Sorry, but disagree with @hausfath.bsky.social here. You open Pandora's box, you ain't closing it again. We've already seen with Paris that well intentioned international agreements do not translate into physical reality and SRM governance is a much harder problem. Zero is the only safe level. /1

Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

Nature research paper: Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors

go.nature.com/46gmxjh

Episode 2: Highest Possible Ambition under Overshoot with Joeri Rogelj

In the lead up to the Overshoot Conference @iiasa.ac.at Sep 30-Oct 2, the organizers had a fantastic nerdy idea to get the leading experts in their fields share their perspectives on the key themes. Highly recommend for your daily commute, background to cooking etc.: open.spotify.com/show/5MpXqh1...

The richest 10% of people worldwide contributed to about two-thirds of global warming since 1990, and the top 1% alone about one-fifth. If the entire world had emitted like the bottom 50%, there would have been minimal warming since 1990. Lot more in there (check out this figure) 👇
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New study on linking wealth-based emissions to climate impacts: We find that 2/3 of global warming is attributable to the wealthiest 10% and so are climate extremes.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@iiasa.ac.at, @usyseth.bsky.social
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NEW – Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

✍️ by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org

💬 with comment from Sarah Schöngart @carlschleussner.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social @wimthiery.bsky.social

Read here ➡️ buff.ly/0Se78bM

SPARCCLE Researcher Marina Andrijevic Leads the Organisation of the ‘Adaptation Pathways and Scenarios for Climate Change Research’ Workshop The ‘Adaptation Pathways and Scenarios for Climate Change Research’ workshop, held from 17th to 21st February at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, Netherlands, brought together interdisciplinary experts t...

#SPARCCLE researcher @andrijevic.bsky.social led the organisation of the ‘Adaptation Pathways and Scenarios for Climate Change Research’ Workshop, held from 17th to 21st February at the Lorentz Center in Leiden.

🔎Check out the recap for key activities, and next steps 👉 sparccle.eu/2025/03/17/s...

Mal kurz von den Livetickern aufgeblickt: das @iiasa.ac.at hat eine neue Studie rausgehauen, die sich mit #GenderEquality & #Klimaresilienz beschäftigt. Demnach könne eine Gleichstellung der Geschlechter die Fähigkeit einer Gesellschaft, mit dem #Klimawandel umzugehen, verbessern. bit.ly/3CMg1Gh 👈

More important than ever to celebrate
@unesco.org International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Check out our recent paper on why it's important to understand how societies with more #WomenInScience create more innovative societies and help speed up socioeconomic progress: shorturl.at/6j0dY 👇🏽

Collage of women who contributed to the ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter mission

💫🎉 Behind every successful ESA space mission, there's a woman. Behind the ESA & NASA Solar Orbiter mission, there are more than a hundred of them!

Join us in celebrating them today, on international day of women and girls in science!
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

We Are Not Who They Think We Are: How Human Nature Matters In This Emergency Welcome to the emergency--or rather Meditations in an Emergency, this newsletter, not the national emergency, which is of course very unwelcome. What's striking to me about all the things our morally ...

The brilliant @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social:
"These authoritarians confuse being nice with being weak which is why they also confuse being mean with being strong.
[...] They also tend to think we are selfish and operate only out of self-interest because they think we're like them."

shorturl.at/AImjL

Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target? Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high temperatures might be a sign that the 1.5°C threshold has already been reached

Great coverage of our recent study on 2024 warming and the 1.5°C limit by @tinymaddie.bsky.social
here:
www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
@bevacquae.bsky.social

ByTheTime YouTube video by Science Moms

The only Super Bowl ad that matters.

A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit - Nature Climate Change What a first year with temperature 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline implies for long-term temperature goals is unclear. Here the authors show that such a first year above the baseline is highl...

In Nature Climate Change, we show that a year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit. @natclimchange.bsky.social

It was explained to me by one of the authors of the Env-Growth projections that the differentiation across SSPs is driven by changes in the age structure of working-age population by gender, not by specific assumptions on LFPR that would reflect equality. In other words: opportunities for papers:)

From theory and empirical evidence we know that women's LFPRs are influenced by more than education or age (provision of childcare being the no. 1 candidate determinant) but surely it's a good start.

Thanks Florian:) My understanding is that even though they're disaggregated, they don't assume much (if any?) change from the current LFPR for women. But if this is wrong - please point me to any documentation of the assumptions for how the rates may change in the future!

This is close to my heart: Why gender (in)equalities matter in our fight against climate change. Women that lack education or access to finance, cannot take good decisions, like growing new crops, or investing in irrigation systems. Equality is essential when we talk about future solutions. This ⬇️

It was amazing to work with Caroline Zimm, Shonali Pachauri, Raya Muttarak, Jonathan Moyer. A big thanks to @sparccle.bsky.social for powering this research!
I’m so excited about this paper being out that I may have managed to overcome my social media anxiety. Please share!

Representing gender inequality in scenarios improves understanding of climate challenges - Nature Climate Change This Perspective highlights links between gender inequality and climate change adaptation and mitigation, and proposes a roadmap for incorporating gender issues into the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways....

For lots more examples, details for scenario enthusiasts, and more, check out the paper in @natclimchange.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Would be great if we lead by example: improving gender balance and diversity within the scientific community is perhaps a first step to enhance representation of gender in scientific output.

This reminded me of this post by davidho.bsky.social : bsky.app/profile/davi...

What would universal secondary education for girls do for global development? What if all women in agriculture had sufficient money and information? What innovations would we have if women in STEM doubled? Would the global governance of crises be better if we had more gender equal politics?

Scenarios are at the heart of assessments that enable us to say something about climate impacts & responses to climate change in the near and far future. And they are a great research tool for asking big what-if questions.

There is so much out there - anecdotally and empirically - suggesting that development trajectories have been propelled by gender equality, like the great work of the late Stephan Klasen. We argue these insights should be integrated in models of GDP, population, urbanization (and other key trends):

Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation: Why does gender matter? Gender-related inequalities are pervasive in the developing world. Although women account for almost 80 per cent of the agricultural sector in Africa, they remain vulnerable and poor. Seventy per ...

Gender (in)equality has a lot to do with climate change. People like have been flagging this for a long time now, but it hasn’t really been picked up in the mainstream climate research. Fatima Denton wrote about in already in 2002: doi.org/10.1080/1355...

Have you ever wondered if the global leadership on climate would be less depressing if we had more Luisas and fewer Elons? With gender equality backsliding everywhere, it’s super important to stress its role in addressing the climate crisis. A 🧵 on our new paper on gender equality & scenarios:

Screenshot of the beta-version of the "SSP-extensions Explorer" hosted by IIASA, to be launched on February 29, 2024

The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) are a key input to climate change mitigation & adaptation research - but what about urbanization, structural change & governance?

Join the launch webinar of the SSP-Extensions Explorer!
🗓️29 Feb 2024 ⏰15pm CET
iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...