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 🧵
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Tragic 😢
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 80% of flying fox colony wiped out as January heatwaves kill thousands of bats
Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recovery
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Tragic 😢
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped south-eastern Australia last week, with more than 80% of the camp at Naracoorte wiped out.
#extremeheat
#lovebats 🦇
#endfossilfuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
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 5:46 AM
Preventable deaths in a warming world: how politics shapes who lives and who dies
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
@thierryaaron.bsky.social argues
vulnerability to climate change isn’t fate - it's a political choice.
theconversation.com/preventable-...
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🛢️Renewable power is now cheaper to build and operate
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🛢️Renewable power is now cheaper to build and operate
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
☀️Solar adoption is reaching tipping points
💰Climate-resilient housing helps families save money in the long run
So, the question is: Can climate solutions help with lowering costs?
Find answers in this year's #StoriesToWatch: go.wri.org/26-stw
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Thank you to everyone who donated and attended the reading of Hannah Arendt's essay "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship" last night. Here's the recording: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship Playback
A special reading group in solidarity with Minnesota
substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Thank you to everyone who donated and attended the reading of Hannah Arendt's essay "Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship" last night. Here's the recording: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
The Gorton & Denton by-election is Green vs Reform.
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❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
February 4, 2026 at 1:02 PM
❗️BREAKING -- Palestine Action protesters found not guilty of burglary at Elbit weapons factory in Bristol.
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
The six activists were also not convicted of other charges, having spent 18 months in jail awaiting trial.
realmedia.press/filton-verdi...
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BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 PM
BREAKING: NO CONVICTIONS AS VERDICTS COME IN FOR FILTON24 TRIAL
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
After 8 days of deliberation, the jury have not convicted Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Ellie (Leona) Kamio, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, Zoe Rogers and Jordan Devlin on any charge.
Defend Our Juries comment to follow.
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New research from CAST's Dr Lucas Geese (@lucasgeese.bsky.social) & Dr Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett (@chantal-st.bsky.social) shows that UK MPs give less attention to decarbonisation in more carbon-intensive constituencies, especially Conservatives and marginal seats. 📣
Read the open access paper 👇
Read the open access paper 👇
High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents
www.cambridge.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
New research from CAST's Dr Lucas Geese (@lucasgeese.bsky.social) & Dr Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett (@chantal-st.bsky.social) shows that UK MPs give less attention to decarbonisation in more carbon-intensive constituencies, especially Conservatives and marginal seats. 📣
Read the open access paper 👇
Read the open access paper 👇
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Community energy isn’t just about installing solar panels. It’s about:
✅ Local ownership of energy projects
✅ Shared financial benefits
✅ Community-led decisions on how energy is used and distributed
It’s energy shaped by the people, for the people.
✅ Local ownership of energy projects
✅ Shared financial benefits
✅ Community-led decisions on how energy is used and distributed
It’s energy shaped by the people, for the people.
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Community energy isn’t just about installing solar panels. It’s about:
✅ Local ownership of energy projects
✅ Shared financial benefits
✅ Community-led decisions on how energy is used and distributed
It’s energy shaped by the people, for the people.
✅ Local ownership of energy projects
✅ Shared financial benefits
✅ Community-led decisions on how energy is used and distributed
It’s energy shaped by the people, for the people.
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Fossil fuel trying to say it's “part of the solution” to climate crisis via investments in biofuel, carbon capture, carbon offset “false solutions” that entrench environmental injustice and fossil fuel power.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
False solutions: How do fossil fuel companies reproduce their power through the energy transition
In response to mounting political and social pressure to transform their business models, the fossil fuel industry is attempting to portray itself as …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Fossil fuel trying to say it's “part of the solution” to climate crisis via investments in biofuel, carbon capture, carbon offset “false solutions” that entrench environmental injustice and fossil fuel power.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels academic.oup.com/ia/article/d...
My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels
How can the competing goals and diverse interests involved in a just and multilateral transition away from fossil fuels be reconciled? This article explore
academic.oup.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Towards an orderly and just exit from fossil fuels academic.oup.com/ia/article/d...
My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
My latest article in @iajournal.bsky.social
@suspol.bsky.social @sussexsrp.bsky.social @sussexfss.bsky.social @fossilexit.bsky.social @fossiltreaty.bsky.social
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I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/em...
Email TDs and Senators to stop Darragh O'Brien's fossil fuel power grab
I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same?
action.uplift.ie
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I just emailed the TDs and Senators on the climate committee asking them to stop Darragh O'Briens fossil fuel power grab. Can you do the same? action.uplift.ie/campaigns/em...
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An interesting take on Government communications from a Labour MP. Effectively: we don't want to tell the public important information in an easily digestible format because some people don't trust the Government.
