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We love for likeminded, action-oriented, and impact-driven people who want to meaningfully build a better world to find each other!
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Often @soemanozeijlmans.eu and I receive questions regarding things You yourself can do for the environment in an effective way. We love that question!
There's a range of options, with regards to your career, donations, but also for example your lifestyle or consumption - which one(s) do you pick?
There's a range of options, with regards to your career, donations, but also for example your lifestyle or consumption - which one(s) do you pick?
September 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Often @soemanozeijlmans.eu and I receive questions regarding things You yourself can do for the environment in an effective way. We love that question!
There's a range of options, with regards to your career, donations, but also for example your lifestyle or consumption - which one(s) do you pick?
There's a range of options, with regards to your career, donations, but also for example your lifestyle or consumption - which one(s) do you pick?
Knowing when the monsoon starts is crucial for successful climate adaptation. Find out more in our latest newsletter, which is also chock-full of interesting articles and opportunities.
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Why the next climate adaptation breakthrough might come from AI weather forecasts
Farmer-centred weather services can enable hundreds of millions of farmers to adapt to climate change.
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Knowing when the monsoon starts is crucial for successful climate adaptation. Find out more in our latest newsletter, which is also chock-full of interesting articles and opportunities.
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🌳 The latest @effectiveenvironmentalism.org newsletter edition is packed with content!
- A new career guide for building a high-impact career 🧩
- What we’ve been reading and listening to 🗞️
- Some great job openings and opportunities! 🔭
Check it out!👇
- A new career guide for building a high-impact career 🧩
- What we’ve been reading and listening to 🗞️
- Some great job openings and opportunities! 🔭
Check it out!👇
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June 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
🌳 The latest @effectiveenvironmentalism.org newsletter edition is packed with content!
- A new career guide for building a high-impact career 🧩
- What we’ve been reading and listening to 🗞️
- Some great job openings and opportunities! 🔭
Check it out!👇
- A new career guide for building a high-impact career 🧩
- What we’ve been reading and listening to 🗞️
- Some great job openings and opportunities! 🔭
Check it out!👇
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Next Tuesday I'll join the 10% Club in Eindhoven (NL) at their event about how your donations can drive key innovations to reach net-zero emissions. With exciting speakers from Doneer Effectief and Future Cleantech Architects! Tickets via the link below.
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Accelerate Climate Innovations · Luma
Climate change affects us all and there are many charities to raise the alarm and address it. However, which innovations are needed to close the gap towards…
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May 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Next Tuesday I'll join the 10% Club in Eindhoven (NL) at their event about how your donations can drive key innovations to reach net-zero emissions. With exciting speakers from Doneer Effectief and Future Cleantech Architects! Tickets via the link below.
lu.ma/r2wksqzn
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🚨 We're #hiring a Legal Manager to drive decarbonisation of the medium to heavy-duty vehicles sector🚨
💸 Salary: £50,000, plus 10% employer-contributed pension.
📍 Location: London or remote (UK).
📅 Deadline: 9:00am BST, 9 June 2025.
Apply👇
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💸 Salary: £50,000, plus 10% employer-contributed pension.
📍 Location: London or remote (UK).
📅 Deadline: 9:00am BST, 9 June 2025.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 We're #hiring a Legal Manager to drive decarbonisation of the medium to heavy-duty vehicles sector🚨
💸 Salary: £50,000, plus 10% employer-contributed pension.
📍 Location: London or remote (UK).
📅 Deadline: 9:00am BST, 9 June 2025.
Apply👇
www.opportunitygreen.org/vacancies-le...
#GreenSky
💸 Salary: £50,000, plus 10% employer-contributed pension.
📍 Location: London or remote (UK).
📅 Deadline: 9:00am BST, 9 June 2025.
Apply👇
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#GreenSky
Our co-director Ruben Dieleman (@dieleman.bsky.social) hosted a session at #EAGxNordics in Oslo about what the climate movement can learn from effective altruism, and vice versa. Thank you for joining our session, and stay in touch!
May 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Our co-director Ruben Dieleman (@dieleman.bsky.social) hosted a session at #EAGxNordics in Oslo about what the climate movement can learn from effective altruism, and vice versa. Thank you for joining our session, and stay in touch!
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🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨
📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving
📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk
📩 Questions/interest: givinggreen@idinsight.org
Boost & tag!
📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving
📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk
📩 Questions/interest: givinggreen@idinsight.org
Boost & tag!
Careers | Giving Green
The latest climate career opportunities with Giving Green.
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March 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨
📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving
📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk
📩 Questions/interest: givinggreen@idinsight.org
Boost & tag!
📌 #Research Associate/Senior Researcher to drive evidence-based #climate giving
📌 Experts to support projects in #biodiversity & #PuertoRico climate landscape
🔗 Apply: tinyurl.com/46xb2dzk
📩 Questions/interest: givinggreen@idinsight.org
Boost & tag!
500 followers on Bluesky! Let's keep up the growth! 🎉
January 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
500 followers on Bluesky! Let's keep up the growth! 🎉
What drives mountaineer Jennifer Stratton (@mieuxdonner.org) to fundraise for the world's most effective climate charities?
"Climate change is an issue close to my heart, particularly as I live in the Alps and witness the glaciers retreating year after year."
A thread 🧵👇
"Climate change is an issue close to my heart, particularly as I live in the Alps and witness the glaciers retreating year after year."
A thread 🧵👇
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What drives mountaineer Jennifer Stratton (@mieuxdonner.org) to fundraise for the world's most effective climate charities?
"Climate change is an issue close to my heart, particularly as I live in the Alps and witness the glaciers retreating year after year."
A thread 🧵👇
"Climate change is an issue close to my heart, particularly as I live in the Alps and witness the glaciers retreating year after year."
A thread 🧵👇
With #Trump entering the White House today, climate ambitions in the US are taking a big hit.
What promising ways do we have left to keep making progress in the fight against #ClimateChange?
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/can-we-mak...
#Inauguration
What promising ways do we have left to keep making progress in the fight against #ClimateChange?
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/can-we-mak...
#Inauguration
Can we make climate progress under Trump?
The new administration is staunchly anti-climate, but that doesn't mean we can't make progress. We also share exciting opportunities, interesting articles, and highlight a community member.
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
With #Trump entering the White House today, climate ambitions in the US are taking a big hit.
What promising ways do we have left to keep making progress in the fight against #ClimateChange?
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/can-we-mak...
#Inauguration
What promising ways do we have left to keep making progress in the fight against #ClimateChange?
effectiveenvironmentalism.substack.com/p/can-we-mak...
#Inauguration
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Adaptation is the most effective approach to reduce climate damage in the near term, but emissions abatement is the most effective approach to avoid huge amounts of (heavily discounted) climate damage over the long term.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Near-term benefits from investment in climate adaptation complement long-term economic returns from emissions reduction - Communications Earth & Environment
The near-term economic benefits of adaptation to climate change and the longterm return-on-investment from emissions abatement are complementary and most effective in combination, according to an anal...
www.nature.com
January 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Adaptation is the most effective approach to reduce climate damage in the near term, but emissions abatement is the most effective approach to avoid huge amounts of (heavily discounted) climate damage over the long term.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
⏰ Two exciting career opportunities for advancing sustainable food systems! 🧵
- 🇪🇺 In Europe: The Impactful Policy Career Accelerator is recruiting talent for sustainable food policy careers. Deadline: Jan 19th. www.impactfulpolicycareers.com
- 🇺🇸 US: Food Policy Pathways, see thread below. 🧵
- 🇪🇺 In Europe: The Impactful Policy Career Accelerator is recruiting talent for sustainable food policy careers. Deadline: Jan 19th. www.impactfulpolicycareers.com
- 🇺🇸 US: Food Policy Pathways, see thread below. 🧵
Impactful Policy Careers
www.impactfulpolicycareers.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
⏰ Two exciting career opportunities for advancing sustainable food systems! 🧵
- 🇪🇺 In Europe: The Impactful Policy Career Accelerator is recruiting talent for sustainable food policy careers. Deadline: Jan 19th. www.impactfulpolicycareers.com
- 🇺🇸 US: Food Policy Pathways, see thread below. 🧵
- 🇪🇺 In Europe: The Impactful Policy Career Accelerator is recruiting talent for sustainable food policy careers. Deadline: Jan 19th. www.impactfulpolicycareers.com
- 🇺🇸 US: Food Policy Pathways, see thread below. 🧵
Madrid has grown its metro system faster and cheaper than almost any other city. It's now the third longest one in Europe. What can we learn from Madrid for building #climate friendly mass transport? 🧵👇
@hopkinsonben.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social:
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...
