Rupert Stuart-Smith
rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social
Rupert Stuart-Smith
@rupertstuartsmith.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate in climate science and the law, Oxford Sustainable Law Programme, University of Oxford

Climate scientist and collaborator of lawyers

https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/person/dr-rupert-stuart-smith
Today, in the @bmj.com, @gaialisi.bsky.social and I set out how developments in scientific evidence on the health impacts of climate change could pave the way for climate cases to follow in the footsteps of successful litigation on environmental pollution. Full piece here www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Medical evidence drove legal action to clean up the air we breathe—climate justice may be next
A growing corpus of legal action, grounded in medical and scientific evidence on the harmful effects of environmental pollution, aims to defend human rights to life and health. Rachel Carson’s semina...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Really important paper led by my @iiasa.ac.at colleague Alex Nauels www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The difference between decisive climate action today and continued high emissions is not just measured in degrees of warming but also in meters of sea-level rise” 👏👏👏
Multi-century global and regional sea-level rise commitments from cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades - Nature Climate Change
It is important to understand how much long-term sea-level rise is already committed due to historical and near-term emissions. Here the authors use a modelling framework to show how decisions on glob...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Super comprehensive report on our @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference by @carbonbrief.org. Great summary and overview on some of the central discussion points. Check it out👇👇👇
www.carbonbrief.org/overshoot-ex...
Overshoot: Exploring the implications of meeting 1.5C climate goal ‘from above’ - Carbon Brief
The first-ever international conference on the contentious topic of “overshoot” was held last week in...
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October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Out now: our new study shows that climate change caused nearly 1,700 heat-related deaths in Zürich over 50 years.

We assessed the effects of changing vulnerability to heat, heat-mortality within and outside of heatwaves, and the contribution of individual companies' emissions to heat deaths.
September 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Out now: new guidance for research that attributes health outcomes to climate change led by @krisebi.bsky.social, Andy Haines @lshtm.bsky.social, myself, supported by a fantastic team of co-authors and @wellcometrust.bsky.social.
July 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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We need CDR. 🧩

But the ambiguity & lack of transparency regarding #CDR in states‘ climate plans jeopardize the PA. ❌

We unpack this issue by reviewing strategies of 70+ states concerning their CDR plans. 📑

👇 More in the thread by lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith & our study doi.org/10.1080/1469...
🚨 Out now in @climate-policy.bsky.social: New research with @thomwetzer.bsky.social @rubenpruetz.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Lavanya Rajamani, Marianne Wood and Ewan White: States are depending heavily on CO2 removal to meet climate targets, risking the Paris Agreement goal.
July 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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New research on limits to CO2 removal (CDR). CDR is key to our ambition to stop adding climate pollution to the atmosphere. Because it's uncertain how much will be delivered and it clearly comes with risks of social & environmental side-effects, legal issues arise. This paper provides an overview. 👇
🚨 Out now in @climate-policy.bsky.social: New research with @thomwetzer.bsky.social @rubenpruetz.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Lavanya Rajamani, Marianne Wood and Ewan White: States are depending heavily on CO2 removal to meet climate targets, risking the Paris Agreement goal.
July 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 Out now in @climate-policy.bsky.social: New research with @thomwetzer.bsky.social @rubenpruetz.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Lavanya Rajamani, Marianne Wood and Ewan White: States are depending heavily on CO2 removal to meet climate targets, risking the Paris Agreement goal.
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Last days to apply for this exciting new role within my team at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. If you are a climate scientist with experience in climate change attribution or projections and an interest in climate change impact modelling, we would love to hear from you!
🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate science postdoc to join my team at Oxford University, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health.

We’re looking for:
✅ A computationally proficient climate scientist
✅ Experience in climate change attribution/projections
July 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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I know that job situations have likely changed for many in climate research. If you are looking for a new opportunity, maybe consider our current opening for the Chief Editor at Nature Geoscience. www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Chief Editor, Nature Geoscience - New York City, New York (US) job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12840758
Job Title: Chief Editor, Nature Geoscience Location(s): New York, Shanghai, or Beijing (Internal candidates from hub locations are welcome to apply...
www.nature.com
July 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate science postdoc to join my team at Oxford University, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health.

We’re looking for:
✅ A computationally proficient climate scientist
✅ Experience in climate change attribution/projections
June 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Very excited to announce that the call for abstracts for our @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference is out.

Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.
Overshoot |
overshootconference.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate scientist postdoc to join my team at Oxford working on a project on climate change and health until Feb 2028. For more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📅 Apply by 14 May here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the… | Rupert Stuart-Smith
🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Oxford, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health. The post will run until February 2028....
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April 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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📣 We are hiring! A 2-year postdoc position in our @cephresearch.bsky.social at ISPM @unibe.ch is now open for applications (deadline 31 May). If you are a young researcher with interests on health impact attribution, don't miss this opportunity! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...
Uni Bern: Postdoc in Climate Epidemiology
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April 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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📢 New paper w/ G. Ganti @robinlamboll.bsky.social L. Grant @cjsmith.be @shonali-p.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social K. Riahi @wimthiery.bsky.social @gidden.bsky.social

We examine a forward-looking measure to guide collective efforts in the era of climate overshoot: net-zero carbon debt.

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March 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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CO2 removal (CDR) is both essential and controversial because side-effects can undermine mitigation ambition and sustainable development.

As the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change @esabcc.bsky.social we advise the EU on how to navigate CDR opportunities and risks. (1/n)
February 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Interested in conducting cutting-edge research in health impact attribution? We have a postdoc position open in the @bsc-cns.bsky.social Global Health Resilience Group to work in a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project TACTIC. Application details here: www.bsc.es/join-us/job-...
February 2, 2025 at 9:42 AM