Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪

@lisaschipper.bsky.social

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Climate adaptation & development•Prof Development Geography @giubresearch.bsky.social•Co-EiC @climdevjournal.bsky.social•PI @dependencybonn.de‬•Associate @sei.org & @ecioxford.bsky.social• @welthungerhilfe.bsky.social•she/her/Du•Servant to 2 rescue 🐈‍⬛ •🇸🇪

Heading from the BBC website that says Trump says US being ‘invaded by filthy air’ as he threatens Canada with tariffs over wildfires
A video of a cat lying very still on a bed. The cat is fluffy, mostly white but also with black. His belly is visible. He is lying on a cane bed with a green blanket. A black and white Ikea pillow is also visible with a cat pattern. His paws are shaking every so slightly but mostly he is not moving at all.
A photo of the World Conference Centre in Bonn where the annual climate change conference is held. The photo looks over two floors, and shows large glass ceiling, an escalator and many delegates.
Picture of a red train at the station in Hamburg. Two blue information signs are hanging from the ceiling. There are no people visible in the photo. Grey sky in the background
The cover of Fabiola Espinoza Córdova’s PhD thesis called ‘Making meaning of adaptation under a changing climate’ featuring artwork showing coastal livelihoods.
A photo taken from the escalator looking up at the glass roof of the Cologne main train station.
The title and first paragraphs of an email to SB64 participants about AI features of the UNFCCC online platform.
A slide from a presentation that describes what NATO's 3.5% spending target would pay for. NATO’s new 3.5% GDP spending goal would lead to a total military expenditure of US$13.4 trillion by 2030, a US$2.6 trillion increase above current expenditure. This can cover nearly three years worth of climate finance needs of developing countries at $1 trillion a year or pay outright for the world’s global electricity grid to be made Net Zero compatible by 2030.
People walking and three wheelers driving past a yellow billboard with an ikea advertisement that says ‘the wait is over. We are coming soon’
Picture of a dias with a speaker and a screen showing a slide. The slide says National Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change in India
A singer and a basist on stage in front of a screen depicting whales and dolphins swimming in the sea.
A cat sitting on a table with a window and a poster behind him. The cat has a pink nose, and white face with grey tabby markings on his ears, and the top of his head. He has a small dot on his nose.
A promotional flyer for an event in the Humanitarian Governance Webinar Series. The event is entitled 'The politics of dry feet: the political economy of flood risk management in Indonesia'. The presenter is Yogi Permana from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in Indonesia. The presentation will be followed by a reflection by Lisa Schipper from the University of Bonn (Germany). The event is run by the International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands. The flyer has a QR code to sign up for the event, which is on Wednesday, 4 February 2026 between 13-14 CET. It has photos of the presenter and discussant, as well as the logos of the institutions.
A picture of a grey/brown tabby cat with green eyes and a red nose. In the background is a pink and blue striped rug. The photo is a bit blurry on the nose of the cat.
A picture of crushed saffron threads in a white bowl on a grey surface, seen from above.
A black and white pink-nosed, one-eyed longhaired cat lying curled up on an orange, pink and white blanket.
A picture of the logo of Welthungerhilfe in green and white. The picture is taken outside their office and a reflection of buildings can be seen in the glass sign that carries the logo.
A film of a stage with Mexican musicians and dancers.
Group Work 1. Is Maladaptation inevitable if we don't address deeper structural issues? If yes, inevitability? If no, why? now to do we mitigate some of this 2. The goal of highlighting the potential for Maladaptation is to improve Adaptation interventions. But, it can be hijacked by 'climate deniers' and 'climate obstructors' to undermine policy/implementation. How do we address this? 3. Should Maladaptation be connected only with the final results of Adaptation action, or should it also address the impacts of various phases of the Adaptation process (baselines How would we evaluate this? assessments, design, implementation and M&E and others)?
A stage with several performers and some dignitaries sitting in chairs.
A picture of a book cover. The cover is cream colour with red binding. The book is called Sink or Swim, how the world needs to adapt to climate change by Susannah Fisher.
