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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 27d

Es ist eine grosse Ehre, den 2025 Deutschen Umweltpreis zu erhalten! Danke an alle meine jetzigen und ehemaligen Gruppenmitglieder und viele Kolleg:innen!
@lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social @yasserhaddad.bsky.social @yannquilcaille.bsky.social @michaelgwindisch.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt @umweltstiftung.bsky.social · 27d

Ausgezeichnet!🏆Mit dem Deutschen Umweltpreis 2025 von der DBU #uwp25 werden die Klimaforscherin @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social @ethz.ch & das Geschäftsführungsduo Lars Baumgürtel und Dr. Ing. Birgitt Bendiek des Stahlverzinkungsunternehmens ZINQ geehrt. buff.ly/QEDIjX0

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Yann Quilcaille @yannquilcaille.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors".

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

www.nature.com

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · 28d

Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

www.nature.com

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 6

Yes! This is actually a research question we’re looking into at the moment. There’s already some work done on assessing the impact of future climate on certain hydropower plants (check Wechsler & Stähli 2019).

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 2

Many thanks to my supervisors and co-authors for their support and collaboration! @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social @jonassavelsberg.bsky.social
Jared Garrison
Elena Raycheva
@tobias-wechsler.bsky.social
@hydrologywsl.bsky.social
Gabriela Hug-Glanzmann

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 2

𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨:
Even when focusing on one component of the electricity system, we can already detect the footprint of climate change and variability. This highlights the need to include climate change and variability in future energy systems planning.

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 2

We then fed these climate-informed time series into Nexus-e, an electricity system modelling framework. We noticed that electricity prices respond differently depending on policy assumptions, with the strongest variation perceived in winter.

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 2

We successfully modelled generation from 600+ run-of-river plants across Switzerland (1991–2022).
At first glance, generation seems to increase, but that’s mostly due to capacity expansion.
When we isolated the hydro-climatic effects, the trend is actually slightly declining, especially in summer.

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jul 2

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁!

We looked at how climate change is already affecting run-of-river hydropower in Switzerland—and what that means for electricity system planning.

📄 Published in Environmental Research Letters.
🔗 Link to the paper: 10.1088/1748-9326/ade4df

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · May 1

I’m at EGU in Vienna this week, and will be presenting my current project tomorrow morning around 9, pass by if you’re interested or want to connect! Link to the abstract here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Mar 19

I read about the lawsuits, I really hope something comes out of them. I’m glad to hear that groups are mobilizing. But I am a bit surprised to see very little coverage of protests, marches and other activities (aside from lawsuits) in large media outlets, whether in the US or outside.

Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Mar 18

Everyday I read about a new enraging Trump decision, but I don’t see much retaliation yet from those affected and those that oppose his fascist policies. Is there really no large-scale mobilization in the USA against Trump?

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Mar 13

Let’s call it what it is: a witch-hunt, and the victims are scientists and all those working for a better future.

Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · Mar 12

This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed:
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups

The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.

newrepublic.com

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Lukas Gudmundsson @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social · Feb 27

Excited about our #AI based runoff reconstruction for #switzerland ranging back to 1962. Lead by @bask0.bsky.social, co-authored by @hydrologywsl.bsky.social , @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social , William Aeberhard, Michael Schirmer. hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

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Bon Pote @bonpote.com · Feb 27

Avec l'actualité c'est un peu passé inaperçu, mais plus de 10 ans après la mort de Rémi Fraisse, la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme vient de condamner la France pour violation du droit à la vie.

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Feb 19

Excellente liste d’actions pour aller de l’avant et faire la différence, minime soit elle, dans un monde qui sombre de plus en plus dans l’autoritarisme et la violence politique!

Bon Pote @bonpote.com · Feb 19

"Et maintenant, on fait quoi ?" C'est la question qui revient le plus souvent depuis 3 mois et l'élection de Trump.

Pour arrêter la posture défensive et construire ensemble, nous avons listé 20 actions pour passer à l'offensive.

A partager massivement svp ! 🙌
bonpote.com/sortir-de-la...

Sortir de la sidération : 20 actions pour passer à l’action

La sidération et l’impuissance, c’est exactement ce que ces ingénieurs du chaos visent et espèrent. Mais la bonne nouvelle, c’est qu’il

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Reto Knutti @retoknutti.bsky.social · Feb 10

📺 📻 🗞️ Petition: SRF Wissensjournalismus stärken!

Innovation, KI, Medizin, Klima, Energie... In einer immer komplexeren Welt mit mehr Fakenews ist eine starke SRF Wissenschaftsredaktion unverzichtbar.

Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft unterschreiben und teilen!

openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...

Fakten statt Falschinformationen: Für einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus! - Online-Petition

Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft an SRF Sehr geehrte Direktion der SRG, sehr geehrte Geschäftsleitung von SRF, sehr geehrte Medien- und Wissenschaftspolitiker:innen Mit grosser Besorgnis haben wir z...

openpetition.eu

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Feb 5

There is no automatic reversion to "normal" in politics. Nor will the timid business-as-usual which got us into this mess get us out of it.
We'll achieve a better society after Trump and similar tyrants only through massive and focused movement-building. It has to start right now.

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Feb 5

I think the crazy developments in the US ought to remind us to hold our representatives accountable, to inform ourselves through credible sources and to engage with those that don’t share our opinions. It’s fundamental to counter populist takes based on misinformation, to not end up like the US🙃

Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Jan 6

Incoming comment from Trump asking where is the global warming everybody talks about🫠

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 6

US weather: Seven states declare emergencies amid warnings snow could be heaviest in a decade – live updates

Snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures creating dangerous travel conditions from central and southern states all the way to the East Coast The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around the North Pole. People in the US, Europe and Asia…

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Jan 2

The best climate solutions -- by far -- are the ones that are ready to scale *now*.

Waiting for pie-in-the-sky tech solutions, which never seem to show up as promised, is *exactly* the wrong thing to do.

Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Jan 2

"Let's deploy things that actually are cheap enough and scalable enough and ready enough," like solar power, battery storage, EV charging stations, and other tech that's already proliferating, said @globalecoguy.bsky.social ... uk.news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-s...

Bill Gates says 2024 was a big step for climate tech like green steel, and now is the time for VCs to snag 'garage' innovators

Bill Gates and his investment firm, Breakthrough Energy, said corporations now see climate tech as "crucial to the survival of their businesses."

uk.news.yahoo.com

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Dec 17

Pour une fois, je suis d’accord avec Yaël Braun-Pivet. Cette invisibilisation de la catastrophe à Mayotte montre de nouveau le peu d’intérêt qu’accorde les politiques pour les catastrophes climatiques (encore plus quand elles surviennent en outre mer)

Le Monde @lemonde.fr · Dec 17

En direct, François Bayrou premier ministre : Yaël Braun-Pivet « aurait préféré qu’il prenne l’avion pour Mayotte » plutôt que d’assister au conseil municipal de Pau

La présidente de l’Assemblée nationale estime que « ce n’est vraiment pas le moment » de reparler du cumul des mandats. François Bayrou, qui compte rester maire de Pau, poursuit mardi ses consultations en vue de former un gouvernement.

www.lemonde.fr

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Dec 13

I was just watching the recording of the Deep Learning for Climate and Weather session @agu.org, and I could not believe the level of condescendence of some of the speakers (see screenshot). AI/ML research needs more humility and respect, we should be working hand in hand, not one against the other.

screenshot of takeaway message from presentation of Aurora foundation model at AGU 2024

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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · Nov 24

I get that COPs are the best we have but they are infuriating - it is so hard to simply keep past commitments let alone accelerate action at the speed and scale required to have any hope of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Shame on the countries that show up to obstruct rather than act.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Nov 24

#COP29 Some developed countries have made barely veiled swipes at Saudi Arabia over its obstruction of an explicit restatement of "transitioning away from fossil fuels"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Cop29: Climate finance deal agreed but talks remain deeply divided

The deal was met with long applause, cheering, whistling and embraces but few are happy with it.

www.theguardian.com

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Yasser Haddad @yasserhaddad.bsky.social · Nov 21

Brilliant thread summarizing each country’s interventions during the #COP29 Plenary. Not surprised to read that most countries express disappointment in this year’s COP. Very weak developments, anchored in a logic of delay.

Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Nov 21

#COP29 plenary

EU "very much concerned" on mitigation text "we need a much stronger language on the concrete follow up to GST"

"[Climate extremes] in Africa, the Americas, our friends in the Caribbean & the Pacific…shows we need to do more, not less, than the UAE consensus on mitigation"

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