Dr. Aaron Thierry
@thierryaaron.bsky.social
Graduate student at Cardiff University - researching the role of science and scientists in the climate movement. PhD in Ecology. Activism. Climate communications.
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Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
tcnv.link
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
A win for the Green Party at the Gorton & Denton by-election on 26th February would halt the Reform Party's momentum and send a clear message to Keir Starmer. Want to help? Chip in here:
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...
Gorton and Denton by-election fighting fund - Green Party
We need to be ready if a by-election is called in an area the Green Party can win. Will you help us make another historic breakthrough?
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
A win for the Green Party at the Gorton & Denton by-election on 26th February would halt the Reform Party's momentum and send a clear message to Keir Starmer. Want to help? Chip in here:
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...
donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
In 2025, climate disasters hit 87.8M people worldwide. Drought drove the biggest toll, while rare, intensified storms killed thousands.
Researchers warn climate change is pushing preparedness and adaptation to their limits.
Researchers warn climate change is pushing preparedness and adaptation to their limits.
More than 87m people impacted by climate-related disasters in 2025
In 2025, more than 200 climate-related disasters affected more than 87.8 million people worldwide, according to preliminary figures from the International Disaster Database analyzed by Mongabay. The…
news.mongabay.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 AM
In 2025, climate disasters hit 87.8M people worldwide. Drought drove the biggest toll, while rare, intensified storms killed thousands.
Researchers warn climate change is pushing preparedness and adaptation to their limits.
Researchers warn climate change is pushing preparedness and adaptation to their limits.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
The inequalities of our #NomadCentury are not inevitable. There’s a lot we could do to improve welfare everywhere
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
tcnv.link
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
The inequalities of our #NomadCentury are not inevitable. There’s a lot we could do to improve welfare everywhere
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Lagos is expanding fast and heading to become the world’s biggest city. How it gets there will help define the social and environmental fabric for tens of millions of people this century
Makoko demolitions: Shanties in Lagos Lagoon in Nigeria bulldozed and burnt
Residents suspect the demolitions are aimed at gentrifying the waterfront in Nigeria's biggest city, but officials deny this.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Lagos is expanding fast and heading to become the world’s biggest city. How it gets there will help define the social and environmental fabric for tens of millions of people this century
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
These kinds of costs are going to be socialised, right up to the point where they can’t be any more.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to flooding
Residents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
These kinds of costs are going to be socialised, right up to the point where they can’t be any more.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
How much will it cost the UK to reach an 87% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040?
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
In a new letter, @thecccuk.bsky.social confirms about £4bn a year (£26bn a year of costs minus £22bn a year of savings).
www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/u...
87% by 2040 is a stepping stone to net zero by 2050
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
"The Olympic Games are one of the world’s biggest sponsoring events. As such, it may seem disappointing that there are no specific, measurable sustainability requirements for sponsors."
A reminder of just how polluting this year's Winter Games are. 🧵 1/5
A reminder of just how polluting this year's Winter Games are. 🧵 1/5
Olympic Games In Italy: The Climate Perspective
Climate review of the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympic and Paralympic Games, including reuse of buildings, criticized forest logging and questioned oil company sponsorship.
www.forbes.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
"The Olympic Games are one of the world’s biggest sponsoring events. As such, it may seem disappointing that there are no specific, measurable sustainability requirements for sponsors."
A reminder of just how polluting this year's Winter Games are. 🧵 1/5
A reminder of just how polluting this year's Winter Games are. 🧵 1/5
Do you have a link to some work by them?
February 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Do you have a link to some work by them?
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
This looks like a great resource for climate campaigners. Very happy just to have been interviewed for it! tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a.... produced by @info-activism.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
This looks like a great resource for climate campaigners. Very happy just to have been interviewed for it! tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a.... produced by @info-activism.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Interested in an academic career in political science? Do you want to work in a vibrant department with friendly colleagues? Interested in climate governance or EU studies? Do to live close to nature, but also enjoy a vibrant cultural scene? Appreciate a good work-life balance?
January 30, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Interested in an academic career in political science? Do you want to work in a vibrant department with friendly colleagues? Interested in climate governance or EU studies? Do to live close to nature, but also enjoy a vibrant cultural scene? Appreciate a good work-life balance?
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
February 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
Just remember that as they continue to attack us.
This is who they are. Mask is off.
Can you please share the link to that?
February 3, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Can you please share the link to that?
Cheers Dave 🤗
Glad it spoke to you.
Glad it spoke to you.
February 3, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Cheers Dave 🤗
Glad it spoke to you.
Glad it spoke to you.
9/9
Yet, much of this suffering is preventable.
Early warning systems, care networks, and deliberate policy choices can save lives, but only where a politics of care is actively built and maintained.
Vulnerability is not fate!
Check out the article for more details:
Yet, much of this suffering is preventable.
Early warning systems, care networks, and deliberate policy choices can save lives, but only where a politics of care is actively built and maintained.
Vulnerability is not fate!
Check out the article for more details:
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
theconversation.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
9/9
Yet, much of this suffering is preventable.
Early warning systems, care networks, and deliberate policy choices can save lives, but only where a politics of care is actively built and maintained.
Vulnerability is not fate!
Check out the article for more details:
Yet, much of this suffering is preventable.
Early warning systems, care networks, and deliberate policy choices can save lives, but only where a politics of care is actively built and maintained.
Vulnerability is not fate!
Check out the article for more details:
8/9
My article explores how these patterns repeat across the globe, from overheated apartments to flooded rice fields.
Political and infrastructural neglect creates predictable vulnerability, turning slow violence into deaths of neglect.
My article explores how these patterns repeat across the globe, from overheated apartments to flooded rice fields.
