Chad M. Baum

@sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social

Happy to have had the opportunity to take a larger view of our research to date on public perceptions of #SRM for the #GENIE project.

Thanks to @srm360.bsky.social for the invitation!

📊 New Perspective from @chadmbaum.bsky.social & #GENIE Project researchers:

Global surveys show #SolarGeoengineering support may be higher than assumed – especially in the Global South.

✅ 57% back small trials
❌ 12% reject SRM outright

Read the full piece: buff.ly/2fn9EeA

To stop climate change, we need Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) & emissions cuts. But CDR is just getting started & data gaps are holding it back. The #StateOfCDR offers accessible evidence-based insights to help decision-makers track progress.

Explore the data. Follow the evidence.

stateofcdr.org

Happy to have been invited to share some thoughts here drawing on our research on public perceptions from the #GENIE and #ELEVATE projects (w/ @sovacool.bsky.social @liviafritz.bsky.social)

UK Parliament to Debate a Petition on Making Geoengineering Illegal Experts react to the UK Parliament holding a debate on geoengineering in response to a petition with over 160,000 signatures.

The UK Parliament is debating a petition to ban geoengineering.

Experts welcome scrutiny — but warn the conversation lacks nuance.

Read their reactions → buff.ly/MC46LBD

Story will be updated post-debate.

#SolarGeoengineering

Aber er hat "gewonnen"🙄

Big welcome (at last) to @sovacool.bsky.social here on Bluesky!

For those that have dipped their toe into the issue of the emissions and environmental impact of generative AI, or gone full-on winter-bathing style..

This is an absolutely essential read, dispelling some pernicious myths and underscoring how this risks to be a distraction for the climate movement.

Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment And a plea to think seriously about climate change without getting distracted

Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
open.substack.com/pub/andymasl...

FYI - I am not one of the authors, and I fully recognize the issues of taking key points out of context. I am grateful for Annie's fleshing out the point (though that quote was definitely not front and center).

In any case, I have seen a similar summary to the above in various media sources.

Majority of African citizens (i) have not heard of climate change and (ii) place main responsibility for climate action on own governments or ordinary citizens-not historical emitters.

Data from Afrobarometer (2021-23), N=53,444, in 39 countries

🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02244-x

@srm360.bsky.social @peteirvine.bsky.social @au.dk

New Podcast on Public Perceptions and SRM (w/ an appearance from yours truly).

Thanks to SRM360 and Peter Irvine for the invitation to talk about our latest #GENIE research on climate emotions and public perceptions of solar geoengineering in general.

New Climate Reflections episode out now.

Chad Baum & Julie Vinders join us to react to the latest news:

☀️ #SolarGeoengineering in German & US policy
☀️ EU's precautionary principle in SRM
☀️ Emotions & public support for climate action

Full episode: linktr.ee/srm360

📰 Coverage of our #GENIE article on #climate emotions in the Danish press @information.dk @williamsass.bsky.social

(No need to worry about doing my Danish homework today!)

www.information.dk/indland/2025...

Who cares about carbon dioxide removal? Assessing actors, policy positions, and participation modes within European and United Nations public consultation processes

🔓 : Participation in public consultations on #carbondioxideremoval #CDR remains skewed towards the Global North, for-profit sector & actors from the farming sector, with positions divided between expansive (mostly for-profit actors) & restrictive (mostly NGOs), find @lucillalosi.bsky.social et al.⬇️

🌍Public consultations on CDR attract mostly for profit actors from the GlobalNorth, disagreeing with NGOs about its regulation.
💡This and more in our new #Uptake article with @liviafritz.bsky.social and Benjamin Sovacool on EU and UNFCCC consultations.
Open link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Carbon removal beyond the trees - Communications Earth & Environment The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a range of options for carbon removal. Such a...

The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it makes people feel more negative towards a range of other techniques for carbon removal. Such a bias could hamper development of a socially-robust portfolio of carbon removal options.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Carbon removal beyond the trees

Our new paper in Communications Earth & Environment on how the popularity of tree planting is harming other approaches to carbon removal rdcu.be/ef97T

Yes, I remember it... this is not to say though that (re)planting of trees does not have a role, particularly when done properly, e.g. multi-species, endemic.

But it does seem to skew discussions with the public when it comes to CDR.

@liviafritz.bsky.social @drrobbellamy.bsky.social @a-laurie-waller.bsky.social

Carbon removal beyond the trees Communications Earth & Environment - The idea of planting trees to sequester carbon is so popular that it seems to make people feel more negative towards other techniques, when presented with a...

Our comment "Carbon removal beyond the trees" out in @commsearth.bsky.social

We examine unintended outcomes of the popularity (among publics) of planting trees to sequester carbon 🌳

Notably how such a bias could hamper development of a broad, socially-robust #CDR portfolio

🔗https://rdcu.be/eglwo

It’s not all about funding: Fostering interdisciplinary collaborations in sustainability research from a European perspective Sustainability research benefits from having an interdisciplinary orientation, as understanding and developing solutions to the grand challenges we co…

Ähnliche Argumente findet man bereits in Overland/Sovacool:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

...und in einem stärker das strukturell-institutionell-kulturelle betonenden Paper von @chadmbaum.bsky.social und mir:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The old site really has become a cesspool.

I happened to see that this is one of the more shared tweets that links to our new article 🗣️💩 Trafficking in blatant climate denial, masquerading as scientific independence.

Much happier to be over here! 💙🌈

Cheers, Jesse!

@naturecomms.bsky.social

🎉 Nature Communications Top 25 Social Science & Human Behavior Articles of 2024 Award

🧞Our #GENIE article examining #public perceptions and support of #CDR and #SRM across the global North and global South was one of the most-read in 2024!

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@liviafritz.bsky.social

Write-up on our #GENIE article in the Brazilian press as well 🇧🇷 🙂

Open access link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Media coverage on our recent article in Risk Analysis, from the always enjoyable @anthropocenemag.bsky.social and @sarahdeweerdt.bsky.social.

Quite enjoyed this thoughtful write-up of our article.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/huge...