Max Boykoff

On Friday, Jan. 23, the United States National Science Foundation posted (NSF) a “Dear Colleague Letter” on its website stating that NSF “invites concepts for efficient and cost-effective operations and management of atmospheric observational platforms, cyberinfrastructure and computing capabilities, and community training on weather and space weather modeling and forecasting.” This brazen message requests expressions of interest in and/or concepts of operation for National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) space weather activities, weather modeling and atmospheric observing capabilities and specifically “ownership of the NSF NCAR Mesa Lab (located in Boulder, Colorado) for public or private use.” "Plans to shutter NCAR are misguided. Through this call to destruction, we effectively squander opportunities here in the U.S. for security, prosperity and positive change. Execution of this action will threaten habitability, water and air quality, environmental and public health, as well as national security and prosperity. We must instead re-commit ourselves to collective, just and resilient futures and stop this special-interest sabotage" 'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here https://lnkd.in/gayhdfhN There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13. Submitted documents must be limited to “2-3 pages in length per topic addressed.” Responses can be sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov. I welcome you to weigh in with your views. For potential guidance, here is my letter: Dear National Science Foundation, I write as an individual private citizen of this country. My views expressed here are personal views and should not be considered as representing organizations at this time. I reject the premise of this call for the breakup and breakdown of these platforms, activities, capabilities and collaborations in these challenging time…

'Dear National Science Foundation" is my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Feb 28 2026 print edition) with open-access gift link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/02/28/b...

There is a letter-writing period now open until March 13, sent to NSF_NCAR@nsf.gov

Climate change media coverage fell 14% in 2025 Despite rising impacts, climate change received less attention in media around the world in 2025. CU Boulder sociologist Max Boykoff shares the reasons and

"Journalists may be hesitant to connect the dots between ecological and meteorological events, like wildfires, and a changing climate due to the ongoing politicization of climate science."

Read the Q&A with CIRES' @maxboykoff.bsky.social about climate change media coverage:

How advertising matters: Outdoor media strategies for increased engagement with creative climate change messages Amid many contemporary communication strategies, creative advertising approaches are clearly powerful tools. Yet out-of-home (OOH) or outdoor media (OM) often receives little attention in advertising…

Creative advertising through outdoor media, including billboards and buses, can be a powerful and effective tool to increase awareness about climate change and inspire action, according to new work led by CIRES Fellow @maxboykoff.bsky.social

🚌 Read the paper: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

Boykoff: Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state The United States’ withdrawal from the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an example of the Trump administration exhibiting a literal denial of scientific evidence …

'Cowering from cooperation, pushing towards a pariah state':
here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 17 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/17/b...

Join us on Thursday, January 15th @ 9:30am MST while we chat with the International Polar Foundation about the sustainability initiatives and climate research happening at the Princess Elizabeth Antarctica!

we're hiring at the new Buckley Center for Sustainability Education @colorado.edu
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apply by January 19, share w/ others interested!

'Our individualized climate mindset is stymieing our collective capabilities': here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder @dailycamera.com (Jan 3 2026 print edition) with open-access link here www.dailycamera.com/2026/01/03/b...

Boykoff: Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’ Tuesday, the United States Trump administration announced plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) here in Boulder. This threatens the livelihoods of over 800 employee…

'Trump 2.0 ‘Makes America Dangerous (Again)’: Plans to shutter NCAR/UCAR and abandon CAFE standards are the latest mishaps in a Trump 2.0 tragedy..here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local Boulder Daily Camera (Dec 20 2025) open-access here www.dailycamera.com/2025/12/20/b...

Boykoff: Front Range first! Climate contributions in troubled times. There are tangible ways to creatively work here in Boulder to strengthen our neighbors and neighborhoods right here while indirectly reducing GHG emissions. We can establish commitments from major …

'Front Range First!' #Boulder area needs a localized carbon offset scheme to support low-income residents: heating/cooling, insulation, new housing..while we improve voluntary offsetting elsewhere.

my latest sustainability & environment column in @dailycamera.com www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/29/b...

As we witness climate obstruction in real time at #COP30, this @cssn.org presser w/ @timmonsroberts.bsky.social, @daniellefalzon.bsky.social, @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Carlos Milani to discuss a new global assessment on climate obstruction is rather timely.

Details: cssn.org/news-researc...

Built to Fail: Rules at UN Climate Talks Favor the Status Quo, Not Progress - Inside Climate News Experts say stifling bureaucratic procedures that are disconnected from the climate crisis have consistently stalled COP negotiations.

Technocratism dominates the COP30 approach to the climate crisis, with language and framing that can obscure other ways of knowing: "Emotional, experiential, aesthetic, or even just visceral ways of understanding that something’s not right," said @maxboykoff.bsky.social

You can find @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social's chapter, "Steering the Climate Discourse" here: cssn.org/wp-content/u....

In it, they explore the themes of legitimizing climate denial, oil & gas working with legacy news agencies, and more.

A large circle of swirling clouds rotate around a clear center indicating a hurricane.

In his Boulder Daily Camera Opinion column, @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes the similarities between Hurricane Melissa in 2025 and Hurricane Mitch in 1998. "27 years separate them, yet climate connections persist." Paywall: buff.ly/5JUr8pl #hurricanemelissa

BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:

cssn.org/news-researc...

We're hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in Dept of Environmental Studies at University of Colorado Boulder with expertise in energy & environmental policy, and emphases on sustainability & decarbonization. The job ad is here, apply by the Nov 14 deadline! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

An important conversation. Thanks @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @aronczyk.bsky.social larger book project led by @timmonsroberts.bsky.social (Brown University), Jennifer Jacquet (University of Miami), Carlos Milani (Rio de Janeiro State University) & Christian Downie (Australian National University)

Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As @maxboykoff.bsky.social notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!

I look forward to reading these new research insights.

Happy to chat.

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join @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, Nat Towsen, @katiehannigan.bsky.social, @millytamarez.bsky.social, Brittany Bell Surratt @hiphopcaucus.bsky.social, @manolosomething.bsky.social & @kylemarian.bsky.social
for NYC climate week/UNGA @caveatnyc.bsky.social thru @itgreenhouse.bsky.social @colorado.edu

Join us Sept. 11th, 6-8pm for our improv climate comedy workshop with the Center for Media & Social Impact!

'Let's not dismantle established science and policy progress' Here's my latest sustainability & environment column in the local #Boulder Daily Camera (August 23 2025 print edition) www.dailycamera.com/2025/08/23/b...

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.