Chad M. Baum
@chadmbaum.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @AarhusUni | Researcher of Public Perceptions of Climate Technologies | Carbon Dioxide Removal | Food + Agriculture | Geoengineering | Environmental Justice | All views my own
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Chad M. Baum
@chadmbaum.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Happy to announce I have joined the Editorial Board at Energy Research and Social Science! 🌍💡
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
Our paper (@chadmbaum.bsky.social @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social) examines how Australians respond to novel carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#CarbonRemoval #CDR #ClimatePolicy #Australia #PublicSupport #EnvironmentalIdentity #Research
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#CarbonRemoval #CDR #ClimatePolicy #Australia #PublicSupport #EnvironmentalIdentity #Research
Redirecting
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Our paper (@chadmbaum.bsky.social @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social) examines how Australians respond to novel carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#CarbonRemoval #CDR #ClimatePolicy #Australia #PublicSupport #EnvironmentalIdentity #Research
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
#CarbonRemoval #CDR #ClimatePolicy #Australia #PublicSupport #EnvironmentalIdentity #Research
Our new article on #DACCS, the first ecosystem review from the #GENIE project, is available from Energy & Environmental Science 💡📝
We offer a state-of-the-art review on technoeconomic and environmental performance, policy, equity & justice, public perceptions, and MRV
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
We offer a state-of-the-art review on technoeconomic and environmental performance, policy, equity & justice, public perceptions, and MRV
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
An Ecosystem of Carbon Dioxide Removal Reviews - Part 1: Direct Air CO2 Capture and Storage.
Direct air CO2 capture and storage (DACCS) is a technology in an emerging portfolio for carbon dioxide removal (CDR), understood to play a critical role in stabilising our climate by offsetting residu...
pubs.rsc.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Our new article on #DACCS, the first ecosystem review from the #GENIE project, is available from Energy & Environmental Science 💡📝
We offer a state-of-the-art review on technoeconomic and environmental performance, policy, equity & justice, public perceptions, and MRV
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
We offer a state-of-the-art review on technoeconomic and environmental performance, policy, equity & justice, public perceptions, and MRV
pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...
Happy to announce I have joined the Editorial Board at Energy Research and Social Science! 🌍💡
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
September 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Happy to announce I have joined the Editorial Board at Energy Research and Social Science! 🌍💡
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
#ERSS has long been one of my favorite journals, and I thank @sovacool.bsky.social et al. for the opportunity.
I look forward to seeing your best articles soon 👇
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ener...
Really helpful and easy-to-read introduction to #CDR from @heatmap.news @emilypont.bsky.social
heatmap.news/climate-101/...
heatmap.news/climate-101/...
Why We Need Carbon Removal
Plus how it’s different from carbon capture — and, while we’re at it, carbon offsets.
heatmap.news
September 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Really helpful and easy-to-read introduction to #CDR from @heatmap.news @emilypont.bsky.social
heatmap.news/climate-101/...
heatmap.news/climate-101/...
Happy to have had the opportunity to take a larger view of our research to date on public perceptions of #SRM for the #GENIE project.
Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!
Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!
📊 New Perspective from @chadmbaum.bsky.social & #GENIE Project researchers:
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
July 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy to have had the opportunity to take a larger view of our research to date on public perceptions of #SRM for the #GENIE project.
Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!
Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
📊 New Perspective from @chadmbaum.bsky.social & #GENIE Project researchers:
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
July 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
📊 New Perspective from @chadmbaum.bsky.social & #GENIE Project researchers:
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.
✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright
Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
To stop climate change, we need Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) & emissions cuts. But CDR is just getting started & data gaps are holding it back. The #StateOfCDR offers accessible evidence-based insights to help decision-makers track progress.
Explore the data. Follow the evidence.
stateofcdr.org
Explore the data. Follow the evidence.
stateofcdr.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
To stop climate change, we need Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) & emissions cuts. But CDR is just getting started & data gaps are holding it back. The #StateOfCDR offers accessible evidence-based insights to help decision-makers track progress.
Explore the data. Follow the evidence.
stateofcdr.org
Explore the data. Follow the evidence.
stateofcdr.org
Happy to have been invited to share some thoughts here drawing on our research on public perceptions from the #GENIE and #ELEVATE projects (w/ @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social)
The UK Parliament is debating a petition to ban geoengineering.
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
UK Parliament to Debate a Petition on Making Geoengineering Illegal
Experts react to the UK Parliament holding a debate on geoengineering in response to a petition with over 160,000 signatures.
srm360.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Happy to have been invited to share some thoughts here drawing on our research on public perceptions from the #GENIE and #ELEVATE projects (w/ @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social)
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
The UK Parliament is debating a petition to ban geoengineering.
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
UK Parliament to Debate a Petition on Making Geoengineering Illegal
Experts react to the UK Parliament holding a debate on geoengineering in response to a petition with over 160,000 signatures.
srm360.org
June 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The UK Parliament is debating a petition to ban geoengineering.