@hopkinsonben.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social:
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...
How Madrid built its metro cheaply - Works in Progress
Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years — faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world. What can its expansion teach other cities?
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January 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Madrid has grown its metro system faster and cheaper than almost any other city. It's now the third longest one in Europe. What can we learn from Madrid for building #climate friendly mass transport? 🧵👇
@hopkinsonben.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social:
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...
@hopkinsonben.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social:
worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ma...
Welcome to Bluesky, #climate people! Effective Environmentalism is a community that researches and advocates for evidence-based, ambitious, and cost-effective #climatechange solutions. Give us a follow!
(And a special warm welcome to people finding us through @katharinehayhoe.com's starter pack! 🙏)
(And a special warm welcome to people finding us through @katharinehayhoe.com's starter pack! 🙏)
January 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Welcome to Bluesky, #climate people! Effective Environmentalism is a community that researches and advocates for evidence-based, ambitious, and cost-effective #climatechange solutions. Give us a follow!
(And a special warm welcome to people finding us through @katharinehayhoe.com's starter pack! 🙏)
(And a special warm welcome to people finding us through @katharinehayhoe.com's starter pack! 🙏)
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I wrote a post on the EA forum about whether a carbon tax will lead to more animals (mostly chickens) being slaughtered. A quantitative model: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KbREam...
Will a food carbon tax lead to more animals being slaughtered? A quantitative model — EA Forum
Does a food carbon tax increase animal deaths and/or the total time of suffering of cows, pigs, chickens, and fish? Theoretically, this is possible,…
forum.effectivealtruism.org
January 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I wrote a post on the EA forum about whether a carbon tax will lead to more animals (mostly chickens) being slaughtered. A quantitative model: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/KbREam...
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The year is young, and I'm a month behind on my @aeajournals.bsky.social, but this might already take the Most Frustrating Paper of the year award:
"The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
So, erm, yeah.
But we've just gone through all this for climate!
"The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
So, erm, yeah.
But we've just gone through all this for climate!
January 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The year is young, and I'm a month behind on my @aeajournals.bsky.social, but this might already take the Most Frustrating Paper of the year award:
"The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
So, erm, yeah.
But we've just gone through all this for climate!
"The AI Dilemma: Growth versus Existential Risk"
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
So, erm, yeah.
But we've just gone through all this for climate!
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1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
1/ Does climate activism work?
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how
Here are some highlights
🧵
Banning sources of lead simply works:
"The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries." - @ourworldindata.org
"The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries." - @ourworldindata.org
Lead exposure has fallen dramatically in the United States since the 1970s
December 21, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Banning sources of lead simply works:
"The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries." - @ourworldindata.org
"The phase out of leaded gasoline, and regulations on leaded paints and pipes has led to a dramatic reduction in lead poisoning across many countries." - @ourworldindata.org
Juan Garcia on the EA Forum: "Changing flight altitudes by roughly 2,000 feet to dodge high-humidity zones could dramatically reduce contrail-induced warming. [This] could cut the climate impact of aviation in half, at very low cost."
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpnAiW...
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpnAiW...
