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🚨 Helping climate science break through to many more people - and unlock action. Brainchild of climate comms lab @utopiabureau.bsky.social and campaigner @nickoldridge.bsky.social https://www.climatesciencebreakthrough.com

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jun 2

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱

Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

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Simon Oldridge @sioldridge.bsky.social · Aug 5

As the US spirals out of control, let's be clear who the architects of this chaos are. A fossil fuel industry hell-bent on preserving its destructive business.

Yet in the UK, their lobbyists roam the palace of Westminster with privileged access to ministers. At what point will we say enough?

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Aug 1

Trump and Stalin would have got on nicely www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump fires person behind jobs numbers after they're revised down

The labor market slowed sharply over the past three months amid ongoing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 30

Climate stooges

Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Jul 29

I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science

Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 23

Eye-opening (yet unsurprising...) from @dpcarrington.bsky.social

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‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks

Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · Jul 18

A despicable approach to carbon emissions: attempting to destabilise the Green energy market

@edmilibandmp.bsky.social we re in your corner. Please share/comment if you agree

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Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Jul 15

"From 2019-2024, Reform received more than 90% of its funding, £2.3 million, from individuals and companies linked to polluting industries and climate science denial.

"Bringing this information to the attention of voters 'was the only message to significantly reduce willingness to vote for Reform'"

New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform

How to stop Farage...

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 15

Nothing to worry about

WIRED @wired.com · Jul 15

Eyewitness video filmed on Monday, July 14 showed floodwater surging onto the platform of New York’s 28th Street Station as passengers watched from a train car.

Intense storms and heavy rainfall caused flooding across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with several flash flood warnings issued.

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thanks for sharing 🔥

Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our approach is to try and shape a narrative that starts with the scale and immediacy of the crisis, tells you why it's not being addressed, and leads you to urgent action.

No truth = no action = no hope.
#TellTheTruth #ClimateAction

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 4

But in our experience, forced positivity can make you feel the crisis is under control, so you don't need to act.

Also it's not honest. People aren't stupid, they instinctively feel it if you're bullshitting them...

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 4

Doomism is toxic. But so is hopium, the insistence on only telling positive stories for fear of freaking everyone out.

We do absolutely need to point to a positive way forward (and there is one), otherwise we'd all just crawl under the duvet.
#climatesolutions

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 4

The reality isn't entirely rosy. We've made progress compared to previous likely outcomes, but the outlook is still grim, as we spell out....

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 4

Climate Science Translated Breakdown #10/10:
NO HONESTY = NO HOPE

There is an ongoing debate in climate communications about doom and gloom vs hope. 🧵
#climatecommunication #climatescience

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are still in search of an effective yet widely appealing call to action, which tbh probably needs an entire movement attached to it! Work in progress...⏰

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

UK research showed that our films are very effective in making people want to take action (87.5% more likely to take action). But, it's fair to say people are not bowled over by the options available. Some simply feel they have no political agency whatsoever (and who can blame them!)

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

In the UK, we invited people to join a march or protest, to see their MP, to change their bank, to join a local group, to share with friends - deliberately giving a range of options ✊🔥📢
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Climate Science Translated - NSFW - YouTube

Watch top comedians translate leading scientists into no-brainer English to prompt many more to act. Note NSFW - PG versions available. #climate #comedy #cli...

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

Awareness doesn't always lead to action. If you don't give a credible account of agency, of how people can affect the dire situation you've just explained, they won't act. 🧵

In the US, it's call or go see your elected representative...
#climateaction #climatescience

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Inside The Greenhouse (ITG) @itgreenhouse.bsky.social · Jul 2

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".

David Cross Meets Prof Michael Oppenheimer | NSFW

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 1

The informal chats between scientist and comedian at the end of our films are many people's favourite bits.
Behind the scenes, most of them genuinely connected - and were grateful for each other’s voice 👇

Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 1

Public figures play a huge part in tipping social norms, particularly if they're not political. Which is why we feature comedians coming to the help of scientists...

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 1

Whatever the actual %, it's both plausible and encouraging that we don't require everyone. Nor should we try and placate every shade of opinion. No movement ever has.

Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 1

US sociologist Damon Centola reckons it takes 25% of the population to tip the rest. Extinction Rebellion's early theory of change was based on Erica Chenoweth's 3.5% figure (which sounds low, but still represents a good 2-3 million people in the UK, many more than ever turned up).

Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jul 1

Climate Science Translated Breakdown #8/10:
TIPPING SOCIAL NORMS
As Michael Oppenheimer tells David Crosss "we need more people like you".
Change comes once social norms tip. 🧵

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Climate Science Breakthrough @climatescibreak.bsky.social · Jun 30

Ours is: comedian translates scientist into no-BS English. It seems to have struck a chord - enough to get a few unlikely doors open, from CBS in the US to ITV in the UK 🔥🎯