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Martin Röck
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👨‍💻🌆 Scientist-Architect-Dad ♻️🤝 Regenerative Systems, Resilient Communities 🇦🇹 🇪🇺 Director @riselabs.at, Lead Scientist @gbdi.io 🌍👉 http://www.martinroeck.com #Climate #Policy #Buildings #Materials #LCA
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Martin Röck @martinroeck.com · Jun 3
🎉 Check out #CollaborativeCarbon! Our new initiative aimed at connecting the dots between forthcoming EU Whole Life Carbon requirements, sustainable finance taxonomy, and the need for scaling sustainable, affordable, community-led models of Collaborative Housing! 👇
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RISE Institute for Regenerative Spatial Systems Science @riselabs.at · Jun 3
🚀 Introducing #CollaborativeCarbon
A new initiative exploring the Whole Life Carbon (WLC) impacts of collaborative housing – a housing model that already outperforms market standards socially and economically. But how climate-friendly is it? Help us find out!
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T&E @transportenvironment.org · 4d
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d
It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵
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Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 3d
Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e
Scientists Responsibility Summit Berlin 11. October 2025 9:00-18:00 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 2d
Hear me out: What if it's both the hoarding and the havoc?
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 3d
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d
"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
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Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science
From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d
News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 7d
Feeling like the discourse around around #climate change is broken?

Tune in to this exciting new #podcast documentary, in which @laurielaybourn.bsky.social sets out a new story to make sense of our current moment.

A narrative that can help us nativigate the storm ahead ⛈️
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Overshoot Podcast @overshootpod.bsky.social · 7d
Overshoot Episode 1: Uncharted Territory

If the world didn’t win, has it lost?

We meet the underdog diplomats who helped the world set the 1.5°C goal, and the champion sailors who can help us set a course for navigating what comes next

Listen to episode one now: open.spotify.com/episode/1bJl...
PART 1: Uncharted Territory
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Özden Terli @terliwetter.bsky.social · 8d
Solltet Ihr wissen!

#Milliardenlobby

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Neue Studie: Wer steckt hinter den Kampagnen gegen die Zivilgesellschaft?
Eine Koalition aus Politiker*innen, Medien und Konzernlobbyisten setzt die Zivilgesellschaft unter Druck. Unsere neue Studie zeigt, wer dahinter steckt.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 9d
This week, the Global Sumud Flotilla tried to deliver life-saving aid to Gaza.

Instead, 461 people—including New Yorkers—have been detained by the Israeli military.

They must be freed at once. And the deliberate starvation of Palestinians must end now.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 9d
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The male tendency to view debates as adversarial contests that must be won at all costs is what may help to create a more alarming antiscience dynamic in the manosphere,” writes Adam Frank, a professor of astrophysics.
Opinion | How the Manosphere Hijacks Young Men’s Interest in Science
If these podcasts really wanted to nurture enthusiasm for science, they should celebrate the hard work that goes into finding the right answer.
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Katja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 10d
" Die Chefin der Messenger-App Signal droht damit, sich vom europäischen Markt zurückzuziehen. Grund ist der Plan der EU, Hintertüren in Apps einzubauen, die eine automatische Suche nach kriminellen Inhalten ermöglichen. "

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 11d
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf
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Luis Paulitsch @luis-paulitsch.bsky.social · 12d
"Seit dem Mord an Charlie Kirk und der Reaktion der Regierung flüstern die Leute plötzlich nur noch. An solchen Dingen zeigt sich, dass etwas nicht mehr stimmt."

Bedrückendes Interview mit George Packer von @theatlantic.com zum neuen Autoritarismus in den USA.

