Todd Beer, PhD
@climatejusticeprof.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology - teaches about and conducts research on: climate justice, the Global South, divestment, ecosocialism, degrowth, globalization, protest movements, and racism at (but doesn't speak for) Lake Forest College (north of Chicago)
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The solutions exist to address #climatechange Scale up your #climateaction!
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025
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To state the obvious, USAID and and the EPA have real legal authority enshrined in statutes passed by Congress. DOGE does not.
February 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
To state the obvious, USAID and and the EPA have real legal authority enshrined in statutes passed by Congress. DOGE does not.
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Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated though other scientists disagree
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Man arrested after climate activists cut UK insurance firms’ fibre optic cables
Man arrested after climate activists cut UK insurance firms’ fibre optic cables
Protest group says it targeted insurers ‘due to their critical role underpinning the fossil fuel economy’
A man has been arrested after environmental activists claimed responsibility for sabotage attacks on fibre optic cables outside major insurance…
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Man arrested after climate activists cut UK insurance firms’ fibre optic cables
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There are no movies on a dead planet.
January 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There are no movies on a dead planet.
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And not only that.
If you invest $1bn on solar investment in 2025 then by 1 Jan 2026 the solar starts producing electricity.
If you invest $1bn on nuclear power in 2025 then only by 1 Jan 2036 can you hope to get any electricity.
By which time the climate is fried.
If you invest $1bn on solar investment in 2025 then by 1 Jan 2026 the solar starts producing electricity.
If you invest $1bn on nuclear power in 2025 then only by 1 Jan 2036 can you hope to get any electricity.
By which time the climate is fried.
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
And not only that.
If you invest $1bn on solar investment in 2025 then by 1 Jan 2026 the solar starts producing electricity.
If you invest $1bn on nuclear power in 2025 then only by 1 Jan 2036 can you hope to get any electricity.
By which time the climate is fried.
If you invest $1bn on solar investment in 2025 then by 1 Jan 2026 the solar starts producing electricity.
If you invest $1bn on nuclear power in 2025 then only by 1 Jan 2036 can you hope to get any electricity.
By which time the climate is fried.
January 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Look out for another climate related disaster in LA in the coming months.
January 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Look out for another climate related disaster in LA in the coming months.
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New UCLA rapid attribution study: “Climate change may be linked to roughly a quarter of the extreme fuel moisture deficit when the fires began.
The fires would still have been extreme without climate change, but probably somewhat smaller and less intense.”
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
The fires would still have been extreme without climate change, but probably somewhat smaller and less intense.”
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
Climate Change A Factor In Unprecedented LA Fires
sustainablela.ucla.edu
January 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
New UCLA rapid attribution study: “Climate change may be linked to roughly a quarter of the extreme fuel moisture deficit when the fires began.
The fires would still have been extreme without climate change, but probably somewhat smaller and less intense.”
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
The fires would still have been extreme without climate change, but probably somewhat smaller and less intense.”
sustainablela.ucla.edu/2025lawildfi...
“- Economic contraction
- Mass mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths
- Severe socio-political fragmentation in many regions
- Heat & water stress driving mass migration”🫠
🌍Or we could rapidly adopt and share existing modern technology and ban fossil fuels 🌏 🧐
#climatechange
- Mass mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths
- Severe socio-political fragmentation in many regions
- Heat & water stress driving mass migration”🫠
🌍Or we could rapidly adopt and share existing modern technology and ban fossil fuels 🌏 🧐
#climatechange
January 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“- Economic contraction
- Mass mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths
- Severe socio-political fragmentation in many regions
- Heat & water stress driving mass migration”🫠
🌍Or we could rapidly adopt and share existing modern technology and ban fossil fuels 🌏 🧐
#climatechange
- Mass mortality events resulting in over 2 billion deaths
- Severe socio-political fragmentation in many regions
- Heat & water stress driving mass migration”🫠
🌍Or we could rapidly adopt and share existing modern technology and ban fossil fuels 🌏 🧐
#climatechange
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Africans contribute <4% of emissions yet face major climate devastation like Cyclone Idai. Local leaders demand reparations and debt cancellation as part of a just energy transition. Can the Global North deliver? Let's talk Climate Reparations. www.tni.org/en/article/g...
