As you've probably noticed, climate discussions here on Twitter have been down significantly despite #COP27. I took a look at my monthly stats since 2021 and mentions over the last week, and here's what I see. @RARohde what's your take?
Notice the sharp drop-off in profile visits and new followers that occurred in October BEFORE it was bought out. At the time, I believed my follower drop was due to a semi-regular bot purge, but the profile visits number doesn't fit that hypothesis.
Impressions per tweet dropped very quickly after the buy-out, but the drop in mentions lagged. My 12-month average is 135 mentions per day, and this number was maintained until a week ago, when it dropped like a rock (despite being the final days of #COP27).
New @pewresearch study reveals climate silence in U.S. religious communities.
If we don’t talk about it, why would we care? And if we don’t care, why would we act? This is why I’m convinced that the #1 most impt thing each of us can do about climate change is TALK ABOUT IT!
Why is it that U.S. Christians have been so mislead, when Genesis 1 so clearly lays out our responsibility to care for every living thing (including our sisters & brothers) on this earth? Hint: start with fossil fuels. This excellent article explains: skeptical-science.com/activism/how-f…
And how do I recommend talking about it? Start with something you have in common (like a shared faith). Connect the dots to how climate change impacts what and who we hold dear. Then inspire with positive, concrete actions we can take. ted.com/talks/katharin…
Connecting with colleagues @schipper_lisa and @pol_economist to discuss how science is informing the policy negotiations and the increasingly important side events here at #cop27
Often, people assume COP is negotiations are only about countries. But increasingly, it’s the side events & discussions between organizations ranging from the World Bank to businesses to NGOs where the just as big or even bigger actions are happening & decisions are being made.
For example, climate-vulnerable nations persuaded the International Capital Mgmt Assn to freeze national debt payments after a climate-fueled disaster devastates their economy. That’s not part of the formal negotiations: but it’s huge. reuters.com/business/cop/n…
Just planning my #cop27 schedule and wanted to let you know I will be posting all the events I'm participating in that are live-streamed so you can watch them too! Anything I should know about that I might not? Will you be there too? Let me know!
This will only be the 3rd COP I've attended. The first was COP21, where I helped @UCSUSA provide scientific back-up to negotiators from low-income countries who didn't have their own scientists to do quick calculations to help with their negotiations. blog.ucsusa.org/science-blogge…
10 arguments against climate change people sent me today* and 10 Global Weirding episodes I made years ago that debunk them: A fun thread
* yes, literally today.
1. The first argument is the most common - the idea that it's just a natural change.
Twitter: "Anyone who believes this sh* is completely ignorant to Earths geological history. When was the last time climate DIDN’T change? It is cyclical."
Truth:
2. Then there's the tried-and-true shoot the messenger approach.
Twitter: "97% of scientists agree with whoever is funding them. They willfully deceive for profit."
Less than 20 years ago, the world was headed for a >4C warmer world by 2100. The amount of change that would occur under that much warming, that fast, was almost unimaginable and certainly unsurvivable for human civilization + a large percentage of the world's species. (thread)
The 4th US NCA concluded "the observed increase in global carbon ems over the past 15–20 yrs has been consistent w higher scenarios" and "present ems of nearly 10 GtC/yr suggests no climate analog for this century any time in the last >50 million years." science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/4/
In 2015, the world agreed to hold the increase in global temperature to 2C and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. How are we doing?
"You're on my political team? You're my kind of religious. You vote for the other party? Doesn't matter if we attend same church, you're still Satan." - a paraphrase of @profsamperry's very accurate description of what "religion" means to many in the US these days.
So where does their ideology come from? "People who want to be connected to their political tribe—the people they think are on their side—subject themselves to the catechesis of tv, social media all day long, every single day, hour after hour." - @ayjaytheatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…