Max Boykoff

NEW – Revealed: ‘Cali Fund’ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org w/ comment from @sivathambisetty.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/YaUavl0

here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (July 26 print edition) lnkd.in/eFpXUuNb

(what's expressed here are personal views & shouldn't be considered the university's official position on any specific issue [that's usually in my byline too])

TODAY/TONIGHT in New Orleans, leading into 20th year commemoration of Hurricane Katrina

Expect big laughs, big talent, and a big message.

✨ Free and open to the public – come support these incredible youth performers and see who takes home the $500 grand prize!

Hosted by the hilarious duo Rude Jude & Chuck Nice, this live comedy showcase features the next generation of comedians tackling climate, culture, and community with bold punchlines and brilliant energy.

Join @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social for the Climate Comedy Contest Live Show — high school students will bring the funny and the facts as they battle it out on stage for over $1,300 in cash prizes!

YouTube video by Climate Science Breakthrough David Cross Meets Prof Michael Oppenheimer | NSFW

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".

YouTube video by Climate Comedy Climate Comedy 2025 Standup: Chuck Nice

Check out this clip from our 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy show: Professional comedian @chucknicecomic.bsky.social !

Many thanks to Chuck for his help throughout this whole process, find his full act and the full show on our YouTube 'Climate Comedy.'

#upwithhope

YouTube video by Climate Comedy Climate Comedy 2025 Standup: Nat Towsen

Check out this clip from our 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy show: Professional comedian Nat Towsen!

Many thanks to Nat for his help throughout this whole process, find his full act and the full show on our YouTube 'Climate Comedy.'

#upwithhope

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Coastal Roots Farm just launched its new Jewish Climate Artists for California Incubator. Jewish playwrights, composers, singers, storytellers, comedians, dancers, and more are invited to apply now! Applications open until May 30! Learn more at coastalrootsfarm.org/jewish-clima....

we're looking forward to ongoing collaboration and experimentation with @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social ! Thanks Brittany Bell Surratt for moving the needle in a positive direction here with us in Boulder!

This is the first of several clips to come from our live Boulder show April 22...stay tuned for more. & watch the full show here www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9... (like & subscribe to check them out as they post on our Inside the Greenhouse YouTube climate comedy channel)

join us for this final class event for Spring semester here at CU Boulder, sharing from our collaboration with Trash the Runway!

& also from our Inside the Greenhouse international video competition that received 94 submissions from 29 countries (from Argentina to Zambia)

our live Boulder Theater show is tomorrow! Join if you're nearby, FREE and open to all until we're full. Doors open at 6pm.

Global warming isn't funny -- except in the hands of these comedians Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

“You can’t just stack up all the IPCC reports and hope that people get it. You got to find these creative spaces," said CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social in a recent AP News story about climate and comedy. buff.ly/eyywKPm

Check out the 10th annual Stand Up for Climate Comedy event on April 22!

Counting down to our 10th Annual Stand up for Climate Comedy show (five days!!!) next Tuesday, we are proud to announce our musical guest for the evening: Milo Trout!

Congratulations to Star Talk!

We were glad to welcome in Brittany Peterson & Dorany Pineda from @apnews.com to document the work with our at CU Boulder students in our 10th year of climate comedy experimentation @itgreenhouse.bsky.social in collaboration with @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social @chucknicecomic.bsky.social & many others!

Join us April 24th for our Race and Climate Workshop (9:30-11:15) that helps storytellers incorporate racial diversity in their climate stories—opening remarks by Janot Mendler de Suarez from Boston University who will (9:30-10) share on her work using

Global warming isn't funny -- except in the hands of these comedians Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change.

Global warming isn’t funny -- except in the hands of these comedians. Check out our instagram @everydayclimate for clips from this event and more to come!

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Announcing the Recipients of the 2025 Stand Up for Climate Comedy Seed Funding!
Inside the Greenhouse at CU Boulder is thrilled to award seed grants to seven standout college and university comedy groups, classes, and clubs across the world.

congratulations to @weareyellowdot.bsky.social for the 2025 win! it was as strong a competition as ever in this 10th year with 94 submissions from 29 countries.

¡may climate-infused comedy unite in 2025 & beyond!

We now are enthused to announce our second place winner of our video competition this year:
Sariya Vandita in 'Business As Usual'.

This year we have received 94 submissions from 29 countries for comedy videos of 2 minutes or less to effectively communicate about climate change.

We are pleased to announce our third place winner for our Climate Comedy Video Competition: Sean Peabody 'Don't Trash our Home’.

This year we have received 94 submissions from 29 countries for comedy videos of 2 minutes or less to effectively communicate about climate change.

coming soon...

The Sundance Film Festival has a new home.

After four decades in Park City, Utah, the country’s preeminent film festival is packing its bags for Boulder, Colorado for the 2027 fest and beyond bit.ly/41LsaVI

Big news! Sundance Film Festival reveals Boulder, Colorado as our new location starting in 2027 and beyond. The annual event by the nonprofit Sundance Institute will continue to entertain and inspire audiences through independent film. 🎬

Read more: sndnc.org/boulder2027

#SundanceFilmFestival

China Energy Transformation Outlook - Kaare Sandholt Environment China · Episode

Recommended listen: Kaare @sandholt.bsky.social of top Chinese thinktank the Energy Research Institute talked about the country’s energy transformation outlook – recently covered by Carbon Brief – on the Environment China podcast.