Political and infrastructural neglect creates predictable vulnerability, turning slow violence into deaths of neglect.
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
8/9
My article explores how these patterns repeat across the globe, from overheated apartments to flooded rice fields.
Political and infrastructural neglect creates predictable vulnerability, turning slow violence into deaths of neglect.
My article explores how these patterns repeat across the globe, from overheated apartments to flooded rice fields.
Political and infrastructural neglect creates predictable vulnerability, turning slow violence into deaths of neglect.
7/9
The question isn’t just “what happened?”
It’s: who allowed it? Who could have prevented it? And why did society fail to act, even when the risks were known?
The question isn’t just “what happened?”
It’s: who allowed it? Who could have prevented it? And why did society fail to act, even when the risks were known?
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
7/9
The question isn’t just “what happened?”
It’s: who allowed it? Who could have prevented it? And why did society fail to act, even when the risks were known?
The question isn’t just “what happened?”
It’s: who allowed it? Who could have prevented it? And why did society fail to act, even when the risks were known?
6/9
Donna Haraway offers yet another lens: the Chthulucene.
She highlights how humans, ecosystems, and institutions are entangled, so that harm emerges through their interactions, not just from a single cause. 🌱🤝
Donna Haraway offers yet another lens: the Chthulucene.
She highlights how humans, ecosystems, and institutions are entangled, so that harm emerges through their interactions, not just from a single cause. 🌱🤝
Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene
www.dukeupress.edu
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
6/9
Donna Haraway offers yet another lens: the Chthulucene.
She highlights how humans, ecosystems, and institutions are entangled, so that harm emerges through their interactions, not just from a single cause. 🌱🤝
Donna Haraway offers yet another lens: the Chthulucene.
She highlights how humans, ecosystems, and institutions are entangled, so that harm emerges through their interactions, not just from a single cause. 🌱🤝
5/9
Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence complements this perspective.
He argues that environmental harm accumulates slowly and imperceptibly, with its full tragedy rarely seen, such as deadly heatwaves gradually claiming the lives of people in their homes.
Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence complements this perspective.
He argues that environmental harm accumulates slowly and imperceptibly, with its full tragedy rarely seen, such as deadly heatwaves gradually claiming the lives of people in their homes.
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor — Harvard University Press
“Groundbreaking in its call to reconsider our approach to the slow rhythm of time in the very concrete realms of environmental health and social justice.” —World Literature TodayThe violence wrought b...
www.hup.harvard.edu
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
5/9
Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence complements this perspective.
He argues that environmental harm accumulates slowly and imperceptibly, with its full tragedy rarely seen, such as deadly heatwaves gradually claiming the lives of people in their homes.
Rob Nixon’s idea of slow violence complements this perspective.
He argues that environmental harm accumulates slowly and imperceptibly, with its full tragedy rarely seen, such as deadly heatwaves gradually claiming the lives of people in their homes.
4/9
Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics helps explain this.
It shows how political and social systems routinely allow some lives to be treated as expendable, even when harm is predictable.
Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics helps explain this.
It shows how political and social systems routinely allow some lives to be treated as expendable, even when harm is predictable.
Necropolitics
www.dukeupress.edu
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
4/9
Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics helps explain this.
It shows how political and social systems routinely allow some lives to be treated as expendable, even when harm is predictable.
Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics helps explain this.
It shows how political and social systems routinely allow some lives to be treated as expendable, even when harm is predictable.
Globally, #climate harms follow patterns. The elderly, the sick, marginalized communities, and the poor are consistently at greater risk.
Vulnerability isn’t just exposure, it’s embedded in infrastructure, policy, and social support systems that fail to protect certain groups.
Vulnerability isn’t just exposure, it’s embedded in infrastructure, policy, and social support systems that fail to protect certain groups.
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Globally, #climate harms follow patterns. The elderly, the sick, marginalized communities, and the poor are consistently at greater risk.
Vulnerability isn’t just exposure, it’s embedded in infrastructure, policy, and social support systems that fail to protect certain groups.
Vulnerability isn’t just exposure, it’s embedded in infrastructure, policy, and social support systems that fail to protect certain groups.
2/9
In Texas, three elderly relatives died in their apartment after a broken air conditioner, chronic illness, and social isolation combined, and no one noticed for days.
Extreme heat was the immediate cause, but this tragedy was shaped by much more than temperature.
In Texas, three elderly relatives died in their apartment after a broken air conditioner, chronic illness, and social isolation combined, and no one noticed for days.
Extreme heat was the immediate cause, but this tragedy was shaped by much more than temperature.
Chronic Health Problems Amplify Heat Risk in the Rio Grande Valley - Inside Climate News
The deaths of two elderly siblings and their 60-year-old caretaker at first mystified Brownsville. Extreme heat is a quiet but growing threat for Rio Grande Valley residents with chronic health condit...
insideclimatenews.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
2/9
In Texas, three elderly relatives died in their apartment after a broken air conditioner, chronic illness, and social isolation combined, and no one noticed for days.
Extreme heat was the immediate cause, but this tragedy was shaped by much more than temperature.
In Texas, three elderly relatives died in their apartment after a broken air conditioner, chronic illness, and social isolation combined, and no one noticed for days.
Extreme heat was the immediate cause, but this tragedy was shaped by much more than temperature.
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
tcnv.link
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 AM
I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.
Here's a short thread on some key points 🧵
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
February 3, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The western U.S. faces its lowest snowpack on record despite average or above-average rainfall. Warmer temperatures mean more precipitation falls as rain rather than snow, and will worsen droughts in areas like the Pacific Northwest and the Colorado River Basin.
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...