WOW! In his General Assembly speech, the UN Secretary General just *blasted* fossil fuel industry enablers -- calling out the PR and advertising industry for the first time! “Our world is addicted to fossil fuels. It’s time for an intervention." Here's an excerpt 🧵

Academics agreeing to exciting new papers & projects…

Do you care about New Interventions in Global #Ocean Hotspots? Take part in a ~15min global survey on how new interventions in #ChangingOceans are proposed, managed and governed Survey link here👉t.ly/Tqya Please share widely 🙏

6 key reasons to prioritise working accross the science-policy-society interface. We need to consider the relevance & applications of research for policy & society in the planning phase, not just after its done. #WIOMSA2022 #OceanDecade -The science we need for the ocean we want

Causal analysis is important, but crucial research questions can be addressed or prepared using descriptive analysis. We have lost ability to do it properly because of our obsession with RCTs & IVs, this paper argues & it provides a much needed methodology bit.ly/3rWvnPg

How are we adapting to the #climatecrisis? 🔥New research on #climate & the GBR finds little change in response to #coralbleaching ...people are struggling to use climate events as a window of opportunity for change From Amber Datta @CoralCoE bit.ly/3D5ENOU

Heath Brown Gaby Ramia @pepin_neff Bryan Jones Larry Sabato Article on this topic by luis miguel and myself. Open access link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A few words about decoupling of CO2 emissions from GDP. Lots of people are sharing this plot as evidence that economic growth is universally compatible with emissions reductions. And let's be clear: emissions reductions here are real AND good news. However ...

BREAKING: at #COP27, the UN Secretary General’s high-level expert group is releasing a new standard to turn empty net-zero commitments into meaningful climate action. Stick with me for details - it’s very good news 🧵

🔥Fantastic thread on what practical steps we can take to change power dynamics and dethrone fossil fuels on the path to a #JustTransition

You couldn't make it up.

United Nations Reactive Monitoring Mission maintains Great Barrier Reef be added to World Heritage 'in danger' list, more action needed despite recent progress abc.net.au/news/2022-11-2… Michael Slezak ABC Australia

⏰Along with limited time, we have finite resources & political capital to solve climate change. Not all 'solutions' are equal. 🔥New paper clarifies where climate solutions fit into system change so we can better identify synergies & traps... free👉rdcu.be/c0OwI

Public opposition to new #wind projects? New #NatureEnergy study shows believers in #conspiracy theories (on any topic, e.g. vaccines) much more likely to oppose wind--in fact it's a stronger predictor than anything else. Study also tests ways to overcome conspiracies (1/2)

Call for researchers' signatures to "Act now to begin reversing biodiversity loss by 2030" 🖊

From the Latin radicalis, meaning ‘of or relating to a root’, radical interventions must address the underlying root drivers of a problem, not proximate causes and symptomatic effects. New NatureClimate analysis of RADICAL climate interventions: go.nature.com/3BCAZ6Q

Our new study today "underscores the stark hypocrisy of ExxonMobil leadership, [whose] scientists were doing high quality [climate] modelling work...while telling the rest of us that climate models were bunk" - NaomiOreskes to BBC News (UK)' Georgina Rannard: bbc.com/news/science-e…

The paper after you resubmit it to different journals

This is worth a read 👌 Also good to know that if you spot cases of climate-washing, you can make a report to the ACCC: accc.gov.au/about-us/conta…. theconversation.com/capitalising-o…, via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand