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Dr. Aaron Thierry
@ThierryAaron
Graduate student at @CUSocSci - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
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Nov 12 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
Tonight's @CU_EARTH lecture is being delivered by @dvdmckaydbv on '#Climate Tipping Points'

How close are they? &
What can we do about them?

🧵 1/n Image The planet is heating rapidly due to burning fossil fuels

2/n Image
Oct 30 • 62 tweets • 25 min read
I was delighted to be invited to speak to @BristolBioSci earlier this week, where I made the case for responsible scientific activism in an era of planetary emergency.

I've decided to post my slides, so buckle up this is going to be a long thread🧵1/n Image 2/ Before I begin I would like to stress that these ideas have been developed with a great team of collaborators, who I'm extremely grateful to have had the opportunity to work alongside.
@berglund_oscar @StuartBCapstick @EmilyCoxSussex @traceyaelliott @JKSteinberger @steviedubyu Image
Oct 9 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
"The urgency of mitigating climate change cannot change financial facts" - @thetimes

Oh and which financial facts are those?!😠

(Time for an angry thread🧵) 1/n Image 2/ The FACT that the review by @lordstern1 concluded almost 20 years ago that...

"climate change is a serious global threat, & it demands an urgent global response" &

"the benefits of strong and early action far outweigh the economic costs of not acting"
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cm…Image
Sep 28 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
Hi @michaeljswalker & @AaronBastani thanks for the segment on the sentencing of @JustStop_Oil activists on @novaramedia y'day.

It was great this crucial topic was covered on your show, yet I couldn't help note some of your remarks lacked key context🧵1/n
2/You rightly highlight these remarkably long sentences are politically motivated &that protests by groups like JSO have been vital for driving forward UK climate policy

Thanks too for flagging the need to center climate politics on asymmetries in consumption of public resources
Aug 2 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
In the face of the unfolding #ClimateEmergency

Academics must move...

"From Publications to Public Actions"

1/4 🧵 Image We must always remember there's...

"No Research on a Dead Planet"

2/4 🧵 Image
Jul 17 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
🚨“Actions speak louder than words”

I’m thrilled to announce @TristramWyatt, @CharlieJGardner & my new paper in @RSocPublishing 'Open Science'

In this paper we set out our case for responsible scientific activism in an era of planetary emergency.

A short🧵 Image 2/ We argue that scientists & scientific institutions can have the maximum amount of influence by lending their support to social movements pressing for action, joining as active participants & considering civil disobedience.

#Science #ClimateEmergency
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…
Jun 20 • 10 tweets • 5 min read
This weeks #ClimateCrisis news:

Hundreds of #Hajj pilgrims have died from heat stress in Mecca as temperatures in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 soar.

Here's a short🧵putting this in context & asking what comes next…

2/ Temperatures measured at the Grand Mosque in #Mecca reached 51.8C in the shade, an all time record high for the city 🌡️🥵 Image
May 12 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
One thing I wished more people understood about climate change is that we have not yet experienced any where near the full consequences of the warming we've already caused.

Here's a 🧵 explaining why... 2/ As the planet warms we see extreme events become far more common, a heatwave that used to have a 1% chance of happening in any year, becomes a 10% chance.

That is the return period is reduced massively.
Apr 7 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
🚨Stop Scrolling!

Let's pause & reflect a minute about what this shocking picture of @GretaThunberg 's arrest tells us about the current state of #climate politics.

A short 🧵on some key lessons we can take from this image Image 2/
 What a difference 6 years makes!

In many ways climate politics is in a very different place to how it was when @GretaThunberg first started her strikes outside the Swedish parliament in the summer of 2018 to try and put the #ClimateCrisis on the agenda Image
Mar 22 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
This weeks #ClimateCrisis news:

After months of low rainfall and record heat, Mexico City 🇲🇽, home to 22 million people, is rapidly running out of water! #DayZero

Here's a short🧵putting this in context & asking what comes next…

2/ Last year was both the warmest *and* driest year on record in Mexico 🇲🇽

Feb 5 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
This weeks #ClimateCrisis news:

#Chile 🇨🇱 declares a state of #Emergency as devastating #wildfires currently sweep the center of the country.

Here's a short🧵 putting this in context & asking what comes next...

Over 100 people have been killed.

Hundreds more are missing.

Thousands of homes damaged or destroyed.

Tens of thousands of hectares burned.

2/n
Jan 1 • 18 tweets • 6 min read
🚨 When we fight, we win!

I've put together a thread giving a quick run down of some of the #climate movement's hard won victories from 2023 to inspire us for the year ahead! 🥳🎉

🧵 1/x...

#ClimateActionNow
#EndFossilFuels Image January: After a persistent pressure from campaigners over many years the Royal Opera final cut its ties with BP!

Brilliant work by all those fighting for #FossilFreeCulture

Oct 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Fossil fuel emissions 🛢⛽️🔥

⬆️ set to reach record breaking highs in 2023

Which leads to...

🧵 1/4 Image ⬆️ Record breaking levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Which leads to...

🧵 2/4 Image
Oct 6, 2023 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
🚨“No research on a dead planet”

I’m thrilled to announce @LauraLoHorn, @PHellermann, @CharlieJGardner & my new paper in @FrontEducation.

Why, despite acknowledging the urgency of climate emergency, have universities yet to respond adequately to the crisis?

A short🧵 Image 2/ Thousands of higher education institutions have made climate emergency declarations, however most academics are still operating as if nothing has changed.

Our paper asks - why does such a knowledge-action gap persist?

It's open access:
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
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Aug 18, 2023 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
1/ I'm horrified by the news of mass evacuations from #Yellowknife due to the #wildfires🔥

I used conduct research in the area & it was after a talk with a volunteer firefighter there that I decided to leave ecological science & focus on #climate action.

Here's why🧵 2/ The #Arctic is warming about 3X faster than the rest of the globe as a result of #GlobalWarming from burning fossil fuels.

As a result we're seeing major changes in Northern ecosystems - including a dramatic increase in #wildfire🔥 :
Aug 10, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
1/ The most common question I get asked when I give talks about the #ClimateCrisis is "but what can I do as an individual?"

Here's my answer... 🧵 Image 2/
NOTHING.

We *cannot* address the #ClimateCrisis as individuals.

The crisis is a symptom of a system of social relations, and therefore we must cooperate to *collectively* change that form of social organization. Image
Aug 8, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Its wild!

As the reality becomes starker the denial deepens ever further 🧵

News: Opinion:
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Image 2/🧵

News: Opinion:
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Jul 27, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1/ The penny is finally starting to drop that economists have catastrophicly underestimated the risk from #ClimateBreakdown.

Here's a🧵 of the latest reports that those working in finance urgently need to catch up on...

Starting with @ChathamHouse:

chathamhouse.org/2023/07/climat… @ChathamHouse 2/ "The stark disconnect between climate science and financial market sentiment will eventually end. It looks increasingly likely to be a sudden and painful adjustment."

chathamhouse.org/2023/07/climat…
Jul 24, 2023 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
1/ This is the UK's Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.

He's bullshitting you.

Let's debunk his nonsense line by line...🧵

2/ There are three claims that Shapps is making in his video.

All are false.

That stopping new North Sea licencing would mean:

1. Oil & gas use will have to halt immediately.

2. This would mean increasing imports from corrupt regimes.

3. This would increase carbon emissions.
Jul 20, 2023 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
1/ Here's a🧵on why the record shattering extremes in Europe are so unsettling for climate scientists.

It's increasingly looking that we've underestimated the impacts of #ClimateBreakdown...

2/ In a climate that isn't changing the probability of recording an extreme in any one year decreases with the length of the time series.

The 1st year has to be a record, the 2nd year its 50:50, the third year 1/3 & so on.

Setting a new record becomes rarer as time goes on. Image
Jun 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Five books you might like to read when asking what you can do about the #ClimateEmergency🧵

1. @ClimatePsych's excellent guide for turning anxiety into action Image 2. @swaziadam's awesome introductory textbook.

If I were teaching a course on the climate crisis I'd assign this as the core text. Image