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Keith Smith
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Socio-political dynamics of climate change and global environmental problem @ETH Zurich and ekeithsmith.com
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Delft joins The Hague & Utrecht in banning #fossilfuel ads in public. Read more about how these bans challenge #norms and #climateaction in this commentary by our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social Bouman, Jan Willem Bolderdijk & @ekeithsmith.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
May 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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There is a new Executive Order that is closely related to many of the topics promoted in the science reform movement. It deserves a close read as it will surely have implications for how some promoted reforms are implemented in policy and practice. My hot take 🧵

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Need causal insights into how people make decisions? Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design, implement, and analyze them in our #GESISsummerschool course with @phanxi.bsky.social & Lukas Rudolph.

Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/GSS25-C6
May 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great inequalities persist in air quality monitoring. People in rich countries are 12x more likely than to have monitoring. But that doesn’t mean we need to wait for more monitors to reduce air pollution… ⬇️ new paper with Camille de Lauriere and Ella Henninger in PNAS : www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Persistent inequalities in global air quality monitoring should not delay pollution mitigation | PNAS
Air pollution is a global health crisis that disproportionately affects lower- and middle-income countries. We examine global air quality monitorin...
www.pnas.org
April 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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April 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Public supports fossil fuel ad ban: new study finds twice as many Europeans want to ban fossil fuel ads as oppose such a move

www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...
Strong Support Among Europeans for Banning Fossil Fuel Ads, Study Finds
Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as many who oppose such a move, according to a new study. Climate campaigners a...
www.desmog.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A small favor to ask for the hive mind of air pollution people 👋. I’m looking for an archive of the US Embassy monitoring data (previously on AirNow.gov). Does anyone by chance know where a copy of these data still exists? Many thanks in advance!
AirNow.gov
March 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Day 6 of survey data collection in townships around Johannesburg with the absolutely amazing students from Wits (Geography,Archaeology, and Environmental Studies)

Project focuses on air pollution awareness, protective behaviors and citizen demands for mitigation in lower income neighborhoods.
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Widespread public support in leading middle-income countries for equivalent sustainable supply chain policies. New #OA findings in Nature Communications with Dennis Kolcava, Thomas Bernauer and myself www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Stringent sustainability regulations for global supply chains are supported across middle-income dem...
Citizens in middle-income countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia) support aligning local sustainability rules with new laws originating in OECD nations. People favor stricter regulations, driven by optim...
www.nature.com
February 5, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Interested in policy solutions to air pollution? Want to pursue a PhD in Environmental Politics at ETH-Zurich?

We are advertising 2 PhD positions, focusing on AQ monitoring and citizen preferences to air pollution solutions across the global south. Apply👇

jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
October 5, 2023 at 10:22 AM
Interesting in social tipping, how to identify the likelihood of a system to tip, and how agency can shape our societal conditions?

Then come on by to my talk in Bern on Monday (02.10, 16:00-18:00,Oeschger Center).

Hoping for a lively discussion and critical re-assessment of this emerging field.
September 29, 2023 at 6:49 AM
Hi all 👋, I’m new here. Looking for recs for environmental social science and climate science/politics feeds. Quant methods, public opinion and general curiosities are also always welcome. Many thx in advance and hoping this new place is better than the old one…
September 25, 2023 at 7:21 PM