Lisa Thalheimer, DPhil
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social
Climate scientist interested in compound vulnerabilities, health and computational models @iiasa.ac.at. Working group lead at Risk KAN. New to 🦋.
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Thank you, @mongabay.bsky.social for featuring our @natcomms.nature.com paper on involuntary immobility. Open access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making - npj Climate Action
npj Climate Action - Quantifying the regional to global climate impacts of individual fossil fuel projects to inform decision-making
www.nature.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For so long, fossil fuel projects have said their contribution to climate change is "negligible".
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Turns out that's wrong.
Our research in NPJ Climate Action proves it.
Every tonne of CO2 matters.
@21stcenturyweather.bsky.social
@minderoo.bsky.social
#climatechange
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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In 2022, flooding displaced millions of people in Pakistan. An international team of researchers used open data and tools to help understand differences in vulnerability to floods and better predict displacement in the future.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/sep-202...
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/sep-202...
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In 2022, flooding displaced millions of people in Pakistan. An international team of researchers used open data and tools to help understand differences in vulnerability to floods and better predict displacement in the future.
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/sep-202...
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social
Read more 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/sep-202...
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social
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Attributing migration to human-caused climate change isn’t as simple as you might think
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social walks through the detective work involved on our podcast, Changing Climate, Changing Migration. Find it wherever you get your podcasts
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social walks through the detective work involved on our podcast, Changing Climate, Changing Migration. Find it wherever you get your podcasts
August 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Attributing migration to human-caused climate change isn’t as simple as you might think
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social walks through the detective work involved on our podcast, Changing Climate, Changing Migration. Find it wherever you get your podcasts
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social walks through the detective work involved on our podcast, Changing Climate, Changing Migration. Find it wherever you get your podcasts
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@lisathalheimer.bsky.social and I are looking forward to a great panel discussion on Wednesday at the #MR2025 conference on the use of quantitative models and data to inform policy on climate-induced migration (8.30am, Geffen Hall room #320).
June 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
@lisathalheimer.bsky.social and I are looking forward to a great panel discussion on Wednesday at the #MR2025 conference on the use of quantitative models and data to inform policy on climate-induced migration (8.30am, Geffen Hall room #320).
Interested in learning how to warn vulnerable groups ahead of floods and drought through digital tools? I'll present joint work with @ununiversity.bsky.social & others today @egu.eu:
📍Room 1.31/32
🕟 01 May, 17:30–17:40 (CEST)
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
@iiasa.ac.at #EGU25
📍Room 1.31/32
🕟 01 May, 17:30–17:40 (CEST)
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
@iiasa.ac.at #EGU25
May 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Interested in learning how to warn vulnerable groups ahead of floods and drought through digital tools? I'll present joint work with @ununiversity.bsky.social & others today @egu.eu:
📍Room 1.31/32
🕟 01 May, 17:30–17:40 (CEST)
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
@iiasa.ac.at #EGU25
📍Room 1.31/32
🕟 01 May, 17:30–17:40 (CEST)
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
@iiasa.ac.at #EGU25
Thank you, @mongabay.bsky.social for featuring our @natcomms.nature.com paper on involuntary immobility. Open access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thank you, @mongabay.bsky.social for featuring our @natcomms.nature.com paper on involuntary immobility. Open access paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Lisa Thalheimer, DPhil
#ClimateChange impacts “can force people to stay in place” resulting in involuntary immobility due to various obstacles, e.g., political & social. As @lisathalheimer.bsky.social et al. note, a lack of data & knowledge inhibits policy & planning to address this growing problem doi.org/10.1038/s414...
March 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#ClimateChange impacts “can force people to stay in place” resulting in involuntary immobility due to various obstacles, e.g., political & social. As @lisathalheimer.bsky.social et al. note, a lack of data & knowledge inhibits policy & planning to address this growing problem doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Flooded refugee camps. Heat-stricken urban communities. Displacement isn’t always a choice—many people want to leave but can’t.
"Leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous." – @lisathalheimer.bsky.social, IIASA.
#scicomm #climatechange #refugees
"Leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous." – @lisathalheimer.bsky.social, IIASA.
#scicomm #climatechange #refugees
‘Trapped populations’ need help to escape climate risks
For many refugees and other populations trapped by poverty and conflict, migration is not an option. So how can they be helped?
www.scidev.net
March 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Flooded refugee camps. Heat-stricken urban communities. Displacement isn’t always a choice—many people want to leave but can’t.
"Leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous." – @lisathalheimer.bsky.social, IIASA.
#scicomm #climatechange #refugees
"Leaving isn’t an option, and staying is increasingly dangerous." – @lisathalheimer.bsky.social, IIASA.
#scicomm #climatechange #refugees
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As climate risks intensify, many communities are forced to relocate, but what about those who can’t move? A new Nature Communications study led by IIASA researcher @lisathalheimer.bsky.social highlights the struggles of populations trapped in high-risk areas 🌊🌪️🌩️
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...
March 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
As climate risks intensify, many communities are forced to relocate, but what about those who can’t move? A new Nature Communications study led by IIASA researcher @lisathalheimer.bsky.social highlights the struggles of populations trapped in high-risk areas 🌊🌪️🌩️
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...
👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/mar-202...
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📢 We're hiring: Climate & Migration Researcher! 🌍📊
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
March 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
📢 We're hiring: Climate & Migration Researcher! 🌍📊
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
📣 #Postdoc opportunity with the brilliant Roman Hoffmann and me on modeling climate migration to and within Europe.
