the Iranian drought story is insanely undercovered. foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/07/i...

Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%. This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement. www.unep.org/resources/em... 1/

I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT

Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities Big study published last year which I realised I hadn't shared properly here (was before joining Bluesky). Article ➡️ doi.org/10.1371/jour... Some key findings... /1

Elon Musk's involvement in politics really hurt Tesla sales. "Without the Musk partisan effect, Tesla sales between October 2022 and April 2025 would have been 67-83% higher, equivalent to 1-1.26 million more vehicles."

⭐ After quite some time in the making, I’m excited to share our new paper!🌿⭐ We examined people's climate-relevant behaviors (driving, air travel, public transport use, and meat consumption) and their perceptions of how feasible it would be to change them (+ expected wellbeing impacts). 🧵(1/4)

I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice. Long 🧵😊

Ben Gvir personally oversaw the torture of Greta Thunberg, as reported by Aftonbladet. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Yes the CO2 rise 2023-2024 was faster than we predicted at Mauna Loa and was a record rise there - now the WMO confirm the global mean rise was also a record Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...

Hi all! I’m looking for research jobs in social psychology, environmental action, & climate policy. I study pro-environmental action, moral and identity processes, scientist advocacy, and universities’ climate responses. I use qualitative and quantitative methods for research with real-world impact.

10/ The plenary discussion was wide ranging, a theme that came up repeatedly was the barriers that academics can face when partaking in advocacy & civil society organizations & how these can be overcome. A topic that is explored in detail by @fdabl.bsky.social et al www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today. Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an ‘astonishing rate,’ scientists have found.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

🔥 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...

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

"In March, the U.N. considered a resolution to establish an International Day of Hope and an International Day of Peaceful Coexistence. On both propositions, the United States voted 'no'".

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Last week I was at the BPS Social Psych Conference @bps-social-psych.bsky.social in Oxford @ox.ac.uk The theme was Beyond Tribalism—bringing different traditions together organised by @shelleymckeown.bsky.social @swedishprotests.bsky.social @nascherme.bsky.social Some reflections in a thread 👇

🔥Growing the climate movement by centering transformative adaptation In a new preprint, Kevin Young, @swaziadam.bsky.social, & I advocate for transformative adaptation as a framework to better connect people's material interests with climate change and increase mobilization. osf.io/preprints/so...

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events

Ever stared at a table of regression coefficients & wondered what you're doing with your life? Very excited to share this gentle introduction to another way of making sense of statistical models (w @vincentab.bsky.social) Preprint: doi.org/10.31234/osf... Website: j-rohrer.github.io/marginal-psy...

Social movements play an essential role pushing for action on climate and nature, and it’s now widely recognised that support from scientists can make them more effective But not everyone can take to the streets or risk arrest That’s ok – there’s lots we can do in other ways 🧵1/

Motherfucking wind farms…

Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.

Are climate activists portrayed as polarising & violent in the news media? Are risks & solutions to climate change mentioned? We used ChatGPT to answer these questions based on > 4,200 articles from seven major German newspapers: link.springer.com/article/10.1... w @jmbh.bsky.social & Simon Wimmer

In our now published letter in @pnas.org, we raise two wider issues for behavioral science: 1) Intentions are poor predictors of behavior 2) Effects on intentions need not generalize to effects on behavior We join calls for researchers to measure actual behavior: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I greatly enjoyed our workshop on climate action, which brought together experienced organizers & engaged scholars for a week of reflection & discussion. Outputs coming fall. We need more of these spaces! Organized w @swaziadam.bsky.social Dipti @berglundoscar.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social

"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States." snyder.substack.com/p/concentrat...

This 83-year-old priest has just been arrested for holding a sign which read: “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” According to Starmer’s new law, this puts her in the same category as an ISIS or Al-Qaeda terrorist, with a prison sentence of up to 14 years.

🚨 How do exposure to extreme weather events and the subjective attribution of these events to climate change relate to climate policy support across the world? 🔥🌎 Find out more in our OA article published in Nature Climate Change 👇 1/7 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🔥 Climate impacts & perception I significantly updated my preprint, which using representative survey data from 142 countries (N=128,093) shows that climate hazard experience is related to higher climate risk perception. Now includes an exploration of country heterogeneity: osf.io/preprints/ps...

Haha, PsyArXiv confusingly has a "create a new version" button, which is not what you want — it creates a new version (with a new URL) rather than updating the old preprint. To update the old one, one needs to use the "edit preprint" button. So now I have two versions. Thanks Obama!

"If you're Iran's political, military, and intelligence leadership, and two other countries are threatening to eliminate you, personally and organizationally… What are you going to do?" popular.info/p/what-will-...

“US Bombs Iran – Is There an Antiwar Party in This Country?” - Spencer Ackerman ‬⁩for Zeteo:

“Donald Trump has guaranteed that Iran will be a nuclear weapons state in 5 to 10 years from now.” Iranian writer @tparsi.bsky.social tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social that US bombing of Iran would push Tehran toward developing nuclear weapons. Watch the full conversation: zeteo.com/p/breaking-t...

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

Systemic protections and guardrails are essential to a functioning society. Nature understands this even if oligarchs don't.

I really enjoyed speaking with a group of highly engaged students last week about the climate crisis, the failures of current climate policy, and how collective action can help secure a livable future. 📑 Slides: tinyurl.com/s6bkjrbv 🎥 Recording of a similar talk from 2023: tinyurl.com/yay564ks

🚨 Expressing intentions is not climate action 🚨 In behavioral science & environmental psychology, we often measure intentions — people saying they intend to drive less, eat plant-based, or join a protest — rather than actual behavior. There are two big problems with this: osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵

I sent the following letter to The Guardian in response to this piece by Mahmoud Khalil: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... They didn't end up publishing it, but I thought I would share it here anyway.

Scientists! Our planet needs your voice! I beg you to join me, Chris Packham & 100+ scientists on May 13th in a peaceful gathering in Parliament Sq, to put pressure on the government to be informed by - & ACT ON - science. tinyurl.com/Scientists2025 Pls help spread the word #BringScienceToPolitics

This is one of the most heartbreaking and courageous things I have read in my entire life www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate." nymag.com/intelligence...

𝘋𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨: '𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯?' We're certainly no longer following the SSP2 'middle of the road' scenario. Whatever this is, it's better described by the SSP3 'regional rivalry' scenario — or perhaps something even worse. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

A billion dollars a month newrepublic.com/post/195068/...

🚨 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...