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.
Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD
Story will be updated post-debate.
#SolarGeoengineering
Big welcome (at last) to @sovacool.bsky.social here on Bluesky!
May 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Big welcome (at last) to @sovacool.bsky.social here on Bluesky!
For those that have dipped their toe into the issue of the emissions and environmental impact of generative AI, or gone full-on winter-bathing style..
This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.
This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
And a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
For those that have dipped their toe into the issue of the emissions and environmental impact of generative AI, or gone full-on winter-bathing style..
This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.
This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
And a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted
open.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...
Majority of African citizens (i) have not heard of climate change and (ii) place main responsibility for climate action on own governments or ordinary citizens-not historical emitters.
Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x
Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x
April 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Majority of African citizens (i) have not heard of climate change and (ii) place main responsibility for climate action on own governments or ordinary citizens-not historical emitters.
Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x
Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries
🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x
New Podcast on Public Perceptions and SRM (w/ an appearance from yours truly).
Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.
Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.
New Climate Reflections episode out now.
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
April 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New Podcast on Public Perceptions and SRM (w/ an appearance from yours truly).
Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.
Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
New Climate Reflections episode out now.
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
April 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New Climate Reflections episode out now.
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:
☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action
Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360
📰 Coverage of our #GENIE article on #climate emotions in the Danish press @information.dk @williamsass.bsky.social
(No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!)
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
(No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!)
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
April 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
📰 Coverage of our #GENIE article on #climate emotions in the Danish press @information.dk @williamsass.bsky.social
(No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!)
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
(No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!)
www.information.dk/indland/2025...
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
🔓 : Participation in public consultations on #carbondioxideremoval #CDR remains skewed towards the Global North, for-profit sector & actors from the farming sector, with positions divided between expansive (mostly for-profit actors) & restrictive (mostly NGOs), find @lucillalosi.bsky.social et al.⬇️
Who cares about carbon dioxide removal? Assessing actors, policy positions, and participation modes within European and United Nations public consultation processes
www.tandfonline.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔓 : Participation in public consultations on #carbondioxideremoval #CDR remains skewed towards the Global North, for-profit sector & actors from the farming sector, with positions divided between expansive (mostly for-profit actors) & restrictive (mostly NGOs), find @lucillalosi.bsky.social et al.⬇️
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
🌍Public consultations on CDR attract mostly for profit actors from the GlobalNorth, disagreeing with NGOs about its regulation.
💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations.
Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations.
Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔓 : Participation in public consultations on #carbondioxideremoval #CDR remains skewed towards the Global North, for-profit sector & actors from the farming sector, with positions divided between expansive (mostly for-profit actors) & restrictive (mostly NGOs), find @lucillalosi.bsky.social et al.⬇️
Who cares about carbon dioxide removal? Assessing actors, policy positions, and participation modes within European and United Nations public consultation processes
www.tandfonline.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🌍Public consultations on CDR attract mostly for profit actors from the GlobalNorth, disagreeing with NGOs about its regulation.
💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations.
Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations.
Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it makes people feel more negative towards a range of other techniques for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Carbon removal beyond the trees - Communications Earth & Environment
The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a range of options for carbon removal. Such a...
www.nature.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it makes people feel more negative towards a range of other techniques for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
Carbon removal beyond the trees
Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T
Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T
April 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Carbon removal beyond the trees
Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T
Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T
Our comment "Carbon removal beyond the trees" out in @commsearth.bsky.social
We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳
Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio
🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo
We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳
Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio
🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo
Carbon removal beyond the trees
Communications Earth & Environment - The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a...
rdcu.be
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Our comment "Carbon removal beyond the trees" out in @commsearth.bsky.social
We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳
Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio
🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo
We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳
Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio
🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo
Reposted by Chad M. Baum
Ähnliche Argumente findet man bereits in Overland/Sovacool:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s not all about funding: Fostering interdisciplinary collaborations in sustainability research from a European perspective
Sustainability research benefits from having an interdisciplinary orientation, as understanding and developing solutions to the grand challenges we co…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ähnliche Argumente findet man bereits in Overland/Sovacool:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The old site really has become a cesspool.
I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence.
Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈
I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence.
Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The old site really has become a cesspool.
I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence.
Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈
I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence.
Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈
🎉 Nature Communications Top 25 Social Science & Human Behavior Articles of 2024 Award
🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024!
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@liviafritz.bsky.social
🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024!
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@liviafritz.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎉 Nature Communications Top 25 Social Science & Human Behavior Articles of 2024 Award
🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024!
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@liviafritz.bsky.social
🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024!
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@liviafritz.bsky.social
Write-up on our #GENIE article in the Brazilian press as well 🇧🇷 🙂
Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
March 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Write-up on our #GENIE article in the Brazilian press as well 🇧🇷 🙂
Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...