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Verena Mischitz
@vmischitz.bsky.social
science journalist & filmmaker 🌱
lecturer @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social
spokesperson @netzwerkklimajourn.bsky.social
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Es gibt einen neuen Bericht zur Klimakrise in Österreich: Wo stehen wir? Was verändert sich? Wie schlimm ist es wirklich?

Wir haben eine Serie gemacht. #AAR2
Ein paar hints aus dem Global Risk Report 2026 des World Economic Forums, dass wir vielleicht doch nicht komplett aufhören sollten, über ökologische Krisen zu sprechen.
January 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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Schon angemeldet? Am 20. Jänner moderiert Netzwerk-Mitglied Merle Hubert die Buchpräsentation zu „Schnee von Morgen“ von @lauraanninger.bsky.social. Die Veranstaltung ist eine Kooperation mit den @buechereienwien.bsky.social.

⛷️ Hier geht es zur Anmeldung: www.klimajournalismus.at/buchpraesent...
January 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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of course
The deal has kick-started the president’s controversial plan to sell up to 50mn barrels of Venezuelan oil, with more sales expected in the ‘coming days and weeks’. ft.trib.al/a2pf6om
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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NASA Reports Record Global Heat - But Omits Reference To Climate Change

"The US government is now, like Russia and Saudi Arabia, a petrostate under Trump and Republican rule" says @michaelemann.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
HT @carbonbrief.org
www.barrons.com/news/nasa-ac...
NASA Acknowledges Record Heat But Avoids Referencing Climate Change
Don't say the c-word.
www.barrons.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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A top priority for the U.S. oil lobby in 2026 will be trying to put an end to state laws and lawsuits that could make fossil fuel companies pay billions for their role in the climate crisis.

It was happening behind the scenes, but now it's officially laid out in API's new policy agenda:
Big Oil declares war on climate lawsuits
The American Petroleum Institute will prioritize shielding oil companies from climate liability in 2026.
www.exxonknews.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Journalismus muss dieses Trump-Brainwashing endlich zur Kenntnis nehmen und reagieren. Gilt auch für die kaltblütige Erschießung von Renée Good. Auch darüber reden wir heute in #doublecheck oe1.orf.at/programm/202...
January 15, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
January 15, 2026 at 10:44 AM
kommt, wir machen eh auch coole Sachen
Eisstockschießen, nette Gespräche, Drinks, ein Blick zurück & nach vorn auf das Jahr 2026 im Netzwerk Klimajournalismus – das war unsere Neujahrsfeier am Badeschiff Wien ✨🥰 Du möchtest nächstes Mal dabei sein? Dann werde Mitglied wie mehr als 75 Kolleg:innen: www.klimajournalismus.at/wir-starten-...
January 15, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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"Es betrifft alle Männer. Und keiner von uns kann sich darauf ausruhen, dass er eh einer von den Guten ist."

Ja. Das.
Das Gewalt-Problem ist männlich. Es liegt an uns Männern, es zu lösen
Niemand von uns kann sich darauf ausruhen, einer von den Guten zu sein. Das Bekenntnis zum gewaltfreien Leben muss auch gelebt werden
www.derstandard.at
January 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Burning fossil fuels causes global warming which makes our world more dangerous and deadly for us to live in.

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter. by @mollytaft.com
www.wired.com/story/the-oc...
The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter
For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. It was equivalent to the energy it would take to boil 2 billion Olympic swimming pools.
www.wired.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Ein ausführlicherer Faktencheck zu den medial übertriebenen Kosten der Klimaneutralität ist hier zu finden bsky.app/profile/carb...
UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org

Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
January 13, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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das ist ein sehr kluges und sehr ehrliches Gespräch zwischen @vmischitz.bsky.social @steurer.bsky.social und Daniel Ennöckl über die Verdrängung des "Klima-Verlusts", kindische Verantwortungsblindheit und die Notwendigkeit Tacheles zu reden - egal, ob's wer hören will oder nicht:
„Wir bekommen die Klimapolitik, die wir wählen.“
@steurer.bsky.social über demokratische Verantwortung, Wahlentscheidungen & den Widerspruch zwischen Wunsch und Realität bei Planet Shapers Live Podcast an der BOKU.
▶️ Jetzt reinhören & ansehen: boku.ac.at/oeffentlichk...
January 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
„This day – named by Oxfam as Pollutocrat Day“
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
in other news
On the crime against humanity of sabotaging globally coordinated climate action:

More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.

healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
A billion lives in the balance: How we prepare for unbearable heat will shape the century
More than 1 billion people live in areas where extreme heat and humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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“If the greatest lie the devil ever told was to convince us that he wasn’t real, the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us is to convince us that they don’t want oil.”

This @emdashsanders.bsky.social interview with @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social is a must-read
On Venezuela and ‘the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us’
Author and investigative journalist Antonia Juhasz, an expert in wars fought over oil, weighs in on U.S. oil companies’ efforts to distance themselves from Trump’s raid in Venezuela.
www.exxonknews.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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Hiermit ist die institutionelle Einbindung der USA in die multilaterale Ordnung weitgehend beendet.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Big News: Ab sofort könnt ihr euch für unser Investigative Training bewerben. „Follow the Carbon, the Money and the Data“ findet von 24.-25. April in Wien statt. 20 Plätze, Anreise & Unterkunft werden finanziert vom @journalismfund.bsky.social.

➡️ Bewerbung: www.klimajournalismus.at/investigativ...
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Und jetzt stellt euch vor, das ganze Öl wird auch verbrannt.
‘Everybody loses’ if production supercharged in country with largest known oil reserves, critics say
Trump taking ‘drill, baby, drill’ plan to Venezuela ‘terrible’ for climate, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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"US oil majors don’t necessarily want back into Venezuela’s declining and decrepit oil fields so much as they are eager to protect their interests in neighboring Guyana, home to one of the world’s most productive oil fields"

V good read here -->>>
Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle
The U.S. interest in Venezuela isn’t just about the oil there, but also about the oil next door in Guyana, and the U.S. oil companies that have staked their future on it.
drilled.media
January 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Brilliant thread that names and explains the new world order that Trump seeks to create.
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis sparked by Trump over Greenland. Danes told me that the US can already do whatever it wants on the island.
Their conclusion: Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on a map
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:48 AM
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Es verrät einiges über die Medien, dass punktgenau mit den Regierungsantritten von Trump und Merz die Berichterstattung über die Klimakatastrophe praktisch vollständig eingestellt wurde. Klima findet nicht mehr statt, als gäbe es keine Katastrophen, keine Wissenschaft und keine neuen Erkenntnisse.
January 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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Because the job of journalism is apparently to keep inventing new euphemisms to avoid having to call greed, corruption or lawlessness by their name…
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 PM