It's hard to truly grasp the scale and urgency of the climate crisis. Where do we stand, why have we failed so far, and what can we do today? In a recent talk, I explore these questions and more.
Recording: youtube.com/watch?v=W6NtBz1q…
Slides: fabiandablander.com/assets/t…
🚨 New preprint! 🚨
We analysed over one million actions reported in the AWorld app, the UN's official platform for individual action on climate change: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/4d…
Work together with Kristian Nielsen, Jan Bauer, Laura Basconi, & @CameronBrick. Check it out!
"Nothing will change until our anger gets powerful enough. But once you accept the truth of loss, and the truth of who perpetrated and profited from that loss, the anger comes rushing in, as fierce as the Santa Ana winds." archive.is/PNhFA
- @ClimateHuman
Emotions are reactions to situations we encounter in daily life. In our (@fdabl@jonashaslbeck ) new preprint psyarxiv.com/x52ns, we take a first step towards building a generative model for emotion dynamics based on this simple principle 1/4
Sufficiency holds great untapped potential to accelerate the energy transition.
In our new paper, we review key barriers, sketch how different actors can help overcome them, and draw broad lessons from transition studies for systemic change: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
The fossil fuel industry is more vulnerable than its current profit margins suggest. How can we best exploit its vulnerabilities?
Kevin Young, author of Abolishing Fossil Fuels, draws on past successful movements to provide answers.
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All Interrail passes are 25% off until (and including) tomorrow. Passes must be activated by November 2025. For an additional €7 per pass, you can make the pass 100% refundable. All hail the train! interrail.eu/en/interrail-pa…
In case you missed it, the applications are now open for the Amsterdam Complexity School on Climate Change!
Come visit a beautiful city, hear from world-renowned experts, and work with passionate individuals on challenges related to climate change: acscc.nl
Climate action paper published! 🎉
In a large survey, we found that climate researchers engage in much more advocacy and activism than non-climate researchers. The difference in lifestyle changes was considerably smaller. nature.com/articles/s44168-0…@MaiSachis@jonashaslbeck
I'm excited for Ulex's course on transformative organizing!
This approach to organizing situates individual campaigns within a broader analysis of the underlying systems of oppression and exploitation, with the aim of transforming them. Let's go! ulexproject.org/courses_even…
I enjoyed giving a talk on climate change engagement of scientists at CLICCS in Hamburg.
It took six hours to get there by train, but in-person talks and conversations over coffee and cake are so much nicer than Zoom. Thanks for the invitation!
Slides: tinyurl.com/CLICCS-Talk
The Netherlands is off track to meet its 2030 climate targets, jeopardizing not only sustainability but also economic prosperity.
In a new op-ed @nrc, Michiel den Haan and I describe current failures and outline key policy shifts to avoid falling behind: archive.is/FVihA
I am beyond excited to announce that applications are now open for the @AmsterdamCSCC at @UvA_IAS!
Come visit a beautiful city, hear from world-renowned experts, and work with passionate individuals on challenges related to climate change.
More info: acscc.nl/
📢I'm excited to announce that I have submitted my PhD dissertation on Perceptions of Scientists after 1352 days (3 years, 8 months and 14 days), 5 manuscripts and 3 publications, 15 studies, 14 162 participants, and over 230 pages👩🔬✨
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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
Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and a group of Extinction Rebellion activists padlocked their arms to the ground in Brussels today, calling on the EU to end subsidies for oil and gas.
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He means climate scientists, btw. Starmer is trying to pitch climate science against the British economy. How many storms and floods and fires and crop failures will it take before he eats his words? Far, far too many. This @UKLabour govt is a corrupt & antiscientific disgrace.
🚨ICYMI: yesterday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer penned a piece in The Sun titled "I will not sacrifice Great British industry to the drum-banging, finger-wagging Net Zero extremists".