December 19, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Africans contribute <4% of emissions yet face major climate devastation like Cyclone Idai. Local leaders demand reparations and debt cancellation as part of a just energy transition. Can the Global North deliver? Let's talk Climate Reparations. www.tni.org/en/article/g...
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State-owned energy doesn’t have to mimic corporate greed. How can democratic public ownership drive real change? By reducing inequality, cutting emissions, and putting people first. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
December 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
State-owned energy doesn’t have to mimic corporate greed. How can democratic public ownership drive real change? By reducing inequality, cutting emissions, and putting people first. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
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Planning to do more climate justice stories in 2025? We like that! Our guide has recommendations for stories, as well as suggested reading. These ideas are scalable and adaptable for every news outlet’s needs, regardless of medium and location.
Climate Justice Reporting Guide — Covering Climate Now
Climate Justice Reporting Guide Here are some ways you might consider covering climate change as a fundamental matter of racial, economic, and environmental justice. See our complete list of…
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December 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Planning to do more climate justice stories in 2025? We like that! Our guide has recommendations for stories, as well as suggested reading. These ideas are scalable and adaptable for every news outlet’s needs, regardless of medium and location.
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"Climate Change As Class War" by Matthew Huber which does a really great job of connecting climate issues with issues of labor, social and economic justice
December 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM
"Climate Change As Class War" by Matthew Huber which does a really great job of connecting climate issues with issues of labor, social and economic justice
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A bumper new @caadcoalition.bsky.social report out today examining how projections, rhetoric and fossil economy dynamics mean big tech's thirst for chatbots = guaranteed climate harm.
(happy to have helped the team there w/ some of the data and research)
caad.info/analysis/bri...
(happy to have helped the team there w/ some of the data and research)
caad.info/analysis/bri...
December 5, 2024 at 1:32 PM
A bumper new @caadcoalition.bsky.social report out today examining how projections, rhetoric and fossil economy dynamics mean big tech's thirst for chatbots = guaranteed climate harm.
(happy to have helped the team there w/ some of the data and research)
caad.info/analysis/bri...
(happy to have helped the team there w/ some of the data and research)
caad.info/analysis/bri...
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Saudia Arabia, which is basically an oil company, prevented the passage of an international treaty to stem plastic pollution
Meanwhile, indigenous sovereign nations weren’t even allowed in the room for most of the negotiations heated.world/p/indigenous...
Meanwhile, indigenous sovereign nations weren’t even allowed in the room for most of the negotiations heated.world/p/indigenous...
Indigenous peoples snubbed at plastic pollution summit
“This entire process has been a violation,” said one Indigenous representative who engaged in protest at the summit.
heated.world
December 5, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Saudia Arabia, which is basically an oil company, prevented the passage of an international treaty to stem plastic pollution
Meanwhile, indigenous sovereign nations weren’t even allowed in the room for most of the negotiations heated.world/p/indigenous...
Meanwhile, indigenous sovereign nations weren’t even allowed in the room for most of the negotiations heated.world/p/indigenous...
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📰 BREAKING: New Yorkers blasted past 4000 public comments calling on New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 during a mass organizing call hosted by @aoc.bsky.social and @socialists.nyc, a member of the Public Power NY Coalition!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Helps New Yorkers Break 4000 Public Comments for 15 GW of Renewables by 2030 — Public Power NY
New Yorkers blasted past 4000 public comments calling on New York Power Authority (NYPA) to build 15 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy by 2030 during a mass organizing call hosted by Rep. Alexandria…
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December 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM
📰 BREAKING: New Yorkers blasted past 4000 public comments calling on New York Power Authority to build 15 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2030 during a mass organizing call hosted by @aoc.bsky.social and @socialists.nyc, a member of the Public Power NY Coalition!
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The $300b/year climate finance goal agreed at COP is basically business as usual. Not only is it not ambitious, it's far far short of the baseline that's necessary to ensure equitable decarbonization around the world.
NEW – Analysis: Why the $300bn climate-finance goal is even less ambitious than it seems | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social w/comment from @joethwaites.bsky.social Li Shuo @cgdev.org
Read here: https://buff.ly/4fUmwVX
Read here: https://buff.ly/4fUmwVX
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
The $300b/year climate finance goal agreed at COP is basically business as usual. Not only is it not ambitious, it's far far short of the baseline that's necessary to ensure equitable decarbonization around the world.
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Over at that other f&%k-site I recently left, any post I made quoting the 120,000 years paleoclimate-fact got trolled by hundreds of Musk-f&%ks -- this one? The current count is *zero* blocks. I keep waiting ...
I definitely have #PTXD
I definitely have #PTXD
Breaking news!
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
November, 2024, came in at the second warmest in recorded history, at 1.62°C above the pre-industrial baseline.
Starting in June, 2023, there have now been 18 consecutive months above the pre-2023 record high, likely the hottest string of 18 months in the last 120,000+ years.
December 3, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Over at that other f&%k-site I recently left, any post I made quoting the 120,000 years paleoclimate-fact got trolled by hundreds of Musk-f&%ks -- this one? The current count is *zero* blocks. I keep waiting ...
I definitely have #PTXD
I definitely have #PTXD
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“This is not even a joke. This is an insult,” said Fadhel Kaboub, Senior Advisor at Power Shift Africa...
“If you adjust the $250 billion to inflation, we’re looking at the Global North offering 30% less than what they offered 15 years ago,” he said
english.alarabiya.net/News/2024/11...
“If you adjust the $250 billion to inflation, we’re looking at the Global North offering 30% less than what they offered 15 years ago,” he said
english.alarabiya.net/News/2024/11...
COP29: $250 billion climate finance deal sparks outrage
There is widespread criticism over a draft finance proposal released by the COP29 presidency on the final day of the UN climate summit in Baku, calling for
english.alarabiya.net
November 23, 2024 at 12:13 PM
“This is not even a joke. This is an insult,” said Fadhel Kaboub, Senior Advisor at Power Shift Africa...
“If you adjust the $250 billion to inflation, we’re looking at the Global North offering 30% less than what they offered 15 years ago,” he said
english.alarabiya.net/News/2024/11...
“If you adjust the $250 billion to inflation, we’re looking at the Global North offering 30% less than what they offered 15 years ago,” he said
english.alarabiya.net/News/2024/11...
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“The elephant in the room is the lack of specific numbers in the text,” says Mohamed Adow at Power Shift Africa
“We came here to talk about money. You measure money with numbers. We need a cheque but all we have right now is a blank piece of paper.”
#COP29
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We came here to talk about money. You measure money with numbers. We need a cheque but all we have right now is a blank piece of paper.”
#COP29
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop29 live: tense day predicted as negotiators mull over new draft texts
Stakes high as officials discuss summit’s key question of how much rich countries should pay for developing nations to cope with climate crisis and decarbonize their economies
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 AM
“The elephant in the room is the lack of specific numbers in the text,” says Mohamed Adow at Power Shift Africa
“We came here to talk about money. You measure money with numbers. We need a cheque but all we have right now is a blank piece of paper.”
#COP29
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We came here to talk about money. You measure money with numbers. We need a cheque but all we have right now is a blank piece of paper.”
#COP29
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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My TED Talk on Saving Ourselves is OUT! Tune in to learn why we ALL need to be apocalyptic optimists: Prepared for the climate shocks that are coming and ready to rally as activists, disruptors, and bridge-builders to save ourselves from the climate crisis. go.ted.com/danarfisher
November 19, 2024 at 4:43 PM
My TED Talk on Saving Ourselves is OUT! Tune in to learn why we ALL need to be apocalyptic optimists: Prepared for the climate shocks that are coming and ready to rally as activists, disruptors, and bridge-builders to save ourselves from the climate crisis. go.ted.com/danarfisher
The solutions exist to address #climatechange Scale up your #climateaction!
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025
November 18, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The solutions exist to address #climatechange Scale up your #climateaction!
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025
20% of Lake Forest College’s electricity from renewable RECS in 2024.
100% for 2025