🔎 Please see details below.
🔎 Please see details below.
📢 We're hiring: Climate & Migration Researcher! 🌍📊
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
Join the Migration & Sustainable Development Research Group to study how climate impacts migration. We seek a postdoc with expertise in statistics, modeling (R, STATA, Python), and large-scale climate & migration data. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
📣 #Postdoc opportunity with the brilliant Roman Hoffmann and me on modeling climate migration to and within Europe.
🔎 Please see details below.
🔎 Please see details below.
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Join the wonderful @lisathalheimer.bsky.social and Roman Hoffmann as a post-doc at @iiasa.ac.at in our joint project on climate migration to and within Europe: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ccm...
March 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Join the wonderful @lisathalheimer.bsky.social and Roman Hoffmann as a post-doc at @iiasa.ac.at in our joint project on climate migration to and within Europe: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ccm...
Join us @iiasa.ac.at as a Researcher/ Postdoc on climate migration modeling to and within Europe as part of our #FFG project CCMIG-EU.
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iiasa.ac.at
March 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Join us @iiasa.ac.at as a Researcher/ Postdoc on climate migration modeling to and within Europe as part of our #FFG project CCMIG-EU.
iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
cc @sarahnash.bsky.social, @mtzatzanis.bsky.social, @ununiversity.bsky.social, @columbiaclimate.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social
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Attributing climate change to drought severity in 2021-2022 in the Horn of Africa region. Our new study shows classic attribution results and the role of vulnerability and humanitarian needs for addressing drought impacts before conditions become dire. doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attributing climate change to drought severity in 2021-2022 in the Horn of Africa region. Our new study shows classic attribution results and the role of vulnerability and humanitarian needs for addressing drought impacts before conditions become dire. doi.org/10.1016/j.wa...
Whether and to what extent does climate change impact migration to and within Europe? @sarahnash.bsky.social, Roman Hoffman and I (@iiasa.ac.at) are asking exactly this question in the @ffg.bsky.social -funded CCMIG-EU project. More info here: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ccm...
Quantifying the Impacts of Climate Change on Migration to and Within Europe (CCMIG-EU)
The CCMIG-EU aims to analyze, quantify, and project the impacts of climate change on migration patterns towards and within Europe, focusing on Austria.
iiasa.ac.at
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Whether and to what extent does climate change impact migration to and within Europe? @sarahnash.bsky.social, Roman Hoffman and I (@iiasa.ac.at) are asking exactly this question in the @ffg.bsky.social -funded CCMIG-EU project. More info here: iiasa.ac.at/projects/ccm...
Confusing title - it sends a *wrong* signal that people can migrate under future warming. Heat and other extremes force people to stay in disaster areas. We discuss some of these involuntary immobility challenges in our upcoming publication. Stay tuned.
Next up on 29 January, we're delighted to have @leoniewenz.bsky.social from @pik-potsdam.bsky.social talking about climate-induced cross-border #migration at global scales
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/clima...
www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/clima...
Climate-induced cross-border migration at global scales
Migration is one of the most consequential disruptions to human society anticipated under climate change. We here provide such a quantification in a…
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Confusing title - it sends a *wrong* signal that people can migrate under future warming. Heat and other extremes force people to stay in disaster areas. We discuss some of these involuntary immobility challenges in our upcoming publication. Stay tuned.
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2024 is almost history and the global temperature forecast for the remaining few days is rock solid now. Time to wrap up.
In most datasets, 2024 will be 0.1 degree C warmer than 2023. Also, 2024 will be the 1st individual year above the 1.5 degree Paris warming threshold in all datasets.
(1/10)
In most datasets, 2024 will be 0.1 degree C warmer than 2023. Also, 2024 will be the 1st individual year above the 1.5 degree Paris warming threshold in all datasets.
(1/10)
December 26, 2024 at 11:28 AM
2024 is almost history and the global temperature forecast for the remaining few days is rock solid now. Time to wrap up.
In most datasets, 2024 will be 0.1 degree C warmer than 2023. Also, 2024 will be the 1st individual year above the 1.5 degree Paris warming threshold in all datasets.
(1/10)
In most datasets, 2024 will be 0.1 degree C warmer than 2023. Also, 2024 will be the 1st individual year above the 1.5 degree Paris warming threshold in all datasets.
(1/10)
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Disaster is a function of three things: exposure, vulnerability, and hazard.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen
Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Disaster is a function of three things: exposure, vulnerability, and hazard.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
As climate change pushes up the hazard rates for wildfire, flood, hurricane & more, lack of adaptation and maladaptation on the part of both public and private entities is increasing vulnerability.
Join me in an hour for a discussion around compound events. I will present key findings from the 10NICS 2023/24.
Register here: lnkd.in/drVd5K2D
@iias.bsky.social @compoundnet.bsky.social @futureearth.bsky.social
Register here: lnkd.in/drVd5K2D
@iias.bsky.social @compoundnet.bsky.social @futureearth.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 10:13 AM
Join me in an hour for a discussion around compound events. I will present key findings from the 10NICS 2023/24.
Register here: lnkd.in/drVd5K2D
@iias.bsky.social @compoundnet.bsky.social @futureearth.bsky.social
Register here: lnkd.in/drVd5K2D
@iias.bsky.social @compoundnet.bsky.social @futureearth.bsky.social