#climateliteracy — Public Fediverse posts

@ChrisMayLA6 Voting against #climateliteracy - can only assume a campaign stuffed with misinformation. Burn, baby, burn... #NoNewOilandGas

@ChrisMayLA6 Voting against #climateliteracy - can only assume a campaign stuffed with misinformation. Burn, baby, burn... #NoNewOilandGas

@jgkoomey.bsky.social Invaluable thread, thank you so much. Have to ask yourself who benefits from demonisation of the 'carbon footprint' concept and metric
#climateliteracy

@jgkoomey.bsky.social Invaluable thread, thank you so much. Have to ask yourself who benefits from demonisation of the 'carbon footprint' concept and metric
#climateliteracy

@BBCRadio4 Good to hear this morning's actual discussion of greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels and El Nino as part of heatwave reporting - along with future prognoses and continuing value in mitigation. Let's normalise this! #climateliteracy

@BBCRadio4 Good to hear this morning's actual discussion of greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels and El Nino as part of heatwave reporting - along with future prognoses and continuing value in mitigation. Let's normalise this! #climateliteracy

@sellathechemist Jeez! #carbonliteracy #climateliteracy #bringsciencetoscience

@sellathechemist Jeez! #carbonliteracy #climateliteracy #bringsciencetoscience

A new UK national security assessment quietly frames ecological collapse as a long‑term planning risk. This isn’t a call to panic—or prophecy. But it does shift context. Safeguarding is about foreseeability, not certainty. #ClimateRisk #Safeguarding #EducationPolicy #Preparedness #ClimateLiteracy

When ecological risk becomes a...

A new UK national security assessment quietly frames ecological collapse as a long‑term planning risk. This isn’t a call to panic—or prophecy. But it does shift context. Safeguarding is about foreseeability, not certainty. #ClimateRisk #Safeguarding #EducationPolicy #Preparedness #ClimateLiteracy

When ecological risk becomes a...

Thanks for a great episode today! #ClimateQuestion #climateliteracy #SciComm
@akshatrathi
@bbcworldservice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct702z

Thanks for a great episode today! #ClimateQuestion #climateliteracy #SciComm
@akshatrathi
@bbcworldservice
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct702z

"...Daily Mail published an article around the time of the 2019 youth climate strike headlined: “Net zero hero! How being carbon neutral will help the planet”. Fast forward to 2024, and in September the Mail published the headline “Bonkers’ net-zero target could cost 1 MILLION jobs, union chief warns”, which included four mentions of net zero but no mention of climate change..."
#NetZero v problematic, but deliberate obfuscation? #mediatellthetruth #climateliteracy
https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-73-000-articles-and-found-the-uk-media-is-divorcing-climate-change-from-net-zero-272527

"...Daily Mail published an article around the time of the 2019 youth climate strike headlined: “Net zero hero! How being carbon neutral will help the planet”. Fast forward to 2024, and in September the Mail published the headline “Bonkers’ net-zero target could cost 1 MILLION jobs, union chief warns”, which included four mentions of net zero but no mention of climate change..."
#NetZero v problematic, but deliberate obfuscation? #mediatellthetruth #climateliteracy
https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-73-000-articles-and-found-the-uk-media-is-divorcing-climate-change-from-net-zero-272527

A group activity in my #ClimateLiteracy courses - ranking a handful of nation-states by total territorial, then per capita territorial, then per capita consumption-based emissions. Australia so often surprised participants (should maybe also include Canada?!? And rounding off with historical/cumulative is important, as a segue into future scenarios...)

A group activity in my #ClimateLiteracy courses - ranking a handful of nation-states by total territorial, then per capita territorial, then per capita consumption-based emissions. Australia so often surprised participants (should maybe also include Canada?!? And rounding off with historical/cumulative is important, as a segue into future scenarios...)

Carbon-neutral roadbuilding?!?!? There's #greenwash all over the #LowerThamesCrossing
#climateliteracy
@TheWarOnCars
@WalterMenteth
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-thames-crossing/nature/cutting-carbon/

Carbon-neutral roadbuilding?!?!? There's #greenwash all over the #LowerThamesCrossing
#climateliteracy
@TheWarOnCars
@WalterMenteth
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-thames-crossing/nature/cutting-carbon/

#FarmersWeekly in need of #climateliteracy - #UKFoodsecurity gonna crumble with #climatebreakdown
#GHGEmissions
"The government has quietly shelved proposals to announce a UK-specific pledge at the COP30 climate summit to cut methane emissions from livestock by 30% by 2030..."
https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/environment/lucky-escape-as-government-shelves-cop30-methane-pledge

