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.
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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 🧵
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Your periodic reminder that the economic models that suggest climate change will knock a couple of percent of future GDP - models that are used widely by governments, investors, and businesses - are almost certainly complete garbage. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525211...
'Flawed advice': Economic models accused of 'chronically underpricing' climate risks
New analysis from Carbon Tracker warns governments and businesses are continuing to ignore systemic climate risks that could crash global economy
www.businessgreen.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Your periodic reminder that the economic models that suggest climate change will knock a couple of percent of future GDP - models that are used widely by governments, investors, and businesses - are almost certainly complete garbage. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525211...
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Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping
This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...
pub.norden.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Just out today: The report “A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping” reviews the current state of science on the risk of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC) shutdown. 🌊
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
Conclusion: it's "a serious risk which requires a dedicated risk management framework".
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
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In a recent study, scientists looked at the venues of 19 past Winter Olympics to see how each might hold up under future climate change.
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
Climate Change Threatens the Winter Olympics’ Future
Innovations have made recent Winter Games possible, but even snowmaking has limits
medium.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In a recent study, scientists looked at the venues of 19 past Winter Olympics to see how each might hold up under future climate change.
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
They found that by midcentury, four former host cities would no longer have a reliable climate for hosting the Games.
medium.com/the-new-clim...
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I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
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This year's Climate Fiction Prize longlist looks great. Read all of last year's list, haven't read any of these yet. Time to get stuck in.
Explore the longlist - The Climate Fiction Prize
Explore the inaugural longlist for the Climate Fiction Prize
climatefictionprize.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This year's Climate Fiction Prize longlist looks great. Read all of last year's list, haven't read any of these yet. Time to get stuck in.
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Some actual bona fide good news. The domestic clean tech market is absolutely booming and is poised to keep growing. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525218...
'An extraordinary signal': UK homes installed renewables every 90 seconds in 2025
Solar panel, heat pump, and battery storage installations grew 34 per cent year-on-year, driven by government funding and new build installations
www.businessgreen.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Some actual bona fide good news. The domestic clean tech market is absolutely booming and is poised to keep growing. www.businessgreen.com/news/4525218...
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This this this. The time to 'give up' is never.
"It’s not whether or not we are F-ed, it’s a question of how F-ed we are...
We can’t avoid climate danger, climate damage because it’s here, but what we can do is try to limit that damage." - @michaelemann.bsky.social
We can’t avoid climate danger, climate damage because it’s here, but what we can do is try to limit that damage." - @michaelemann.bsky.social
The Best Climate Science You've Never Heard Of
In an event co-sponsored with Scientific American, climate scientist Michael Mann and Saleemul Huq, director of the ICCCAD in Bangladesh, brief journalists on some surprisingly hopeful developments.
coveringclimatenow.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This this this. The time to 'give up' is never.
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Tuore raportti AMOC-kiertoliikkeen keikahduspisteen vaikutuksista kehottaa tehostamaan ilmastonmuutoksen hillitsemistä, seurantaa ja varautumista.
Raporttiin on koostettu tieteellinen tieto AMOCin mahdollisen romahduksen vaikutuksista Pohjoismaissa.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/tiedote/6TWT...
Raporttiin on koostettu tieteellinen tieto AMOCin mahdollisen romahduksen vaikutuksista Pohjoismaissa.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/tiedote/6TWT...
Pohjoismainen raportti AMOC-kiertoliikkeen keikahduspisteen
Tuoreeseen raporttiin on koostettu tieteellinen tieto Pohjois-Atlantin kiertoliikkeen (AMOC) mahdollisen romahduksen vaikutuksista Pohjoismaissa. Raportissa annetaan toimenpidesuosituksia alueen
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi
February 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Tuore raportti AMOC-kiertoliikkeen keikahduspisteen vaikutuksista kehottaa tehostamaan ilmastonmuutoksen hillitsemistä, seurantaa ja varautumista.
Raporttiin on koostettu tieteellinen tieto AMOCin mahdollisen romahduksen vaikutuksista Pohjoismaissa.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/tiedote/6TWT...
Raporttiin on koostettu tieteellinen tieto AMOCin mahdollisen romahduksen vaikutuksista Pohjoismaissa.
www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/tiedote/6TWT...
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The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.
February 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The billionaire class wants to decimate the white collar workforce. Because white collar workers are expensive. And because white collar workers—who historically sided with billionaires—are questioning that alliance. Which makes their knowledge and resources a huge threat to billionaire power.
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💡 A new Nordic report highlights the potential impacts of AMOC tipping and calls for stronger mitigation, monitoring and preparedness.
The report reviews the current state of science on the impacts of a potential AMOC collapse 🧪🌊
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
The report reviews the current state of science on the impacts of a potential AMOC collapse 🧪🌊
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
A Nordic Perspective on AMOC Tipping
This report is the outcome of the Nordic Council of Minister’s sponsored workshop arranged in October 21-24, 2025 in Helsinki and Rovaniemi, Finland as part of Finland’s council presidency theme resil...
pub.norden.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
💡 A new Nordic report highlights the potential impacts of AMOC tipping and calls for stronger mitigation, monitoring and preparedness.
The report reviews the current state of science on the impacts of a potential AMOC collapse 🧪🌊
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
The report reviews the current state of science on the impacts of a potential AMOC collapse 🧪🌊
pub.norden.org/temanord2026...
