🧈 New Research | What Can Margarine Teach Us About the Future of Alternative Proteins? Thrilled to share our new article (w/ Cameron Roberts) in Global Environmental Change on the lessons that can be learned from the turbulent early history of margarine 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Happy to share the first fruits of our collaboration, led by #Bangladesh team for @degrees.ngo Socio-Political Fund Stakeholder and expert opinion of solar radiation modification in South Asia: insights into perceptions, geopolitical, and governance concerns in Bangladesh doi.org/10.1088/2515...

Our paper (@chadmbaum.bsky.social @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social) examines how Australians respond to novel carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. doi.org/10.1016/j.je... #CarbonRemoval #CDR #ClimatePolicy #Australia #PublicSupport #EnvironmentalIdentity #Research

Our new article on #DACCS, the first ecosystem review from the #GENIE project, is available from Energy & Environmental Science 💡📝 We offer a state-of-the-art review on technoeconomic and environmental performance, policy, equity & justice, public perceptions, and MRV pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

Happy to announce I have joined the Editorial Board at Energy Research and Social Science! 🌍💡 #ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity. I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...

Really helpful and easy-to-read introduction to #CDR from @heatmap.news @emilypont.bsky.social heatmap.news/climate-101/...

Happy to have had the opportunity to take a larger view of our research to date on public perceptions of #SRM for the #GENIE project. Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!

📊 New Perspective from @chadmbaum.bsky.social & #GENIE Project researchers: Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South. ✅ 57% back small trials ❌ 12% reject SRM outright Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA

To stop climate change, we need Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) & emissions cuts. But CDR is just getting started & data gaps are holding it back. The #StateOfCDR offers accessible evidence-based insights to help decision-makers track progress. Explore the data. Follow the evidence. stateofcdr.org

Happy to have been invited to share some thoughts here drawing on our research on public perceptions from the #GENIE and #ELEVATE projects (w/ @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social)

The UK Parliament is debating a petition to ban geoengineering. Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance. Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD Story will be updated post-debate. #SolarGeoengineering

Big welcome (at last) to @sovacool.bsky.social here on Bluesky!

For those that have dipped their toe into the issue of the emissions and environmental impact of generative AI, or gone full-on winter-bathing style.. This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.

Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...

Majority of African citizens (i) have not heard of climate change and (ii) place main responsibility for climate action on own governments or ordinary citizens-not historical emitters. Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x

New Podcast on Public Perceptions and SRM (w/ an appearance from yours truly). Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.

New Climate Reflections episode out now. Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news: ☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy ☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM ☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360

📰 Coverage of our #GENIE article on #climate emotions in the Danish press @information.dk @williamsass.bsky.social (No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!) www.information.dk/indland/2025...

🔓 : Participation in public consultations on #carbondioxideremoval #CDR remains skewed towards the Global North, for-profit sector & actors from the farming sector, with positions divided between expansive (mostly for-profit actors) & restrictive (mostly NGOs), find @lucillalosi.bsky.social et al.⬇️

🌍Public consultations on CDR attract mostly for profit actors from the GlobalNorth, disagreeing with NGOs about its regulation. 💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations. Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it makes people feel more negative towards a range of other techniques for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Carbon removal beyond the trees Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T

Our comment "Carbon removal beyond the trees" out in @commsearth.bsky.social We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳 Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio 🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo

Ähnliche Argumente findet man bereits in Overland/Sovacool: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... ...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The old site really has become a cesspool. I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence. Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈

🎉 Nature Communications Top 25 Social Science & Human Behavior Articles of 2024 Award 🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @liviafritz.bsky.social

Write-up on our #GENIE article in the Brazilian press as well 🇧🇷 🙂 Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Media coverage on our recent article in Risk Analysis, from the always enjoyable @anthropocenemag.bsky.social and @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social. Quite enjoyed this thoughtful write-up of our article. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/huge...

Fear, hope, anger, sadness, and worry—our emotions about climate change directly influence our willingness to support policies that address it. IIASA researcher Elina Brutschin and colleagues from Aarhus University, explored how climate emotions shape public attitudes toward mitigation measures.

So, this is another first (h/t @liviafritz.bsky.social for lending her French expertise 🎓🗣️). Our new article on #climate emotions in Risk Analysis was covered in the French Canadian media, on Radio Canada! ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premie...

New #GENIE article on #climate emotions at a global level, and how these correspond to support for ten climate intervention approaches. Now available in Risk Analysis (with @liviafritz.bsky.social, Elina Brutschin, Benjamin Sovacool) 🧵 Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hugely important thread from Amy Westervelt on the upsurge in direct action all across the United States.

Happy to see our article on public perceptions of carbon dioxide removal #CDR and solar #geoengineering feature in this article about the debate in French. Article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Manipuler le climat ? De l’importance d’un débat de société sur la géo-ingénierie theconversation.com/manipuler-le...

The #ClimateCrisis & technical solutions to the problems prompts questions about #trust in experts. In a large global study, Fritz et al. found #transparency, objectivity in assessing risks, & open #communication of #uncertainties/unknowns are important @chadmbaum.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate. latitude.plos.org/2025/03/cora...

Nice one. The median voter of each party *by population density*. The Left‘s swing to being a party of city dwellers is quite striking.

More CO2 storage means more pipelines. This is exactly being discussed where I live in Central Jutland. More people should know about the story of Satartia. www.npr.org/2023/05/21/1...

Having to give a lecture today on "greenwashing" on short notice. Excellent reminder of amount of fascinating, necessary work on this topic, including by @desmog.bsky.social and @emorwee.bsky.social Fantastic example on links between Ad/PR industry and fossil fuels: www.desmog.com/2025/02/10/a...

Really fantastic initiative from ARIA - multidisciplinary approach to develop ways to potentially predict tipping points (Greenland ice sheet and the sub-polar gyre) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Happy to share my first article in Danish press (@information.dk) about our #GENIE and #ELEVATE research on public perceptions of solar #geoengineering and #CDR. Part of very interesting series to help Danish public understand topics around #climate change. www.information.dk/indland/2025...

Reminder the full dataset used for 30-country #GENIE survey now available open access: cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0... Dataset incl. perceptions / support of climate interventions AND beliefs and emotions about #climate change, #trust in governments and actors, and tampering with #nature

So, Arctic Ice Project will soon be no more - combo of new evidence of potential risks to Arctic food chain (which was not supposed to be an issue) with difficult public and funding environment for #geoengineering. Much to discuss here... www.arcticiceproject.org/a-final-chap...

Global public perceptions on #climate change and carbon-dioxide removal #CDR and solar #geoengineering The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub. Please dig in! 🔬 cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...

Global public perceptions on #climate change and carbon-dioxide removal #CDR and solar #geoengineering The full #GENIE survey dataset (30 countries, 19 languages) is now available, open access, via the Knowledge Hub. Please dig in! ⛏️🔬 cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...

What are public perceptions on climate change and carbon-dioxide removal around the world? The survey dataset by @chadmbaum.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social et al is now available via the #GENIE CDR Knowledge Hub... 📝 cdr.apps.ece.iiasa.ac.at/story/2025_0...

On a side note, I just saw that our #GENIE article from last year on global public perceptions of #SRM and #CDR (here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...) was cited by Hansen et al. Two decades ago, to try and learn about #climate science, I read Hansen's work. So, probably my favorite ever citation 😁

Heated debates on solar #geoengineering ("purposeful global cooling") in 3, 2, 1... "We do not recommend implementing climate interventions, but we suggest young people not be prohibited from having knowledge of the potential and limitations... in their toolbox." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article out now in #Technovation (w/ Stefanie Bröring and Nathalie Sick). We used the mixed-methods approach of group concept mapping #GCM to explore drivers and barriers for emerging #interdisciplinary knowledge areas (IKAs)- in our case #syntheticbiology🧫 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Article alert 🚨Insightful examination (led by Livia Fritz) of how publics view the role of #experts for the governance of climate intervention methodologies #CDR #SRM #geoengineering 1/ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...