#FarmersWeekly in need of #climateliteracy - #UKFoodsecurity gonna crumble with #climatebreakdown
#GHGEmissions
"The government has quietly shelved proposals to announce a UK-specific pledge at the COP30 climate summit to cut methane emissions from livestock by 30% by 2030..."
https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/environment/lucky-escape-as-government-shelves-cop30-methane-pledge

"Fossil fuel interests in the classroom
Branch said there have been "systematic attempts to provide teachers with misinformation about climate change in the hopes they will relate it to their students," with material coming from "very strongly ideologically motivated" climate change denial think tanks, such as the Heartland Institute, as well as from the fossil fuel industry itself."
Hunger for #climateliteracy easily fed with misinformation from #fossilfuelindustries
https://p.dw.com/p/52eO8

"Fossil fuel interests in the classroom
Branch said there have been "systematic attempts to provide teachers with misinformation about climate change in the hopes they will relate it to their students," with material coming from "very strongly ideologically motivated" climate change denial think tanks, such as the Heartland Institute, as well as from the fossil fuel industry itself."
Hunger for #climateliteracy easily fed with misinformation from #fossilfuelindustries
https://p.dw.com/p/52eO8

@peterdutoit Thanks for this!
And here's a handbook (partly prompted by the Ladybird book from our unelected head of state, which omitted explanation of carbon, energy and stuff or fossil fuel industries) https://bit.ly/CLNZine
#ClimateLiteracy

@peterdutoit Thanks for this!
And here's a handbook (partly prompted by the Ladybird book from our unelected head of state, which omitted explanation of carbon, energy and stuff or fossil fuel industries) https://bit.ly/CLNZine
#ClimateLiteracy

"...the Subtropical Front – the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water that is biologically and economically significant – has moved 120km west, the report said, noting it was the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around New Zealand had been observed..."
#oceansystems #climatebreakdown
Shall we do something about #GHGEmissions, or not bother? #Climateliteracy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/new-zealand-oceans-warming-34-per-cent-faster-than-global-average?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"...the Subtropical Front – the boundary between cold subantarctic water and warmer subtropical water that is biologically and economically significant – has moved 120km west, the report said, noting it was the first time a shift in large-scale ocean circulation around New Zealand had been observed..."
#oceansystems #climatebreakdown
Shall we do something about #GHGEmissions, or not bother? #Climateliteracy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/08/new-zealand-oceans-warming-34-per-cent-faster-than-global-average?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

"The platform has said it will counter the Trump administration's war on climate science through a collaboration between experts, educators, organizations, universities and civic leaders" #climateliteracy #Scienceunderthreat
https://www.dw.com/en/fired-climate-scientists-crucial-extreme-weather-data-cut-us-president-donald-trump-v3/a-73977766

"The platform has said it will counter the Trump administration's war on climate science through a collaboration between experts, educators, organizations, universities and civic leaders" #climateliteracy #Scienceunderthreat
https://www.dw.com/en/fired-climate-scientists-crucial-extreme-weather-data-cut-us-president-donald-trump-v3/a-73977766

An aspect of #ClimateLiteracy that isn't normally considered, and maybe should be.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/spanish-schools-to-give-lessons-in-coping-with-natural-disassters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

An aspect of #ClimateLiteracy that isn't normally considered, and maybe should be.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/11/spanish-schools-to-give-lessons-in-coping-with-natural-disassters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@CelloMomOnCars Great idea - #mediatellthetruth #climateliteracy #journalism #bringsciencetopolitics

@CelloMomOnCars Great idea - #mediatellthetruth #climateliteracy #journalism #bringsciencetopolitics

I can't emphasise this enough. #ClimateLiteracy is fast becoming a 21st Century "mission critical" skill!

Urgent need for climate litera...

Here is another *excellent* thread from @weatherwest.bsky.social Also follow him for more of the same insights! #ClimateLiteracy

Page by Daniel Swain | @weathe...

Lack of #ClimateLiteracy is going to get *lots* of people killed. We live in a ~1.5°C world now and we are *firmly* on our way to 2°C

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uy73np7f3ln6srlnp27bwdyt/post/3lt657tuc7c24

*Everyone* needs to improve their #ClimateLiteracy and a dashboard like this with monthly data is *really* helpful. Check this out and if you have any feedback let John know.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bpe2cboy6nffv4jd7v7uzyzi/post/3lrxe25jyjs2w

When we talk about #Adaptation, which we urgently need to, given our heating trajectory, it is 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 to understand these concepts👇🏻 #ClimateLiteracy

Fire isn’t always the villain. Some trees, like the giant sequoia, need fire to thrive. But climate change is throwing the cycle out of balance.

