth of global extractive conflicts, study reveals
Just 100 corporations are behind a fifth of the documented extractive conflicts worldwide, exposing how companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms a...
phys.org
May 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Neocolonialism in one report
"Companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on the Global South"
#ReparationsNow #ResourceCurse
phys.org/news/2025-05...
"Companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms are imposed on the Global South"
#ReparationsNow #ResourceCurse
phys.org/news/2025-05...
The January 2025 issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is coming soon! Michael L. Ross of UCLA contributes a book review article to that issue. Before his 2025 article launches, check out Ross's 1999 book review article in WP. #ResourceCurse #oil #cobalt www.jstor.org/stable/25054...
January 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The January 2025 issue of @worldpolitics.bsky.social is coming soon! Michael L. Ross of UCLA contributes a book review article to that issue. Before his 2025 article launches, check out Ross's 1999 book review article in WP. #ResourceCurse #oil #cobalt www.jstor.org/stable/25054...
13/ Renouncing finite fuels & prioritising low-cost #Renewables reduces the risk of a #resourcecurse by 2050 & enables cost-effective, carbon-neutral power. In #IEAscenarios, fuel switching (coal → gas/nuclear) poses the highest sustainability risk, affecting regional #EROI.
January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
13/ Renouncing finite fuels & prioritising low-cost #Renewables reduces the risk of a #resourcecurse by 2050 & enables cost-effective, carbon-neutral power. In #IEAscenarios, fuel switching (coal → gas/nuclear) poses the highest sustainability risk, affecting regional #EROI.
Absolutely dismal performance on R&D spend by Australia. But hey, there's plenty more raw material to keep digging out of the ground, right? 🤦 #ResourceCurse
![#curl -L "https://sdmx.oecd.org/public/rest/data/OECD.STI.STP,DSD_MSTI@DF_MSTI/NZL+AUS+USA+GBR+CAN+IRL+DNK+FIN+SWE+NOR+KOR+ISR+JPN+DEU+FRA+OECD+EU27_2020.A.G.PT_B1GQ._Z._Z?startPeriod=1980&dimensionAtObservation=AllDimensions&format=csvfilewithlabels" -o r_and_d.csv
#Sort on year, find replace:
#European Union (27 countries from 01/02/2020)
#New Zealand
#United Kingdom
#United States
rd <- read.table(file="r_and_d-sorted.csv",sep=",",header=T)
lands<-c(
'Australia',
'Canada',
'Denmark',
'EU',
'Finland',
'France',
'Germany',
'Ireland',
'Israel',
'Japan',
'Korea',
'Norway',
'NZ',
'OECD',
'Sweden',
'UK',
'USA'
)
pdf(file="r_and_d.pdf", width=10, height=10)
par(cex=1.5)
plot(NA,NA,xlim=c(1980,2025),ylim=c(0,6.2),main="%GDP for expenditure on R&D",xlab="Year",ylab="%GDP for R&D")
for(i in 1:length(lands)){
lines( rd$TIME_PERIOD[rd$Reference.area == lands[i]], rd$OBS_VALUE[rd$Reference.area == lands[i]], col=i, lwd=5, lty=(i%%3)+1)
}
points(2023,1.54, pch='x', col=13)
#Additional data point from:
#https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/research-and-development-survey-2024/
text(2023,1.54,"Stats NZ\n2024 report",pos=1, col=13, cex=0.7)
legend("topleft", lands, col=1:length(lands), lty=(1:length(lands) %%3)+1, lwd=3, cex=0.7)
dev.off()](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7zpku2fz5c5zeewgzn7yfsr5/bafkreihvd4tuogloznv2wb4vesybaxvr2jdlnicsqu5tv4hpdwiynmgtum)
August 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Absolutely dismal performance on R&D spend by Australia. But hey, there's plenty more raw material to keep digging out of the ground, right? 🤦 #ResourceCurse
This conversation was based on @brucemarch.bsky.social's NiCHE article, "A Just Transition: Good Economic Policy for Newfoundland and Labrador" - niche-canada.org/2025/04/22/a...
