Béatrice Cointe

@beatricecointe.bsky.social

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Solar-powered Science & Technology Studies researcher and IAM ethnographer at CSI - CNRS, Mines Paris-PSL.
"Well the world of research has gone berserk, too much paperwork" (Dylan 2006)
Soundtrack: t.ly/0V77d

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Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Apr 30

"In the midst of perpetual debates on most issues of the climate change problem, one refreshing exception is the consensus on our ignorance..."

(from the report on a 1993 Workshop on Integrative assessment of mitigation, impacts and adaptation to climate change)

"In the midst of perpetual debates on most issues of the climate change problem, one refreshing exception is the consensus on our ignorance about the biophysical impacts on unmanaged ecosystems and the difficulties of monetizing non-market damage. One possibility to include ecosystemic"
(highlighted in yellow from beginning to "ignorance")

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 22h

I know there are geophysical feedbacks and tipping points that could take us there too
- but my point is that ALL of these RCP and SSP are implausible because they don't factor in impacts. There are very sensible reasons for that and it does not make them worthless, but plausible ?...

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 22h

Unpopular opinion, but one can argue that RCP8.5 is in fact implausibly *optimistic*, because reaching such high emissions means human activities can withstand quite significant impacts from climate change and continue basically undisturbed.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

One thing among many that always bugged me about this is saying "RCP 8.5 is implausible" is a comment about human society and the probabilities around human decision making with regards to greenhouse gas release.

This is not the core area of expertise for physical climate scientists........

Madison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly frustrating how RCP 8.5 is controversial has been burned into the brains of everyone including climate reporters

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Madison Condon @madisoncondon.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly frustrating how RCP 8.5 is controversial has been burned into the brains of everyone including climate reporters

Reposted by Dominic Boyer, Béatrice Cointe

Jérôme Denis @jrmdns.bsky.social · 4d

A few hours after Bad Bunny sings among electrical poles maintainers, our conversation with @dominicboyer.bsky.social and @cymene.bsky.social is out.
Coincidence? I think not.

(Thank you both!)

cenhs.libsyn.com/248-maintena...

Cultures of Energy: 248 - Maintenance & Repair (feat. Jérôme Denis & David Pontille)

Cymene and Dominic share pirate tales from the Sundance Film Festival and reimagine Heated Rivalry with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as the lead lovers. Then (15:34) we welcome and to the podcast to dis...

cenhs.libsyn.com

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 8d

One of my favorite - read: most "😮-inducing" - Nordhaus point to casually mention in lectures:

(from 1993, Reflections on the economics of climate change, I guess the same paper and section you're discussing in these pages)

This survey of impacts will concentrate primarily upon the United States,
because that is where the evidence is most abundant. In reality, most of theU.S. economy has little direct interaction with climate. For example, cardiovascular surgery and parallel supercomputing are undertaken in carefully controlled environments and are unlikely to be directly affected by climate change. More generally, underground mining, most services, communications, and manufacturing are sectors likely to be largely unaffected by climate change—sectors that comprise around 85 percent of GDP.

Reposted by Fredrik Albritton Jonsson, Matthias Schmelzer, Béatrice Cointe

Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 14d

A few of us got together for a forum on degrowth in
@envirohistory.bsky.social. Here is my bit: "It's the Economy Stupid." And check out the entries from
@fredrikjonsson.bsky.social, @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social, and

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

It’s the Economy, Stupid | Environmental History: Vol 31, No 1

www.journals.uchicago.edu

Reposted by Béatrice Cointe

CNRS Sciences humaines & sociales @cnrsshs.bsky.social · 15d

Agir avec les #archives : comment rendre disponible le fonds Bruno Latour ?

Un fonds d’archives est un objet intellectuel unique qu’il faut respecter en tant que tel. La #Lettre revient sur la méthodologie exigée par un tel procédé.

👉 urls.fr/uQYUv_

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Benjamin Braun, Brett Christophers , and 1 more Fabián Muniesa, Benjamin Braun, Brett Christophers, Béatrice Cointe

daniela russ @ueberdruss.bsky.social · 16d

what do we talk about when we talk about energy? my answer features (among many others) adorno, bogdanov, and the austrian communist wilhelm frank, who experimented with national exergy balances in the 1950s. out april 2026.

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 22d

Ok, to be fair I have actually heard of most of these, except the newest ones... (maybe I can still skip signing up to eurograd!). there is also one in Switzerland I think. So agree with you about the massification/fragmentation dynamic, with not that much thematic diversity on top of it...

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · 22d

Oh wow I must be out of the loops, only heard of the big one this year. Maybe I'm not doing STS anymore 😵‍💫 (or maybe I just should sign back into the eurograd mailing list....)

There were at least four last year too, and none annual, so that is likely a few too many indeed...

