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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · Jun 27
New research by @beamagistro.bsky.social and colleagues suggests that increasing public awareness of solar geoengineering could foster bipartisan engagement with climate policy in the US

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Political ideology and views toward solar geoengineering in the United States
Political polarization remains a significant barrier to effective climate action in the United States. Conservatives often express skepticism toward climate change policies emphasizing government inte...
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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · May 20
Huge thanks to @ziqianxia.bsky.social, Jinquan Ye, @jianing-ding.bsky.social, @nathanielgeiger.bsky.social, Ulf Hahnel, @rd545.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & Chao Zhang.

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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · May 20
🧠 Can large language models predict public support for climate policies?

In our new paper, we test whether LLMs—such as DeepSeek and GPT-4o mini—can simulate how different people might respond to #climate policy surveys based on their socio-demographic profiles🧵

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lorenzspreen.bsky.social
Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.bsky.social · Mar 8
I wanted to highlight key findings from our study and the replication, and how they extend to 2024.

Now it provides a systematic review of more than 600 scientific studies on the relationship between digitalization and democracy.

So what does science have to say? We actually know quite a bit: 1/5

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ASRA @asranetwork.org · Apr 3
New research: Systemic risks, such as political division and #AI, could drive as well as threaten the low-carbon energy transition.

Read the new article in @cambridgeup.bsky.social by Ashwin Seshadri, Ajay Gambhir, and @rd545.bsky.social.

www.asranetwork.org/insights/aja... #polycrisis
Journal paper: Navigating systemic risks in low-carbon energy…
Accelerating global systemic risks, such as political division, AI and geopolitical tensions, drive as well as threaten low-carbon energy transitions.
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Beatrice Magistro @beamagistro.bsky.social · Mar 24
🌍 Excited to share our latest paper published in npj Climate Action with @rd545.bsky.social, @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and Paul Wennberg. Here's the Open Access link: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Partisanship overcomes framing in shaping solar geoengineering perceptions: Evidence from a conjoint experiment - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Partisanship overcomes framing in shaping solar geoengineering perceptions: Evidence from a conjoint experiment
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ai.cam.ac.uk
ai@cam @ai.cam.ac.uk · Mar 14
"The end goal is how the decision that’s being made by these tools is going to improve the quality of people’s lives.”

In our latest blog, Dr @rd545.bsky.social explores how #AI can empower decision-makers while ensuring public value and trust.

Read more ⬇️
ai.cam.ac.uk/blog/decisio...
Decision-making with AI: Keeping humans in the loop
Dr Ramit Debnath is an Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the AI-deas group, AI for climate and nature, fellow of Churchill College and Cambridge Zero and leads the ...
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Philipp Lorenz-Spreen @lorenzspreen.bsky.social · Mar 9
Huge thanks to the authors of the replication Ziqian Xia, @rd545.bsky.social and Jinquan Ye for this tremendous and important effort! And my co-authors, first and foremost @lfoswaldo.bsky.social as an equal first author and @lewan.bsky.social and Ralph Hertwig @arc-mpib.bsky.social

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Michelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social · Mar 4
🙏 Many thanks to my fabulous co-authors IGS Director Benjamin Sovacool, @arunimakrishna.bsky.social, @rd545.bsky.social, & @chriswells.bsky.social and to our funders @bu-igs.bsky.social, @comatbu.bsky.social, & the Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science. 6/6

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Michelle Amazeen @commscholar.bsky.social · Mar 4
📰 News or Ad? 🌍
Our 🚨new study🚨 in npj Climate Action reveals how native ads from big oil mislead readers on #ClimateChange. We found that disclosures and #inoculation messages can help combat this #disinformation. A 🧵…1/6
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Mobile phone showing native advertisement from ExxonMobil.

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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · Mar 2
"There’s a huge contrast between billionaires travelling by private jet while the rest of us drink with soggy paper straws: one of those activities has a big impact on an individual carbon footprint, and one doesn’t.”
@rd545.bsky.social
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Never mind the planet’s fate when the jet set feel the urge to seek out some winter sun | Catherine Bennett
Self-denial will save the Earth, we’re told. But big emitters seemingly haven’t had the memo
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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · Mar 2
You can find our study here (if interested) 🙂👇

@rd545.bsky.social @sakshighai.bsky.social @charlesemogor.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Underestimation of personal carbon footprint inequality in four diverse countries - Nature Climate Change
Existing studies show carbon footprint inequality between and within countries, but awareness of this inequality is unclear. This study finds widespread underestimation of carbon footprint inequality ...
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bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk · Feb 25
Today, @rd545.bsky.social discussed his current research on responsible AI as a social design challenge, saying: "...it is now even more important to consider people and society while defining responsible AI."

Read more about the project: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/res...

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gatescambridge.bsky.social
Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · Jan 20
Dr Ramit Debnath contributes to new global study which shows that the majority of people trust scientists, but that trust is higher in some countries than in others - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @rd545.bsky.social @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
Study shows majority trust scientists | Gates Cambridge
Dr Ramit Debnath contributes to new global study which shows that the majority of people trust scientists, but that trust is higher in some countries than in others
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colognaviktoria.bsky.social
Viktoria Cologna @colognaviktoria.bsky.social · Jan 20
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5