#envhist #resourcecurse #newfoundlandandlabrador #justtransition
#envhist #resourcecurse #newfoundlandandlabrador #justtransition
A Just Transition: Good Economic Policy for Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador’s reliance on volatile resources threatens jobs, climate goals, and demands a just, inclusive transition to sustainability.
niche-canada.org
May 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This conversation was based on @brucemarch.bsky.social's NiCHE article, "A Just Transition: Good Economic Policy for Newfoundland and Labrador" - niche-canada.org/2025/04/22/a...
#envhist #resourcecurse #newfoundlandandlabrador #justtransition
#envhist #resourcecurse #newfoundlandandlabrador #justtransition
3/ 🆕 The key novelty lies in linking regional #PowerSystemModelling with a systemwide #EROI framework, allowing us to test whether a sustainable #energy transition is feasible regionally under real resource and policy constraints, without encountering RE-based #resourcecurse.
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
3/ 🆕 The key novelty lies in linking regional #PowerSystemModelling with a systemwide #EROI framework, allowing us to test whether a sustainable #energy transition is feasible regionally under real resource and policy constraints, without encountering RE-based #resourcecurse.
Niger Delta keeps screaming “federal neglect” while its own elite buy private jets with the same oil money. Some enemies don’t need to invade — they just get elected.
#NigerDelta #Akpabio #ResourceCurse
#NigerDelta #Akpabio #ResourceCurse
September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Niger Delta keeps screaming “federal neglect” while its own elite buy private jets with the same oil money. Some enemies don’t need to invade — they just get elected.
#NigerDelta #Akpabio #ResourceCurse
#NigerDelta #Akpabio #ResourceCurse
Informative article on #ResourceCurse in #DRC and how activists including @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @xrglobal.bsky.social learn to defend what is precious despite violence. See ☝️ to chip in.
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
How Congolese climate activists stopped a ‘carbon bomb,' for now
After constant campaigning and mounting global condemnation, the Congolese government has temporarily canceled a dangerous oil and gas auction.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Informative article on #ResourceCurse in #DRC and how activists including @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @xrglobal.bsky.social learn to defend what is precious despite violence. See ☝️ to chip in.
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
[5/5] Le #Suriname illustre les contradictions de la rente pétrolière : richesse potentielle, mais dépendance, corruption et inégalités. Sans redistribution réelle ni régulation, le pétrole risque de devenir une malédiction plutôt qu’une opportunité. #geography #resourcecurse #economicdevelopment
June 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
[5/5] Le #Suriname illustre les contradictions de la rente pétrolière : richesse potentielle, mais dépendance, corruption et inégalités. Sans redistribution réelle ni régulation, le pétrole risque de devenir une malédiction plutôt qu’une opportunité. #geography #resourcecurse #economicdevelopment
Balochistan isn't 'troubled'; it's a strategically vital resource battleground. External powers and local elites profit while locals suffer. Sound familiar? #Geopolitics #CPEC #ResourceCurse
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-geopolitics-of-underdevelopment
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-geopolitics-of-underdevelopment
February 3, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Balochistan isn't 'troubled'; it's a strategically vital resource battleground. External powers and local elites profit while locals suffer. Sound familiar? #Geopolitics #CPEC #ResourceCurse
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-geopolitics-of-underdevelopment
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/the-geopolitics-of-underdevelopment
Dubai unveils world's first "Gold Street" while built with the stolen resources of a criminal state. Africa has done nothing to stop the plunder fueling such luxury abroad.
#BloodGold #CriminalState #Exploitation #Africa #Dubai #ResourceCurse
#BloodGold #CriminalState #Exploitation #Africa #Dubai #ResourceCurse
February 1, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Dubai unveils world's first "Gold Street" while built with the stolen resources of a criminal state. Africa has done nothing to stop the plunder fueling such luxury abroad.