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Niedergang der USA: „Es sieht bloß noch aus wie eine Demokratie“
Der US-Autor George Packer sagt im SZ-Interview über die heutigen USA: „Wir leben in einem autoritären Staat.“ Trump sei eine „prämoralische Kreatur“, die Demokraten lägen im Koma.
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 12d
„Die reichen Länder würden davon profitieren, wenn sie sich zusammentäten und anderen Ländern den #Kohleausstieg finanzieren würden.“

Ausführliches Interview von PIK-Direktor Ottmar #Edenhofer im „Handelsblatt“ zur internationalen #Klimapolitik.

www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut... (€)
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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 13d
Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
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Lissa Harris🐀 @lissaharris.bsky.social · 13d
they are destroying US climate science on purpose, and it hurts my heart. but take it from an MIT-trained nerdass:

all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff

stop burning stuff for heat

stop burning stuff for make car go

stop burning stuff for power

we have the tools
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Michael Burchert @michaelburchert.bsky.social · 18d
"Feels like Heimat" Erbseners harvested their own building materials and DIY'd a load-bearing jumbo #strawbale community house, together. That's the regeneration spirit: Take people with you, local, rural - urban empowerment. #strawhouse #strawbuilding #bauwende
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Erbsen: Dorfgemeinschaftshaus aus Stroh fertiggestellt
Das Baumaterial kommt von den Feldern rings um Erbsen. Die Idee hatte Anna Dienberg aus dem Architekturstudium mitgebracht.
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@Arbeiterkammer @arbeiterkammer.at · 17d
Österreich ist laut #GlobalWealthReport der #Allianz auf Platz 17 der reichsten Länder der Welt. 2024 stieg das #Geldvermögen der öst. Haushalte um 5,4%. Dem #Sozialstaat bringt das nichts, da #Vermögenssteuern kein Thema sind. Warum nicht, fragt ihr euch? Dann schaut mal unser Video👇 #AKinformiert
Vermögenssteuer: Höhere Steuern auf Reichtum in Österreich?
YouTube video by Arbeiterkammer Österreich
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Benedikt Narodoslawsky @dernaro.bsky.social · Jun 2
"Österreich hat sein CO2-Budget für das 1,5-Grad-Ziel bereits 2022 verbraucht."

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1,5-Grad-Schwelle wird wohl schon 2028 übertroffen – und die Erwärmung beschleunigt sich
Einer bahnbrechenden neuen Studie zufolge wurde das CO₂-Budget für das 1,5-Grad-Ziel bereits aufgebraucht. In weiten Teilen Österreichs ist es bereits jetzt teilweise um drei Grad wärmer
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Martin Röck @martinroeck.com · 19d
We are planning joint activities for advancing #LCA, low carbon and climate resilient construction with partners on the continent. We will develop accessible, easy to use LCA tools to support uptake of low carbon, climate resilient buildings.

Curious to learn more or eager to join, get in touch!
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Martin Röck @martinroeck.com · 19d
Highlights:
- #LC3 offers cost-efficient and accessible low carbon cement alternative
- Inspiring examples of scaling low carbon practices with participatory urban development by Daniel Wyss
- Great interest to partner w/ #GBDI for advancing low carbon, climate resilient construction across Africa.
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Martin Röck @martinroeck.com · 19d
Last week I got to join an insightful exchange with African partners in context of #LC3 Low Carbon Cement at #EPFL.

Great resonance with our work at @gbdi.io on leveraging life cycle data to reduce resource use, embodied whole life cycle emissions. Looking forward to deepening our collaborations!
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Malte Kreutzfeldt @mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 20d
Zusammen mit dem Monitoring-Bericht zur Energiewende hat Katherina Reiche in der letzten Woche einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan vorgestellt. Dieser weist sprachlich wie inhaltlich große Ähnlichkeiten zu einem Papier von RWE und Eon aus dem Frühjahr auf. Ein längerer Thread mit Links und Beispielen. (1/19)
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Misha Collins @mishacollins.bsky.social · 22d
Please cancel your Disney+ subscription. I did. Let’s show the Mouse that their customers are more formidable than Trump.
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Robert Ferry @robertferry.bsky.social · 21d
Vertical rows are the agrivoltaic winner!

“The vertical panels produce slightly less electricity—but with higher value, as generation peaks coincide with morning and late afternoon demand…The crops don't seem to mind the presence of solar panels and they like the wind protection they provide.”
Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a full-scale...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 28
“.. democracy often erodes slowly at first .. But with each concession, autocrats become bolder.. and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden ..”

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