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Green congestion is still congestion, with its social costs.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Oct 11
“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”
Why e-bikes are more important the EVs
Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise
danielknowles.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal

brenttoderian.bsky.social
“The big advantage of bikes is that they go directly from where you start to where you finish, when you need to go. The advantage over cars is that they need perhaps 1/10th of the amount of space. Roads that jam up quickly with cars can carry effectively unlimited numbers of people by bicycle.”
Why e-bikes are more important the EVs
Bikes can actually transform cities in the way driverless cars promise
danielknowles.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Valerie M. Delmotte, Glen P. Peters , and 11 more

soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
New starter pack with @ipcc.bsky.social #AR7 scientists (bureau, authors, REs)! Full list: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
For SR cities scientists see separate starter pack!
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September 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
Living in Berlin, working in Potsdam.
August 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
30% of the WGIII authors have no prior IPCC experience.
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
51% of the authors come from developing countries/ Economies in Transition.
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
58% of the WGIII authors are men; 42% are women. In AR6 overall, one-third of the authors were women.
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
For Working Group III (mitigation), we received 1211 nominations, and the WGIII Bureau selected 222 experts from 79 countries.
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
Congratulations to all Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, and Review Editors for the @ipcc.bsky.social Seventh Assessment Report.
glenpeters.bsky.social Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · Aug 15
Honoured to be Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) in IPCC AR7 Chapter 2 on "Past and current anthropogenic emissions and their drivers"

And quite happy with the author list... This will be a great team!

Check out the author lists here, for all WGs: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
August 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Rosie A. Fisher

glenpeters.bsky.social
Honoured to be Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) in IPCC AR7 Chapter 2 on "Past and current anthropogenic emissions and their drivers"

And quite happy with the author list... This will be a great team!

Check out the author lists here, for all WGs: apps.ipcc.ch/report/autho...
August 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
I am very happy to announce that I have joined RIFS Research Institute for Sustainability | at GFZ, where I am continuing my work as Head of Science for the IPCC Working Group III Technical Support Unit.
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
Imagine if people moralized about how heat in winter is unnecessary and unsustainable the way they do about AC.
August 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Richard Waite, Esther Turnhout , and 2 more

mcsweeneys.net
"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"
I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry
When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Katharine Hayhoe, Marco Festa‐Bianchet , and 2 more

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Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn...

You: world class scholar, looking to make a move

Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy

Pls share widely!
Canada Excellence Research Chair - University of Victoria - University of Victoria
Find information about applying to be Canada Excellence Research Chair at the University of Victoria
www.uvic.ca
August 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM

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Subtract days in July in Washington, DC.
August 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Elizabeth Saunders, Mark A. Lemley , and 15 more

justinwolfers.bsky.social
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Anne Applebaum, Benjamin K. Sovacool , and 59 more

davidho.bsky.social
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Rebecca Solnit

helenczerski.bsky.social
Reading Rebecca Solnit & I love this:

""The remains of the swamp grass, the ferns ... turned into coal. And to this cemetery we intend to go, drag the dead out of their tombs, and force them to work for us." That language frames it as a zombie movie, a horror story, the dead come back to haunt us."
"The remains of the swamp grass, the ferns, the horsetails rotted under the layers of sand and clay and the clay, became black, and turned into coal. And to this cemetery we intend to go, drag the dead out of their tombs, and force them to work for us." That language frames it as a zombie movie, a horror story, the dead come back to haunt us, in this case with their carbon.
July 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Lilian Edwards

jamesrball.com
Bizarre discussion on the radio likening air condition to passive smoking because it accounts for 3% of CO2 emissions.

