Thread by @the_JenRoberts

[1/9] Ahead of #COP26, these @royalsociety policy briefs lay out 12 science & technology areas key for enabling #netzero.
Inadvertently the briefs also lay out clear lack of representation in #STEM and #academia
Reduced inequalities is part of netzero solution #SDG10
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https://twitter.com/royalsociety/status/1394929577928105987

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✅120+ authors from 30+ countries were included in these briefs, plus another ~40 reviewers. Impressive. ❌Less impressive is the representation within the list of contributors:
🌍the authors are predominantly from the global north
♀️ <25% of the authors are women

[3/9] In fact, 3 out of the 12 briefings are all-male authors (briefing 3: #lowcarbon heating & cooling, 5: #CCS, 12: #ClimateAction).
2 of these (briefings 3 & 5) have all-male reviewers, also.
⁉️Where are the incredible women working in these topics? Their absence is visible.

[4/9] To add further insult, one of the briefings with all-male authors (no. 12 #ClimateAction) has all-female reviewers.
⁉️Female experts on #climateaction clearly exist: so why no female authors?
Another (briefing 4: #hydrogen) has 13 authors, of which only 1 is female

[5/9] Briefing 9 (on #climatechange and land) led by Prof Pete Smith @JamesHuttonInst is the only briefing to have gender~ parity amongst authors (👏🏻👏🏾 Pete, you are a leader).
I wonder if this was by design: none of the others are even close.

[6/9] Overall gender representation of 1:4 is not good enough.
Especially when the Royal Society’s strategic plan lays out commitment to “increasing #diversity among the scientific workforce and in the activities it undertakes itself.”

See: royalsociety.org/-/media/about-…

[7/9] The composition of contributors to these briefings show that the Royal Society are not living up to their own #EDI commitments. It is not enough to publish written commitments to inclusion. Those commitments must be evidenced in their work and actions.
#choosetochallenge

[8/9] And this really matters. Why?
➡️Inequalities in STEM are limiting innovation, to the detriment of our #NetZero ambitions.
➡️There are individuals from underrepresented groups with leading expertise on the full range of topics in these briefs. We need to see them.

[9/9] You can see the full list of authors here: royalsociety.org/-/media/policy…
A 📢shout out📢 to all the authors from underrepresented or minority groups: 👏🏾👏🏿👏🏼👏

#seeyourselfinSTEM

[9/9] And you can find out more about representation in STEM, why it matters, and what we can do about it via: stemequals.ac.uk
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