What if one of the most powerful climate solutions isn’t technology—but conversation? This week in Talking Climate, we're talking about hairdressers inspiring climate convos, war supercharging emissions, and more positive content creators to follow. Read on!

CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes that in 2025, media coverage of climate change went down by 14% -- and by 38% since 2021. Read the story in azcentral: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

"Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided... Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity." Read more from @maxboykoff.bsky.social ⬇️

Now is the time to join Max to #saveNCAR @agu.org has made it easy:

'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/02/28/b... There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13, sent to [email protected]

"Journalists may be hesitant to connect the dots between ecological and meteorological events, like wildfires, and a changing climate due to the ongoing politicization of climate science." Read the Q&A with CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social about climate change media coverage:

Creative advertising through outdoor media, including billboards and buses, can be a powerful and effective tool to increase awareness about climate change and inspire action, according to new work led by CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social 🚌 Read the paper: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

'Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...

Join us on Thursday, January 15th @ 9:30am MST while we chat with the International Polar Foundation about the sustainability initiatives and climate research happening at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctica!

we're hiring at the new Buckley Center for Sustainability Education @colorado.edu Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... Student Support & Engagement Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta... apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!

'Our individualized climate mindset is stymieing our collective capabilities': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 3 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/03/b...

'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...

'Front Range First!' #Boulder area needs a localized carbon offset scheme to support low-income residents: heating/cooling, insulation, new housing..while we improve voluntary offsetting elsewhere. my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...

As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely. Details: cssn.org/news-researc...

Technocratism dominates the COP30 approach to the climate crisis, with language and framing that can obscure other ways of knowing: "Emotional, experiential, aesthetic, or even just visceral ways of understanding that something’s not right," said @maxboykoff.bsky.social

You can find @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social's chapter, "Steering the Climate Discourse" here: cssn.org/wp-content/u.... In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.

In his Boulder Daily Camera Opinion column, @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes the similarities between Hurricane Melissa in 2025 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. "27 years separate them, yet climate connections persist." Paywall: buff.ly/5JUr8pl #hurricanemelissa

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website: cssn.org/news-researc...

We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)

Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE available until they're gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-heat-o...

join @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, Nat Towsen, @katiehannigan.bsky.social, @millytamarez.bsky.social, Brittany Bell Surratt @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social, @manolosomething.bsky.social & @kylemarian.bsky.social for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu

Join us Sept. 11th, 6-8pm for our improv climate comedy workshop with the Center for Media & Social Impact!

'Let's not dismantle established science and policy progress' Here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (August 23 2025 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/23/b...

NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0

here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (July 26 print edition) lnkd.in/eFpXUuNb (what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])

TODAY/TONIGHT in New Orleans, leading into 20th year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina

Expect big laughs, big talent, and a big message. ✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!

Hosted by the hilarious duo Rude Jude & Chuck Nice, this live comedy showcase features the next generation of comedians tackling climate, culture, and community with bold punchlines and brilliant energy.

Join @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social for the Climate Comedy Contest Live Show — high school students will bring the funny and the facts as they battle it out on stage for over $1,300 in cash prizes!

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

Check out this clip from our 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy show: Professional comedian @chucknicecomic.bsky.social ! Many thanks to Chuck for his help throughout this whole process, find his full act and the full show on our YouTube 'Climate Comedy.' #upwithhope

Check out this clip from our 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy show: Professional comedian Nat Towsen! Many thanks to Nat for his help throughout this whole process, find his full act and the full show on our YouTube 'Climate Comedy.' #upwithhope youtube.com/shorts/cCJ-W...

Coastal Roots Farm just launched its new Jewish Climate Artists for California Incubator. Jewish playwrights, composers, singers, storytellers, comedians, dancers, and more are invited to apply now! Applications open until May 30! Learn more at coastalrootsfarm.org/jewish-clima....

we're looking forward to ongoing collaboration and experimentation with @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social ! Thanks Brittany Bell Surratt for moving the needle in a positive direction here with us in Boulder!

This is the first of several clips to come from our live Boulder show April 22...stay tuned for more. & watch the full show here www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9... (like & subscribe to check them out as they post on our Inside the Greenhouse YouTube climate comedy channel)

join us for this final class event for Spring semester here at CU Boulder, sharing from our collaboration with Trash the Runway! & also from our Inside the Greenhouse international video competition that received 94 submissions from 29 countries (from Argentina to Zambia)

our live Boulder Theater show is tomorrow! Join if you're nearby, FREE and open to all until we're full. Doors open at 6pm.

“You can’t just stack up all the IPCC reports and hope that people get it. You got to find these creative spaces," said CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social in a recent AP News story about climate and comedy. buff.ly/eyywKPm Check out the 10th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event on April 22!

Counting down to our 10th Annual Stand up for Climate Comedy show (five days!!!) next Tuesday, we are proud to announce our musical guest for the evening: Milo Trout!

Congratulations to Star Talk!

We were glad to welcome in Brittany Peterson & Dorany Pineda from @apnews.com to document the work with our at CU Boulder students in our 10th year of climate comedy experimentation @itgreenhouse.bsky.social in collaboration with @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social @chucknicecomic.bsky.social & many others!

Join us April 24th for our Race and Climate Workshop (9:30-11:15) that helps storytellers incorporate racial diversity in their climate stories—opening remarks by Janot Mendler de Suarez from Boston University who will (9:30-10) share on her work using

Global warming isn’t funny -- except in the hands of these comedians. Check out our instagram @everydayclimate for clips from this event and more to come! apnews.com/article/come...

Announcing the Recipients of the 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy Seed Funding! Inside the Greenhouse at CU Boulder is thrilled to award seed grants to seven standout college and university comedy groups, classes, and clubs across the world.

congratulations to @weareyellowdot.bsky.social for the 2025 win! it was as strong a competition as ever in this 10th year with 94 submissions from 29 countries. ¡may climate-infused comedy unite in 2025 & beyond!

We now are enthused to announce our second place winner of our video competition this year: Sariya Vandita in 'Business As Usual'. This year we have received 94 submissions from 29 countries for comedy videos of 2 minutes or less to effectively communicate about climate change.