Let’s talk about the role of fire in forest health. 🔥🌲

#ForestFactFriday #EcologyFacts #ClimateLiteracy #ForestFireEducation #ConservationMatters

Reminder: Soft followed by hard limits to adaption will reached as we continue to heat. In the meantime, there are a host of barriers to #adaptation that CAN be overcome to delay hitting these limits. Here are some of the barriers: #ClimateCrisis #ClimateLiteracy #Leadership

Can we still meet in person sometimes? Why yes we can IF we can get from A to B without burning fossil fuels! Here is one example #ClimateLiteracy

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5s6qgbabl7apoxjvuqnaa7xl/post/3lnpd3mj4hy2k

Thanks, @SkepticalScience
- "misinformation has causal impacts on important beliefs and behaviors" https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2025-57011-001.html #ClimateLiteracy

Could scream at the lack of #ClimateLiteracy "And there's not great news on the horizon because in the future, we can expect more disruption from weather related to climate change, says Dr Ella Gilbert, a climate expert from the British Antarctic Survey." #ClimateBreakdown isn't going to be about the costs of unexpected flight delays... #StayGrounded #MediaTellTheTruth
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy4l3d11xro

And please may new housing be informed by #ClimateLiteracy! Thermal regulation, solar power, designed around active travel and public transport links, away from flood plains - we'd all be better off #HousingPolicy
https://news.sky.com/story/raise-funding-for-social-homes-or-fail-to-meet-building-targets-housing-sector-warns-government-13241108

The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth

Conclusion: "Despite six IPCC reports, 28 COP meetings, hundreds of other reports, and tens of thousands of scientific papers, the world has made only very minor headway on climate change, in part because of stiff resistance from those benefiting financially from the current fossil-fuel based system. We are currently going in the wrong direction, and our increasing fossil fuel consumption and rising greenhouse gas emissions are driving us toward a climate catastrophe. We fear the danger of climate breakdown. The evidence we observe is both alarming and undeniable, but it is this very shock that drives us to action. We recognize the profound urgency of addressing this global challenge, especially the horrific outlook for the world's poor. We feel the courage and determination to seek transformative science-based solutions across all aspects of society.. Our goal is to provide clear, evidence-based insights that inspire informed and bold responses from citizens to researchers and world leaders. Rapidly phasing down fossil fuel use should be a top priority...In a world with finite resources, unlimited growth is a perilous illusion."
>>
Ripple, J, W., & et al. The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth. BioScience, 08 October 2024. DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biae087
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae087/7808595?login=false
#ClimateBreakdown #ClimateExtremes #ClimateAction #ClimateLiteracy #climate #FossilFuels #GHG #methane #ClimateCatastrophe #EcologicalOvershoot #growth #forests #GBR #SocialJustice #risks #SocietalCollapse #rewilding #restore #LivableWorld

Timely case-study from
@gwagner
#ClimateLiteracy
"...dense urban neighbourhoods allow for much lower-carbon living than suburban subdivisions. That’s a win for flood protection, and a win for cutting carbon emissions. Vienna frequently ranks among the world’s most livable cities for good reason. Protection against climatic extremes does not yet figure into these rankings. It should, and Vienna would once again come out on top" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/02/floods-havoc-vienna-austria-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Puzzled by article allowing readers to see coal as the only fossil fuel - and ignoring massive emissions from #Drax power station that switched to burning trees instead #mediamustdobetter #ClimateLiteracy https://news.sky.com/story/swift-coal-transition-from-country-that-started-industrial-revolution-will-be-watched-closely-13225563

Climate refugees within the USA - article doesn't even mention #ClimateAction or #behaviourchange - where's the #ClimateLiteracy FFS #journalism https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/22/climate-crisis-americans-move-midwest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@BenjaminBuse
GHG Protocol '#Scope3, use of sold products' :
"The courts will look at the downstream emissions, in other words, the burning of coal, oil and gas, rather than just the construction of the project itself in terms of its climate emissions" #ClimateLiteracy

Great to #decarbonise supply, but demand reduction must run alongside #insulateBritain #behaviourchange #ClimateLiteracy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/21/the-guardian-view-on-gb-energy-a-good-idea-turns-up-just-in-time?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

@Andy_European
"A spokesperson for the singer denied that Swift was on every flight, saying her plane is loaned out to others." That's alright then #ClimateLiteracy+Numeracy