Truly humbled to be named "Humanist of the Year" by The @AmericnHumanist Association. So many heroes and role models among the list of past recipients, including Carl Sagan and Margaret Atwood! 😊 americanhumanist.org/featured/ameri…

Twenty five years ago, on this #EarthDay, Apr 22 1998, the #HockeyStick reconstruction of temperatures was born (nature.com/articles/33859). Here's an interview I did on CBS Evening News with @JohnRobertsFox (anchor Dan Rather): youtu.be/8aVUDfWH6R4 🧵

📢 NEW: “Financing Loss and Damage at Scale: Toward a Mosaic Approach” By IPI’s Dr. Michael Franczak ipinst.org/2023/05/financ…

#HappeningNow: Actions to Address Loss and Damage Workshop Participants put aside their institutional backgrounds and climate politics to examine which actions, mechanisms, and institutions are required to address #LossAndDamage, especially the losses and damages of the future.

#Climate change is resulting in severe loss & damage, and it will only get worse. We need global financing at scale to respond. How? New Intl Peace Institute report proposes a "mosaic" approach to financing L&D: ipinst.org/2023/05/financ… #COP28UAE

On May 10, the IPI climate team and participants considered the real implications of climate scenarios that countries might face in the future, and how we might reimagine global systems to best deal with them.

ICYMI: Following the historic decision to establish a loss and damage fund for countries most impacted by climate change at #COP27, former PWH postdoc Michael Franczak published a new Intl Peace Institute report discussing how the fund should be structured. Read here: ipinst.org/2023/05/financ…

In today's Organisational Session, Maldives PR Thilmeeza Hussain 🎈❓ & New Zealand PR Carolyn Schwalger 🇳🇿 were elected Co-Chairs for the Preparatory Committee of #SIDS4. We look forward to working together for an ambitious outcome.

1/5. Yesterday during the first session of the Second #GlasgowDialogue on #LossAndDamage, Hajja Naseem —Transitional Committee member for the #Maldives 🇲🇻— shared a proposal responding to the question of how can we get #LosAndDamage funding from the billions to trillions?

Thanks to the support of parties, we have agreed conclusions on an indicative draft structure for the #Globalstocktake CMA5decision But we have much work ahead of us. Onus is on us to work together to make the 1st GST a success at COP28 UAE 🇬🇧🤝🇸🇬pleased to make a contribution

Read the latest report by IPI’s Dr. Michael Franczak on “Options for a #LossAndDamage Financial Mechanism" ahead of the policy forum: ipinst.org/2022/10/option…

Released the same day on July 21, one of these movies will ignite a geopolitical firestorm, and the other will recount the origins of the U.S. nuclear weapons program. #barbiennheimer #Barbie #Oppenheimer

Congratulations to D.Zinta Zommers of Latvia 🇱🇻 on election to HR ! Best wishes on addressing the pressing challenges of #climate change adaptation mitigation! 🙏 thanks to all members for 💪 support! Pirmo reizi latviešu zinātniece ievēlēta Starptautiskajā klimata panelī!

My first peer-reviewed piece is out (open access!) today. All thanks to co-authors Andrea Restrepo-Mieth, @j_garnick, Michael Weisberg for seeing this one through its MANY year journey + to Perry World House & our Climate Action Research Group for support along the way doi.org/10.1017/sus.20…

"The Crisis of Climate-Driven Extinction" -- A Penn #ClimateWeek event, courtesy of @PerryWorldHouse w/ PennCSSM/Penn Arts & Sciences & Penn Biology | Tuesday Sep 19, hybrid event! register here: eventbrite.com/e/the-world-to…)

As part of our Global Order Colloquium, we're sitting down with Rachel Bronson of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and @JoanRohlfing of NTI to discuss how the world might work to deescalate risks of nuclear attacks, and ultimately avoid nuclear catastrophe. Register: eventbrite.com/e/ninety-secon…

This The New York Times piece by Shauna Aminath 🎈❓ details the financial difficulties developing countries face when moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy, and the Maldives' approach to this switch, work that is supported by PWH's Michael Weisberg and @raad_zeid. nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opi…

PWH Interim Director Michael Weisberg and former PWH postdoc Michael Franczak have a new paper, which looks at a possible an approach to loss and damage funding through a simulation from the fictional Delta Republic. Read here: ipinst.org/2023/10/addres…

We sat down with PWH Interim Director Michael Weisberg ahead of #COP28 to discuss the purpose of the conference, and the outcomes he hopes to see around #LossandDamage. Watch here ⬇️ (#PennCOP28)

PWH Interim Director Michael Weisberg, who has been advising the Republic of Palau for climate negotiations and serving as an advisor to HE Minister Hajja Naseem, shares his thoughts on today's historic decision on the loss and damage fund and funding arrangements. 👇 #COP28 #PennCOP28