Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
@scoccoklein.bsky.social
Expert in climate change and children's wellbeing. Adjunct Professor of Social Policy at Hunter College. Funny IRL. Mother to wonderful humans and spoiled dogs.
A great ranking of rich countries' commitment to development🥇
Goes beyond the crude measure of quantity (and % of GDP), to look at quality of aid, exchange, and global public goods -including environment 🌿
As always, N. Europe ranks high, while the US hangs out at the bottom ⬇️
Goes beyond the crude measure of quantity (and % of GDP), to look at quality of aid, exchange, and global public goods -including environment 🌿
As always, N. Europe ranks high, while the US hangs out at the bottom ⬇️
As aid budgets decline, the ways rich countries are driving development are more important than ever.
🌟CGD’s Commitment to Development Index ranks the world’s richest nations, spotlighting impacts on the poorest & where nations can step up ⬇️🧵
https://go.cgdev.org/49ZJoD5
🌟CGD’s Commitment to Development Index ranks the world’s richest nations, spotlighting impacts on the poorest & where nations can step up ⬇️🧵
https://go.cgdev.org/49ZJoD5
Commitment to Development Index 2025
With levels of development finance falling, it is more important than ever to look beyond aid. The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) does just that—ranking the world’s most powerful countries on p...
go.cgdev.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A great ranking of rich countries' commitment to development🥇
Goes beyond the crude measure of quantity (and % of GDP), to look at quality of aid, exchange, and global public goods -including environment 🌿
As always, N. Europe ranks high, while the US hangs out at the bottom ⬇️
Goes beyond the crude measure of quantity (and % of GDP), to look at quality of aid, exchange, and global public goods -including environment 🌿
As always, N. Europe ranks high, while the US hangs out at the bottom ⬇️
For those of you sneaking a peek at social media over the holidays, a jewel of an essay to help restore your spirits. 🌿
Good to see this @polphilpod.bsky.social essay making the rounds again. Raz may be the philosopher of the moment.
newrepublic.com/article/1992...
newrepublic.com/article/1992...
Liberals: Alas, the Time Has Come to Throw John Rawls Under the Bus
The greatest liberal philosopher of the twentieth century guided his creed toward neutrality. In the age of Trump, we can no longer afford that.
newrepublic.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For those of you sneaking a peek at social media over the holidays, a jewel of an essay to help restore your spirits. 🌿
Any thoughts on the recent #inequality research from @nber.org?
The study points away from the popular understanding that income inequality is driven by differences between ethnic groups, pointing to differences within groups instead!
@darrickhamilton.bsky.social
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The study points away from the popular understanding that income inequality is driven by differences between ethnic groups, pointing to differences within groups instead!
@darrickhamilton.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Any thoughts on the recent #inequality research from @nber.org?
The study points away from the popular understanding that income inequality is driven by differences between ethnic groups, pointing to differences within groups instead!
@darrickhamilton.bsky.social
🧵
The study points away from the popular understanding that income inequality is driven by differences between ethnic groups, pointing to differences within groups instead!
@darrickhamilton.bsky.social
🧵
It is Monday morning, and I am in tears.
The cruelty, stupidity and waste of destroying #USAID's humanitarian programs is plainly laid out by @propublica.org
Every life is a world. EVERY LIFE. No matter how far away or different from yours.
The cruelty, stupidity and waste of destroying #USAID's humanitarian programs is plainly laid out by @propublica.org
Every life is a world. EVERY LIFE. No matter how far away or different from yours.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It is Monday morning, and I am in tears.
The cruelty, stupidity and waste of destroying #USAID's humanitarian programs is plainly laid out by @propublica.org
Every life is a world. EVERY LIFE. No matter how far away or different from yours.
The cruelty, stupidity and waste of destroying #USAID's humanitarian programs is plainly laid out by @propublica.org
Every life is a world. EVERY LIFE. No matter how far away or different from yours.
Due to her #botox and #fillers, she is no longer capable of feeling #empathy for the deportees (if she ever was)
The question is, can she still feel #shame under that Halloween mask?
The question is, can she still feel #shame under that Halloween mask?
Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported
During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was forced to justify her department’s pressure for a military veteran to leave the ...
www.dailykos.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That's a wrap. 69 comments submitted to the #IPCC AR 7 draft report on #ClimateChange and #Cities.
Thank you coffee, Abba and Elton John for seeing me through.
Thank you coffee, Abba and Elton John for seeing me through.
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
That's a wrap. 69 comments submitted to the #IPCC AR 7 draft report on #ClimateChange and #Cities.
Thank you coffee, Abba and Elton John for seeing me through.
