The failure to understand the absolute importance of good communication as a climate solution is everywhere. Too much excitment around gizmos, too much communication wishfull thinking. F* EVs. F* polar bear. Read Bourdieu or whatever and work with people. Climate change is human-caused.

The 20% discount for anyone driving at 100 km/h rather than 120 km/h might explain it.

@catherinemorency.bsky.social je serais curieux de vous entendre à ce sujet.

Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Affordability - Re.Climate A playbook for accelerating public engagement.

They should read that : reclimate.ca/resource/bui...

We surveyed British MPs – most don’t know how urgent climate action is New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

New study finds both MPs and the public underestimate how quickly global emissions must be cut.

Has anyone else been dealing with some serious headline whiplash recently?

Even for those of us who follow #climate and #energy matters closely, it can be hard to know what the hell is going on!

So here's a thread to help climate communicators get a grip on how to deal with this 🧵

Why #misinformation must not be ignored - A new, open access article by @ulliecker.bsky.social and colleagues, published in American Psychologist bit.ly/4pJ20fY

The Missing Climate Risk: Derailment Explained for Risk Professionals Our capacity to act on climate change and nature loss can itself be eroded by increasing physical and transition risks, possibly derailing the sustainable transition. This article explains what risk p...

Good short article about derailment risk that @laurielaybourn.bsky.social and I have been working on. www.garp.org/risk-intelli...

Tracing sources of funds used to lobby the US government about carbon capture, use, and storage Analysis of U.S. federal lobbying disclosures from 2005 through 2024 identifies the fossil fuel sector as the primary force behind a multipronged $954…

New peer-reviewed paper documents massive lobbying by big oil & gas over 20 yrs to promote carbon, capture & storage, spending almost $1 Billion. CCS is a scam.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Major investments have been made in Canada to electrify the automotive sector including by US automakers. The entry of new European manufacturers into the Canadian market could help protect these investments by staying the course.

In tech we trust: A history of technophilia in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) climate mitigation expertise This article examines the technocentric bias that characterizes climate mitigation literature, focusing on the reports of the IPCC's Working Group III…

"Scientists and modelers have not merely warned of the #ClimateCrisis - they have also, often unwittingly, contributed to it by reinforcing an uncritical faith in technological salvation & sidelining more structural social transformations"

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Isn't there a risk of prosecution for governments that withhold information on climate risks and put their citizens' lives at risk?

The Trump Administration’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election The executive branch is interfering in U.S. elections in unprecedented ways.

This.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Climate Change Conversations Amongst Young Adults: On Conversational Safety and the Search for Consensus in Polarizing Interactions While much research has focused on the effectiveness of various climate change frames (i.e. cognitive), much less is known about how people co-construct the meaning of climate change in conversatio...

In our latest publication in Environmental Communication, we explored how young adults approach these discussions. The findings reveal a clear preference for conversational safety. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 2/3

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About the Roulez vert Program To consult the normative framework and recent changes of the government’s Roulez vert Program.

Quebec has announced the gradual end of rebates for the purchase of electric vehicles. The increase is explained in part by consumers' desire to take advantage of rebates before they drop: $7k -> $4k -> $2k -> $0k. The federal program remains in place.

www.quebec.ca/en/transport...

Anyone looking for the silver lining of all the climate shocks hitting around the world, here's one: experiencing climate shocks (but not power outage) is found to help shift beliefs and support for climate policies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Apparently fake social media accounts boost Azerbaijan before Cop29 Exclusive: Linked accounts on X push petrostate’s posts about climate summit and drown out criticism

Two great investigations from our coalition dropped today. Both unearthed apparent bot networks linked to Azerbaijan ahead of #COP29.

H/t to Global Witness, Marc Owen Jones and @phenominal.bsky.social - this is vital work just 2 weeks out from the summit.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Disinformation Is One of Climate Summit’s Biggest Challenges Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.

Delighted that our report - “Deny, Deceive, Delay Vol.3” - got a full write-up in the New York Times today. @nytimes.com

I’ll post a link to access the research in comments below, and welcome any questions about what we found - in lieu of DMs, just tag me in posts!

www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/t...