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
“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
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
“Every word carries energy. It can harm, or it can help. “
Rayana Burgos
Rayana Burgos
November 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Every word carries energy. It can harm, or it can help. “
Rayana Burgos
Rayana Burgos
The indomitable Thais Lazzeri
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The indomitable Thais Lazzeri
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.
How I feel today.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How I feel today.
Note the whole brand-new book this is from is available FREE online at cssn.org/news-researc...
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Note the whole brand-new book this is from is available FREE online at cssn.org/news-researc...
Seriously, I would have paid for half a plane ticket for a Rohingya to fly to NYC. This is just wrong. They can't be forgotten.
September 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Seriously, I would have paid for half a plane ticket for a Rohingya to fly to NYC. This is just wrong. They can't be forgotten.
Watch for much more about the work, in weekly rollouts.
We're doing launch events at
Rio Climate Action Week
NYC Climate Week
in Washington DC and
at COP30 in Belém
And most exciting, a whole season of the Drilled Podcast, starting in just a week!
So stand by!
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
9/9
We're doing launch events at
Rio Climate Action Week
NYC Climate Week
in Washington DC and
at COP30 in Belém
And most exciting, a whole season of the Drilled Podcast, starting in just a week!
So stand by!
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
9/9
September 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Watch for much more about the work, in weekly rollouts.
We're doing launch events at
Rio Climate Action Week
NYC Climate Week
in Washington DC and
at COP30 in Belém
And most exciting, a whole season of the Drilled Podcast, starting in just a week!
So stand by!
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
9/9
We're doing launch events at
Rio Climate Action Week
NYC Climate Week
in Washington DC and
at COP30 in Belém
And most exciting, a whole season of the Drilled Podcast, starting in just a week!
So stand by!
cop30.br/en/news-abou...
9/9
They assess how obstruction of climate action occurs across the Global South, at the subnational level, at the United Nations and in the IPCC, and in the context of climate adaptation.
8/x
8/x
September 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
They assess how obstruction of climate action occurs across the Global South, at the subnational level, at the United Nations and in the IPCC, and in the context of climate adaptation.
8/x
8/x
They also examine the role and effects of the media in disseminating climate disinformation and misinformation, and how these narratives potentially affect public opinion on climate action. 7/x
September 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
They also examine the role and effects of the media in disseminating climate disinformation and misinformation, and how these narratives potentially affect public opinion on climate action. 7/x
Chapters:
review and analyze the obstruction efforts undertaken by fossil-fuel industries, utilities, the transportation sector, agribusinesses, public-relations firms, and organizations on the political far right.
review and analyze the obstruction efforts undertaken by fossil-fuel industries, utilities, the transportation sector, agribusinesses, public-relations firms, and organizations on the political far right.
September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Chapters:
review and analyze the obstruction efforts undertaken by fossil-fuel industries, utilities, the transportation sector, agribusinesses, public-relations firms, and organizations on the political far right.
review and analyze the obstruction efforts undertaken by fossil-fuel industries, utilities, the transportation sector, agribusinesses, public-relations firms, and organizations on the political far right.
Chapter 13 topics:
Strategies to counter climate obstruction:
Social exposure
Research
Media monitoring and coverage
Naming and Shaming
Lobbying
Campaigning and Protests
Shifting Norms
5/x
Strategies to counter climate obstruction:
Social exposure
Research
Media monitoring and coverage
Naming and Shaming
Lobbying
Campaigning and Protests
Shifting Norms
5/x
September 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Chapter 13 topics:
Strategies to counter climate obstruction:
Social exposure
Research
Media monitoring and coverage
Naming and Shaming
Lobbying
Campaigning and Protests
Shifting Norms
5/x
Strategies to counter climate obstruction:
Social exposure
Research
Media monitoring and coverage
Naming and Shaming
Lobbying
Campaigning and Protests
Shifting Norms
5/x
Ch 12 topics:
Regulations for transparency, laws targeting greenwashing and undue lobbying
Litigation addressing historical and ongoing deception by fossil fuel producers
Government hearings on misinformation campaigns and denial, human rights commissions
4/x
Regulations for transparency, laws targeting greenwashing and undue lobbying
Litigation addressing historical and ongoing deception by fossil fuel producers
Government hearings on misinformation campaigns and denial, human rights commissions
4/x
September 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ch 12 topics:
Regulations for transparency, laws targeting greenwashing and undue lobbying
Litigation addressing historical and ongoing deception by fossil fuel producers
Government hearings on misinformation campaigns and denial, human rights commissions
4/x
Regulations for transparency, laws targeting greenwashing and undue lobbying
Litigation addressing historical and ongoing deception by fossil fuel producers
Government hearings on misinformation campaigns and denial, human rights commissions
4/x
Importantly, each chapter team was asked to identify solutions, and the final two chapters are focused on responses to climate obstruction:
12. Legal and State Efforts
13. The Role of Civil Society and Non-State Actors
So don't mourn, organize!
3/x
12. Legal and State Efforts
13. The Role of Civil Society and Non-State Actors
So don't mourn, organize!
3/x
September 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Importantly, each chapter team was asked to identify solutions, and the final two chapters are focused on responses to climate obstruction:
12. Legal and State Efforts
13. The Role of Civil Society and Non-State Actors
So don't mourn, organize!
3/x
12. Legal and State Efforts
13. The Role of Civil Society and Non-State Actors
So don't mourn, organize!
3/x
Hats off to my co-editors, Carlos Milani, Jennifer Jacquet, and Christian Downie.
Here's the contents and all the expert authors:
2/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Here's the contents and all the expert authors:
2/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hats off to my co-editors, Carlos Milani, Jennifer Jacquet, and Christian Downie.
Here's the contents and all the expert authors:
2/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Here's the contents and all the expert authors:
2/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
September 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
More on TPPF in two of our reports, here:
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/anti-offshor...
Including this map of TPPF's connections, including to oil and gas
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/anti-offshor...
Including this map of TPPF's connections, including to oil and gas
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More on TPPF in two of our reports, here:
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/anti-offshor...
Including this map of TPPF's connections, including to oil and gas
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/anti-offshor...
Including this map of TPPF's connections, including to oil and gas
125 documents are in the Anti-Environmental Archives authored by or citing the work of the Marzullas, including this hot take 12/n
www.documentcloud.org/documents/13...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/13...
August 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
125 documents are in the Anti-Environmental Archives authored by or citing the work of the Marzullas, including this hot take 12/n
www.documentcloud.org/documents/13...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/13...
Here's the network centered around Marcella Law. No doubt there is much more to this story. 11/n
August 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here's the network centered around Marcella Law. No doubt there is much more to this story. 11/n
"The slowdown in enforcement has let some polluters off the hook and left communities more exposed to hazardous pollution, former officials, environmental lawyers and activists say."
MAGA. Please.
Explore this gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
MAGA. Please.
Explore this gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
August 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"The slowdown in enforcement has let some polluters off the hook and left communities more exposed to hazardous pollution, former officials, environmental lawyers and activists say."
MAGA. Please.
Explore this gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
MAGA. Please.
Explore this gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...