Max Boykoff
@maxboykoff.bsky.social
I research climate change thru several projects; Prof in Environmental Studies and CIRES Fellow at CU Boulder, IPCC AR6 WGIII Contributing Author. Born at 328 ppm. drawings credit: John Cook [big], Cal Brackin [small]
'Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state':
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...
Boykoff: Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state
The United States’ withdrawal from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an example of the Trump administration exhibiting a literal denial of scientific evidence …
www.dailycamera.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:19 PM
'Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state':
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...
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Join us on Thursday, January 15th @ 9:30am MST while we chat with the International Polar Foundation about the sustainability initiatives and climate research happening at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctica!
January 11, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Join us on Thursday, January 15th @ 9:30am MST while we chat with the International Polar Foundation about the sustainability initiatives and climate research happening at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctica!
we're hiring at the new Buckley Center for Sustainability Education @colorado.edu
Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Student Support & Engagement Program Manager
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!
Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Student Support & Engagement Program Manager
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!
Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager – Buckley Center for Sustainability Education
jobs.colorado.edu
January 8, 2026 at 4:09 PM
we're hiring at the new Buckley Center for Sustainability Education @colorado.edu
Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Student Support & Engagement Program Manager
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!
Curriculum & Sustainability Education Program Manager jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Student Support & Engagement Program Manager
jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!
'Our individualized climate mindset is stymieing our collective capabilities': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 3 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/03/b...
January 3, 2026 at 7:59 PM
'Our individualized climate mindset is stymieing our collective capabilities': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 3 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/03/b...
'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...
Boykoff: Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’
Tuesday, the United States Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) here in Boulder. This threatens the livelihoods of over 800 employee…
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December 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...
'Front Range First!' #Boulder area needs a localized carbon offset scheme to support low-income residents: heating/cooling, insulation, new housing..while we improve voluntary offsetting elsewhere.
my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...
my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...
Boykoff: Front Range first! Climate contributions in troubled times.
There are tangible ways to creatively work here in Boulder to strengthen our neighbors and neighborhoods right here while indirectly reducing GHG emissions. We can establish commitments from major …
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November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
'Front Range First!' #Boulder area needs a localized carbon offset scheme to support low-income residents: heating/cooling, insulation, new housing..while we improve voluntary offsetting elsewhere.
my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...
my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...
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As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely.
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely.
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
Details: cssn.org/news-researc...
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Technocratism dominates the COP30 approach to the climate crisis, with language and framing that can obscure other ways of knowing: "Emotional, experiential, aesthetic, or even just visceral ways of understanding that something’s not right," said @maxboykoff.bsky.social
Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress - Inside Climate News
Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.
insideclimatenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Technocratism dominates the COP30 approach to the climate crisis, with language and framing that can obscure other ways of knowing: "Emotional, experiential, aesthetic, or even just visceral ways of understanding that something’s not right," said @maxboykoff.bsky.social
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You can find @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social's chapter, "Steering the Climate Discourse" here: cssn.org/wp-content/u....
In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.
In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.
cssn.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
You can find @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social's chapter, "Steering the Climate Discourse" here: cssn.org/wp-content/u....
In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.
In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.
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In his Boulder Daily Camera Opinion column, @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes the similarities between Hurricane Melissa in 2025 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. "27 years separate them, yet climate connections persist." Paywall: buff.ly/5JUr8pl #hurricanemelissa
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In his Boulder Daily Camera Opinion column, @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes the similarities between Hurricane Melissa in 2025 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. "27 years separate them, yet climate connections persist." Paywall: buff.ly/5JUr8pl #hurricanemelissa
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BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
Assistant Professor in Environmental Studies
jobs.colorado.edu
October 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)
Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)
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Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep4 | The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
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GET YOUR TICKETS HERE available until they're gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-heat-o...
September 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE available until they're gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-heat-o...
join @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, Nat Towsen, @katiehannigan.bsky.social, @millytamarez.bsky.social, Brittany Bell Surratt @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social, @manolosomething.bsky.social & @kylemarian.bsky.social
for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu
for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu
On September 20th at 4pm we are delighted to announce in collaboration with Nat Towsen, we are hosting The Heat of the Moment: A Climate Comedy Show!
September 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
join @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, Nat Towsen, @katiehannigan.bsky.social, @millytamarez.bsky.social, Brittany Bell Surratt @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social, @manolosomething.bsky.social & @kylemarian.bsky.social
for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu
for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu
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Join us Sept. 11th, 6-8pm for our improv climate comedy workshop with the Center for Media & Social Impact!
August 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Join us Sept. 11th, 6-8pm for our improv climate comedy workshop with the Center for Media & Social Impact!
'Let's not dismantle established science and policy progress' Here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (August 23 2025 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/23/b...
August 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
'Let's not dismantle established science and policy progress' Here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (August 23 2025 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/23/b...
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NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0
Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0
August 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0
Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (July 26 print edition) lnkd.in/eFpXUuNb
(what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])
(what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])
July 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (July 26 print edition) lnkd.in/eFpXUuNb
(what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])
(what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])
TODAY/TONIGHT in New Orleans, leading into 20th year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina
Join @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social for the Climate Comedy Contest Live Show — high school students will bring the funny and the facts as they battle it out on stage for over $1,300 in cash prizes!
July 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
TODAY/TONIGHT in New Orleans, leading into 20th year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina
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Expect big laughs, big talent, and a big message.
✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!
✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Expect big laughs, big talent, and a big message.
✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!
✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!
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Hosted by the hilarious duo Rude Jude & Chuck Nice, this live comedy showcase features the next generation of comedians tackling climate, culture, and community with bold punchlines and brilliant energy.
July 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hosted by the hilarious duo Rude Jude & Chuck Nice, this live comedy showcase features the next generation of comedians tackling climate, culture, and community with bold punchlines and brilliant energy.