Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds

Climate whataboutism and rightwing populism: how emissions blame-shifting translates nationalist attitudes into climate policy opposition by Joakim Kulin Pages: 979-999 doi.org/10.1080/0964...

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Happy to see this study published in @environmentalpol.bsky.social Vol 34, Issue 6. In it, I show how rightwing populists, especially those holding nationalist attitudes, consistently employ climate delay discourses (here whataboutism) to justify climate inaction. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This resonates strongly… (As it says “scientists”, economists are excluded 😉).

Nice hed, NYT. And this: "Even in the annals of Mr. Trump’s erratic presidency, the Anchorage meeting with Mr. Putin now stands out as a reversal of historic proportions." @peterbakernyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...

It doesn't matter whether conservative ideals and policies are good or bad, popular or unpopular, if they are imposed on Americans unlawfully and arbitrarily. A free society is ruled by law. Given Trump’s lawlessness, we no longer have a legitimate government. trib.al/UdMH6uD

Too me, prioritizing spending more money and effort on the Q ”How bad will climate change get?” or on the Q ”How do we drastically reduce emissions?”, is not a hard choice. Yet, I am seriosly unsure what the enviro movement really wants, and so I have alignment issues.

Former UK Prime Minister use his megaphone to promote climate delay through whataboutism (redirecting responsibility by blaming others for climate change). If you find this retorical strategy interesting, you might like this @environmentalpol.bsky.social study: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

BREAKING! Country that emits 1.4% of global GHG emissions would only contribute about 1.4% of global temperature stabilization efforts under Net Zero scenario! 🙄

Lomborg has made outstanding claims before, but this is one of (if not the) most rediculous one(s) so far. And this rhetorical strategy, blaming other nations to redirect responsibility (whataboutism), undermine climate action and is often driven by nationalism. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

”The latest deadline for countries to submit plans for slashing the greenhouse gas emissions fuelling climate change has passed. Only 15 countries met it – less than 8% of the 194 parties currently signed up…” theconversation.com/only-15-coun...

This needs to be said: Unpaid externalities (e.g., no or low carbon taxes) are gifts from the public/governments to the fossil fuel industry. You may call them subsidies — without which the industry would not survive. In other words, we subsidise them, and the price is the public good. The end.

Global CO₂ emissions would fall by 32%, with 40% of countries—including India, China and Russia—meeting their Paris Agreement targets simply by cutting fossil fuel subsidies, which in 2022 amounted to $7 trillion (7.1% of global GDP!). www.energylivenews.com/2025/03/18/w...

There is irony, and then there is this: ”A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

The U.S. Department of Defense is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. scim.ag/4hqu6HA

🔴 MAPPED: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

Research by Kulin and Johansson Sevä shows that nationalism and nativism are strong predictors of voter opposition to climate change mitigation policies in Europe journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Hottest year on record sent planet past 1.5C of heating for first time in 2024

The meme I didn't know I needed

PLOS Climate is now on Bluesky! Please give us a follow for new research and other updates from our journal community! @plosclimate.bsky.social

Happy to see my study on climate whataboutism, rightwing populism, and climate policy opposition published in Environmental Politics (@environmentalpol.bsky.social), where I show that whataboutism mediates the effect of nationalism on climate policy attitudes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Too bad we don't just think of ourselves as citizens of an ocean planet. 🌏

Climate whataboutism discourses ('what about China?') resonate strongly with nationalists and right-wing populists The irony is that climate delay means countries get left behind in the new industrial revolution, and become more vulnerable to impacts Nationalists working to weaken their nations

Fascinating study that shows "a strong and consistent relationship between nationalist attitudes and the extent to which people think that their own country should not act on climate change unless others do so".

New article by Joakim Kulin. Climate whataboutism and rightwing populism: how emissions blame-shifting translates nationalist attitudes into climate policy opposition. doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Happy to see my study on climate whataboutism, rightwing populism, and climate policy opposition published in Environmental Politics (@environmentalpol.bsky.social), where I show that whataboutism mediates the effect of nationalism on climate policy attitudes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New study in PLOS Climate: ”Rightwing populist attitudes and public support for climate policies in Western Europe”; if you are interested in what drives rightwing populists into their extreme positions on climate action, read this: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Had some new studies published recently. One is about how key political trustwortiness dimensions translate into public support for climate policy, showing that perceptions about politicians’ competence matter far more than those about integrity (e.g. corruption). iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

NEW: Top coral scientist says the only way to save dying reefs is "a rapid phase out of fossil fuels" "No amount of tinkering with corals—attempting to make so-called super corals—is going to save the world’s coral reefs"

A study in Nature reports new projections that suggest that the global economy could experience an average income reduction of 19% by 2049. The models shed further light on the potential consequences of unrestrained carbon emissions. go.nature.com/3Q7lIlo 🧪

”Countries are falling behind on almost every policy required to cut greenhouse gas emissions, despite progress on renewable energy and the uptake of electric vehicles. This failure makes the prospect of holding global temperatures to 1.5C above preindustrial levels even more remote…”

The Production Gap Report 2023 is out now! It finds governments plan on producing more than *twice* the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5ºC limit allows. Produced in partnership with SEI, @e3g.bsky.social, IISD and UNEP. Get the report: climateanalytics.org/publications...

“Just five rich global north countries are responsible for the majority (51%) of planned new oil and gas extraction to 2050: the US, Canada, Australia, Norway and the UK. These countries have the responsibility to move first to phase out fossil fuel production.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hi everyone, I’m relatively new here but I hope to find other people doing social science research on climate change. I mostly do research focusing on beliefs, attitudes and behaviors related to climate change and climate policy. Below are a few of my (not so) recently published studies.

This was a fascinating read. For all the research we do, these historical watershed moments are almost unresearchable, as it is insurmountably diffucult to ascertain such course of events a century+ ago. But sure seems convenient for fossil fuel interests that this solar power pioneer was stymied.