Andrea C. Simonelli

Millions have fled weather disasters, but they had few champions at COP30 » Yale Climate Connections Advocates are working to ensure that world leaders don’t ignore people displaced by climate change.

My take on COP30 and Displacement outcomes.
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South Pacific nation of Tuvalu rebukes Trump’s ‘shameful disregard’ at Cop30 Minister from islands facing extinction is one of few delegates directly calling out Trump’s climate policies

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Well said Minister (and old friend).

I voted in VA today. Anyone who has an election this year had another chance to help pull us out of madness.
Do your part against fascism.

Wrapping up a great day today at National Sustainability Society #nss2025 in South Bend.

Lots of cool presentations about systems thinking and 'wicked problems' for transformational change.

Been 'writing' for 30 mins today. I have written 4 sentences citing 2 articles and have 4 new tabs open.

Why is academic writing always such a beast???

Currently a day and a half deep at NREL's Human Population Dynamics and Energy Planning Workshop. So many cool models and data integration opportunities! | Andrea C. Simonelli Currently a day and a half deep at NREL's Human Population Dynamics and Energy Planning Workshop. So many cool models and data integration opportunities!

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Scientists trace heat waves back to individual fossil fuel companies, with potentially sweeping courtroom implications | CNN For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ex...

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I will not mourn the perpetrators of oppression.

My students are doing an in class synthesis using Bluebooks, and one girl just pulled out some White Out. I am in a 90s fever dream, wee!

On my way back from Guam. Have been working on a funded research collaboration with UoG. Super excited.

Opening plenary for TC/ESG 25. Presenting in a few!

‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study Research shows people’s response to binary data could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis

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ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

The computers are trained to be biased. I don't know who isn't getting this yet, but AI is only as good as its programming.
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To everyone talking about America Party, it's not a real organization yet. Until paperwork is filed, it's not a Party. A Party needs money, structure, and compliance to fed and state laws.

Australia cancels rapper Ye's visa over 'Heil Hitler' release A government minister says Ye, the U.S. rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has recently been stripped of an Australian visa after he released his single “Heil Hitler.”

This is how you handle a Nazi. The US is obsessed with 'freedom to' be the biggest wanker you can be. In Australia, we have 'freedom from' being subjected to hate.
See the difference?
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Political donations banned in South Australia Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...

I'm a fmr US political fundraiser of 12 yrs and now political prof and current Aus resident- this brought tears to my eyes. I cannot underscore the importance of this move to safeguard democracy. I love living in a place where calm heads prevail.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

In case y'all have forgotten:
Rights =Good
Taking away rights =Bad

That is all.

Nearly one-third of Tuvalu citizens seek Australia's climate visa Australia offers 280 visas yearly under a landmark climate migration deal.

Having worked in Tuvalu, I understand, but I'm still sad. Losing ones home to forces beyond your control is loss well beyond comprehension for most.
www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/tuva...

EVERY SINGLE Democrat that voted against impeachment should be primaried.

I didn't spend 12 years of my youth working for you for this kind of betrayal.

Absolutely not.

This Y2K throwback trend has officially gone too far.

I already said what I have to say about the impending *gestures to everything* in 2004. Clearly not enough of you were listening.

Attending MR2025 today at Columbia. Discussing managed retreat in the context of climate mobility.

Landed in SYD on the way to NYC and I AM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL!!!! We can change course, but it takes this kind of commitment- of millions of us. Will take my place in the mix shortly.

Again, I am so proud of all of you. ❤️🇺🇲

The price of liberty has always been high, but the consequences of apathy have never been more dire.
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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

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Yesterday, I was asked to censor a resesech collaboration proposal at my university.

I get it, the uppers are worried about the loss of funding and I'll do the research regardless of what's on paper, but it was horrible nonetheless.

Playing the game stings... and its only going to last so long...

Daily Briefing | US: Trump ends climate work inside agency that responds to disasters

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Purging dissent in the security services and giving loyalists power is something we *instantly* recognize in other contexts.

list of banned keywords

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.