Hmm, I'm sure not telling us stuff is really going to make the rest of us trust you.
Hmm, I'm sure not telling us stuff is really going to make the rest of us trust you.
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
An interesting take on Government communications from a Labour MP. Effectively: we don't want to tell the public important information in an easily digestible format because some people don't trust the Government.
Hmm, I'm sure not telling us stuff is really going to make the rest of us trust you.
Hmm, I'm sure not telling us stuff is really going to make the rest of us trust you.
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Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem.
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thank you.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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⚠️🐦 Nature loss is risk to our security and prosperity, and a new government report has confirmed it.
Published after a Green Alliance FOI request, the report must now prompt action.
As @ruthchambers.bsky.social sets out below, the government and parliament must urgently address its findings.
Published after a Green Alliance FOI request, the report must now prompt action.
As @ruthchambers.bsky.social sets out below, the government and parliament must urgently address its findings.
Nature loss is risk to UK security and prosperity | Ruth Chambers
YouTube video by GreenAllianceUK
youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
⚠️🐦 Nature loss is risk to our security and prosperity, and a new government report has confirmed it.
Published after a Green Alliance FOI request, the report must now prompt action.
As @ruthchambers.bsky.social sets out below, the government and parliament must urgently address its findings.
Published after a Green Alliance FOI request, the report must now prompt action.
As @ruthchambers.bsky.social sets out below, the government and parliament must urgently address its findings.
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What fossil fuel companies paid to Australia’s political parties in 2025 federal election and what they seem have gotten in return.
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/dirty-data...
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/dirty-data...
Dirty data: How coal and gas money fuelled 2025 election campaigns
By Claire Snyder
cheekmedia.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
What fossil fuel companies paid to Australia’s political parties in 2025 federal election and what they seem have gotten in return.
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/dirty-data...
cheekmedia.substack.com/p/dirty-data...
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 7:21 AM
A friend pointed me to a post on social media of a letter by Kerry McCarthy MP (Labour, Bristol East) about a request for a televised emergency briefing on the #ClimateEmergency
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
I was stunned by how casually the idea & its urgency were dismissed. Let’s unpack why this response is so wrong-headed 🧵
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
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 1:28 PM
Preventable suffering is both widespread and socially produced.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
tcnv.link
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
Reposted by Dr. Aaron Thierry
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
Governments have been warned about climate change for 70 years. They’re still suppressing the worst news.
theconversation.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:25 AM
A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried – a pattern we’ve seen many times before
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
theconversation.com/a-uk-climate...
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Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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This is a really detailed and extensive report.
tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)
tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This is a really detailed and extensive report.
tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)
tldr - immigrants' fiscal impact is so positive that it would be absolutely foolish to adopt anti-immigrant policies (which of course this administration is doing bc of racism)
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🇦🇷 Wildfires ravage Argentina's Patagonia
Forest fires burn in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, fuelled by high temperatures and winds. Buenos Aires has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have been ripping through vast tracts of forest since December.
Forest fires burn in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, fuelled by high temperatures and winds. Buenos Aires has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have been ripping through vast tracts of forest since December.
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
🇦🇷 Wildfires ravage Argentina's Patagonia
Forest fires burn in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, fuelled by high temperatures and winds. Buenos Aires has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have been ripping through vast tracts of forest since December.
Forest fires burn in the Patagonian region of Chubut province, fuelled by high temperatures and winds. Buenos Aires has declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have been ripping through vast tracts of forest since December.
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Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social assessed the climate risk to US drinking water utilities, & many of their revenue bonds don't reflect their climate risk. Here's the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43.... Melissa Fleur Afshar wrote about it in Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/new-study-sh...
Map reveals America’s most vulnerable drinking water utilities
New index shows 67 million Americans rely on high‑risk water systems as climate threats outpace utilities’ disclosures.
www.newsweek.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social assessed the climate risk to US drinking water utilities, & many of their revenue bonds don't reflect their climate risk. Here's the paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43.... Melissa Fleur Afshar wrote about it in Newsweek: www.newsweek.com/new-study-sh...
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🚨Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social looked at how climate change poses risks to US drinking water utilities & if their bonds disclose these risks to investors. Utilities serving 67 million people have high risks, but 36% of their bonds don't mention climate: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Climate change risk index and municipal bond disclosures of United States drinking water utilities - Communications Earth & Environment
67 million customers across the US rely on drinking water utilities that face higher climate risk than accounted for, which exposes major gaps in climate adaptation and resilience planning, suggests a...
www.nature.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
🚨Our new paper led by Dr. @zialyle.bsky.social looked at how climate change poses risks to US drinking water utilities & if their bonds disclose these risks to investors. Utilities serving 67 million people have high risks, but 36% of their bonds don't mention climate: www.nature.com/articles/s43...