Clare Kelly
@clarekelly.bsky.social
Cognitive neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin. Uses neuroimaging to study 🧠 development. Increasingly teaching, thinking, & advocating on the climate & ecological crisis 🌍
Reposted by Clare Kelly
President Connolly quoted CJUU Co-Chair @jenniecstephens.bsky.social in her inspiring speech: "the climate crisis is a symptom of bigger structural & systemic problems that are concentrating wealth and power among large corporate interests that are increasingly influencing our democratic processes"
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Moral duty ‘to act now’ on climate change for future generations, President Connolly says
Figures of possible fines of between €8bn and €26bn for breaching emissions targets ‘incredible’, President says
www.irishtimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
President Connolly quoted CJUU Co-Chair @jenniecstephens.bsky.social in her inspiring speech: "the climate crisis is a symptom of bigger structural & systemic problems that are concentrating wealth and power among large corporate interests that are increasingly influencing our democratic processes"
Reposted by Clare Kelly
CJUU Co-Chair @jenniecstephens.bsky.social gave a rousing primer on #ClimateJustice & the need for a just transformation today at a galvanising meeting with President Connolly & @antaisce.bsky.social. Through her presence & attention, it's clear our new president is committed to climate justice!
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
CJUU Co-Chair @jenniecstephens.bsky.social gave a rousing primer on #ClimateJustice & the need for a just transformation today at a galvanising meeting with President Connolly & @antaisce.bsky.social. Through her presence & attention, it's clear our new president is committed to climate justice!
This is a beautiful, moving piece. Teaching on this very topic today
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals | Megan Mayhew Bergman
Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This is a beautiful, moving piece. Teaching on this very topic today
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Scientists are primed to see society's challenges as technical problems - if we can just get more information, we can fix it
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
🚨Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate actions
In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵
🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
In a new preprint, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @maiensachis.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social & I examine techno-optimism among 9,199 scientists and how it relates to their civic engagement and lifestyle choices🧵
🔗 Link: tinyurl.com/hh94huzv
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Scientists are primed to see society's challenges as technical problems - if we can just get more information, we can fix it
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
But climate & nature are political problems not technical ones, and a technocentric mindset seems to hold scientists back from engaging politically or changing behaviour
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Climate Justice Universities Union @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social marching outside Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social - National Climate Demonstration 15th Nov 2025 #EndFossilPower #ClimateJustice
#COP30
#COP30
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Climate Justice Universities Union @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social marching outside Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social - National Climate Demonstration 15th Nov 2025 #EndFossilPower #ClimateJustice
#COP30
#COP30
Reposted by Clare Kelly
The Climate Justice Universities Union proudly marched with thousands in Dublin today, in solidarity with indigenous peoples in Belém and people all around the world. Together, we called for faster, fairer climate action and an end to fossil power, influence, and obstruction of clinate justice!
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The Climate Justice Universities Union proudly marched with thousands in Dublin today, in solidarity with indigenous peoples in Belém and people all around the world. Together, we called for faster, fairer climate action and an end to fossil power, influence, and obstruction of clinate justice!
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Climate Justice Universities Union @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social marching in Dublin today - National Climate Demonstration 15th Nov 2025 #EndFossilPower #ClimateJustice
#COP30
#COP30
November 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Climate Justice Universities Union @climatejusticeuni.bsky.social marching in Dublin today - National Climate Demonstration 15th Nov 2025 #EndFossilPower #ClimateJustice
#COP30
#COP30
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Rain or shine, 1pm tomorrow at the Garden of Remembrance is the place to be for the big #climate demonstration, a chance to remind our politicians that this crisis hasn’t gone away.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Rain or shine, 1pm tomorrow at the Garden of Remembrance is the place to be for the big #climate demonstration, a chance to remind our politicians that this crisis hasn’t gone away.
Reposted by Clare Kelly
We will be marching tomorrow at part of the National Climate Demo 🌍! Look out for our flags and join us in demanding fast, fair climate action and an end to fossil fuel's stranglehold on our future!
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We will be marching tomorrow at part of the National Climate Demo 🌍! Look out for our flags and join us in demanding fast, fair climate action and an end to fossil fuel's stranglehold on our future!
Reposted by Clare Kelly
“Researching and reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing."