#BloodGold #CriminalState #Exploitation #Africa #Dubai #ResourceCurse
#BloodGold #CriminalState #Exploitation #Africa #Dubai #ResourceCurse
"Story-telling needs to be at the heart of a global politics of vitality"
I was in conversation with @amitav.bsky.social at @edbookfest.bsky.social on his book Wild Fictions, a dazzling and demanding collection that opens windows you didn't know were there
#environment #resourcecurse #literature
I was in conversation with @amitav.bsky.social at @edbookfest.bsky.social on his book Wild Fictions, a dazzling and demanding collection that opens windows you didn't know were there
#environment #resourcecurse #literature
August 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Story-telling needs to be at the heart of a global politics of vitality"
I was in conversation with @amitav.bsky.social at @edbookfest.bsky.social on his book Wild Fictions, a dazzling and demanding collection that opens windows you didn't know were there
#environment #resourcecurse #literature
I was in conversation with @amitav.bsky.social at @edbookfest.bsky.social on his book Wild Fictions, a dazzling and demanding collection that opens windows you didn't know were there
#environment #resourcecurse #literature
Chile's 'copper boom' promising 4% growth, per FT, echoes a familiar extractivist pattern. Will wealth be shared, or will deregulation primarily benefit foreign capital, as history often dictates? #ResourceCurse #Chile
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/chile-s-copper-boom-a-familiar-extractivist
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/chile-s-copper-boom-a-familiar-extractivist
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Chile's 'copper boom' promising 4% growth, per FT, echoes a familiar extractivist pattern. Will wealth be shared, or will deregulation primarily benefit foreign capital, as history often dictates? #ResourceCurse #Chile
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/chile-s-copper-boom-a-familiar-extractivist
Read more: https://piaz.news/article/chile-s-copper-boom-a-familiar-extractivist
The biggest challenge remains how to avoid the pitfalls of #DutchDisease & #ResourceCurse, more in my book on this, freely available on ciep.energy - oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
Guyana’s Oil Exports Skyrocket—And Europe’s Refiners Love It | OilPrice.com
Europe is the biggest buyer of Guyana’s crude, with 66% of its exports heading there in 2024.
oilprice.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The biggest challenge remains how to avoid the pitfalls of #DutchDisease & #ResourceCurse, more in my book on this, freely available on ciep.energy - oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
Hot off the presses> Check out my latest in @globalpolicy.bsky.social for how #CriticalResources could make or break @cop30brazil.bsky.social & all our futures.
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/10/2...
#Mining #JustTransition #Workforces #ResourceCurse #COP30 #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/10/2...
#Mining #JustTransition #Workforces #ResourceCurse #COP30 #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
Critical Resources could Make or Break COP30 & All Our Futures
Martha Molfetas argues that Belem offers an opportunity to address the devil in the energy transition details.
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hot off the presses> Check out my latest in @globalpolicy.bsky.social for how #CriticalResources could make or break @cop30brazil.bsky.social & all our futures.
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/10/2...
#Mining #JustTransition #Workforces #ResourceCurse #COP30 #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/30/10/2...
#Mining #JustTransition #Workforces #ResourceCurse #COP30 #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
Informative article on #ResourceCurse in #DRC and how activists including @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @xrglobal.bsky.social learn to defend what is precious despite violence. See ☝️ to chip in.
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
How Congolese climate activists stopped a ‘carbon bomb,' for now
After constant campaigning and mounting global condemnation, the Congolese government has temporarily canceled a dangerous oil and gas auction.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Informative article on #ResourceCurse in #DRC and how activists including @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social & @xrglobal.bsky.social learn to defend what is precious despite violence. See ☝️ to chip in.
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
Meanwhile #Shell washes its hands of 70y of polluting #NigerDelta.
wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-...
