Kathleen Edison 🇺🇳 🕊

I wish Taylor Swift was in love with a climate scientist

Climate change: how bad could the future be if we do nothing? I developed this table of impacts for my book 📕 ‘Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction’ based on the @IPCC_CH 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 reports Beyond 1.5°C #ClimateChange impacts gets worse and worse

Congress Is on track to renew a $200 billion bailout to Coke and other sugar companies. If there is one policy we can all agree on, it is to stop government funding of diabetes water. Here are key points from my op-ed with Rep. Andy Harris 👇 realclearpolicy.com/articles/2023/…

'The Big Myth' explores the belief that free markets are a fundamental American right wbur.fm/3J11abp via @hereandnow

Children forced to leave their homes in the face of climate change are often at risk of abuse, trafficking and other dangers. See how UNICEF and partners' new Guiding Principles help safeguard the rights of children on the move.

A grim, under-reported finding from the @WorldBank poverty report: COVID learning losses are forecast to drive higher poverty over the long run (via reduced earnings), and these cumulative effects FAR exceed the much-cited, near-term increase in poverty attributed to the pandemic

The study found that “economic connectedness” is strongly associated with increased rates of high-school completion, reduced rates of teenage pregnancy and increased income for those born poorer econ.st/3zPiVod

Children have the right to be cared for by parents or caregivers and not be separated from them. That’s the fifth of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change. Find out more.

Children must be able to voice their concerns and participate in decisions that affect their lives. That’s the fourth of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change.

Governments must be accountable when they contribute to the displacement of children. That’s the third of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change. Find out more.

The best interests of children should always be our top priority. That’s the second of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change. Find out more.

Children do not lose their rights when they are forced from their homes. That’s the first of UNICEF and partners’ 9 Guiding Principles to help protect and support children on the move in the face of climate change. Find out more and help spread the word!

This the how climate change impacts children: ❗️1 billion are at high risk ❗️10 million were displaced in just one year ❗️Many more may need to join them With our partners, UNICEF developed 9 Guiding Principles to help protect children on the move.

13 states have trigger laws that go into effect now — or will go into effect very quickly — that will ban abortion: Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

See what we built >> changingchildhood.unicef.org

It was a joy to be a part of this team ! Thanks to @cleverfranke (& @Gallup) for their outstanding work and to @europeandesign for the recognition. awards.europeandesign.org/#/Winners/2565…

The Supreme Court just struck down a Maine program that does not allow public funds to go to schools that promote religious instruction. Sotomayor's dissent: "This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to build."

Misogyny is always the canary in the coal mine, and it is always ignored washingtonpost.com/technology/202…