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Pam McElwee

@pammcelwee.bsky.social

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Prof of Human Ecology @Rutgers. Co-Chair, IPBES Nexus Assessment, Ecosystems chapter lead NCA5 & IPCC author. Kansas/Oxford/Yale Alum. She/her. Brunch-eater. Mom. Working at science-policy interface to find solutions to biodiversity + climate crises 🌎☀️🐢

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨 Happy to share my new book out now and free for download for another week!🚨

🌎 Sustainable Development and the Environment in Southeast Asia 🌴 It covers the 3 major SDGs for environment (13, 14, 15). It's a shorter, more focused work so great for teaching!

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Sustainable Development and the Environment in Southeast Asia

Cambridge Core - Asian Studies - Sustainable Development and the Environment in Southeast Asia

www.cambridge.org

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 2d

Please join USAA-IPCC and @agu.org next week for a webinar on how to engage with @ipcc.bsky.social reports as an Expert Reviewer! The Special Report on Cities and Climate Change opens for first review on Oct 17 - we'll discuss in our webinar how to register and what makes for good review comments.

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 4d

Oh did i misread? Yikes

Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 8d

I'm not part of the group but this submission from the Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health is pretty essential reading: drive.google.com/file/d/1qFSG...

Expert Working Group on Climate Change and Health Endangerment Finding Comment.pdf

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 8d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 9d

Join us on Tuesday Sept 30 for a UNEP webinar on governance of nature-based solutions - some great perspectives on offer across researchers, decision-makers, and NGOs! Later on Thursday will be an additional webinar on Financing for #NBS

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 9d

Huh-I was reliably told in 2024 this was going to be a free speech administration www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

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Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman.bsky.social · 11d

Ben Storrow, @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I are out with a different look at the misleading Trump administration climate science report. It's more than a fact check. We show the sleights of hand they employ - fake debates, manipulated data, fossil fuel-funded experts - to reach a desired outcome.

Politico @politico.com · 11d

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change.

How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

www.politico.com

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 11d

Important new report on criminalization of land and environment defenders in Asia - repressive governments are trying a multitude of tactics to keep people from protesting illegal land grabs and other inequities gw.hacdn.io/media/docume...

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 11d

Rutgers Climate & Energy Institute hybrid seminar on Monday 4pm EDT: Climate Science & Policy at a Crossroads: Responding to Challenges to the Endangerment Finding

With me, @pammcelwee.bsky.social, legal scholar Cymie Payne, risk comms scholar Bill Hallman, and organized by @rlshwom.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Climate Science & Policy at a Crossroads: Responding to Challenges to the Endangerment Finding. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...

Join Rutgers Faculty to learn about the endangerment finding, impacts of the Trump Administration's effort to repeal it, and what scientists have been doing to advocate for climate science in policy. ...

rutgers.zoom.us

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 13d

Happening today! 1:30pm NY time, you can also join online by registering at sciencesummitnyc.org

Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 19d

In these trying times, all the more important to keep attention to all the ways in which our world is affected by #climatechange Join us next week at #NYCW for a session on how biodiversity, water, food and health intersect with climate!

Poster on IPBES Nexus Assessment event at New York Climate Week on Thursday Sept 25 at 1:30pm, CURE building 12th floor, 345 Park Ave S

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 14d

Friends in the UK pointed me to these perfect comments by scientists in response to Trump’s UN speech www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 14d

At least I use the insults to redouble my efforts 😈

Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 14d

I was doing an online IPCC workshop and then NY Climate Week events all day yesterday so I missed the live version of President Trump calling us climate scientists "stupid people". Good times here in the US of A
#nycw
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’

www.nytimes.com

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Pam McElwee @pammcelwee.bsky.social · 19d

Only a few days left to comment on the proposed EPA Endangerment finding (Sept 22)! YOU TOO can do it - I submitted comment that DOE report EPA is relying on is flawed, particularly re: ecosystem impacts that cascade into human health & welfare. Pls add yours! www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...