Increased Demand for #Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#DRC #minerals #ResourceCurse #WorkerExploitation
#DRC #minerals #ResourceCurse #WorkerExploitation
Increased Demand for Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 26 (IPS) - The demand for cobalt and other minerals is fueling a decades-long humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In pursuit of money to support their families, Congolese laborers face abuse and life-threatening conditions working in unregulated mines.
www.globalissues.org
June 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Increased Demand for #Cobalt Fuels Ongoing Humanitarian Crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
#DRC #minerals #ResourceCurse #WorkerExploitation
#DRC #minerals #ResourceCurse #WorkerExploitation
Key question is whether #Uganda can avoid pitfalls of #DutchDisease & #ResourceCurse once oil revenues start flowing in - www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/vitol-b...
Vitol backs energy hub at Tanga port with governments of Tanzania, Uganda | CNBC Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The governments of Tanzania and Uganda on Thursday signed a non-binding agreement with the Bahrain unit of global commodities trader Vitol to develop a regional energy...
www.cnbcafrica.com
August 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Key question is whether #Uganda can avoid pitfalls of #DutchDisease & #ResourceCurse once oil revenues start flowing in - www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/vitol-b...
Venezuela's oil: world's largest reserves, world's deepest poverty. How?
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
#Venezuela #OilCrisis #ResourceCurse
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
#Venezuela #OilCrisis #ResourceCurse
Venezuela's Oil Crisis: The Untold Story of Resource Wealth and Inequality
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves. Its people live in poverty. How did resource wealth become a curse?
regen-fin.com
August 8, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Venezuela's oil: world's largest reserves, world's deepest poverty. How?
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
#Venezuela #OilCrisis #ResourceCurse
Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves.
#Venezuela #OilCrisis #ResourceCurse
Demand for critical minerals is surging, but risks fueling new conflicts, echoing patterns seen from oil and diamonds
Without safeguards, resource-rich regions face exploitation and instability, not the clean energy benefits promised
#ResourceCurse
#CriticalMinerals
#UNSC
#ConflictPrevention
Without safeguards, resource-rich regions face exploitation and instability, not the clean energy benefits promised
#ResourceCurse
#CriticalMinerals
#UNSC
#ConflictPrevention
Security Council debrief: Race for critical minerals intensifies amidst warnings of conflict
The world needs more critical minerals than ever before for electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and smartphones.
www.globalissues.org
July 25, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Demand for critical minerals is surging, but risks fueling new conflicts, echoing patterns seen from oil and diamonds
Without safeguards, resource-rich regions face exploitation and instability, not the clean energy benefits promised
#ResourceCurse
#CriticalMinerals
#UNSC
#ConflictPrevention
Without safeguards, resource-rich regions face exploitation and instability, not the clean energy benefits promised
#ResourceCurse
#CriticalMinerals
#UNSC
#ConflictPrevention
Resource wealth without deterrence is a liability. Oil did not protect Venezuela—it exposed it.
#EnergyPolitics #StrategicReality #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/conditional-...
#EnergyPolitics #StrategicReality #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/conditional-...
Conditional Independence! - Stratheia
Maduro’s detention signals a new era of coercive power, exposing the fragility of sovereignty for the Global South.
stratheia.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Resource wealth without deterrence is a liability. Oil did not protect Venezuela—it exposed it.
#EnergyPolitics #StrategicReality #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/conditional-...
#EnergyPolitics #StrategicReality #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/conditional-...
Dutch disease has left Iran rich in resources but poor in resilience. When oil falters, the entire economy suffers.
#EnergyEconomics #DutchDisease #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/is-the-irani...
#EnergyEconomics #DutchDisease #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/is-the-irani...
Is the Iranian Economy about to Collapse? - Stratheia
Why Iran’s oil-rich economy underperforms as sanctions, Dutch disease, and inflation push it toward recession and renewed nuclear diplomacy.
stratheia.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Dutch disease has left Iran rich in resources but poor in resilience. When oil falters, the entire economy suffers.
#EnergyEconomics #DutchDisease #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/is-the-irani...
#EnergyEconomics #DutchDisease #ResourceCurse
stratheia.com/is-the-irani...
January 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM