Martin Röck
@martinroeck.com
👨💻🌆 Scientist-Architect-Dad
♻️🤝 Regenerative Systems, Resilient Communities
🇦🇹 🇪🇺 Director @riselabs.at Lead Scientist @gbdi.io
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#Climate #Policy #Buildings #Materials #LCA
♻️🤝 Regenerative Systems, Resilient Communities
🇦🇹 🇪🇺 Director @riselabs.at Lead Scientist @gbdi.io
🌍👉 http://www.martinroeck.com
#Climate #Policy #Buildings #Materials #LCA
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Martin Röck
@martinroeck.com
· Jun 3
🚀 Introducing #CollaborativeCarbon
A new initiative exploring the Whole Life Carbon (WLC) impacts of collaborative housing – a housing model that already outperforms market standards socially and economically. But how climate-friendly is it? Help us find out!
www.collaborative-carbon.com
A new initiative exploring the Whole Life Carbon (WLC) impacts of collaborative housing – a housing model that already outperforms market standards socially and economically. But how climate-friendly is it? Help us find out!
www.collaborative-carbon.com
🎉 Check out #CollaborativeCarbon! Our new initiative aimed at connecting the dots between forthcoming EU Whole Life Carbon requirements, sustainable finance taxonomy, and the need for scaling sustainable, affordable, community-led models of Collaborative Housing! 👇
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Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
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“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion: The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Exxon to ‘pace’ low-carbon spending blaming weak demand and bad policies
CEO Darren Woods says rules reminiscent of ‘centrally planned economies’ have failed to support green products
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Reposted by Martin Röck
In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
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Then I'm afraid that I'm more in C than A. At least in my lifetime.
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with ...
www.overshootpod.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Then I'm afraid that I'm more in C than A. At least in my lifetime.
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
Reposted by Martin Röck
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts.
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts
Newspapers in Britain carried more adverts for polluting travel than reports of the last climate conference.
theecologist.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts.
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
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New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
Reposted by Martin Röck
Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
I'm in Cape Town kicking off the NetZero Future Conference 2025. It's a great opportunity to connect with local experts and explore potential collaborations. Together we implement Whole Life Cycle thinking in South Africa and across the continent. Excited for the days to come... Follow along!
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm in Cape Town kicking off the NetZero Future Conference 2025. It's a great opportunity to connect with local experts and explore potential collaborations. Together we implement Whole Life Cycle thinking in South Africa and across the continent. Excited for the days to come... Follow along!
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We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Derailment warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...
www.technosphere.earth
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
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Vor 1 Jahr wurde Urteil des #EuGH dazu verwendet, von "Flutwelle" afghanischer Frauen und "Pulleffekten" zu schwadronieren.
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
"Fluchtwelle von Afghaninnen": Panisch angekündigt, nie passiert
Medien, Politik und "Expert:innen" waren sich sicher: Ein EuGH-Urteil würde einen Ansturm afghanischer Frauen in die EU bringen. Der kam aber nie.
www.moment.at
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Vor 1 Jahr wurde Urteil des #EuGH dazu verwendet, von "Flutwelle" afghanischer Frauen und "Pulleffekten" zu schwadronieren.
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
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“The prevailing assumption is that the world has closed off pathways above 3°C warming – but in fact we could be derailed by vicious cycles in societies & nature. Catastrophic environmental change is still very much on the table“ - @jamesgdyke.info Assistant Director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social
‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally “derail” climate action, researchers have warned. With global warming breaching 1.5°C – and Earth system tipping points, such as the wide...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“The prevailing assumption is that the world has closed off pathways above 3°C warming – but in fact we could be derailed by vicious cycles in societies & nature. Catastrophic environmental change is still very much on the table“ - @jamesgdyke.info Assistant Director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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📣 "Civil disobedience, even when disruptive, is protected under international human rights law" ⚖️
NOW OUT: Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience
📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters
👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters
👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
📣 "Civil disobedience, even when disruptive, is protected under international human rights law" ⚖️
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This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
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The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
INDICATE- INDICATE accelerator offering a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe.
The INDICATE accelerator offers a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe. National partnerships will be for...
www.indicatedata.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
INDICATE- INDICATE accelerator offering a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe.
The INDICATE accelerator offers a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe. National partnerships will be for...
www.indicatedata.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
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Während sich die SPÖ im Parlament heute wieder mit aller Kraft an die Lobau-Autobahn klammert, sagt Generalsekretär Guterres, dass die Welt das 1,5-Grad-Ziel überschreiten wird. Unvermeidlich. Mein Appell: Schützen wir die Zukunft – nicht die Autobahnen. (KL)
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Uno-Generalsekretär: Überschreiten von 1,5-Grad-Ziel "unvermeidlich"
António Guterres sprach vor der Weltorganisation für Meteorologie in Genf
www.derstandard.at
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Während sich die SPÖ im Parlament heute wieder mit aller Kraft an die Lobau-Autobahn klammert, sagt Generalsekretär Guterres, dass die Welt das 1,5-Grad-Ziel überschreiten wird. Unvermeidlich. Mein Appell: Schützen wir die Zukunft – nicht die Autobahnen. (KL)
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Climate disasters in first half of 2025 are the costliest ever on record in US, a resurrected tracker that was axed by the Trump administration has found www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Climate disasters in first half of 2025 are the costliest ever on record in US, a resurrected tracker that was axed by the Trump administration has found www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by Martin Röck
Despite being among the most carbon-intensive modes of transport, aviation and shipping continue to enjoy generous VAT exemptions across Europe.
This is costing governments billions in lost revenue and putting cleaner forms of passenger transport at a competitive disadvantage.
🧵⤵️
This is costing governments billions in lost revenue and putting cleaner forms of passenger transport at a competitive disadvantage.
🧵⤵️
October 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Despite being among the most carbon-intensive modes of transport, aviation and shipping continue to enjoy generous VAT exemptions across Europe.
This is costing governments billions in lost revenue and putting cleaner forms of passenger transport at a competitive disadvantage.
🧵⤵️
This is costing governments billions in lost revenue and putting cleaner forms of passenger transport at a competitive disadvantage.
🧵⤵️
Wikipedia is a critical source of curated knowledge and is under threat as contents are being siphoned away by AI systems without consent or recognition. To keep running independently, #Wikipedia relies on donations. I've been a supporter for many years and encourage you to consider joining in! 🙏
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Wikipedia is a critical source of curated knowledge and is under threat as contents are being siphoned away by AI systems without consent or recognition. To keep running independently, #Wikipedia relies on donations. I've been a supporter for many years and encourage you to consider joining in! 🙏