Rupert Stuart-Smith

The guidance is designed to be inclusive and method-agnostic, identifying key steps for robust, high quality analyses. We hope that it will prove useful to study authors, reviewers, journal editors and research funders.

Available here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Out now: new guidance for research that attributes health outcomes to climate change led by @krisebi.bsky.social, Andy Haines @lshtm.bsky.social, myself, supported by a fantastic team of co-authors and @wellcometrust.bsky.social.

We need CDR. 🧩

But the ambiguity & lack of transparency regarding #CDR in states‘ climate plans jeopardize the PA. ❌

We unpack this issue by reviewing strategies of 70+ states concerning their CDR plans. 📑

👇 More in the thread by lead author Rupert Stuart-Smith & our study doi.org/10.1080/1469...

New research on limits to CO2 removal (CDR). CDR is key to our ambition to stop adding climate pollution to the atmosphere. Because it's uncertain how much will be delivered and it clearly comes with risks of social & environmental side-effects, legal issues arise. This paper provides an overview. 👇

Implications of states’ dependence on carbon dioxide removal for achieving the Paris temperature goal Achieving the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal of limiting global warming well below 2°C while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C requires rapid and sustained reductions in greenhous...

Our new article is available open access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@smithschool.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @granthamicl.bsky.social

Legal analysis, in conjunction with the risks associated with CDR-dependent targets assessed here, could clarify states’ mitigation obligations under international law and facilitate progression past a risk-blind and indiscriminate use of scientific pathways in assessing states’ targets. More soon!

That previous work was published in @science.org and can be found here: www.science.org/doi/full/10....

To minimise risks associated with reliance on CO2 removal, states should prioritise pathways that minimise overshoot and dependence on removals to reach net-zero. Risks associated with high CDR dependence might render state action inconsistent with norms and principles of international law.

-- Reliance on international cooperation to deliver CO2 removal (e.g. via carbon trading mechanisms) is also common in states' plans and amplifies these risks.

-- Non-delivery of planned CO2 removal would raise global temperatures further, worsening the impacts of climate change.

-- There is pervasive lack of transparency and ambiguities in states' international reporting, with respect to how states intend to meet their climate targets.

-- However, dependence on high levels of CO2 removal is widespread and substantial risks to delivery of planned CO2 removal exist.

-- Inadequate near-term emission reductions are common, jeopardise the Paris climate targets and create substantial long-term dependence on CO2 removal to eliminate a temperature overshoot, with its associated risks.

🚨 Out now in @climate-policy.bsky.social: New research with @thomwetzer.bsky.social @rubenpruetz.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Lavanya Rajamani, Marianne Wood and Ewan White: States are depending heavily on CO2 removal to meet climate targets, risking the Paris Agreement goal.

Last days to apply for this exciting new role within my team at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. If you are a climate scientist with experience in climate change attribution or projections and an interest in climate change impact modelling, we would love to hear from you!

Chief Editor, Nature Geoscience - New York City, New York (US) job with Springer Nature Ltd | 12840758 Job Title: Chief Editor, Nature Geoscience Location(s): New York, Shanghai, or Beijing (Internal candidates from hub locations are welcome to apply...

I know that job situations have likely changed for many in climate research. If you are looking for a new opportunity, maybe consider our current opening for the Chief Editor at Nature Geoscience. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

🚨 We are hiring! | Rupert Stuart-Smith 🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate science postdoc to join my team at the University of Oxford, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health, with a focus on impact...

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the growing team of climate scientists within the group, as well as our collaborators on the TACTIC project, a consortium led by @anavicedo9.bsky.social

Full details here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... Please share widely!

👩‍💻 The role will involve conducting climate change attribution and projections studies to increase understanding of the health impacts of climate change, with a particular focus on hitherto under-researched regions (including southern Africa and the Andes, as well as southern Europe).

🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate science postdoc to join my team at Oxford University, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health.

We’re looking for:
✅ A computationally proficient climate scientist
✅ Experience in climate change attribution/projections

Very excited to announce that the call for abstracts for our @iiasa.ac.at overshoot conference is out.

Join us to explore the eightfold path to manage climate risks of an overshoot world:
overshootconference.org
Abstract deadline: June 27.

🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the… | Rupert Stuart-Smith 🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Oxford, working on a Wellcome Trust-funded project on climate change and health. The post will run until February 2028....

🚨 We are hiring! I am looking for a climate scientist postdoc to join my team at Oxford working on a project on climate change and health until Feb 2028. For more details: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

📅 Apply by 14 May here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Uni Bern: Postdoc in Climate Epidemiology

📣 We are hiring! A 2-year postdoc position in our @cephresearch.bsky.social at ISPM @unibe.ch is now open for applications (deadline 31 May). If you are a young researcher with interests on health impact attribution, don't miss this opportunity! ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

📢 New paper w/ G. Ganti @robinlamboll.bsky.social L. Grant @cjsmith.be @shonali-p.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social K. Riahi @wimthiery.bsky.social @gidden.bsky.social

We examine a forward-looking measure to guide collective efforts in the era of climate overshoot: net-zero carbon debt.

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CO2 removal (CDR) is both essential and controversial because side-effects can undermine mitigation ambition and sustainable development.

As the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change @esabcc.bsky.social we advise the EU on how to navigate CDR opportunities and risks. (1/n)

Interested in conducting cutting-edge research in health impact attribution? We have a postdoc position open in the @bsc-cns.bsky.social Global Health Resilience Group to work in a new @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project TACTIC. Application details here: www.bsc.es/join-us/job-...