Ted Scott
@climate-ted.bsky.social
PhD Student @UBCGeog: Climate science, summer heat in coastal urban areas, and climate adaptation. Former HS Math & Physics Teacher. Prior PhD Geophysics @UMNEarthScience
I suspect if COPs were switched to a majority voting model instead of consensus we could have seen an actual, substantial, roadmap for phase out.
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I suspect if COPs were switched to a majority voting model instead of consensus we could have seen an actual, substantial, roadmap for phase out.
The prospects for investment in new Canadian LNG and heavy oil export infrastructure are far from promising, both economically and environmentally, write Kathryn Harrison and Simon Donner. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
Canada’s proposed oil and gas expansion is a risky bet – for the planet and our economy
Updated pledges before this year’s COP30 meeting in Brazil fell well short of what’s needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The prospects for investment in new Canadian LNG and heavy oil export infrastructure are far from promising, both economically and environmentally, write Kathryn Harrison and Simon Donner. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Tomorrow should be exciting at #COP30.
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Tomorrow should be exciting at #COP30.
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Cop30: dozens of countries threaten to block resolution unless it contains roadmap to fossil fuel phase-out
Yep, they are ticking all the boxes in this list...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do
As we speak, the Trump administration is abandoning principles of democracy and dismantling the rule of law. The willful destruction of the federal science apparatus is but one harmful and onerous asp...
blog.ucs.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yep, they are ticking all the boxes in this list...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
What Authoritarian Regimes Do blog.ucs.org/jennifer-jon...
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Like many, I also agree that the pace of progress in global climate action is underwhelming and support the idea of majority voting in climate negotiations by the UNFCCC starting with #COP30. For more read this post by @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/22/i...
It's time for majority voting at UN climate summits
The head of Greenpeace argues that the climate crisis demands urgent UN reform to facilitate an accelerated global response
www.climatechangenews.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Like many, I also agree that the pace of progress in global climate action is underwhelming and support the idea of majority voting in climate negotiations by the UNFCCC starting with #COP30. For more read this post by @climatechangenews.com www.climatechangenews.com/2025/09/22/i...
How do we best address a collective action problem like anthropogenic global warming? Multilaterally! I'm heartened by most of what I heard from leaders outside the USA at this year's United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80. I really appreciated the address by Finland's President Alexander Stubb
🇫🇮 Finland - President Addresses United Nations General Debate, 80th Session | #UNGA
YouTube video by United Nations
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October 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
How do we best address a collective action problem like anthropogenic global warming? Multilaterally! I'm heartened by most of what I heard from leaders outside the USA at this year's United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80. I really appreciated the address by Finland's President Alexander Stubb
I appreciate the inclusion of solutions to improve the international climate negotiation process in this post: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/un-c...
The UN climate process remains indispensable
But it must evolve to account for an absent US, and to move from pledge-making to delivery.
www.chathamhouse.org
September 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I appreciate the inclusion of solutions to improve the international climate negotiation process in this post: www.chathamhouse.org/2025/09/un-c...
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We sent a probe hundreds of millions of miles across space, set it on a tiny spinning asteroid, collected samples, flew the probe back, landed the capsule with samples on time and target, analysed the samples and discovered the building blocks of life. Science rules.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples - Nature
Samples from the asteroid (101955) Bennu, returned by the OSIRIS-REx mission, include sodium-bearing phosphates and sodium-rich carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides formed during evaporation ...
www.nature.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:37 PM
We sent a probe hundreds of millions of miles across space, set it on a tiny spinning asteroid, collected samples, flew the probe back, landed the capsule with samples on time and target, analysed the samples and discovered the building blocks of life. Science rules.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Addressing the climate crisis in my community! I've been appointed to the Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee to help advise the council on all things climate 💪 tons to learn but it feels great to be in a position to make a difference, guide policy, and use my expertise for good.
December 6, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Addressing the climate crisis in my community! I've been appointed to the Whatcom County Climate Impact Advisory Committee to help advise the council on all things climate 💪 tons to learn but it feels great to be in a position to make a difference, guide policy, and use my expertise for good.