Picture of text that reads 'The issues described above exist in large part because adaptation finance is subject to conditionalities that require recipient countries to overcome enormous barriers simply to access funds. Importantly, however, the impacts of climate change are caused by both greenhouse gas emissions as well as extractivist, repressive policy approaches by the Global North against the Global South—and those needing adaptation finance have the least responsibility in both cases. A climate reparations agenda would instead give finance to those affected by climate change without, for example, asking for evidence of how adaptation and development activities are separate, or putting stringent conditions to prove that adaptation interventions are not maladaptive (because it is impossible to predict what will be maladaptive ex ante), or making funding conditional on metrics and measurements of effectiveness (because again, not all adaptation effectiveness can be measured). Our hope is that the arguments that we have described here will be obsolete in the very near future when an architecture of just climate finance is in place.'
A photo of a conference room with a person at the front speaking to an audience seated in red chairs.
Photo of a lecture hall with a man standing in front wearing an orange t-shirt and a grey suit. Behind him is a screen with the name of the conference. The audience is full of scientists.
A poorly aligned photo of a letter on Brown University letterhead from the Centre for Environmental Studies director Harold Ward encouraging students to select environmental studies as our advisory class (details of how this worked are fuzzy in my head and the letter is not complete in the photo so I it is probably not well explained here). The letter is signed by Harold Ward.
Police and demonstrators against the german fascist party shown in the centre on Bonn.
A photo of a bearded brown-haired caucasian man with a small blonde child in a backpack. The photo is from 1976 and is appropriately faded. The man is Lee Schipper, the child is Lisa Schipper.
A grey tshirt with the print ‘See you in Pyongyang’ in English and Korean. The North Korean flag is also printed between the languages.
A picture of a grey tabby cat tail in a person’s hand. The tail is kinked, which means it is not straight. In this case it is bent back on itself.
A grey tabby with a clear M mark in his stripes on his forehead lying on a grey sofa beside a long white sheepskin and in front of two sofa pillows with patterns. The cat has green eyes and is looking into the camera.
People with suitcases walking on a train platform in Sweden seen from behind.
Two tabby cats sleeping in a grey and green chair
Two grey tabby cats lying in a green chair with a grey fleece blanket. The cats are curled up in each other and their heads are nowhere to be seen.
En bild tagen från Sveriges Radios hemsida med rubriken Snart kommer värmen - uppemot 30 grader väntas i norr som visar mycket folk på en strand.
A photo of a single case in a museum with very bare, white walls. The floor is dark. A light shines on the case, which contains a dagger, although it is not visible in the photograph.
A dark room in a museum with wooden artefacts that are illuminated and inside glass cases. You cannot make out much detail of the artefacts themselves, but at least ten are visible in the photograph. The photograph is crooked since the photographer is a professor who only has an old iphone and is apparently incapable of taking decent photos.
Protestors standing inside the UNFCCC SB62 venue with banners demanding payment into the loss and damage fund.
Activists at SB62 protesting against the lack of adaptation finance. Activists with signs protesting.
Five seated panellists and one standing moderator in a university lecture hall. In the foreground are the backs of chairs.
Photo of a researcher standing beside an a academic poster presenting research on gender and climate change. The photo is taken in the World Conference Centre in Bonn.
And article from this morning’s ECO talking about how the agenda has not yet been adopted at SB62.
A picture of a badge with a photo and a name on it for the UNFCCC SB62 meeting in Bonn.
A poster advertising the event 'Green at Home, Harm Abroad' that will be held on Wed 18 June at the University of Bonn main building from 18-19.30.
Fluffy cat relaxing and lying on top of a barbecue lid on a balcony with green walls. There are evergreen trees in the background.
A tv screen and the backs of people standing in the rectorate of the University of Bonn.
A tv screen and the backs of people standing in the rectorate of the University of Bonn.
Picture of a book cover. The book is called ’Actually the world is full of hope’ which is the literal translation of the Swedish title Egentligen är världen full av hopp.
