Martin Röck
@martinroeck.com
👨💻🌆 Scientist-Architect-Dad
♻️🤝 Regenerative Systems, Resilient Communities
🇦🇹 🇪🇺 Director @riselabs.at Lead Scientist @gbdi.io
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#Climate #Policy #Buildings #Materials #LCA
♻️🤝 Regenerative Systems, Resilient Communities
🇦🇹 🇪🇺 Director @riselabs.at Lead Scientist @gbdi.io
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#Climate #Policy #Buildings #Materials #LCA
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INDICATE- INDICATE accelerator offering a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe.
The INDICATE accelerator offers a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe. National partnerships will be for...
www.indicatedata.com
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
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My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
Rich, historical polluter countries that had the highest legal responsibility to take climate action failed. And now some of these same countries are speaking about '1.5C ambition'. What a charade
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
My fear is scientists will just sit by & be complicit. Saying you are for 1.5C or net zero is not ambition.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
If rich country GHG or CO2 emissions are not dropping at >5% per year, they are not remotely consistent with 1.5C, nor net zero in a reasonable time frame.
Scientists need to point this out.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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250 MILLION people displaced in a world approaching 1.4C above pre-industrial temperatures.
We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.
When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.
We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.
When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.
Climate disasters displaced 250 million people in past 10 years, UN report finds
Floods, storms and droughts have uprooted people across the globe as rising temperatures intensify conflict and hunger
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
250 MILLION people displaced in a world approaching 1.4C above pre-industrial temperatures.
We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.
When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.
We’re on track for…
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C likely in our children’s lifetimes.
When scientists warn of BILLIONS of deaths they’re not kidding.
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True leadership means showing up, from day one, for the whole package of #COP30 justice outcomes and not hiding behind trade-offs. So far, EU has not shown this true leadership.
The EU must step up its game to become the climate leader it claims to be. The clock is ticking, but it is not too late.
The EU must step up its game to become the climate leader it claims to be. The clock is ticking, but it is not too late.
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
True leadership means showing up, from day one, for the whole package of #COP30 justice outcomes and not hiding behind trade-offs. So far, EU has not shown this true leadership.
The EU must step up its game to become the climate leader it claims to be. The clock is ticking, but it is not too late.
The EU must step up its game to become the climate leader it claims to be. The clock is ticking, but it is not too late.
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Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
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“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.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“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.”
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
Via @amywestervelt.bsky.social in @thenation.com
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Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
Exxon to ‘pace’ low-carbon spending blaming weak demand and bad policies
CEO Darren Woods says rules reminiscent of ‘centrally planned economies’ have failed to support green products
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Headline: ExxonMobil doesn't care about people and the climate because oil is simply too profitable.
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In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
In 2020 @wwf.panda.org identified the 100 global cities expected to suffer the greatest rise in water risk by 2050- home to at least 350 million people!
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
We've already seen several megacities just days away from running dry.
Here's a🧵 with eg's
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Then I'm afraid that I'm more in C than A. At least in my lifetime.
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
Overshoot podcast – a world beyond 1.5C
The world missed its goal for tackling climate change. What happens next? In this four-part documentary series, we explore the huge challenges that come from 1.5°C overshoot. We meet the people with ...
www.overshootpod.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Then I'm afraid that I'm more in C than A. At least in my lifetime.
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
My view is that we need a progressive politics that can honestly admit that there will be tough times ahead. But that we will work together to care for one another as we enter the storm.
www.overshootpod.com
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Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts.
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts
Newspapers in Britain carried more adverts for polluting travel than reports of the last climate conference.
theecologist.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Climate reporting deluged by high carbon adverts.
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
“I urge every country to ban advertising from fossil fuel companies. And I urge news media and tech companies to stop taking fossil fuel advertising.”
theecologist.org/2025/nov/08/...
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New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New study finds “brutal drought and extreme heat wave that began in September 2023 transformed the lake into a steaming cauldron. The lake's waters reached 41C (106F).” 😱
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Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn
Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Avoiding geoengineering havoc requires a scientifically informed, globally-coordinated, internationally agreed strategy say Royal Society, lasting for centuries whilst CO2 was removed from the atmosphere
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When we can't even organise an intl carbon tax on shipping
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
I'm in Cape Town kicking off the NetZero Future Conference 2025. It's a great opportunity to connect with local experts and explore potential collaborations. Together we implement Whole Life Cycle thinking in South Africa and across the continent. Excited for the days to come... Follow along!
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I'm in Cape Town kicking off the NetZero Future Conference 2025. It's a great opportunity to connect with local experts and explore potential collaborations. Together we implement Whole Life Cycle thinking in South Africa and across the continent. Excited for the days to come... Follow along!
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We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
Derailment warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
We may have seriously underestimated the risks of climate change. This includes derailment risks. This does not mean we are doomed, and it certainly does not mean there is no point in trying to turn o...
www.technosphere.earth
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We have ****ed the climate. Dressing this up as temporary overshoot is indefensible. But this does not mean we are doomed, & it certainly doesn't mean there is no point in trying to turn off the fossil fuel spigot. It's time to get real with climate risks.
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
www.technosphere.earth/derailment-w...
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Vor 1 Jahr wurde Urteil des #EuGH dazu verwendet, von "Flutwelle" afghanischer Frauen und "Pulleffekten" zu schwadronieren.
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
"Fluchtwelle von Afghaninnen": Panisch angekündigt, nie passiert
Medien, Politik und "Expert:innen" waren sich sicher: Ein EuGH-Urteil würde einen Ansturm afghanischer Frauen in die EU bringen. Der kam aber nie.
www.moment.at
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Vor 1 Jahr wurde Urteil des #EuGH dazu verwendet, von "Flutwelle" afghanischer Frauen und "Pulleffekten" zu schwadronieren.
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
Blick auf Zahlen bestätigt meine damalige Einordnung: Kein Anstieg neuankommender afghanischen Frauen.
Meine Kolumne #asylfakt auf @moment.at
www.moment.at/story/afghan...
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“The prevailing assumption is that the world has closed off pathways above 3°C warming – but in fact we could be derailed by vicious cycles in societies & nature. Catastrophic environmental change is still very much on the table“ - @jamesgdyke.info Assistant Director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social
‘Derailment’ warning as world faces threats to its ability to act on climate change
The worsening consequences of the climate crisis could fatally “derail” climate action, researchers have warned. With global warming breaching 1.5°C – and Earth system tipping points, such as the wide...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
“The prevailing assumption is that the world has closed off pathways above 3°C warming – but in fact we could be derailed by vicious cycles in societies & nature. Catastrophic environmental change is still very much on the table“ - @jamesgdyke.info Assistant Director of @gsiexeter.bsky.social
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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📣 "Civil disobedience, even when disruptive, is protected under international human rights law" ⚖️
NOW OUT: Guidelines on the Right to Peaceful Environmental Protest and Civil Disobedience
📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters
👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
📝 A set of Guiding & Operational Principles for the effective protection of peaceful #EnvironmentalProtesters
👉 Full Guidelines (English): unece.org/sites/defaul...
#UNECE #AarhusConvention
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
📣 "Civil disobedience, even when disruptive, is protected under international human rights law" ⚖️
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This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
Fossil fuel companies say they support the energy transition. New numbers suggest otherwise.
A new study shows that fossil fuel companies own less than 2 percent of renewable energy projects worldwide.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This is very useful, timely analysis built on Global Energy Monitor data, confirming that fossil fuel companies are not meaningfully investing in the energy transition. These companies are responsible for a tiny 0.1% of global renewable energy production.
grist.org/accountabili...
grist.org/accountabili...
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The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
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The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Pentagon Accepts $130 Million Donation to Help Pay Troops During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
INDICATE- INDICATE accelerator offering a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe.
The INDICATE accelerator offers a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe. National partnerships will be for...
www.indicatedata.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
INDICATE- INDICATE accelerator offering a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe.
The INDICATE accelerator offers a project framework and co-funding to support efforts to generate much-needed building-level Whole Life Carbon ( WLC ) data in Europe. National partnerships will be for...
www.indicatedata.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
🤓 Have you heard of #INDICATE? It is our multi-stakeholder framework for accelerating whole life cycle assessment (#LCA) #data, #targets, and #policy.
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com
📊 INDICATE is already running in 9 countries, with ambition for much more. Check out our recent video with more details!
👉 www.indicatedata.com