Timmons Roberts
@timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Climate change social scientist. Collaborator, determined dreamer, dad. Director, @ClimateSSN.bsky.social And @climatedevlab.bsky.social
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu CSSN.org personal account; reskeets NE endorsement
Pinned
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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Comms Declare has written to the National Press Club #NPC asking that tomorrow’s talk by Future Coal Chief Executive, Michelle Manook be cancelled.
They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and #greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and #greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Comms Declare has written to the National Press Club #NPC asking that tomorrow’s talk by Future Coal Chief Executive, Michelle Manook be cancelled.
They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and #greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and #greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
“Americans don’t like being cheated, screwed, or lied to.”
My badass Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov is the ONLY representative of my federal government here at #COP30 in Belém
And he’s right.People need to know how killling renewables and driving climate disaster
My badass Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov is the ONLY representative of my federal government here at #COP30 in Belém
And he’s right.People need to know how killling renewables and driving climate disaster
November 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Americans don’t like being cheated, screwed, or lied to.”
My badass Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov is the ONLY representative of my federal government here at #COP30 in Belém
And he’s right.People need to know how killling renewables and driving climate disaster
My badass Senator Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov is the ONLY representative of my federal government here at #COP30 in Belém
And he’s right.People need to know how killling renewables and driving climate disaster
Here's the original article--use a translation app if you need.
Three of five major food companies responded to the claims in our book. Two did not. Two trade groups were silent.
folha.com/x7b4dqg5
Three of five major food companies responded to the claims in our book. Two did not. Two trade groups were silent.
folha.com/x7b4dqg5
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here's the original article--use a translation app if you need.
Three of five major food companies responded to the claims in our book. Two did not. Two trade groups were silent.
folha.com/x7b4dqg5
Three of five major food companies responded to the claims in our book. Two did not. Two trade groups were silent.
folha.com/x7b4dqg5
Fab article in the Folha today on our book, just out.
Here’s the Google translation
www1-folha-uol-com-br.translate.goog/ambiente/202...
Here’s the Google translation
www1-folha-uol-com-br.translate.goog/ambiente/202...
www1-folha-uol-com-br.translate.goog
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fab article in the Folha today on our book, just out.
Here’s the Google translation
www1-folha-uol-com-br.translate.goog/ambiente/202...
Here’s the Google translation
www1-folha-uol-com-br.translate.goog/ambiente/202...
Great to have the book out there...110 authors, it's a Great Leap Forward in our understanding of why we're failing to act on climate change.
Book is free at CSSN.org
And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up:
www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
Book is free at CSSN.org
And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up:
www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Great to have the book out there...110 authors, it's a Great Leap Forward in our understanding of why we're failing to act on climate change.
Book is free at CSSN.org
And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up:
www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
Book is free at CSSN.org
And a whole video of the 30 min presser is up:
www.youtube.com/live/xdBwlaD...
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...
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
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...
Great piece featuring insights from two of our leading @cssn.org scholars @daniellefalzon.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social
insideclimatenews.org/news/1211202...
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📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.
The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1/
I've used the CAT Tracker for years in explaining where we are in addressing climate change. Remember, pledges and targets are just that...the whole Paris Agreement is based on voluntary and nonbonding promises (except to make pledges and report).
CAT Global Update 2025 🚨 Ten years after the #ParisAgreement we see little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year.
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
The 2035 #NDCs have made no difference to our warming outlook.
🔗 bit.ly/CAT_Global_2...
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I've used the CAT Tracker for years in explaining where we are in addressing climate change. Remember, pledges and targets are just that...the whole Paris Agreement is based on voluntary and nonbonding promises (except to make pledges and report).
"Declarations can seem esoteric and squishy. But this one could make a difference. We’re not going to solve climate change unless we understand the forces that are arraying to stop climate action. This declaration is an important step to getting there."
Me in here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Me in here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: ‘literally insane’ that we are letting global heating happen, says Al Gore
This live blog is now closed. You can read the full Guardian coverage of the climate talks in Brazil here
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"Declarations can seem esoteric and squishy. But this one could make a difference. We’re not going to solve climate change unless we understand the forces that are arraying to stop climate action. This declaration is an important step to getting there."
Me in here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Me in here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's a mess out here.
This bill is a spectacularly terrible idea. And it is extra insulting that they are doing this during COP30.
MA folks do call your reps about this. There are also rallies tomorrow.
This bill is a spectacularly terrible idea. And it is extra insulting that they are doing this during COP30.
MA folks do call your reps about this. There are also rallies tomorrow.
Our Democratic State House is advancing a MAGA energy bill that rolls back clean energy and energy efficiency commitments and taxes consumers to build new pipelines.
#mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/sweep...
#mapoli
commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/sweep...
Sweeping energy bill to weaken 2030 climate goals clears key House committee - CommonWealth Beacon
The measure is ushering in an unexpected — and messy — debate over the state’s overall policy push to meet its 2030 climate commitments as Gov. Maura Healey’s energy affordability package filed earlie...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
It's a mess out here.
This bill is a spectacularly terrible idea. And it is extra insulting that they are doing this during COP30.
