@stevedundas.com
Environmental & resource economist working on climate adaptation, nonmarket valuation & environmental/climate policy. Assoc. Professor @oregonstate.edu Assoc. Editor @ Marine Resource Economics http://stevedundas.com
Screenshot of email saying awarded EPA Star grant for climate resilience canceled by Trump Administration
Obviously assumed this was coming… but still stings. Who cares about climate resilience of economically disadvantaged places anyway?
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Lots of ski resorts in Europe are making ends meet by offering mountain biking packages now!
www.wired.com/story/ski-ad...
Interviewed for this story a few weeks ago. Still weird to me that reporters seek me out for my “expertise” on anything… TLDR - short term policies responding to weather shocks are not likely a long term fix with our rapidly changing climate.
Word cloud from reviewing all research papers by Steve Dundas. Big standouts are climate, coastal, evidence, and adaptation
If anyone needs a quick reminder after a long term of teaching about what matters in their research (like I did this morning), I found scholargoggler.com fun to do.
I’d appreciate being added. Thanks for putting this together
Thank you for this and all of your work. After the election, my class of about 100 undergrads in climate Econ 101 asked me what journalists to trust about climate change news and reporting…you were the first name on my list.
Map showing various warnings in effect for Oregon and southwestern Washington.
Portland NWS may have just won Weather Bingo today. #orwx
Why does every weather event seem to be “entirely outside of the 30-year climatology” lately? I guess we get bomb cyclones in Oregon now
What gif comes up when you type your name?
Given the large in-flux to Bluesky the last few weeks, I am reposting this job announcement. 2 open tenure-track positions in our department here @ Oregon State: 1) climate change; 2) sustainable development. We begin our application review on 12/15 so apply now! #EconSky 📈📉
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
Latest in Energy & Oil Exxon Says Trump Should Keep U.S. in Paris Climate Pact In an interview, Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods says President-elect Trump’s plan to pull U.S. out of the Paris agreement is a bad idea.
Whoever is running this simulation, you're drunk. Take the day off.
Made my first starter pack! These are the climate journalists I know and love and highly recommend following on BlueSky so far. Please tell me who I'm missing (and apologies in advance if I've missed you, I swear it's not intentional!)
go.bsky.app/1ivUnG
Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now:
* pretzel maker @ Auntie Anne’s
* park ranger
* VP & art director at a start-up record label with distribution thru Universal Music Group
* tech/scientist with environmental consulting firms
* newspaper photographer
#econsky Middlebury Economics is hiring! Tenure-track assistant prof position, begins fall 2025, ideal candidate does macro-environmental or environmental econ more broadly
It's a great dept, highly recommend applying if you're on the market
More deets at link
www.middlebury.edu/college/acad...
Should have done this much sooner…
I'm a climate scientist living in Texas who served as a lead author on the National Climate Assessment under the previous Trump administration. I witnessed first-hand its chilling impact on access to data, funding & publication of research, implementation of solutions, and scientists themselves. 🧵
This might be the best I can to for my own class tomorrow morning …
So how did that go over? I’ve got 100 in my climate Econ class tomorrow morning. Not gonna lie, I was a bit relieved not to have to stand in front of them today
Want to live and work in the beautiful Pacific Northwest? My dept. @ Oregon State University is hiring 2 tenure-track positions. Corvallis is fantastic & I would be happy to chat with anyone interested. Position #2: Sustainable Development. Details:
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/161...
Want to live and work in the beautiful Pacific Northwest? My dept. @ Oregon State University is hiring 2 tenure-track positions. Corvallis is fantastic & I would be happy to chat with anyone interested. Position #1: climate change economist. Details:
jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/161...
This one felt personal…
RIP Phil
“Such a long long time to be gone
And a short time to be there”
variety.com/2024/music/n...
UN’s emissions gap report titles:
2021: The Heat Is On
2022: The Closing Window
2023: Broken Record
2024: No More Hot Air… Please!
2025 (projected): Are You Kidding With This Shit
2026 (projected): Jesus Fucking Christ
And thank you for the link. I hadn’t seen this
I try really, really hard to keep that mindset with a young audience as well. But you are spot on - some days it’s really hard
I taught my intro-level Climate Econ class about global agreements from Kyoto to Paris on Tuesday. Any optimism that may have engendered in the group of 100 18 year olds disappeared when I showed them this report this morning…
The dangers of a collapse of the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, known as Amoc, have been “greatly underestimated” and would have devastating impacts, according to an open letter by 44 experts. One of the signatories, @rahmstorf tells me why.
amp.theguardian.com/environment/...
Recently internalized the concept of “policy useful” instead of “policy relevant” when thinking about how to better formulate research questions. This workshop will be quite informative if you want to better connect your research to the needs of policymakers (and it’s free!)