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability
How can universities resist being coopted and corrupted by the AI industries’ agendas? Originally published here: https://rcsc.substack.com/p/critical-ai-literacy-beyond-hegemonic
zenodo.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“Researching and reflecting on the harms of AI is not itself harm reduction. It may even contribute to rationalizing, normalizing, and enabling harm. Critical reflection without appropriate action is thus quintessentially critical washing."
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
-- @marentierra.bsky.social et al, (2025).
Reposted by Clare Kelly
the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
the @ec.europa.eu's President von der Leyen is uncritically echoing AI hype & corporate PR, particularly that “AI would approach human reasoning in 2026”. we find this unacceptable & ask the Commission President to retract it. please sign this open letter if you agree
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Public options for essentials, strategic price interventions, investment in housing and childcare — this is antifascist economics. It tackles the material conditions that make authoritarianism appealing.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
In making life livable, democracy defends itself.
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
November 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Join us at the National Climate March
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Saturday 15 November at 1pm
Garden of Remembrance, Dublin
We’ll be marching for climate justice to urge the Government to put people before big polluters
@stopclimatechaos.bsky.social
#stopclimatechaos
#climateactionnow
#endfossilfuels
#climatejustice
Reposted by Clare Kelly
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
BREAKING! 🚨
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
📢 We’ve taken over the ad space at Southwark tube station, calling on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to end adverts that promote pollution. 🧵 1/8
✍️ Use our template to write to the Mayor: actionnetwork.org/letters/time...
Reposted by Clare Kelly
New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
Reposted by Clare Kelly
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
"Primary energy" = what goes in
"Final energy" = what comes out
a
The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.
So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth
WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
On one evening, the speakers were divided up and went to dinner parties hosted by some of the wealthy folks who lived around Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. My dinner was delightful, with good conversation with our host (the mayor of a nearby village), his friends, and some other speakers.
34/41
34/41
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremy, I have followed your science advocacy on this platform with respect, but I find this thread deeply hurtful and sad and I am going to tell you why. While my wife did her postdoc at CSHL, she and our many dear friends had to endure the racist rhetoric of this man, which did constant harm
Reposted by Clare Kelly
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels
Martin indicates that liquefied natural gas a security imperative for Ireland
www.irishtimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
LNG ‘can’t happen fast enough’, says Taoiseach Micheál Martin as Cop30 grapples with ending fossil fuels.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
Micheál Martin has absolutely no credibility when it comes to climate action.
Reposted by Clare Kelly
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change
The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The Hague’s fossil-fuel advertising ban is more than a policy- it’s a signal. By rejecting the normalization of fossil fuel promotion, the decision to implement a ban locally can challenge entrenched norms globally... FF advertising bans present a compelling opportunity for governments to act"
Reposted by Clare Kelly
When I was a kid, my dad pulled me aside and told me that the people I need to be kindest to are the poorest because this capitalist world we live in forgives you anything but it shames you deeply and never forgives you for being poor. It made me realise how deeply fucked up the world is very early.
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
When I was a kid, my dad pulled me aside and told me that the people I need to be kindest to are the poorest because this capitalist world we live in forgives you anything but it shames you deeply and never forgives you for being poor. It made me realise how deeply fucked up the world is very early.
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
bro are you fucking kidding me
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Every tech company eventually either reinvents the bus or reinvents phrenology
Reposted by Clare Kelly
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by Rei Takver for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Profesores de Trinity College se resisten a la narrativa de la inevitabilidad de la IAgenerativa en la investigación y la docencia.
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
Academics are under unrelenting pressure to accept the narrative of the inevitability of #generativeAI & to embrace it in teaching & learning. We resist - because it is ecologically destructive, ethically corrupt, & because it undermines the thinking abilities that make us both human & intelligent.
Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
November 2, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Profesores de Trinity College se resisten a la narrativa de la inevitabilidad de la IAgenerativa en la investigación y la docencia.
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
"Nos resistimos porque es ambientalmente destructivo, éticamente corrupto, y porque reduce la capacidad de pensar que nos hace humanos."
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
Reposted by Clare Kelly
Interested in global political economy of the energy transition?
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
December 5, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Interested in global political economy of the energy transition?
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Brilliant conversation between @brettchristophers.bsky.social and Adam Tooze, moderated by
@katearonoff.bsky.social in NY
Our @thepolycrisis.bsky.social Dispatch buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
Youtube: youtube.com/watch?app=de...