Simon Lewis

I’ve gone to #bluesky, find me at @simonlewis.bsky.social The nazi salutes, the endless hate on this site, no thanks. #xodus

EXCLUSIVE: Israel’s arms imports from the UK have hit record high values in recent months, our @FactCheck team can reveal.

The Congo Basin Science Initiative (CBSI) is advertising for a Director of Science. Based in Kinshasa, 4 yr position. Work with me, amazing students and great scientists to transform our understanding of the world’s second largest area of tropical forests. nature.com/naturecareers/…

Fantastic line-up of speakers, and the meeting will be closed by Ruth Davies, the UK Special Representative for Nature, and the Minister Soudan-Nonault, Minister for Environment of the Republic of the Congo.

Interested in tropical peatlands? On 17-18 February, we have the first ever scientific conference on African peatlands, at the Royal Society in London. Free to attend+streamed online (w/ French subtitles). Register here: royalsociety.org/science-events…

@GauciGauci Thanks — a lot of work to even get to this stage! Bit has the qualities of something hopefully transformatory!

@SimonLLewis What an excellent initiative, Simon! Well done! 👏🏼

With wonderful colleagues from Central Africa I’m co-leading the Congo Basin Science Initiative to drive investment into understanding the worlds second largest expanse of tropical forest. We have 30 PhD and MSc fully funded scholarships, details here: congobasinscience.net/scholarships/

And the second link: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

For those in / around Leeds UK, I have two jobs as part of my team for French speakers, Bilingual Project Manager, and Bilingual Admin and Communications Assistant. To manage a new large project, the Congo Basin Science Initiative. Deadline today (sorry!). jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ENVGE1259

The scholarships are only available for nationals and residents of Cameroon, DRC, Gabon and Rep. Congo, and cover climate, water, forest, biodiversity, land-use and social sciences. Closing date 28 Feb, courses start October 2025, in both French and English speaking universities.

So, what does the re-election of Donald Trump mean for climate change? We can make some educated guesses based on his first term, his campaign, and the expressed wishes of his allies. A few of my thoughts as a thread. 🧵

Thoughtful take on how Trump could win, from a focus group pollster.

"The entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence." – OCHA, Oxfam, WHO, WFP, UNICEF, and 10 other leading humanitarian agencies Every State in the world has a legal and moral obligation to stop this.

They say climate *protesters* are disruptive. Valencia today.

Deadline for these two post-doctoral positions is midnight UK time today. Come work with a great team on the changing carbon balance and ecology of the world’s second most extensive area of tropical forest across Central Africa.

Well, maybe stop allowing the UK to sell weapons to the people causing the immeasurable grief. Use your actual power.

URGENT CALL The North of Gaza where nearly 400,000 Palestinians live has been subjected to a complete siege for the last 17 days. No food, fuel, water, or medications have been allowed to enter the area. We are receiving reports about starvation, which has been responsible for the death of many children. The area that includes the Jabalia Refugee Camp, Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia is constantly bombarded by Israeli air strikes, artillery, and tanks with indiscriminate shelling. Hundreds of civilians, mainly women and children, were killed. Hundreds others are injured and many cannot reach medical facilities. The three hospitals in the area, the Kamal Edwan Hospital, the Indonesian Hospital, and Al-Awda have been under siege for 17 days with hundreds of patients who cannot access food and medication. The hospital also cannot access fuel for the generators to perform life saving operations. The Indonesian hospital is about to collapse. According to UNRWA, the Israeli army is refusing to allow first aid teams to reach injured Palestinians trapped under the rubble of their destroyed homes. Many massacres were also committed in the North of Gaza, the last one in Beit Lahia killing 72 civilians and injuring many others. We are continuously receiving calls for help from families under siege, including injured and pregnant women. The Israeli clear goal is the ethnic cleansing of the North of Gaza. We call on all people, human rights organizations and Governments to do whatever is possible to pressure the Israeli authorities to stop this terrible man made humanitarian disaster.

This story is one of the most disturbing I've ever covered. It's about how the views of a deeply weird ideological sect affected science, medicine and the media, with devastating impacts on patients. Please read and pass on. This horror has to stop. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How are the #Congo Basin rainforests changing? Join scientists from #Africa EU + UK working to understand their carbon dynamics and climate sensitivity with long-term measurements. Two #postdoc opportunities Deadline 23rd October @SimonLLewis @theATBC @ForestGEO @SCB_Africa

Palestinians in Jabalia are live tweeting as they prepare to face extermination. When did this become okay? Shame on the world.