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A global network of social scientists focused on political conflicts around climate change, headquartered at Brown University. https://cssn.org/
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Open (fully funded) PhD position in Human Geography.
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1-2 Doctoral studentships in human geography
Job assignments: The doctoral candidate program amounts to 240 credits (equivalent to four years of full-time study). It formally ends with the doctoral candidate publicly defending his/her printed do
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February 4, 2026 at 7:42 AM
Open (fully funded) PhD position in Human Geography.
Please share!
@cssn.org #envpol #politicalecology
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Please share!
@cssn.org #envpol #politicalecology
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SHAME! 📣📣
Highlighting an article published earlier this month from CSSN scholar @sharonyadin.bsky.social and @maibached.bsky.social on broadening the use and avenues of climate shaming. How can we successfully condemn bad actors and encourage climate-responsible behavior? doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Highlighting an article published earlier this month from CSSN scholar @sharonyadin.bsky.social and @maibached.bsky.social on broadening the use and avenues of climate shaming. How can we successfully condemn bad actors and encourage climate-responsible behavior? doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Shaming climate wrongdoers
Shaming climate wrongdoers, Yadin, Sharon, Maibach, Edward
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January 28, 2026 at 8:16 PM
SHAME! 📣📣
Highlighting an article published earlier this month from CSSN scholar @sharonyadin.bsky.social and @maibached.bsky.social on broadening the use and avenues of climate shaming. How can we successfully condemn bad actors and encourage climate-responsible behavior? doi.org/10.1088/1748...
Highlighting an article published earlier this month from CSSN scholar @sharonyadin.bsky.social and @maibached.bsky.social on broadening the use and avenues of climate shaming. How can we successfully condemn bad actors and encourage climate-responsible behavior? doi.org/10.1088/1748...
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The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy.
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 AM
The Australian Senate Select Committee on Information Integrity on Climate & Energy has published my 75pp submission on the history of fossil capital's systemic global disinformation war via the #AtlasNetwork thinktanks against climate science, policy & clean energy.
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...
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Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
January 20, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Which groups mobilise on #climate policy in Australia?
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
📣 Darren Halpin and I have a new paper out in @environmentalpol.bsky.social that systematically maps who mobilises on climate policy in Australia, what side of the issue they fall on, and in which arenas they mobilise.
Key finding include 🧵
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🧵Applications are now open for the second-ever Disinformation Summer Institute, taking place June 15-18, 2026 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The deadline to apply is February 15.
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:39 PM
🧵Applications are now open for the second-ever Disinformation Summer Institute, taking place June 15-18, 2026 on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The deadline to apply is February 15.
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
Learn more: disinfoinstitute.org
See what the @climatedevlab.bsky.social is up to, as reported on by @frankcarini.bsky.social from @ecorinews.bsky.social: ecori.org/the-usual-su...
The Usual Suspects When It Comes Climate Action Obstruction in Rhode Island - ecoRI News
The first sentence of the report grabbed my attention. “After stunning successes in 2021 and 2022, climate action has slowed in Rhode Island.”
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January 16, 2026 at 2:48 PM
See what the @climatedevlab.bsky.social is up to, as reported on by @frankcarini.bsky.social from @ecorinews.bsky.social: ecori.org/the-usual-su...
New article from Eric Halvarson at the @thepvdeye.bsky.social, featuring the report released from the Climate and Development Lab.
Rhode Island Environmentalists' Biggest Opponents at the State House Revealed in Brown University Report - The Providence Eye
This year’s legislative session was a morbid failure for local environmental activists: only one out of the 20 bills endorsed by Climate Action Rhode Island became law. A mock funeral was held at the ...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
New article from Eric Halvarson at the @thepvdeye.bsky.social, featuring the report released from the Climate and Development Lab.
The Climate and Development Lab (CDL), hosted at Brown University, just released an initial report on the obstructors to climate and energy bills in the Rhode Island legislature.
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
Who’s Obstructing Climate Action in the Rhode Island Legislature?