But: we don’t moralise turning heating on in winter, and heating accounts for 15% of emissions. If aircon is intrinsically immoral, so are radiators.
July 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Kai Chen, Amy McGovern

costasamaras.com
Last week, the govt dismissed 400 researchers working on the US National Climate Assessment. I was one of them. Today, @agu.org & @ametsoc.org announced they are joining forces to sustain the momentum. It's not a replacement, it's a reminder that science is unstoppable. news.agu.org/press-releas...
AGU and AMS join forces on special collection to maintain momentum of research supporting the U.S. National Climate assessment
Congressionally mandated, the NCA draws on the latest scientific research to evaluate how climate change is affecting the United States. The new special collection does not replace the NCA but instead...
news.agu.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
I first came to DC to work on a scientific cooperation program between ORD scientists and researchers in the former Soviet Union. What a tragic loss. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Rebecca Solnit, Daniel E. Jones , and 4 more

theguardian.com
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
How do I feel about air conditioning? I’m very hot – but it’s destroying the planet | Emma Beddington
Yes, temperatures are rising. But more and more AC means more and more CO2 – and then more and more global heating. Let’s have some long-term thinking instead, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal

tribelaw.bsky.social
Susie Essman, the brilliant comedian from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” recently offered some wise advice: focus on the small things in life that give you happiness. As Susie memorably put it, “The macro is fucked. We gotta go micro.” — @borowitzreport.bsky.social (July 11, 2025)
July 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Colette L. Heald

davidho.bsky.social
Seriously
Britain and Europe need to get serious about air conditioning
In a rapidly warming world, a former extravagance is becoming a necessity
on.ft.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Mark Harrison

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Sitting here bleary after another poor night's sleep, disinclined to engage in a day of cognitive effort, this chart from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com really strikes home on.ft.com/4eFZG4l
Shows death rates in US and eu cities by temperature, air con being the decisive factor
July 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM

peacewestphalia.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/articles/the...
The U.S. Gave Up Its Lead in Clean Energy Sectors Before. It Might Be Doing It Again.
The Trump administration’s move to roll back hydrogen, carbon capture and green energy initiatives is likely to play into China and Europe’s hands, say industry leaders.
www.wsj.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM

Reposted by Michael Westphal

notamiller.bsky.social
And here's a full copy of the NCA5 website. I backed it up earlier this year, before Trump took office: replayweb.page?source=https...
ReplayWeb.page
replayweb.page
June 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Sabine Pahl, Christian Flachsland

bobkopp.net
Attention US scientists: The @ipcc.bsky.social has issued a call for expert nominations for upcoming workshops on Engaging Diverse Knowledge Systems and Methods of Assessment. If you wish to apply via the US Academic Alliance for the IPCC, do it here, before July 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Aims of the workshops Specific aims of Workshop 1 on engaging wider knowledge systems are: to address how Indigenous Knowledge systems could be accessed and assessed by the IPCC, in particular considering effective and equitable engagement of Indigenous Knowledge holders and building on experience built up in other fora as appropriate; to address how Iocal knowledge could be assessed by the IPCC, building on experience built up in other fora as appropriate; to make recommendations for funding agencies as to how to support the engagement of knowledge holders in the IPCC programme of work. The specific aims of Workshop 2 on methods of assessment are: to make recommendations as to how systematic review methods could be applied within and outside IPCC assessments and how they could contribute to strengthening established assessment practices including uncertainty assessments; to make recommendations to the IPCC, the Bureau and authors as to how new and extended methods of assessment such as artificial intelligence might be built into the IPCC programme of work; to address how ex-post evaluation evidence could be assessed by the IPCC, building on experience built up in other fora as appropriate; to identify precautionary measures or limitations that might be necessary to ensure adherence to IPCC’s principles and procedures for the preparation of reports; and to make recommendations for scientific communities as to how new and extended methods could be used to develop literature which can more easily be assessed by the IPCC. The goal across both workshops is to make recommendations as to how new and extended methods of assessment could be applied to different types of knowledge systems (such as scientific, Indigenous, local, practitioner).
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Joanna Bryson, Brian J. Enquist , and 16 more

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No words
America’s brain drain
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Reposted by Michael Westphal, Aykut Kibritçioğlu

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Delighted to announce that Malthus Enigma: Technology, Science, and Policy for a Fragile Earth is now published in hardcover and paperback.
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM