🌍 New megastudy on what motivates people to engage in climate advocacy 🥳
We tested 17 theory-driven behavior change interventions to increase public, political, and financial #climate advocacy in the United States (N = 31,324).
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We tested 17 theory-driven behavior change interventions to increase public, political, and financial #climate advocacy in the United States (N = 31,324).
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Abstract. Addressing climate change depends on large-scale system changes, which require public advocacy. Here, we identified and tested 17 expert-crowdsou
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January 29, 2026 at 3:41 PM
As the world quickly approaches 1.5C, researchers have a call in Nature to rethink the utility of temperature targets – and to potentially replace them with more actionable and precise targets around clean energy:
As we breach 1.5 °C, we must replace temperature limits with clean-energy targets
Nature - Actionable goals are needed to guide the world towards what needs to happen most quickly: shifting economies to clean energy sources.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:04 PM
December 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Useful thread #DecarbonizeBC
So, I hate to be this guy, but as the director of Yale’s new program on attribution science (!?), uh, most of the commentary on Bluesky about Hurricane Melissa and climate change has been… not quite right
November 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Useful thread #DecarbonizeBC
🪨Lithium, nickel, copper.. and many other critical minerals are gaining more traction as clean tech is rising.
♻️But without a circularity, the increasing demand for critical minerals can cause negative impact for both people and the environment: go.wri.org/critical-minerals-bs
♻️But without a circularity, the increasing demand for critical minerals can cause negative impact for both people and the environment: go.wri.org/critical-minerals-bs
October 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We now *know* what to do to stop climate change.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
Project Drawdown has analyzed trillions of data points, spent tens of thousands of hours, and has done the hard work to find evidence-based solutions.
No more handwaving. No more greenwashing. Just science.
And we're giving it away for *free*.
October 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.
October 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
tapping the sign
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
56 million years ago, Earth had a carbon surge called the PETM. It drove 5–8 °C of warming, acidified oceans, wiped out marine life, and took 200,000 years to recover. Today we’re dumping CO₂ 10× faster. The planet will recover again—but humanity won’t.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
"In 2023, the government of Tuvalu amended its constitution to note that “the state of Tuvalu … shall remain in perpetuity in the future”, irrespective “of climate change or other causes resulting in loss to the physical territory”."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/au...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/au...
Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
The long read: With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go?
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
David Wallace-Wells is the best climate journalist working today, arguably the best journalist period, and this is a fantastic summary of where things stand on climate change:
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
www.nytimes.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Much worse than predicted
Antarctica’s frozen heart is warming fast, and models missed it
New research reveals that East Antarctica’s vast and icy interior is heating up faster than its coasts, fueled by warm air carried from the Southern Indian Ocean
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Antarctica’s frozen heart is warming fast, and models missed it
New research reveals that East Antarctica’s vast and icy interior is heating up faster than its coasts, fueled by warm air carried from the Southern Indian Ocean
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Antarctica’s frozen heart is warming fast, and models missed it
New research has revealed that East Antarctica’s vast and icy interior is heating up faster than its coasts, fueled by warm air carried from the Southern Indian Ocean. Using 30 years of weather statio...
www.sciencedaily.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
September 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Positive tipping points for climate, like the UK phasing out coal, show how big steps toward a low-carbon future can suddenly become unstoppable.
Can we identify where the next tipping points could happen, and figure out how to help trigger them?
These researchers say YES.
Read more:
Can we identify where the next tipping points could happen, and figure out how to help trigger them?
These researchers say YES.
Read more:
A method to identify positive tipping points to accelerate low-carbon transitions and actions to trigger them - Sustainability Science
Meeting the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to “well below 2 °C” requires a radical acceleration of action, as the global economy is decarbonising at least five times too slowly. Tipping point...
link.springer.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution.
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
August 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tying in a seemingly unrelated thing... Everyone got mad at David Suzuki recently for saying it's too late to avoid bad effects of climate change, but I think he was doing what this post suggests.
And it's jarring to see, so it shook a lot of people, hence the backlash #DecarbonizeBC
And it's jarring to see, so it shook a lot of people, hence the backlash #DecarbonizeBC
I know it maybe sounds unkind, but we are very much at a point where people need to move past the acute grief stage for the future we thought we might have and into the stage of planning for the future we actually will have
July 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tying in a seemingly unrelated thing... Everyone got mad at David Suzuki recently for saying it's too late to avoid bad effects of climate change, but I think he was doing what this post suggests.
And it's jarring to see, so it shook a lot of people, hence the backlash #DecarbonizeBC
And it's jarring to see, so it shook a lot of people, hence the backlash #DecarbonizeBC
Highly recommend this Construction Physics blog post on the viability of solar power as the backbone of an electricity system.
Seriously, read it -- most people, even energy-literate people, have not kept up on this subject. Things have changed *so* fast, all your old cliches are outdated.
Seriously, read it -- most people, even energy-literate people, have not kept up on this subject. Things have changed *so* fast, all your old cliches are outdated.
Can We Afford Large-scale Solar PV?
In the US solar energy has steadily risen in how much of our electricity it supplies.
www.construction-physics.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What a cool story! #DecarbonizeBC
There's a retired physicist who lives above Vancouver's Burrard Inlet and tracks every single oil tanker that's come for the last ten years.
I visited him, and wrote about the financial disaster known as the Trans Mountain pipeline.
@nationalobserver.com
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/10/a...
I visited him, and wrote about the financial disaster known as the Trans Mountain pipeline.
@nationalobserver.com
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/10/a...
Trans Mountain’s financial nightmare offers lessons in the reality of pipelines
As new pipeline possibilities pop up, what happened to the last one?
www.nationalobserver.com
June 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What a cool story! #DecarbonizeBC
🧠🌍 Can you correct misperceptions of the impact of different climate actions?
In a new @pnasnexus.org paper, we tested whether climate action literacy interventions can shift behavioral commitments toward more effective climate actions. Check out our neat results 🙂
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In a new @pnasnexus.org paper, we tested whether climate action literacy interventions can shift behavioral commitments toward more effective climate actions. Check out our neat results 🙂
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ad...
Climate action literacy interventions increase commitments to more effective mitigation behaviors
Abstract. Reducing lifestyle carbon emissions is a critical component of decarbonizing society. However, people hold substantial misperceptions about the r
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June 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
globalnews.ca/news/1121667...
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Coquihalla Highway remains closed in both directions for sinkhole repair | Globalnews.ca
The Ministry of Transportation said crews are at the scene for an assessment and urgent repairs are needed to fix the sinkhole. There is no time of opening.
globalnews.ca
June 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
globalnews.ca/news/1121667...
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
Wow, the sinkhole that has closed the Coquihala was "related to Trans Mountain’s pipeline boring work in the area”
Imagine if, say, a solar power plant somehow closed a critical highway like this. It would be 24/7 headline coverage for a week. #DecarbonizeBC
According to data from Alberta's Energy Regulator, there are nearly 200,000 "dormant" (or non-producing) wells across Alberta. New research shows that methane emissions from these dormant wells are seven times higher than govt estimates. phys.org/news/2025-06... #ABLeg #ABPoli
Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests
Methane emissions from Canada's non-producing oil and gas wells appear to be seven times higher than government estimates, according to a new study led by researchers at McGill University. The finding...
phys.org
June 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Clean energy investment will double fossil fuels in 2025. #energytransition
www.wsj.com/articles/cle...
www.wsj.com/articles/cle...
Clean-Energy Investment Set to Double Fossil Fuel Financing in 2025, IEA Says
Around $3.3 trillion will flow into the energy sector in 2025 and around $2.2 trillion of that will go to renewable and nuclear energy, energy storage, low-emission fuels, efficiency and electrificati...
www.wsj.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
climateimpact.edhec.edu/why-we-need-...
Interesting article. Premise: What happens if you calculate probabilities of different climate scenarios and why does it matter?
#DecarbonizeBC
Interesting article. Premise: What happens if you calculate probabilities of different climate scenarios and why does it matter?
#DecarbonizeBC
Why we need climate scenario probabilities and how to get them | EDHEC Climate Institue
climateimpact.edhec.edu
June 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
climateimpact.edhec.edu/why-we-need-...
Interesting article. Premise: What happens if you calculate probabilities of different climate scenarios and why does it matter?
#DecarbonizeBC
Interesting article. Premise: What happens if you calculate probabilities of different climate scenarios and why does it matter?
#DecarbonizeBC
Fascinating. I tag interesting climate change articles using #DecarbonizeBC so I can find them later. Might be time to do one for AI too, as this becomes increasingly important.
#AImplications? #ACry?
#AImplications? #ACry?
AI chatbots have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation, with confidence intervals ruling out effects larger than 1%.
www.nber.org/papers/w33777
www.nber.org/papers/w33777
May 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fascinating. I tag interesting climate change articles using #DecarbonizeBC so I can find them later. Might be time to do one for AI too, as this becomes increasingly important.
#AImplications? #ACry?
#AImplications? #ACry?
From Climeworks CEO, capturing 1 tonne-CO2 requires 5,000-6,000 kWh
www.nikkei.com/prime/gx/art...
But 1 tonne CO2 results from producing ~3,300 kWh (~120 PWh/y world end-use demand/36.8 GT-CO2/y emitted)
So DAC needs 52-82% more energy than used to put CO2 in air in the first place
www.nikkei.com/prime/gx/art...
But 1 tonne CO2 results from producing ~3,300 kWh (~120 PWh/y world end-use demand/36.8 GT-CO2/y emitted)
So DAC needs 52-82% more energy than used to put CO2 in air in the first place
May 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM