Clare Kelly
@clarekelly.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin. Uses neuroimaging to study 🧠 development. Increasingly teaching, thinking, & advocating on the climate & ecological crisis 🌍
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BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
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Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
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LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels
Martin indicates that liquefied natural gas a security imperative for Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
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"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
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When I was a kid, my dad pulled me aside and told me that the people I need to be kindest to are the poorest because this capitalist world we live in forgives you anything but it shames you deeply and never forgives you for being poor. It made me realise how deeply fucked up the world is very early.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
When I was a kid, my dad pulled me aside and told me that the people I need to be kindest to are the poorest because this capitalist world we live in forgives you anything but it shames you deeply and never forgives you for being poor. It made me realise how deeply fucked up the world is very early.
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Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
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“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Profesores de Trinity College se resisten a la narrativa de la inevitabilidad de la IAgenerativa en la investigación y la docencia.
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Profesores de Trinity College se resisten a la narrativa de la inevitabilidad de la IAgenerativa en la investigación y la docencia.
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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Interested in global political economy of the energy transition?
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Interested in global political economy of the energy transition?
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️
They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬
Thread:🧵Plz RT
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"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
"When history judges us, it won’t ask how “agile” we were.
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
It will ask who we housed, who we fed, who we sheltered, who we lifted up when the lift got stuck.
That’s the only kind of fast that matters."
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...
Sorry I haven't responded to your email. It's definitely not because I was busy making a giant paper maché head 😅
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sorry I haven't responded to your email. It's definitely not because I was busy making a giant paper maché head 😅
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We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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drb.ie/move-over-fo...
Move over for AI - DRB
Katja Bruisch writes: I recently completed a scholarly monograph – an environmental, economic and energy history of peat in imperial and Soviet Russia. After years of thinking and writing, I approache...
drb.ie
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We need a critique of AI in academic publishing. Following my decision not to sign an AI addendum to my contract with Cambridge University Press, I wrote this short essay which is now out in the Dublin Review of Books.
👇
drb.ie/move-over-fo...
👇
drb.ie/move-over-fo...
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This is insane -- 'According to the report, the top 0.1% in Ireland have an average carbon footprint of 286 tonnes of CO₂ per person per year — more than 100 times Ireland’s 2030 target of 2.5 tonnes per person.'
Ireland's wealthiest households create significantly more carbon emissions than lower-earners, according to a new report from Oxfam Ireland.
jrnl.ie/6859962
jrnl.ie/6859962
Ireland's richest 10% produce almost as much carbon as the bottom 50%, report says
Oxfam Ireland is calling on the Government to increase taxes on the rich.
jrnl.ie
October 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is insane -- 'According to the report, the top 0.1% in Ireland have an average carbon footprint of 286 tonnes of CO₂ per person per year — more than 100 times Ireland’s 2030 target of 2.5 tonnes per person.'
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Take out the data centre, and use the electricity to heat three hospitals instead
Greedy industries offer scraps of their own waste to underfunded and undervalued public services all the time, as a way of greenwashing their public image. You don't have to accept it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greedy industries offer scraps of their own waste to underfunded and undervalued public services all the time, as a way of greenwashing their public image. You don't have to accept it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Take out the data centre, and use the electricity to heat three hospitals instead
Greedy industries offer scraps of their own waste to underfunded and undervalued public services all the time, as a way of greenwashing their public image. You don't have to accept it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Greedy industries offer scraps of their own waste to underfunded and undervalued public services all the time, as a way of greenwashing their public image. You don't have to accept it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
So many climate solutions, so few emissions reductions. A new book explains why.
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
In "The Long Heat," Wim Carton and Andreas Malm argue that capitalism has turned the climate crisis into a business opportunity.
grist.org/culture/clim...
#BookSky #Books #Climate #Tech #Capitalism
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'When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did [universities] become Big Tech's free PR department?'
— Nicky Dries, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
— Nicky Dries, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
'When someone says we can’t miss the boat, I ask: where is the boat going? What exactly will this technology improve? That’s rarely discussed. Since when did [universities] become Big Tech's free PR department?'
— Nicky Dries, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
— Nicky Dries, Future of Work Lab at the Catholic University of Leuven
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I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
October 26, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I was recently invited to present my thoughts on the role of universities in the #climate crisis
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
Several audience members asked that I share my slides, so I've decided to post them here too as an open resource
I'd love any feedback, & for you to share examples of projects & best practice.
Long 🧵😊
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"they fail to link climate action with things that matter to people: food poverty, fuel poverty, air pollution, inequality, job insecurity, lack of housing, unfordable or non-existent healthcare... they are constrained by only being able to offer pragmatic, ‘politically feasible’ centrism?"
As dreams of 1.5°C melt away, net zero’s reckoning is overdue
People’s inability to see past net zero shows it is no longer fit for purpose
www.technosphere.earth
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
"they fail to link climate action with things that matter to people: food poverty, fuel poverty, air pollution, inequality, job insecurity, lack of housing, unfordable or non-existent healthcare... they are constrained by only being able to offer pragmatic, ‘politically feasible’ centrism?"
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Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Plug-in hybrid cars are essentially a massive fossil fuel demand protection scam enacted on well-meaning consumers trying to do the right thing
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
The gap between reported and real emissions is just utterly bonkers - new @transenvuk.bsky.social study here
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/smo...
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November edition of @psychmag.bsky.social highlights the value of all psychology disciplines for fighting the climate and biodiversity crisis.
Proudly, @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social members @drsarahpayne.bsky.social & Prof David Canter both contribute to this special issue!
Proudly, @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social members @drsarahpayne.bsky.social & Prof David Canter both contribute to this special issue!
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
November edition of @psychmag.bsky.social highlights the value of all psychology disciplines for fighting the climate and biodiversity crisis.
Proudly, @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social members @drsarahpayne.bsky.social & Prof David Canter both contribute to this special issue!
Proudly, @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social members @drsarahpayne.bsky.social & Prof David Canter both contribute to this special issue!
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Towards a humbler, braver and kinder science.
My new blog post @ucpress.bsky.social about my upcoming book Science in Resistance, coming out Oct 28th:
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
@scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social
My new blog post @ucpress.bsky.social about my upcoming book Science in Resistance, coming out Oct 28th:
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
@scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Towards a humbler, braver and kinder science.
My new blog post @ucpress.bsky.social about my upcoming book Science in Resistance, coming out Oct 28th:
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
@scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social
My new blog post @ucpress.bsky.social about my upcoming book Science in Resistance, coming out Oct 28th:
www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...
@scientistrebellion.bsky.social
@ucpress.bsky.social