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An alternative paper, with a ‘narrower’ remit (and a more credible set of data points that actually support the conclusions) would be the more recent: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Media coverage of biodiversity falls short compared to climate change and popular culture - npj Biodiversity
We compared global media coverage and internet search interest in COP15—which resulted in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework—with COP27, a climate-focused conference, and the popular A...
www.nature.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM
An alternative paper, with a ‘narrower’ remit (and a more credible set of data points that actually support the conclusions) would be the more recent: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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“The climate scientists we surveyed said current economic models systematically underestimate climate damages because they can’t capture the cascading failures, threshold effects, and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world.”
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
February 5, 2026 at 10:28 AM
“The climate scientists we surveyed said current economic models systematically underestimate climate damages because they can’t capture the cascading failures, threshold effects, and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world.”
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Nearly half of American homeowners want to relocate in 2026 because of extreme weather and other climate concerns
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes'
www.independent.co.uk/us/money/hom...
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes'
www.independent.co.uk/us/money/hom...
Nearly half of homeowners want to relocate because of climate-related concerns
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes,’ Kin Insurance noted
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Nearly half of American homeowners want to relocate in 2026 because of extreme weather and other climate concerns
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes'
www.independent.co.uk/us/money/hom...
‘Climate is driving decisions about where people live and the rising costs of homeownership are changing when and how people buy homes'
www.independent.co.uk/us/money/hom...
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How do we successfully encourage dietary change? with Prof Louise Dye, co-director of the Institute of Sustainable Food at Sheffield.
📆 4pm, 5th February
📍 Oxford Martin School and online
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
Register below. Hope to see you there!
📆 4pm, 5th February
📍 Oxford Martin School and online
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
Register below. Hope to see you there!
How do we successfully encourage dietary change?
Future of Food seminars: Professor Louise Dye
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
February 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
How do we successfully encourage dietary change? with Prof Louise Dye, co-director of the Institute of Sustainable Food at Sheffield.
📆 4pm, 5th February
📍 Oxford Martin School and online
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
Register below. Hope to see you there!
📆 4pm, 5th February
📍 Oxford Martin School and online
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social
Register below. Hope to see you there!
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This is a really cool collection of papers relevant to @ipbes.net from the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals.
These lists super helpful for teaching. My BIOSCI 766 Global Change Ecology students are going to love this!
These lists super helpful for teaching. My BIOSCI 766 Global Change Ecology students are going to love this!
The @britishecologicalsociety.org is going to IPBES.
We have curated a Virtual Issue of published articles that align with IPBES's work and their upcoming assessments: shorturl.at/gBMlo
Read the collection, and let us know if you'll be attending IPBES.
We have curated a Virtual Issue of published articles that align with IPBES's work and their upcoming assessments: shorturl.at/gBMlo
Read the collection, and let us know if you'll be attending IPBES.
January 30, 2026 at 1:09 AM
This is a really cool collection of papers relevant to @ipbes.net from the @britishecologicalsociety.org journals.
These lists super helpful for teaching. My BIOSCI 766 Global Change Ecology students are going to love this!
These lists super helpful for teaching. My BIOSCI 766 Global Change Ecology students are going to love this!
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William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. In this article, PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson explain what to do about it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Climate risk becomes a matter of security
The destabilisation of the #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson and I outline actions to tackle this thre...
www.linkedin.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The destabilisation of the Atlantic Ocean circulation #AMOC is no longer a distant scenario - it’s a national and global security risk. In this article, PIK director Johan Rockström and Iceland’s Climate Minister Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson explain what to do about it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Even in the darkest days of the Nazi regime ordinary people found ways to resist.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Even in the darkest days of the Nazi regime ordinary people found ways to resist.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
Non-compliance is always a choice.
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Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
Video. Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
Video. Storm Leonardo batters southern Spain, flooding Grazalema, forcing evacuations and school closures as red alerts and flash flood fears persist.
www.euronews.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Spain on red alert as Storm Leonardo unleashes torrential rain and floods
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Applications now open for Summer Studentships 2026!
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Applications now open for Summer Studentships 2026!
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Successful applicants will be:
🌿In receipt of £504.38 per week for a studentship period of up to 6 weeks
🌿Invited to write a blog for the BiPS website
🌿Invited to attend and present at the next BiPS Conference
Apply here: bit.ly/4qf2ZDG
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
February 5, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Important new @annualreviews.bsky.social review on #AMOC collapse. 🌊⚠️
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
🔗 www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here are 8 key takeaways from Dijkstra & van Westen (2026) on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and its risks.
👇🧵
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Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Fundamentally flawed economic models mean #climatecrisis could crash global economy, experts warn
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Shocks from extreme weather disasters and tipping points are entirely missed by the current models used by governments and financial institutions
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This article by Stern and Oswald captures just how much economics has been asleep at the wheel...
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
Why are economists letting down the world on climate change?
Action on climate change is arguably the greatest challenge for public policy of our times. But despite economic forces being the major driver of the carbon dioxide problem, this column argues that ec...
cepr.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This article by Stern and Oswald captures just how much economics has been asleep at the wheel...
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
"Economists have been too silent on the greatest problem of our age. If we do not move quickly, we think the discipline will be judged harshly by the humans of the future "
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Nicely done by @thierryaaron.bsky.social - neat explanations of necropolitics, slow violence and the chthulucene
theconversation.com/preventable-...
theconversation.com/preventable-...
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 10:07 AM
Nicely done by @thierryaaron.bsky.social - neat explanations of necropolitics, slow violence and the chthulucene
theconversation.com/preventable-...
theconversation.com/preventable-...
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Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
February 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Why is no one talking about the IPBES Plenary in Manchester?
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...
The British Ecological Society explains
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/a-be...