Thank you coffee, Abba and Elton John for seeing me through.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
I am horrified by reports that at least 60,000 #Sudanese have been killed in #ElFasher since the RSF’s takeover of the city several weeks ago, with thousands more unaccounted for. 1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
RSF massacres left Sudanese city ‘a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show
Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am horrified by reports that at least 60,000 #Sudanese have been killed in #ElFasher since the RSF’s takeover of the city several weeks ago, with thousands more unaccounted for. 1/2
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Yes, please!
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yes, please!
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Of course Gen-X is the greatest
But the article misses what was happening in the wider world that shaped our foreign policy outlook . During my junior year of HS, the #BerlinWall fell and #Mandela was freed.
Liberalism had won & the 3rd wave of #democratization was under way
1/3
But the article misses what was happening in the wider world that shaped our foreign policy outlook . During my junior year of HS, the #BerlinWall fell and #Mandela was freed.
Liberalism had won & the 3rd wave of #democratization was under way
1/3
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Of course Gen-X is the greatest
But the article misses what was happening in the wider world that shaped our foreign policy outlook . During my junior year of HS, the #BerlinWall fell and #Mandela was freed.
Liberalism had won & the 3rd wave of #democratization was under way
1/3
But the article misses what was happening in the wider world that shaped our foreign policy outlook . During my junior year of HS, the #BerlinWall fell and #Mandela was freed.
Liberalism had won & the 3rd wave of #democratization was under way
1/3
Does the public support #degrowth?
Amazingly, the answer is "Yes" when people move past the label and have the opportunity to learn what it entails.
Amazingly, the answer is "Yes" when people move past the label and have the opportunity to learn what it entails.
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Does the public support #degrowth?
Amazingly, the answer is "Yes" when people move past the label and have the opportunity to learn what it entails.
Amazingly, the answer is "Yes" when people move past the label and have the opportunity to learn what it entails.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
“There are roughly three million on-street parking spaces in NY… If the city simply managed this space rationally — using meters where demand is high + affordable residential permits where it’s not — it cld generate more than a billion dollars a year, enough to fund free buses + improve sidewalks.”
Opinion | We Have a Way to Pay for Free Buses. It Means Free Street Parking Is Over.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“There are roughly three million on-street parking spaces in NY… If the city simply managed this space rationally — using meters where demand is high + affordable residential permits where it’s not — it cld generate more than a billion dollars a year, enough to fund free buses + improve sidewalks.”
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
How many lives would be saved if Africa had other regions’ child mortality rates?
One of the starkest expressions of global inequality is a child’s chance of survival.
One of the starkest expressions of global inequality is a child’s chance of survival.
December 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
How many lives would be saved if Africa had other regions’ child mortality rates?
One of the starkest expressions of global inequality is a child’s chance of survival.
One of the starkest expressions of global inequality is a child’s chance of survival.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
On Giving Tuesday, there's no better climate cause than @csldf.org, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, csldf.org. They provide free legal and educational support to researchers facing harassment and intimidation, and have been record busy this year. I'm a founding board member.
Home - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
We protect the scientific endeavor by putting our legal expertise to work for scientists who are threatened or silenced for doing their jobs.
csldf.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On Giving Tuesday, there's no better climate cause than @csldf.org, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, csldf.org. They provide free legal and educational support to researchers facing harassment and intimidation, and have been record busy this year. I'm a founding board member.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
Mountain gorilla (Rwanda)
Orca (Vancouver)
Dolphin (Sardinia)
Sea krait (Fiji)
Langur (Nepal)
Mountain gorilla (Rwanda)
Orca (Vancouver)
Dolphin (Sardinia)
Sea krait (Fiji)
Langur (Nepal)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Flamingo
Humpback whale
Osprey
Swallowtail butterfly
Bottlenose dolphin
Flamingo
Humpback whale
Osprey
Swallowtail butterfly
Bottlenose dolphin
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Pronghorn
Beaver
Blue heron
Burrowing owls
Black-footed ferret
Pronghorn
Beaver
Blue heron
Burrowing owls
Black-footed ferret
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild.
Mountain gorilla (Rwanda)
Orca (Vancouver)
Dolphin (Sardinia)
Sea krait (Fiji)
Langur (Nepal)
Mountain gorilla (Rwanda)
Orca (Vancouver)
Dolphin (Sardinia)
Sea krait (Fiji)
Langur (Nepal)
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Last minute push for people to attend the Open Science Retreat on April 7-11, 2026, Wales. Applications close on November 30. This is an unconference / hackathon /activist networking event / retreat. Rest is celebrated and outputs are de-prioritised compared to process. open.science-retreat.org
Open Science Retreat
A space for open research advocates to recharge, connect, and think deeply together.
open.science-retreat.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Last minute push for people to attend the Open Science Retreat on April 7-11, 2026, Wales. Applications close on November 30. This is an unconference / hackathon /activist networking event / retreat. Rest is celebrated and outputs are de-prioritised compared to process. open.science-retreat.org
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
⚠️ Brad Lander urges NYC pension funds to pull $42 billion from Blackrock over climate risk concerns.
This could be one of Lander’s last big moves as comptroller, and comes after lots of pressure from climate groups, especially New York Communities for Change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This could be one of Lander’s last big moves as comptroller, and comes after lots of pressure from climate groups, especially New York Communities for Change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
⚠️ Brad Lander urges NYC pension funds to pull $42 billion from Blackrock over climate risk concerns.
This could be one of Lander’s last big moves as comptroller, and comes after lots of pressure from climate groups, especially New York Communities for Change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This could be one of Lander’s last big moves as comptroller, and comes after lots of pressure from climate groups, especially New York Communities for Change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
As a #GenXer, who regularly protests with the #Boomers, teaches #Millennials, and does research with #GenZ climate activists, glad to see this article. @brendannyhan.bsky.social
But a few observations...
🧵1/4
But a few observations...
🧵1/4
"The more persuasive explanation... is that they are demobilized & demoralized. But it would be a mistake to blame them for this attitude. Older generations should instead recognize that the world we have created does not seem to offer a viable path to making change"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
As a #GenXer, who regularly protests with the #Boomers, teaches #Millennials, and does research with #GenZ climate activists, glad to see this article. @brendannyhan.bsky.social
But a few observations...
🧵1/4
But a few observations...
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Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
🧪 #COP30 perspective from someone who thinks about deep human pasts & futures:
We're clever - we can envision AND make everything we need to (and afford it).
And yet, despite our ability to network in some ways defining us, we're still not acting – thinking & CONNECTING – at a large enough scale.
We're clever - we can envision AND make everything we need to (and afford it).
And yet, despite our ability to network in some ways defining us, we're still not acting – thinking & CONNECTING – at a large enough scale.
Counting down the final hours at COP30. Follow along here:
Cop30 live: summit president says ‘everybody will lose’ as fears rise that conference will end without a deal
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🧪 #COP30 perspective from someone who thinks about deep human pasts & futures:
We're clever - we can envision AND make everything we need to (and afford it).
And yet, despite our ability to network in some ways defining us, we're still not acting – thinking & CONNECTING – at a large enough scale.
We're clever - we can envision AND make everything we need to (and afford it).
And yet, despite our ability to network in some ways defining us, we're still not acting – thinking & CONNECTING – at a large enough scale.
Thrilled to see college radio is still thriving and being celebrated in the NYT.
And this gives me a chance to humble brag that my kiddo, a college freshman, is a novice college radio DJ (Because she is so cool).
And this gives me a chance to humble brag that my kiddo, a college freshman, is a novice college radio DJ (Because she is so cool).
So great to see college radio in all its glory featured in today's NYT. I interviewed for the piece (WFUV is at Fordham, WFMU is independent, formerly of Uppsala--such is the way with radio, which has more acronyms than the New Deal): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...
College Radio Keeps Its Cool
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thrilled to see college radio is still thriving and being celebrated in the NYT.
And this gives me a chance to humble brag that my kiddo, a college freshman, is a novice college radio DJ (Because she is so cool).
And this gives me a chance to humble brag that my kiddo, a college freshman, is a novice college radio DJ (Because she is so cool).
You don't have to be a #GENIUS to know that @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social puts #crypto above families' financial security.
It's simple: elected officials should be focused on your family's financial security, not their own stock portfolios. This is about common sense, ensuring fairness, and putting public service ahead of personal profit.
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You don't have to be a #GENIUS to know that @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social puts #crypto above families' financial security.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants
It’s a “violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research.”…
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The Trump Administration killed over 383 active clinical trials and directly harmed more than 74,000 Americans with lasting future impacts for the public at large.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
Trump' s war on scientific research and public health is costing Americans lives and livelihoods.
My dogs are useless as defense, but I do live between an old-school ironworks and some very crotchety old men. Bring it on!
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My dogs are useless as defense, but I do live between an old-school ironworks and some very crotchety old men. Bring it on!
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Does the public support #foreignaid?
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Research shows strong public support for global climate & redistributive policies — and this new study by @adrien-fabre.bsky.social confirms it, through an original survey representative of the population in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 🇺🇸
Read more: wid.world/news-article...
Read more: wid.world/news-article...
Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries - WID - World Inequality Database
Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries This paper examines the support for global redistribution policies through an original survey representative of the populatio...
wid.world
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Does the public support #foreignaid?
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social