Dr. Aaron Thierry
@ThierryAaron
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Graduate student at @CUSocSci - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
Joined October 2020
My first comment piece in @guardian is on a topic very close to my heart; the threat that the #ClimateCrisis poses to my local community in South Wales. Here's a thread with a few extra thoughts from me 🧵
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Elon's twitter is no fun. I'm done with all the misinformation, trolling and hatred. There are better places to connect and interact online. Time for me to leave for pastures Blue. I use the same handle. See you there !
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Elon's twitter is no fun. I'm done with all the misinformation, trolling and hatred. There are better places to connect and interact online. Time for me to leave for pastures Blue. I use the same handle. See you there !
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This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it. I’m now posting at https://t.co/Ks8LIz0Qmt. Since Elon Musk bought this
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A day when you step back and wonder how the world ended up in a situation where its most powerful economy responds to ever worsening climate impacts by rejecting science, quitting international efforts to decarbonise, and drilling for more fossil fuels.
businessgreen.com
President-elect promises to sign wave of executive orders 'within hours' of today's inauguration, with the Paris Agreement and restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the firing line
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🧵 Our report on criminalisation & repression of Climate & Environmental protest really struck a chord around the world @crossdale @RoxyCavalcanti @UoBrisSPS @bristol_crim @SPAISBristol
We have a report out today on Criminalisation & Repression of Climate & Environmental Protest 1/10
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You either believe in free speech, and freedom of assembly, or you don’t. This is massive state overreach under the Starmer government. Again. Solidarity @jeremycorbyn & @johnmcdonnellMP
Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell to be interviewed under caution by police after London pro-Palestinian rally, the BBC understands
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Recommended listen: Neuroscientist, science communicator and UCL Climate Action Unit director Kris de Meyer spoke to Your Brain on Climate (@BrainClimate) about how to tell “stories of action”. https://t.co/SHi4RJ7fyT
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📣 Want to help Dr Patrick Hart, working GP who was jailed for 12 months for sounding the alarm on the health threats of the climate emergency? Check out these quick actions to support him 👇👇👇👇👇 🌍
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20mph speed limits in London has cut fatal & serious collisions by 25%. 🚲👨🦽➡️🚶❤️ And now car insurance companies are saying that it’s helping reduce the cost premiums because of fewer claims. 💷💷💷
The boss of a car insurance comparison website says UK insurance premiums are down partly thanks to 20 mph speed limits leading to fewer claims. https://t.co/488jqSJyqm
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Having just researched and written a book about the history of the growth-environment debate, I can confirm that Alex has completely mischaracterized both mainstream climate change mitigation efforts AND the Degrowth movement here👇 It's a classic rhetorical strategy aiming to
The "climate change" movement is a smokescreen for the degrowth movement. "They used to say, we're against population growth and we're against technology—but that didn't go over well. So then they said, we're just against climate change." With @jordanbpeterson
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To those claiming "This is normal for SoCal! It's always like this! There are always offshore winds in January! Vegetation dryness is irrelevant!", please reconsider your misinformation. This is intel intended directly for wildland fire personnel. #CAfire #CAwx #LAfires
The language in this advisory is quite strong and tells the tale: "fuels in Southern California [have] reach[ed] unprecedented levels of dryness...and would be notable in summer months...dead fuels across much of Southern California are at or near all-time record dry levels."
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“The biggest lesson that we need to learn is that we are just plain not prepared for the climate that we have created. Our world is not built for the climate that we live in, and the biggest change is going to require acknowledging that fact.”
cnn.com
Despite the finger-pointing about who is to blame for the spread of the LA fires, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell believes no level of preparation could have fundamentally changed the trajectory...
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"In what was the first known case of an employee being fired for refusing to take a plane to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a climate researcher has been now awarded a payout." 🙏@JulietteRowsell for telling my story on @timeshighered. 👉 https://t.co/pu7b7hDGnF
timeshighereducation.com
Climate academic who refuses to travel by plane promises to donate €75,000 from settlement to climate activism
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Federal reserve withdraws from global climate coalition. File under "obeying in advance" https://t.co/shD5idXMQe
bloomberg.com
The Federal Reserve has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, a global coalition of central banks engaged in the study of climate risk that...
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11/ @PlanetCritical_ Podcast - "Planetary Solvency which warns that widely used but deeply flawed assessments of the economic impact of climate change render policymakers blind to the immense risk created by current trajectories." https://t.co/Tzncedtb96
planetcritical.com
Ecological Collapse and Economic Crash
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7/ “Widely used but deeply flawed assessments of the economic impact of climate change show a negligible impact on GDP, rendering policymakers blind to the immense risk current policy trajectories place us in.” - Sandy Trust, Lead author and IFoA Council Member
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Join us for a collaborative roundtable discussion on ‘Key Insights on Education for Planetary Futures.’ Mon 20th Jan, 5-6pm (UTC) https://t.co/R985zz4j3Q
learning-planet.org
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Important thread by climate scientist Bill Hare about incredibly high sea temps right now off the WA coast & concerns this large scale fish kill could be the result of a Marine Heatwave ⬇️ #ClimateEmergency
Large scale fish kill off North Western Australia’s Pilbara coast near Karratha, reports of deaths of dolphins in Roebuck Bay, and persistent coral bleaching in the region raise concerns that this could effects of a large scale Marine Heatwave. https://t.co/7XJXBBidi4
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I was interviewed by @voxdotcom about celebs and the LA wildfires If celebs and leaders visibly reduce their carbon footprints in response, it sends a powerful signal about the driver of climate disasters (fossil fuels) and the need for urgent change https://t.co/PzhOqIAlG5
vox.com
Parasocial relationships might be a good thing for climate change.
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NEW – Met Office: Atmospheric CO2 rise now exceeding IPCC 1.5C pathways | @richardabetts @metoffice Read here ➡️ https://t.co/352kht9C1z
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