Contrails: an underrated climate mitigation opportunity? — EA Forum
Summary
There could be a major, overlooked climate opportunity: avoiding persistent contrails caused by aircraft. These contrails can form cirrus-lik…
forum.effectivealtruism.org
December 18, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Juan Garcia on the EA Forum: "Changing flight altitudes by roughly 2,000 feet to dodge high-humidity zones could dramatically reduce contrail-induced warming. [This] could cut the climate impact of aviation in half, at very low cost."
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpnAiW...
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpnAiW...
"Put differently: US philanthropy is still much, much, much more about rich guys like David Geffen slapping their names on concert halls than it is about donating to help people dying from malaria." - Peter Singer @petersinger.info
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/why-charit...
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/why-charit...
Why charity should be optimized.
Dylan Matthews' devastating response to Emma Goldberg's New York Times article
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM
"Put differently: US philanthropy is still much, much, much more about rich guys like David Geffen slapping their names on concert halls than it is about donating to help people dying from malaria." - Peter Singer @petersinger.info
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/why-charit...
boldreasoningwithpetersinger.substack.com/p/why-charit...
Future Matters is hiring for a Senior Policy Manager in Climate Protection (Brussels) to lead a team of staff to get the most effective but neglected climate policies on the Commission agenda.
🫵 Is that you? Apply now!
👉 Not you? Forward it to someone else!
careers.future-matters.org/32325
🫵 Is that you? Apply now!
👉 Not you? Forward it to someone else!
careers.future-matters.org/32325
Senior Policy Manager in Climate Protection - Future Matters
Future Matters is hiring a Senior Policy Manager in Climate Protection
careers.future-matters.org
December 13, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Future Matters is hiring for a Senior Policy Manager in Climate Protection (Brussels) to lead a team of staff to get the most effective but neglected climate policies on the Commission agenda.
🫵 Is that you? Apply now!
👉 Not you? Forward it to someone else!
careers.future-matters.org/32325
🫵 Is that you? Apply now!
👉 Not you? Forward it to someone else!
careers.future-matters.org/32325
The Lead Exposure Elimination Project is hiring for Program Managers, Senior Managers, a Program Manager (industry), and a Program Consultant for Indonesia.
🫵 Is that you? Apply now?
👉🏽 Not you? Forward to someone who should apply.
leadelimination.org/jobs/
#jobopportunity
🫵 Is that you? Apply now?
👉🏽 Not you? Forward to someone who should apply.
leadelimination.org/jobs/
#jobopportunity
Jobs | Lead Elimination
leadelimination.org
December 13, 2024 at 11:38 AM
The Lead Exposure Elimination Project is hiring for Program Managers, Senior Managers, a Program Manager (industry), and a Program Consultant for Indonesia.
🫵 Is that you? Apply now?
👉🏽 Not you? Forward to someone who should apply.
leadelimination.org/jobs/
#jobopportunity
🫵 Is that you? Apply now?
👉🏽 Not you? Forward to someone who should apply.
leadelimination.org/jobs/
#jobopportunity
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This has always been my worst fear about climate change: the worse it gets, the more geopolitical chaos it causes; the more geopolitical chaos there is, the harder it is to cooperate to fight climate change.
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning
Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.
theconversation.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:01 PM
This has always been my worst fear about climate change: the worse it gets, the more geopolitical chaos it causes; the more geopolitical chaos there is, the harder it is to cooperate to fight climate change.
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...
ALLFED has curated a database of research opportunities in food security during global catastrophes, including climate change. If you're excited about feeding the world in disasters and want to do research, check out the database here: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5Fc6Wj...
Database of research projects for volunteers in food security during global catastrophes (ALLFED) — EA Forum
Link to Database
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In short
The Alliance to Feed the Earth in Disasters (ALLFED) is a nonprofit food security organization that aims to help build…
forum.effectivealtruism.org
December 6, 2024 at 7:00 PM
ALLFED has curated a database of research opportunities in food security during global catastrophes, including climate change. If you're excited about feeding the world in disasters and want to do research, check out the database here: forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/5Fc6Wj...