Prompted by the lack of climate action in the Rhode Island legislature since the Act on Climate passed in 2021, student and staff researchers in the Climate and Development Lab looked into some key qu...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The Climate and Development Lab (CDL), hosted at Brown University, just released an initial report on the obstructors to climate and energy bills in the Rhode Island legislature.
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/who-s-o...
In his most recent piece, CSSN scholar @bforchtner.bsky.social gives us an in-depth look at the formation of climate obstructive narratives through the late 1980s-2018, classifies the trends, and offers insights into the Austrian and German Far Right tactics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
In his most recent piece, CSSN scholar @bforchtner.bsky.social gives us an in-depth look at the formation of climate obstructive narratives through the late 1980s-2018, classifies the trends, and offers insights into the Austrian and German Far Right tactics. www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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"following BOEM’s proposal to issue leases in the entire Wind Energy Area, “the DOD concluded that site-specific stipulations, designed in consultation with the DOD, could
mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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Complaint – #1 in REVOLUTION WIND, LLC v. BURGUM (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-02999) – CourtListener.com
COMPLAINT against BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DOUGLAS J. BURGUM, Matthew Giacona, Kenneth Stevens, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ( Filing fee $...
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January 4, 2026 at 1:08 PM
"following BOEM’s proposal to issue leases in the entire Wind Energy Area, “the DOD concluded that site-specific stipulations, designed in consultation with the DOD, could
mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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mitigate the impact”
[and].."impacts would be negligible and avoidable.”
#Wind
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The past week has been devastating for the Brown University community. Our hearts are with the students, faculty, staff, and greater Providence community as we move into the academic break.
We hope for healing. We hope for rest. We hope for change.
We hope for healing. We hope for rest. We hope for change.
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"December 19, 2025
Statement of Support for Brown’s Leadership and Staff
In the wake of the horrific act of gun violence on our campus, the Brown chapter of the AAUP expresses its strong support for President Christina Paxson and the rest of the university's..
"December 19, 2025
Statement of Support for Brown’s Leadership and Staff
In the wake of the horrific act of gun violence on our campus, the Brown chapter of the AAUP expresses its strong support for President Christina Paxson and the rest of the university's..
Statements — Brown AAUP
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December 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The past week has been devastating for the Brown University community. Our hearts are with the students, faculty, staff, and greater Providence community as we move into the academic break.
We hope for healing. We hope for rest. We hope for change.
We hope for healing. We hope for rest. We hope for change.
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Happy to share my first solo-authored peer reviewed article published in @climdevjournal.bsky.social!
It examines some of the main discourses of climate delay in Colombia’s energy transition debate in the national media.
Here's a quick 🧵 with the open access link and key findings.
It examines some of the main discourses of climate delay in Colombia’s energy transition debate in the national media.
Here's a quick 🧵 with the open access link and key findings.
December 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Happy to share my first solo-authored peer reviewed article published in @climdevjournal.bsky.social!
It examines some of the main discourses of climate delay in Colombia’s energy transition debate in the national media.
Here's a quick 🧵 with the open access link and key findings.
It examines some of the main discourses of climate delay in Colombia’s energy transition debate in the national media.
Here's a quick 🧵 with the open access link and key findings.
Climate litigation is a path forward, if done correctly.
@mer29-cam.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social have published a piece in @natclimate.nature.com that helps us understand effective action.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@mer29-cam.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social have published a piece in @natclimate.nature.com that helps us understand effective action.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Climate litigation is a path forward, if done correctly.
@mer29-cam.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social have published a piece in @natclimate.nature.com that helps us understand effective action.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@mer29-cam.bsky.social @ninahall.bsky.social Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, Ian Higham & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social have published a piece in @natclimate.nature.com that helps us understand effective action.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Especially because the problem is not lack of solutions: it's the fact that we are being prevented from implementing them.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Especially because the problem is not lack of solutions: it's the fact that we are being prevented from implementing them.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Newsletter coming this week! Be sure to sign up for our mailing list here: cssn.org/about-us/sub...
