Title page of the paper "Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate action"
🚨Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate actions
In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵
🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
Abstract and title of the paper
Figure 1 in the paper
Figure 2 in the paper
🔥 Climate hazard paper published!
Using nationally representative survey data from 142 countries (N = 128,093), I find that people who have experienced a climate-related hazard are more likely to consider climate change a 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 🧵
Link: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Now hearing from @maiensachis.bsky.social on children's climate emotions (which are sophisticated - they know what's going on) and how the parent interaction is key to whether these emotions are given space, whether they are reinforced etc. Some were angry, others anxious, while others were calm
The Masters Expo claims to unite "the top of the Netherlands" in a "community of greatness." But what kind of greatness is built on inequality, oligarchy, & pollution?
In @parool.nl, @maiensachis.bsky.social & I argue: to build thriving societies, we must limit extreme wealth. tinyurl.com/4s3b8sby
What motivates people to take action and share info about climate change? We tested 17 psychological interventions in a tournament—Discover the winners in our new paper! Out now in @pnas.org w/ @falklab.bsky.social, @michaelemann.bsky.social, & team. Thread ⤵️ 1/9
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
NEW – Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’
✍️ by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
💬 with comment from Sarah Schöngart @carlschleussner.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social @wimthiery.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/0Se78bM
🚨 New preprint! 🚨
Using nationally representative survey data from 142 countries (N = 128,093), I find that people who have experienced a climate-related hazard are more likely to consider climate change a 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵. 🧵
Link: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Plan Z is now freely available to watch. If you want to understand why some scientists are willing to risk their freedom and reputations to warn the public about climate change, please watch. I'm very pleased to have contributed footage to the film.
#Climate #Science #Protest
Can scientists trace climate losses back to the emissions from individual fossil fuel companies?
Yes, we can.
The inimitable @ccallahan45.bsky.social and I provide an 'end-to-end' attribution framework that can be applied in many climate accountability contexts:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✨New paper out ✨
What are effects of scientists engaging in climate protests?
Our findings suggest that it does not compromising their credibility (across political affiliations), and that such actions may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Fatih Birol, 2021: "If governments are serious about the climate crisis, there can be no new investments in oil, gas and coal, from now – from this year."
Birol, 2025: "There is a need for oil and gas upstream investments, full stop."
www.reuters.com/business/ene... h/t @kevinclimate.bsky.social
Climate action means taxing the rich.
We must "strengthen equality and redistribution through suitable taxation policies, basic income and job guarantees and by setting maximum income levels, expanding public services and rolling back neoliberal reforms"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How can we organize and speak up against the attempts of silencing critical voices around the academic world?
Join our panel on organizing within Academia, with @srti.bsky.social , @scientistrebellion.nl and Allianz für Kritische und Solidarische Wissenschaft
actionnetwork.org/events/acade...
"The analysis shows that 1.5 °C warming for 12 consecutive months, regardless of recent El Niño conditions, usually occurs after the 1.5 °C Paris Agreement threshold has been reached in archived simulations"
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
To academics in Netherlands (and especially Amsterdam), we are organizing a symposium *Social sciences and the System: Challenging or Upholding the Status Quo* that includes John Jost, Enzo Rossi and Marija B. Petrović on 18th February in Amsterdam!
register here:
forms.gle/NSzoNxu2EKMf...
🚨 When we fight, we win!
I've put together a thread giving a quick run down of some of the #climate movement's hard won victories from 2024 to inspire us for the year ahead! 🧵
#ClimateActionNow
#EndFossilFuels
Exciting new paper from @fdabl.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social and @jmbh.bsky.social 🙌
They found that #climate researchers engage in much more advocacy and activism than non-climate researchers. But the difference in lifestyle changes was considerably smaller.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Climate action paper published! 🎉
In a large survey, we found that climate researchers engage in much more advocacy and activism than non-climate researchers. The difference in lifestyle changes was considerably smaller. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
@maiensachis.bsky.social @jmbh.bsky.social
