Max N. Burger

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Very cool! I wonder if this is also applicable to other areas where trust plays a role such trust in democracy. Would stronger involvement in political decision making than sole voting (e.g. via citizens' juries/assemblies, referendums, etc) increase trust in democracy?

What's the source of that grumpyiess?
(I think experiments are helpful but should not dominate the field; as shouldn't any one method/theory)

My take: If even severe local disasters don't spark lasting shifts, relying on awareness and voluntarism alone is risky. Sustainability transitions likely need mandatory measures, e.g., carbon prices, phase-outs, binding standards, alongside continued awareness.

Takeaway: No broad, durable shifts in climate attitudes or behaviors; prosocial responses are uneven. We need longer tracking, clearer attribution tests, subgroup analysis, and objective behavioral/administrative data alongside surveys.

Pro-sociality: While disasters can spark solidarity, empathy, and reciprocity, we found only limited, mixed effects on donations, volunteering, and trust. No uniform rise in "giving." Direct damage mattered, but not in a simple, uniformly positive way.

Climate attitudes & action: Across 3 national surveys (N=13,754), flood-exposed regions showed no broad, lasting shifts in climate attitudes, self-reported green behavior, or policy support. Far-off disasters feel distant, but even local catastrophes don't automatically drive lasting change.

Do climate disasters change us? New research with Hoenow & Karki (RWI Essen) examines Germany's devastating 2021 Ahrtal flood. We'd expect a disaster in your backyard to spark urgent climate action—but does it actually? Our findings: it's complicated. 🧵
Paper (OA): doi.org/10.1007/s105...

We’re filling the atmosphere with CO2 like a bathtub with water. Most of it stays for millennia.
That is why the cumulative emissions (the total amount, as pictured here) and not yearly emissions determine the amount of #globalwarming.

Somewhat surprising to me that they decided to inflate the visual representation of difference given that the difference is quite large (increase 100% inside vs decrease 50% outside).

Wowie. Ich habe aus größter Ferne teilgehabt. Das las dich wie der große Traum aller lehrenden. Rundes Ende mit dem Nichtauftauchen der Studis

Same. We use kobold toolbox frequently in field work and have very positive experience with it (and it's support)

Scheint so, als hätten eher ältere Männer auf dem Land Angst, nachts allein auf die Straße zu gehen?

Die Kids sind polarisierter zwischen Jungs und Mädchen denn je. Immer mehr Studien weisen darauf hin. Weltweit. Zuletzt in Norwegen.
Und bei uns auch die Wahlen:

Hintergrundbild: eine Art Hügel an einer Inselküste, auf dem Hügel steht ein helles Gebäude, dorthin führt ein Fußweg. Text: Wales plant Strafen für Lügen in der Politik. Die Regierung von Wales hat angekündigt, ein Gesetz einzuführen, das bewusste Falschaussagen in der Politik erschwert, indem es strafrechtliche Ermittlungen und sogar die Amtsenthebung ermöglicht. Das Gesetz soll weltweit Pioniercharakter haben. Quelle: the Guardian

Das möchte ich hier auch bitte!

Im Freundeskreis sagt jemand, er/sie weiss nicht ob er/sie wählen geht, weil die Nachtschicht so anstrengend war und man eigentlich müde ist und keine Lust hat.

Bitte geht wählen und nutzt eure Stimme! #GoVote

Yes! Me too! I have also seen it on some academic office doors & walls :)

Technology-minded climate delegates support less stringent climate policies Nature Sustainability - Within high-level conferences devoted to climate or sustainability action, differences in views can lead to differences in policy. This study surveyed how delegates at COP24...

Totally agree! We looked at *technological optimism* (building on the framework) among COP delegates and how it connects to climate policies, especially lower CO₂ pricing. Turns out, putting too much faith in tech solutions can really slow down ambition.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sounds super interesting! Hope its will be out soon 🤩

As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index.

The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe.

#journalism #democracy #freepress

rsf.org/en/index

Anschlag in München: Familie bittet in Statement, Tod nicht zu instrumentalisieren Mit einer emotionalen Botschaft wenden sich die Angehörigen des gestorbenen Kinds und seiner Mutter an die Öffentlichkeit.

www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mue...

Every country Trump puts tariffs on should fight back with a 100% tariff on Teslas.

On climate, did you know that only 11% of people in the US (and even smaller percentages in Canada, the UK, Australia and beyond) are dismissive?

Yet because their voices are so loud and persistent, people often think they’re 50%.

This is why I advocate so strongly for using YOUR voice!

This year I'm tired.

2024 kam 🇩🇪 erstmals seit 1961 ohne Atomstrom aus. Was wurde gewarnt: Blackouts, Brownouts, explodierende Strompreise & Kohle-Comeback. Stattdessen war Strom immer verfügbar, die Preise sind stabil, mit 37,2% Anteil historischer Tiefstand foss. Brennstoffe & mit 62,7% ein Rekordanteil von PV & Wind😊

Ridgeline chart showing the distribution of global daily air temperature differences from the pre-industrial reference period (1850-1900), for every year between 1940 and 2024. Each individual year resembles a hill, shaded in a darker shade of red and further to the right for warmer years. The trend is clearly towards warmer years, with 2024 standing out as first year above 1.5C.

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold.

We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940.

2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

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