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A global network of social scientists focused on political conflicts around climate change, headquartered at Brown University. https://cssn.org/
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A big move in the right direction by world leaders.

See CSSN Director @timmonsroberts.bsky.social quoted in @earthjournalism.bsky.social: earthjournalism.net/stories/coun...
Countries Sign A Declaration To Fight Climate Disinformation At COP30
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November 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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"Exxon’s efforts to deny climate change through public campaigns were not just about avoiding their own obligations to take action...they may have also undermined climate action by individuals and other institutions, including governments."

www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
Commentary: Use money from a greenwashing settlement to correct the record on meat’s climate impacts
We clean up after polluters. How about cleaning up after they pollute our public discourse with climate misinformation?
www.timesunion.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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See a recent content analysis of foundational climate denial research by Peter J. Jacques and Riley E. Dunlap here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Foundations of climate change denial: Anti-environmentalism and anti-science
Despite a longstanding scientific consensus about the reality of anthropogenic global warming (AGW), a climate change countermovement (CCCM) has worked to undermine and cast doubt on climate science f...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Ignoring fossil fuels is, 'like telling the story of Star Wars without mentioning Darth Vader.'

Great work to everyone on the panel and all who have contributed to this book.

You can view a recording of this press conference from @canclimateaction.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Global climate negotiations are complex. #COP30 brings together nearly 200 countries to address a shared crisis. That level of coordination is extraordinary, and disagreement is plentiful. Some reflect genuine differences, but others are deliberate efforts to stall, dilute, or redirect ambition.
Recognizing and Resisting Obstruction at COP30
As the world gathers in Belém, Brazil, for the annual UN climate summit COP30, both expectations and stakes are high. This conference marks thirty years of global climate negotiations, and ten years s...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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yungenchee.bsky.social
People might also be interested in this excellent FREE resource, a collective effort by >100 social scientists, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment' and the accompanying @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast series interviewing authors about each chapter

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The fossil fuel industry’s playbook: Deny. Delay. Dilute.

Chapter 2 of “Climate Obstruction” shows how Big Oil reinvented obstruction for the net-zero era.

Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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timmonsroberts.bsky.social
How the disadvantaged are disadvantaged here at #COP30

Great piece featuring insights from two of our leading @cssn.org scholars @daniellefalzon.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social

insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress - Inside Climate News
Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.
insideclimatenews.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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See @npr.org for an interesting look into Columbia's energy transition, with cited research on national-level climate delay from CSSN scholar @guywhedwards.bsky.social, where he "expos[es] Colombia’s media as a site of climate obstruction."

Full journal article available here: bit.ly/4oDK2ux
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond

@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.

via @climatechangenews.com

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Blocking fossil fuel disinformation in Belém and beyond
Fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions, and their disinformation must be tackled
www.climatechangenews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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greenprofgreen.bsky.social
Multilateral action must focus on destabilizing the entrenched power of fossil asset owners like oil&gas, heavy industry, big ag thru trade, tax and finance institutions. My book explains how.
Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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November 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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amywestervelt.bsky.social
As #COP30 officially starts today, a look at how various actors try to obstruct UN climate processes, with @cssn.org's Kari de Pryck and Eduardo Viola drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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joshuabasseches.bsky.social
Great joining @amywestervelt.bsky.social (along with colleague and co-author @prof-b-t.bsky.social) to discuss our chapter in the recent @cssn.org volume, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment':
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep9 | Climate Obstruction at the Subnational (Local) Level
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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guywhedwards.bsky.social
💡 @timmonsroberts.bsky.social makes 3 points at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social & @ucs.org presser #COP30:

1 Disinformation is everywhere

2 Those w/ structural power deploy disinformation to maintain status quo.

3 Solutions exist & they're urgent.

More info @cssn.org & cssn.org/news-researc...
November 12, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Big Tech And Big Carbon Fueling #COP30 Misinformation, Groups Claim

#climatecrisis
@caadcoalition.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...
Big Tech And Big Carbon Fueling COP30 Misinformation, Groups Claim
With the COP30 climate conference kicking off in Brazil this week, misinformation and disinformation are swirling.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Don't know your #Abag from your #Abiec?

@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...

We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG

Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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guywhedwards.bsky.social
¡Acompáñanos en el Pabellón Colombia, en la Zona Azul de la #COP30, el próximo sábado 15 de noviembre, de 5:30 a 6:15 pm! 🇨🇴🌍

Conversaremos sobre los discursos de demora en el debate sobre la transición energética justa en Colombia y cómo enfrentarlos.

@redcfal.bsky.social @cssn.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Climate denial never disappeared — it evolved. The same networks that once denied the science now work to obstruct climate policy and dismantle global climate governance.

See @plehwe.bsky.social, Justin Farrell, et.al's chapter, "https://bit.ly/PlFeCOGA" bit.ly/PlFeCOGA
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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What would it look like if the world came together to prevent the fossil fuel industry from obstructing science-informed public policy and its implementation? UCS's Kathy Mulvey decided to imagine what a COP free from fossil fuel industry influence would look like. act.ucsusa.org/4hSh9IA
Imagining a COP Free from Fossil Fuel Industry Influence
COP30 will be a pivotal moment in global efforts to limit the worst impacts of climate change and advance a just transition centering workers, communities, and Indigenous Peoples.
act.ucsusa.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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🔴 NEW | U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework

Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil

📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇

www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Revealed: U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions.  Expert...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"We need to take down the ‘for sale’ sign on Mother Earth and bar entry to Cop for oil and gas lobbyists," Brenna Yellowthunder of @ienearth.bsky.social says.

See @ninalakhani.bsky.social's piece in @theguardian.com on how oil and gas are #CapturingTheCOP with lobbying access. bit.ly/Guardian117
How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling
Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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daniellefalzon.bsky.social
COP30 is next week and we can expect to see countries OBSTRUCTING effective policymaking!

I’m excited to share this NEW policy brief on Obstruction in the UNFCCC from our @cssn.org working group

Download here: cssn.org/cssn-primer-...

@cop30brazil.bsky.social
CSSN Primer: Climate Obstruction in the UNFCCC
Obstruction has become a defining feature of the UNFCCC process, shaping both the pace and substance of global climate agreements. It is often subtle and context-specific, making it difficult for […]
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November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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A lack of media prevalence has led the public to think that they are in the minority for wanting climate action. The reality is that most ("roughly 80 to 89%") want their governments to do more. See @amywestervelt.bsky.social's piece in @thenation.com. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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This research provides a critical step in understanding the Atlas Network, and an important example of the scale and influence of disinformation campaigns.
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Big Meat is following Big Oil’s playbook—funding science, shaping narratives, and deflecting blame.

Chapter 4 of “Climate Obstruction” reveals how PR + media framing obscure corporate responsibility for emissions.

Read: cssn.org/news-researc...
Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Excellent discussion of the animal ag industry and how it obstructs climate policy with @amywestervelt.bsky.social @profsecchi.bsky.social and Kathrin Lauber @drilledmedia.bsky.social
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Drilled - S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy
Listen to Drilled - S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy by Critical Frequency on Podcast Addict. For decades, the meat and dairy industries managed to successfully avoid any...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM