Setu
@setupelz.bsky.social
Equitable energy transitions, regions of the global South and vulnerable communities globally.
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"One of the workshop’s shared diagnoses was that the climate movement must broaden its struggle beyond carbon. This means organising around people’s material realities while confronting the elites and corporations driving destruction."
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November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"One of the workshop’s shared diagnoses was that the climate movement must broaden its struggle beyond carbon. This means organising around people’s material realities while confronting the elites and corporations driving destruction."
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theecologist.org/2025/nov/12/...
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Do climate conferences actually achieve anything? A lot of people have strong opinions, but we wanted measurements, so we look at how the stock market moves during yearly international meetings called COPs – explanation below, or read the paper here:
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Do climate conferences actually achieve anything? A lot of people have strong opinions, but we wanted measurements, so we look at how the stock market moves during yearly international meetings called COPs – explanation below, or read the paper here:
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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ICTP has issued a call for IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists, with funding for developing country candidates from Wellcome. Kumaran Kadirgama and I will be serving as CLAs for the WGIII Industry chapter, and we would welcome good candidates. Deadline Oct 18 @ipcc.bsky.social www.ictp.it/opportunity/...
IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists | ICTP
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is in the process of preparing its Seventh Assessment report (AR7). The IPCC Working Groups are seeking highly motivated early-career researchers f...
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September 23, 2025 at 12:29 AM
ICTP has issued a call for IPCC AR7 Chapter Scientists, with funding for developing country candidates from Wellcome. Kumaran Kadirgama and I will be serving as CLAs for the WGIII Industry chapter, and we would welcome good candidates. Deadline Oct 18 @ipcc.bsky.social www.ictp.it/opportunity/...
Going backwards down a slippery slope - "To attempt to win over sceptical countries, diplomats are discussing options including covering a bigger share of the target with carbon credits..."
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www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
EU countries delay deal on new climate goal, diplomats say
European Union countries have shelved plans to approve a new climate change target next week, after pushback from governments including France and Germany over plans to quickly land a deal, three EU diplomats told Reuters on Friday.
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September 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Going backwards down a slippery slope - "To attempt to win over sceptical countries, diplomats are discussing options including covering a bigger share of the target with carbon credits..."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Our finalised paper on flat10MIP is finally up in GMD! This is the experimental protocol which allows for a simple, emissions-driven evaluation of TCRE, ZEC and climate reversibility in CMIP7. Thanks so much to all who ran these simulations as a proof of concept! gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
flat10MIP: an emissions-driven experiment to diagnose the climate response to positive, zero and negative CO2 emissions
Abstract. The proportionality between global mean temperature and cumulative emissions of CO2 predicted in Earth system models (ESMs) is the foundation of carbon budgeting frameworks. Deviations from ...
gmd.copernicus.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Our finalised paper on flat10MIP is finally up in GMD! This is the experimental protocol which allows for a simple, emissions-driven evaluation of TCRE, ZEC and climate reversibility in CMIP7. Thanks so much to all who ran these simulations as a proof of concept! gmd.copernicus.org/articles/18/...
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Our paper is out today in @nature.com where we assess a Prudent Planetary Limit for Geologic Carbon Storage:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature
A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...
www.nature.com
September 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Our paper is out today in @nature.com where we assess a Prudent Planetary Limit for Geologic Carbon Storage:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
🌍📜 Licensing and subsidising fossil fuels can now "constitute internationally wrongful acts,” write Dr @frediotto.bsky.social and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie.
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
Read their commentary on why The ICJ's new advisory marks a turning point for climate accountability: ow.ly/7aix50WvkuM
The ICJ’s climate ruling goes far beyond legal battles between small states and big polluters
Written by Professor Friederike Otto, Professor in Climate Science at the Centre for Environmental Policy and Dr Alaa Al Khourdajie, Research Fellow at Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London. O...
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July 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In a new piece for @granthamicl.bsky.social, @frediotto.bsky.social and I unpack the significance of the ICJ’s landmark advisory opinion.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
We reflect on how it reshapes the legal framing of climate action and what it means for states’ obligations going forward.
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Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
July 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Heat kills, more than we think and we can see. Heat intensified by climate change kills even more. For the 1st time, we conducted a rapid impact attribution study looking at the additional deaths that occurred due to climate change across 12 cities in Europe, in close to real-time: shorturl.at/mv6ms
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*** Faktencheck***
In der Generaldebatte im Bundestag sprach Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz auch zum Klimaschutz. Er sagte:
"Selbst wenn wir alle morgen klimaneutral wären, würde keine einzige Naturkatastrophe weniger geschehen". Ein Faktencheck.
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In der Generaldebatte im Bundestag sprach Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz auch zum Klimaschutz. Er sagte:
"Selbst wenn wir alle morgen klimaneutral wären, würde keine einzige Naturkatastrophe weniger geschehen". Ein Faktencheck.
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Was Merz heute zum Klimaschutz sagte, schießt den Vogel ab.
Deutschland rangiert historisch unter den größten CO2-Emittenten weltweit - auf Platz 3.
Wenn ausgerechnet der Kanzler eines der reichsten Länder der Welt sagt, das sollen mal andere machen, dann bedeutet das: Der Klimaschutz ist am Ende.
Deutschland rangiert historisch unter den größten CO2-Emittenten weltweit - auf Platz 3.
Wenn ausgerechnet der Kanzler eines der reichsten Länder der Welt sagt, das sollen mal andere machen, dann bedeutet das: Der Klimaschutz ist am Ende.
July 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
*** Faktencheck***
In der Generaldebatte im Bundestag sprach Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz auch zum Klimaschutz. Er sagte:
"Selbst wenn wir alle morgen klimaneutral wären, würde keine einzige Naturkatastrophe weniger geschehen". Ein Faktencheck.
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In der Generaldebatte im Bundestag sprach Bundeskanzler Friedrich #Merz auch zum Klimaschutz. Er sagte:
"Selbst wenn wir alle morgen klimaneutral wären, würde keine einzige Naturkatastrophe weniger geschehen". Ein Faktencheck.
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Including a climate module and climate damages within a process-based integrated assessment model: meet FRIDA.
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Introducing FRIDA v2.1: A feedback-based, fully coupled, global integrated assessment model of climate and humans
Abstract. The current crop of models assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to produce their assessment reports lack endogenous process-based representations of climate-drive...
egusphere.copernicus.org
June 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Including a climate module and climate damages within a process-based integrated assessment model: meet FRIDA.
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
wid.world
June 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
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Call for abstracts – now open! As the world edges closer to surpassing the 1.5°C global warming threshold, it's time to confront the risks of climate overshoot.
Join leading scientists at the first-ever Overshoot Conference, hosted by IIASA. iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2... @carlschleussner.bsky.social
Join leading scientists at the first-ever Overshoot Conference, hosted by IIASA. iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2... @carlschleussner.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Call for abstracts – now open! As the world edges closer to surpassing the 1.5°C global warming threshold, it's time to confront the risks of climate overshoot.
Join leading scientists at the first-ever Overshoot Conference, hosted by IIASA. iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2... @carlschleussner.bsky.social
Join leading scientists at the first-ever Overshoot Conference, hosted by IIASA. iiasa.ac.at/events/sep-2... @carlschleussner.bsky.social
Urbanization trends are reshaping human settlement patterns and energy needs. Our recent (open access) work, led by Jessica Kersey and Samuel Miles, explores these dynamics across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧵
May 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Urbanization trends are reshaping human settlement patterns and energy needs. Our recent (open access) work, led by Jessica Kersey and Samuel Miles, explores these dynamics across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa 🧵
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Our recent @nature.com study highlights disproportionate climate risk to children worldwide. This is the first outcome of the @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant "LAgrangian Climate Risk and IMpact Attribution" (LACRIMA). A big thanks to the ERC for the support. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
Study highlights disproportionate climate risk to children worldwide
A new study has found that children born today are likely to experience significantly more exposure to extreme climate events over their lifetime than previous generations - unless global greenhouse g...
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May 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Our recent @nature.com study highlights disproportionate climate risk to children worldwide. This is the first outcome of the @erc.europa.eu Consolidator Grant "LAgrangian Climate Risk and IMpact Attribution" (LACRIMA). A big thanks to the ERC for the support. erc.europa.eu/news-events/...
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Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Born into the Climate Crisis 2. An unprecedented life: Protecting children’s rights in a changing climate | Save the Children’s Resource Centre
The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it is a pressing reality that children are facing today. Despite having contributed the least to the climate crisis, the inherent intergenerational injustic...
resourcecentre.savethechildren.net
May 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Will you live an unprecedented life?
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In our new paper in @nature.com and accompanying @savethechildren.org report, we detect who will face unprecedented lifetime exposure to climate extremes (🧵) 1/n
Report: resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/bor...
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Runaway inequalities are a fundamental challenge to meeting climate ambition. In a new study, we trace transboundary harms attributable to high wealth individuals worldwide - 🧵 by lead author @sarahschoengart.bsky.social 👇
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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Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@iiasa.ac.at, @usyseth.bsky.social
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May 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Runaway inequalities are a fundamental challenge to meeting climate ambition. In a new study, we trace transboundary harms attributable to high wealth individuals worldwide - 🧵 by lead author @sarahschoengart.bsky.social 👇
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🌎 The wealthiest 10% of the global population have been responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change.
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
@carlschleussner.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
@carlschleussner.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🌎 The wealthiest 10% of the global population have been responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990, according to new research published in Nature Climate Change.
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
@carlschleussner.bsky.social @ethzurich.bsky.social
Read more 🔗 iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
@carlschleussner.bsky.social @ethzurich.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
✍️ by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
💬 with comment from Sarah Schöngart @carlschleussner.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social @wimthiery.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/0Se78bM
May 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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
✍️ by @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
💬 with comment from Sarah Schöngart @carlschleussner.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social @wimthiery.bsky.social
Read here ➡️ buff.ly/0Se78bM
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Very excited to announce that the call for abstracts for our @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference is out.
Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.
Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.
Overshoot |
overshootconference.org
May 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Very excited to announce that the call for abstracts for our @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference is out.
Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.
Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.
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In our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com led by Yuanlin Qiu, we identify an amplified increase in heat release from lakes, particularly in mid to high latitudes. Another sign of how lakes worldwide are affected by climate changes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Enhanced heating effect of lakes under global warming - Nature Communications
Mid-high latitude lakes exhibit amplified heat release to the atmosphere due to an ice-loss feedback, revealing distinct responses to global warming between lakes in colder and warmer regions.
www.nature.com
April 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com led by Yuanlin Qiu, we identify an amplified increase in heat release from lakes, particularly in mid to high latitudes. Another sign of how lakes worldwide are affected by climate changes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I've put together a webpage with country-level charts that @glenpeters.bsky.social and I produce. Currently 89 countries, not all with same charts. More to come, including data downloads.
Explore for yourself here:
robbieandrew.github.io/country/
Explore for yourself here:
robbieandrew.github.io/country/
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I've put together a webpage with country-level charts that @glenpeters.bsky.social and I produce. Currently 89 countries, not all with same charts. More to come, including data downloads.
Explore for yourself here:
robbieandrew.github.io/country/
Explore for yourself here:
robbieandrew.github.io/country/
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Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice #Climate
Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice
In an exclusive extract from Friederike Otto’s new book, she says climate disasters result from inequality as well as fossil fuel
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Climate change is not just a problem of physics but a crisis of justice #Climate
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🌡️ Why is modeling heat waves important? 🔥
In this podcast, IIASA researcher @kornhuber.bsky.social breaks down the science behind modeling extreme heat waves, and why it's an important tool for protecting communities and shaping smarter policies.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6TIQ...
In this podcast, IIASA researcher @kornhuber.bsky.social breaks down the science behind modeling extreme heat waves, and why it's an important tool for protecting communities and shaping smarter policies.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6TIQ...
Modeling extreme heat waves
PNAS Science Sessions · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌡️ Why is modeling heat waves important? 🔥
In this podcast, IIASA researcher @kornhuber.bsky.social breaks down the science behind modeling extreme heat waves, and why it's an important tool for protecting communities and shaping smarter policies.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6TIQ...
In this podcast, IIASA researcher @kornhuber.bsky.social breaks down the science behind modeling extreme heat waves, and why it's an important tool for protecting communities and shaping smarter policies.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6TIQ...
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Overshoot: A Conceptual Review of Exceeding and Returning to Global Warming of 1.5°C. Once we exceed 1.5°C, is it all lost? Can we get back to it from above? What risks would that avoid, and which ones not?
Great collaboration with a range of IPCC authors!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Great collaboration with a range of IPCC authors!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
April 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Overshoot: A Conceptual Review of Exceeding and Returning to Global Warming of 1.5°C. Once we exceed 1.5°C, is it all lost? Can we get back to it from above? What risks would that avoid, and which ones not?
Great collaboration with a range of IPCC authors!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Great collaboration with a range of IPCC authors!
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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I've updated the Tidy GHG Inventories dataset, which is now complete for Annex I countries: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
This also shows the progress to date in countries submitting Biennial Transparency Reports under the Paris Agreement ⬇️
This also shows the progress to date in countries submitting Biennial Transparency Reports under the Paris Agreement ⬇️
April 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I've updated the Tidy GHG Inventories dataset, which is now complete for Annex I countries: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
This also shows the progress to date in countries submitting Biennial Transparency Reports under the Paris Agreement ⬇️
This also shows the progress to date in countries submitting Biennial Transparency Reports under the Paris Agreement ⬇️