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 22d

Since people don't like my "create a financial disincentive for submitting AI to journals", how about a compact of research intensive institutions and academic societies based on the principle of banishing anyone found out to have submitted AI papers without reporting it?

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 23d

How are scenarios used?

Scenarios are used for contrasting purposes but are often actively interpreted and processed by informed users who are aware of different scenarios’ strengths, limitations and uncertainties.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice

www.nature.com

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Fire Draw Near @firedrawnear.bsky.social · 23d

I made this episode all about the song The Greenland Whale Fishery last year just before I fulfilled a lifelong not-even-a-dream-because-its-too-mad and sang it with the Pogues in the 3 Arena. Listen to it at all the usual places (but not Slopify please) and enjoy! X
campsite.bio/firedrawnear

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Jan 9

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · Jan 9

Easily the creepiest vintage plastic ad I've seen thus far.

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · Jan 9

Easily the creepiest vintage plastic ad I've seen thus far.

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Bruno Cousin, Béatrice Cointe

Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · Jan 8

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

We are seeking to recruit an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science – Ecological Transitions in / of Europe and the EU.

Applications welcome until February 5 (4 PM, Paris time).

Full Job Description and Recruitment Process ⤵️

#AcademicJobs #PolSci

Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026

Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and/or policy of the ecological transitions in/of Europe and the European Union.

www.sciencespo.fr

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jan 8

Secession also from IBPES, IUCN, UN Oceans and UN Water...

Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jan 8

Secession from IPCC and UNFCCC

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

www.whitehouse.gov

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Jan 6

It would (probably) be a good STS question to ask why we do that.

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 28

Faudrait pas qu’ils donnent des idées à Vault City Brewing…

Reposted by Glen P. Peters, Mattias Hallquist, John Hogan , and 2 more Glen P. Peters, Mattias Hallquist, John Hogan, Stefan C. Aykut, Béatrice Cointe

Bård Lahn @bard.lahn.no · Dec 23

New paper! How are emissions scenarios 📉 from the IPCC (and other sources) actually used by decision-makers? We asked them, and the results are out just in time for the holidays 🧑‍🎄🤶🧑‍🎄 (with @idasogn.bsky.social & @climansen.bsky.social)

Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Analysing the use of emissions scenarios in practice

www.nature.com

Reposted by David Underdown, Béatrice Cointe

Rebekah Higgitt @rhiggitt.bsky.social · Dec 22

Music, materials, weather and climate - a great story about a set of organ record books from the 1960s to now. Are there older ones? When did recording temperature and humidity become a common part of the tuner's practice? www.theguardian.com/environment/... #histSTM #envhist

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate

Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions

www.theguardian.com

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 20

ParanoiAI

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’ve reached the point where I’m questioning co-authoring papers because what if one co-author uses it without my knowing

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

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Lucie Rondeau du Noyer @lucienoyer.bsky.social · Dec 19

💼 Au 1er semestre 2026, le projet #ETRANHET du @cired.bsky.social recrute un·e stagiaire niveau Master SHS pour étudier comment les économistes ont pensé la ❓énergétique pendant la décolonisation 🇫🇷 (1946-80).

🗓️ Candidature avant le 15/01/2026

Tous les détails : www.centre-cired.fr/wp-content/u...

www.centre-cired.fr

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 18

🤖 🤡 🐠 🤪

Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · Dec 18

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Mark D. White , and 9 more Peter Thorne, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Scott A. Imberman, Christine Kooi, Michael D. McDonald, Greg Linden, Daxton R. Stewart, Aviel Roshwald, Juliet Johnson, Jesse D. Berman, Béatrice Cointe

Jake Berg @jacobsberg.bsky.social · Dec 18

Gift link, probably the funniest thing the Wall Street Journal has done this year.

We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.

An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.

www.wsj.com

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[3/3] The other one in Œconomia on the history of climate economics, that I co-edit with Antoine Missemer and Christophe Cassen.

Deadline for *abstracts* Jan 15, 2026
Full papers expected July 5, 2026

journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...

History of Climate Economics

Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...

journals.openedition.org

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[2/3] One in Futures on "Constructing futures through climate modelling", that I'm co-editing with @dralaaclimate.bsky.social, @natasja.bsky.social, @a-nikas.bsky.social and Chris Groves

Submission deadline for *papers* : March 31

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Futures | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Futures | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Futures at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

www.sciencedirect.com

Reposted by Glen P. Peters, Fabián Muniesa

Béatrice Cointe @beatricecointe.bsky.social · Dec 17

[1/3] Before everyone scatters away on holidays, a reminder to people here interested in the history of climate economics and/or the politics of climate modelling about two ongoing calls for papers.

One questions futures, the other is history-oriented, take your pick!

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