⭐ It is Giving Season! ✨ Want to contribute to a better world? @givinggreen.earth and @founderspledge.com curate lists of top #climate #nonprofits that excel in high‑scale, tractable, and under‑addressed problem areas. Donate to these and help deliver the greatest climate benefit per dollar!

Does the inaction and inertia around climate crises also make you wonder how to create climate progress without mainstream political support? What is there to do when policymakers don't seem to care about the climate..? You may find an answer in our latest newsletter, out now! 🌱

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆? 🌻 We love for likeminded, action-oriented, and impact-driven people who want to meaningfully build a better world to find each other! More info: www.effectiveenvironmentalism.org/articles/tak... 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘶𝘱: docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/...

Often @soemanozeijlmans.eu and I receive questions regarding things You yourself can do for the environment in an effective way. We love that question! There's a range of options, with regards to your career, donations, but also for example your lifestyle or consumption - which one(s) do you pick?

Knowing when the monsoon starts is crucial for successful climate adaptation. Find out more in our latest newsletter, which is also chock-full of interesting articles and opportunities. Not subscribed yet? Don't miss the next one: sign up! effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/why-the-ne...

🌳 The latest @effectiveenvironmentalism.org newsletter edition is packed with content! - A new career guide for building a high-impact career 🧩 - What we’ve been reading and listening to 🗞️ - Some great job openings and opportunities! 🔭 Check it out!👇

Next Tuesday I'll join the 10% Club in Eindhoven (NL) at their event about how your donations can drive key innovations to reach net-zero emissions. With exciting speakers from Doneer Effectief and Future Cleantech Architects! Tickets via the link below. lu.ma/r2wksqzn

🚨 We're #hiring a Legal Manager to drive decarbonisation of the medium to heavy-duty vehicles sector🚨 💸 Salary: £50,000, plus 10% employer-contributed pension.

 📍 Location: London or remote (UK). 📅 Deadline: 9:00am BST, 9 June 2025.

 Apply👇 www.opportunitygreen.org/vacancies-le... #GreenSky

Our co-director Ruben Dieleman (@dieleman.bsky.social) hosted a session at #EAGxNordics in Oslo about what the climate movement can learn from effective altruism, and vice versa. Thank you for joining our session, and stay in touch!

🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨 📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving 📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape 🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk 📩 Questions/interest: [email protected] Boost & tag!

500 followers on Bluesky! Let's keep up the growth! 🎉

What drives mountaineer Jennifer Stratton (@mieuxdonner.org) to fundraise for the world's most effective climate charities? "Climate change is an issue close to my heart, particularly as I live in the Alps and witness the glaciers retreating year after year." A thread 🧵👇

With #Trump entering the White House today, climate ambitions in the US are taking a big hit. What promising ways do we have left to keep making progress in the fight against #ClimateChange? effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/can-we-mak... #Inauguration

Adaptation is the most effective approach to reduce climate damage in the near term, but emissions abatement is the most effective approach to avoid huge amounts of (heavily discounted) climate damage over the long term. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

⏰ Two exciting career opportunities for advancing sustainable food systems! 🧵 - 🇪🇺 In Europe: The Impactful Policy Career Accelerator is recruiting talent for sustainable food policy careers. Deadline: Jan 19th. www.impactfulpolicycareers.com - 🇺🇸 US: Food Policy Pathways, see thread below. 🧵

Madrid has grown its metro system faster and cheaper than almost any other city. It's now the third longest one in Europe. What can we learn from Madrid for building #climate friendly mass transport? 🧵👇 @hopkinsonben.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social: worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...

Welcome to Bluesky, #climate people! Effective Environmentalism is a community that researches and advocates for evidence-based, ambitious, and cost-effective #climatechange solutions. Give us a follow! (And a special warm welcome to people finding us through @katharinehayhoe.com's starter pack! 🙏)

I wrote a post on the EA forum about whether a carbon tax will lead to more animals (mostly chickens) being slaughtered. A quantitative model: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KbREam...

The year is young, and I'm a month behind on my @aeajournals.bsky.social, but this might already take the Most Frustrating Paper of the year award: "The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk" www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... So, erm, yeah. But we've just gone through all this for climate!

1/ Does climate activism work? The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how Here are some highlights 🧵

Banning sources of lead simply works: "The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries." - @ourworldindata.org

Juan Garcia on the EA Forum: "Changing flight altitudes by roughly 2,000 feet to dodge high-humidity zones could dramatically reduce contrail-induced warming. [This] could cut the climate impact of aviation in half, at very low cost." forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpnAiW...

"Put differently: US philanthropy is still much, much, much more about rich guys like David Geffen slapping their names on concert halls than it is about donating to help people dying from malaria." - Peter Singer @petersinger.info boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/why-charit...

Future Matters is hiring for a Senior Policy Manager in Climate Protection (Brussels) to lead a team of staff to get the most effective but neglected climate policies on the Commission agenda. 🫵 Is that you? Apply now! 👉 Not you? Forward it to someone else! careers.future-matters.org/32325

The Lead Exposure Elimination Project is hiring for Program Managers, Senior Managers, a Program Manager (industry), and a Program Consultant for Indonesia. 🫵 Is that you? Apply now? 👉🏽 Not you? Forward to someone who should apply. leadelimination.org/jobs/ #jobopportunity

This has always been my worst fear about climate change: the worse it gets, the more geopolitical chaos it causes; the more geopolitical chaos there is, the harder it is to cooperate to fight climate change. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

ALLFED has curated a database of research opportunities in food security during global catastrophes, including climate change. If you're excited about feeding the world in disasters and want to do research, check out the database here: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5Fc6Wj...

We've posted to the Effective Altruism Forum about our plans for Effective Environmentalism and budget needs. Check out our strategy here: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/C6es25...

What are the most promising philanthropic strategies to halt biodiversity loss? A report by Effektiv Spenden identifies four opportunities: 🧆 Alternative proteins ⛓ Supply chain transparency ⚖ Legal Action 💧 Wetland conservation Read a summary or the report: effektiv-spenden.org/en/blog/the-...

What's the deal with vertical farming? *Can* potentially work for a small group of crops: mostly greens and possibly some fruits. But far too expensive for cereals or other staple crops. My latest Substack which digs into the numbers: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/vertical-f...

In the new episode, Julian Kölbel speaks with Paul Smeets, a professor of philanthropy and sustainable finance at the University of Amsterdam, and Dan Stein, founder of @givinggreen.bsky.social, a research organization that assists donors in maximizing their climate impact. ▶️ lnk.to/innovations-...

Which interventions work for reducing meat consumption? 🤿 Dive into the Library of Interventions for Meat Elimination - a growing collection of studies examining ways to reduce animal product consumption. meat-lime.vercel.app by @willemsleegers.bsky.social, Bastian Jaeger, Robbie van Aert

Our next newsletter is in your inbox now! Find out how your Giving Season donations can be exceptionally impactful if you donate to the most effective climate charities. We also cover research on effective biodiversity conservation. 📥 effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

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