A sign in a museum for an exhibit about tracing the histories of artefacts collected by University of Bonn for teaching and research. Part of this exhibit talks about the colonial and National socialist histories of objects as well.
Picture of Sir Keir Starmer British PM and the current US president with an extremely orange face sitting in two yellow chairs and shaking hands, although it looks like the Pumpkin man wants to yank the arm off of Sir Keir.
A grey tabby cat sitting on a kitchen counter enjoying the sun. He has his eyes closed. He is old, nearly 19, and thin and his coat shows it. Above him is a small Ikea shelf with teas and cat medicine.
Poster advertising the talk by Friedemann Call on the ipcc. The poster has an abstract that is barely visible in the image.
View from a window showing a large flowering purple tree. In front of the window is a Smeg coffee machine and a plant.
Excerpt from a new paper on The Emotional Toll of Fieldwork (on climate change). The highlighted text reads: Navigating the fine line between observer and engaged researcher, they may struggle with questions of historical responsibility (for example, the climate crisis as the legacy of colonialism4), privilege and unequal power dynamics. Scientists from wealthier, less climate-affected countries (global north/ global minority) working in poorer, more climate-vulnerable regions (global south/ global majority) may bear the moral burden of requests for support (for example, financial aid) or advocacy beyond their academic role, while witnessing (postcolonial) climate injustices firsthand without being able to provide immediate solutions.
A L'ATTENTION DES VISITEURS A Note to our Visitors Certaines images contenues dans les expositions comportent des scenes de violence, d'oppression et d'injustice qui pourraient choquer. Nous vous invitons à vous y préparer et à protéger ceux qui vous entourent. La plupart des images d'illustration dans les expositions sur l'lle de Gorée et la traite transatlantique des esclaves dans les Amériques, ont été produites par des Européens ou des Euro-Américains. Nous reconnaissons leur caractère limitatif, et vous encourageons à les voir plutôt, avec un œil critique. These exhibitions include content depicting scenes of violence, oppression and injustice. Please exercise care for yourself and those around you. The vast majority of images depicting the island of Gorée, the transatlantic slave trade and enslaved people in the Americas were created by Europeans or Euro-Americans. We use them knowing their limitations, and we encourage you to view them with a critical eye.
A bookcase with academic books and a sign that says Lisa Schipper, which is my name. Two computer screens are in the foreground.
Two tabby cats on a wicker chair in the sun on a balcony. Both cats are squinting their eyes in the sunlight.
A section of a newspaper article that says 'who works half time as the next month that will be heated in € University of California's energy part, at his request, by exhaust llow zing rect specialist, has been talking most- from the neighboring copying ly to himself until recently. machine. And individual switches In recent weeks, for whatever will control sections of fluorescent lights, instead of leaving them all reason, Schipper has been getting on all the time. ree, 1 of ine, more attention.The Federal Energy Administration is reprinting For the holidays, Schipper his suggestions for Christmas in a has a list of suggestions, which, nationally circulated pamphlet. So he argues, will, provide more ver, nts obs is the Sierra Club. A publisher will come out with Schipper's pleasure and economic rewards in the long run. book next spring, His employer, UC, listens, No need to overheat the house, he says, if a number, of ist tOO. He moves into another office guests are on hand. Their pres-' and that ends the clipping.
An old newspaper clipping that says: 'This holiday season, invite fellow revelers over-after organizing car pools for them and direct them to dress warmly. And for under the tree, consider a case of wine instead of an electric hot-lather machine, can opener or pencil sharpener. That way, says Lee Schipper, Christmas parties and presents can save energy, yet promote jobs and pleasure. Schipper, a young physicist who works half time as the University of California's energy specialist, has been talking mostly to himself until recently. In recent weeks, for whatever reason, Schipper has been getting more attention.The Federal Energy Administration is reprinting his suggestions for Christmas in a nationally circulated pamphlet. So is the Sierra Club. A publisher will come out with Schipper's book next spring. His employer, UC, listens, too. He moves into another office...that is the end of the clipping.