MA folks do call your reps about this. There are also rallies tomorrow.
This bill is a spectacularly terrible idea. And it is extra insulting that they are doing this during COP30.
MA folks do call your reps about this. There are also rallies tomorrow.
Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Attention to climate disinformation is finally getting its day at the #UNFCCC negotiations. Countries are signing on for this crucial initiative
Why we are here.
Why we keep fighting for our society to get off fossil fuels. Oh, and climate.
"Fossil fuels affect every part of the human body..according to the UN special rapporteur .. called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why we keep fighting for our society to get off fossil fuels. Oh, and climate.
"Fossil fuels affect every part of the human body..according to the UN special rapporteur .. called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Why we are here.
Why we keep fighting for our society to get off fossil fuels. Oh, and climate.
"Fossil fuels affect every part of the human body..according to the UN special rapporteur .. called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why we keep fighting for our society to get off fossil fuels. Oh, and climate.
"Fossil fuels affect every part of the human body..according to the UN special rapporteur .. called for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Difícil falar de integridade de informação quando cinco ou seis empresas/bilionários são donos de todos os meios de comunicação.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Difícil falar de integridade de informação quando cinco ou seis empresas/bilionários são donos de todos os meios de comunicação.
"The leaders of America’s biggest companies once made pledges to stop polluting, formed coalitions to fund the energy transition and called on governments ... But at this year’s U.N. climate summit, no prominent American leaders made the trip to in Belém".
PITIFUL
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
PITIFUL
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
Missing at U.N.’s Climate Meeting: American Executives
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"The leaders of America’s biggest companies once made pledges to stop polluting, formed coalitions to fund the energy transition and called on governments ... But at this year’s U.N. climate summit, no prominent American leaders made the trip to in Belém".
PITIFUL
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
PITIFUL
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...
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
press.princeton.edu
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Check out this event at Colombia's pavilion this Saturday led by CSSN stalwart @guywhedwards.bsky.social, which will present a new study on discourses of climate delay in Colombia's energy transition debate in the media funded by the CSSN.
We need more studies like this for global South nations.
We need more studies like this for global South nations.
¡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
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 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Check out this event at Colombia's pavilion this Saturday led by CSSN stalwart @guywhedwards.bsky.social, which will present a new study on discourses of climate delay in Colombia's energy transition debate in the media funded by the CSSN.
We need more studies like this for global South nations.
We need more studies like this for global South nations.
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💡 @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...
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
💡 @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...
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...
Speaking for CSSN at COP30 Press conference Union of Concerned Scientists and CAAD, Climate Action Against Disinformation. RN in Press Conference Room 2. C’mon.
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Speaking for CSSN at COP30 Press conference Union of Concerned Scientists and CAAD, Climate Action Against Disinformation. RN in Press Conference Room 2. C’mon.
Sec State Rubio: “Nice looking embassy you have there Ambassador. I’d hate to see anything happen to it.“
Thug Nation.
Thanks Paul for the interpreting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Thug Nation.
Thanks Paul for the interpreting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sec State Rubio: “Nice looking embassy you have there Ambassador. I’d hate to see anything happen to it.“
Thug Nation.
Thanks Paul for the interpreting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Thug Nation.
Thanks Paul for the interpreting.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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Unlike politics, there’s no such thing as public health centrism. It’s evidence-based radicalism. It’s all about change towards health justice and equity, not tinkering around the edges trying to keep everyone happy. Such notions, my friends, are rather radical and there’s no shame in that.
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Unlike politics, there’s no such thing as public health centrism. It’s evidence-based radicalism. It’s all about change towards health justice and equity, not tinkering around the edges trying to keep everyone happy. Such notions, my friends, are rather radical and there’s no shame in that.
"The multimillionaires..in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least..They were..far less likely to believe .. that there should be more regulation of oil companies..
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The multimillionaires..in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least..They were..far less likely to believe .. that there should be more regulation of oil companies..
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Viewpoint: @carlschleussner.bsky.social @paucastro.bsky.social Alexandra Lesnikowski, @adellethomas.bsky.social @romainweikmans.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Ambuj Sagar, Sonia Klinsky, Thomas Bernauer discuss status of #ParisAgreement Articles on it's 10th anniversary rdcu.be/eOBBU
Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement
Nature Climate Change - To mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Nature Climate Change asked experts to reflect on the progress of and barriers to several of its key Articles. They...
rdcu.be
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Viewpoint: @carlschleussner.bsky.social @paucastro.bsky.social Alexandra Lesnikowski, @adellethomas.bsky.social @romainweikmans.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social Ambuj Sagar, Sonia Klinsky, Thomas Bernauer discuss status of #ParisAgreement Articles on it's 10th anniversary rdcu.be/eOBBU
How I feel today.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How I feel today.
“The atmosphere has a huge historical memory when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,”said Carlos Milani, a professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State U’s Institute of Social and Political Studies. “What happened 30 years ago matters very much”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
“The atmosphere has a huge historical memory when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,”said Carlos Milani, a professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State U’s Institute of Social and Political Studies. “What happened 30 years ago matters very much”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...