Excellent coverage of exactly the problem we face 35 years into the effort to face #climatechange:
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
"a decades-long disinformation bombardment.," as @whitehouse.senate.gov put it.
Now on solutions--see work by Climate Action Against Disinformation groups
caad.info
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
"10 Years After Paris Accord, Climate Denial Is Surging" - see @lisagsf.bsky.social and @stevenleemyers.bsky.social' piece in the NY Times, featuring the work by our scholars on the infiltration of misinformation in international climate negotiations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Many Fighting Climate Change Worry They Are Losing the Information War
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"10 Years After Paris Accord, Climate Denial Is Surging" - see @lisagsf.bsky.social and @stevenleemyers.bsky.social' piece in the NY Times, featuring the work by our scholars on the infiltration of misinformation in international climate negotiations. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Reporting by @mongabay.com on our new Global Assessment and larger trends of climate obstruction in the COP: india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
Obstruction tactics delay climate action, says global assessment
A new global assessment explores who is blocking action on climate change through coordinated disinformation campaigns.
india.mongabay.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reporting by @mongabay.com on our new Global Assessment and larger trends of climate obstruction in the COP: india.mongabay.com/2025/11/obst...
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Also: a custom rap anthem is the absolute best way to end any session. Check out Baba Brinkman's astounding rap-up of our climate information integrity panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_5...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
@cape-acme.bsky.social
COP30 – Just Facts – Baba Brinkman Rap Up
YouTube video by Event Rap
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November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Also: a custom rap anthem is the absolute best way to end any session. Check out Baba Brinkman's astounding rap-up of our climate information integrity panel here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH_5...
@cape-acme.bsky.social
@cape-acme.bsky.social
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Thank you @climateconnections.bsky.social for bringing this important paper by @ccallahan45.bsky.social & @jsmankin.bsky.social to my attention. Three cheers for their research and for the powerful lede to their abstract:
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Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability - Nature
A transparent and reproducible scientific framework is introduced to formalize how trillions in economic losses are attributable to the extreme heat caused by emissions from fossil fuel companies, whi...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Thank you @climateconnections.bsky.social for bringing this important paper by @ccallahan45.bsky.social & @jsmankin.bsky.social to my attention. Three cheers for their research and for the powerful lede to their abstract:
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ATTN #COP30, come by our event today, November 20, Side Event Room 5 from 6-8:30pm: "Reimagining climate policy-making to be effective, inclusive, and action-oriented."
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ATTN #COP30, come by our event today, November 20, Side Event Room 5 from 6-8:30pm: "Reimagining climate policy-making to be effective, inclusive, and action-oriented."
From surveillance and shifting “red lines” to data manipulation and participant safety, our new brief by the Climate Obstruction in Authoritarian and Non-Democratic States working group gives strategies for researchers investigating in restrictive environments.
bit.ly/Mar_Pob_etal_25
bit.ly/Mar_Pob_etal_25
Researching Climate Obstruction in Authoritarian and non-Democratic Contexts
In this brief developed by the Climate Obstruction in Authoritarian and Non-Democratic States working group, researchers share the challenges they faced when investigating climate obstruction in restr...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From surveillance and shifting “red lines” to data manipulation and participant safety, our new brief by the Climate Obstruction in Authoritarian and Non-Democratic States working group gives strategies for researchers investigating in restrictive environments.
bit.ly/Mar_Pob_etal_25
bit.ly/Mar_Pob_etal_25
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The @beyondoilgas.bsky.social (BOGA) press conference is getting underway at #COP30. See webcast link below. Lots of ministers and ambassadors on stage including UK's Ed Miliband and Colombia's Irene Vélez.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The @beyondoilgas.bsky.social (BOGA) press conference is getting underway at #COP30. See webcast link below. Lots of ministers and ambassadors on stage including UK's Ed Miliband and Colombia's Irene Vélez.
unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_111181...
unfccc-events.azureedge.net/COP30_111181...
A big move in the right direction by world leaders.
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
Countries Sign A Declaration To Fight Climate Disinformation At COP30
earthjournalism.net
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A big move in the right direction by world leaders.
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...