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Check out this clip from our 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy show: Professional comedian @NatTowsen ! Many thanks to Nat for his help throughout this whole process, find his full act and the full show on our YouTube 'Climate Comedy.' #upwithhope

the work to draw people into effective conversations about climate change - as pathways to engagement - continues, join the productive party. It's as important now as ever. @KHayhoe @Revkin @billmckibben @PeterMcGraw @CUBoulder @CUOutreach @CUBoulderNews @CUSP_CU @CU_CEJ @WiSE_CU

the @media_climate review of media coverage of climate change/global warming in 2024 is now available sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/resear… It's our 8th yr-end report; our monitoring began just over 17 years ago & we've monitored coverage over the past 25 yrs in TV, newspapers & radio outlets

Each of the past 8 years, our @media_climate team publishes a report on the previous year's media coverage of climate change. We began in 2007 & we've monitored coverage over 25 years in outlets worldwide. Watch for our retrospective early next week! sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/icecaps/resear…

entrepreneurs of the world unite! you have nothing to lose but emissions! 'Public EV chargers are good for the planet. They’re also good for business. Research shows that businesses with charging stations nearby see an economic boost" buff.ly/3YgqaSr by @TikRoot @grist

new research by @E_Maduneme & @AlexSegreCohen buff.ly/4hoIGkh "exposure to solutions stories only increased intentions for pro-environmental action when fully mediated by positive affect and higher collective efficacy" #ScholarSunday

"‘We have emotions too’: Climate scientists respond to attacks on objectivity. Researchers criticised and gaslighted after sharing fears with @Guardian say acknowledging feelings is critical to their work" buff.ly/48yOS58 by @dpcarrington

It is also worth noting that 57 companies responsible for 80% of climate pollution since Paris Agreement (according to Carbon Majors Database, data from 122 of the world’s largest oil, gas, coal, and cement producers)

#Singapore water woes & actions: "four national taps" strategy includes imported water, desalination, local catchment & wastewater recycling..but the country collects rainwater over 2/3 its surface w/ plans to cover 90% by 2060 buff.ly/3Y4cRFI by @tim_schauen for @dw_news

we in @CIRESnews are hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Environmental Change, Health & Well-Being (Open Rank, Tenure/Tenure-track) with tenure home dept in @CUBoulder_SOCY, @cugeography or @CUBoulderENVS = share with potential applicants! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…

Climate Action Tracker rates Azerbaijan's climate policy actions as 'critically insufficient' to meet Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit, putting pressure on host with #COP29 on the horizon buff.ly/3zLupx4 @COP29_AZ @climateactiontr @CA_Latest @newclimateinst

¡enter (& win) our climate comedy video competition, 10th edition! pls share this call: @chucknicecomic @ClimateTown @KashaPatel @weareyellowdot @HipHopCaucus @annajanejoyner @CatyBC @CMSImpact @NicoleConlan @NatTowsen @ArtfulStew @politicallyaweh @StuGoldsmith @ClimateSciBreak

read 'Conservatism, the Far Right, and the Environment' review article buff.ly/3MnkO2c by @jcallahanbryant & @J_Farrell @EnvironmentYale #ScholarSunday "sociology must continue to integrate work from other socioenvironmental fields. This review begins to correct this..."

"Pacific islands are showing way to protect our climate, our planet & our ocean: by declaring a climate emergency, pushing for action & w/ Declarations on Sea Level Rise & aspirations for a just transition to fossil-fuel-free Pacific" said @antonioguterres buff.ly/3Xkm5Ny

'Self-serving beliefs about science: Science justifies my weaknesses (but not other people’s)' "This research explored the strategic beliefs that people have about science and the extent to which it can explain moral and immoral behaviors" buff.ly/4duLHNH #ScholarSunday

Good news: #DinosaurFire is 100% contained, per #Boulder Office of Disaster Management

optimism? "as the rate of CO2 emissions is reduced & net-zero emissions is approached, interpreting the global temperature record will become difficult—with a high potential to create confusion amongst policy makers and the general public' buff.ly/3S2Xn16 #ScholarSunday

'What's so funny about climate change?' @osnesb & I talked with @letzing @WEF for the Radio Davos podcast about promising efforts thru @ITG_Boulder @CUBoulder to apply comedy to effective climate communication listen weforum.org/podcasts/radio… read blog post weforum.org/agenda/2024/07…

"Governments should promise in their next round of climate plans due by early next year, not to build any new coal-fired power stations & shut down existing ones early, head of the International Energy Agency (@IEA) has said" buff.ly/3VY5o9W story by @joeloyo @ClimateHome