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Tag Archives: Advocacy
Speaking out
There’s a current Twitter hashtag called #WeNeedToChangeTheWorld, which WMC has also discussed in this post. It’s bit cliché, but it’s probably true, for many reasons. As also mentioned in WMC’s post, Peter Jacobs tweeted the following The politics of the … Continue reading
Posted in ClimateBall, ethics, Policy, Politics, Scientists
Tagged #WeNeedToChangeTheWorld, Advocacy, Peter Jacobs, Political advocacy, William Connolley
144 Comments
Political activism
There’s been a rather lengthy Twitter exchange involving Judith Curry, mostly focusing on whether or not Judith is a political activist. Judith appears to be suggesting that what she does is not political activism, or any form of political advocacy, … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt, Judith Curry, Policy, Politics
Tagged Advocacy, Judith Curry, Political activism, Political advocacy, Research integrity
257 Comments
Out of the lab and into the field?
This is probably going to be another of those rather confused posts, which doesn’t really say much and in which I illustrate my own confusion, more than anything else. I’ve been reading (a few times, now) a Nature article by … Continue reading
Practice what you preach?
I wanted to comment briefly on a recent paper which concludes that recommendations made by climate researchers are followed when they practice what they preach. This seems pretty obvious to me; if you’re going to make specific suggestions, then people … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Advocacy, climate scientists, Emission reductions, Hypocritical, Solar panels, Springer
74 Comments
BBC and the Met Office
It’s very disappointing that the Met Office has lost the contract to provide weather reporting for the BBC. It’s a world-class organisation and it’s hard to see another providing the same level of service. Maybe cheaper, but better seems unlikely. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Science
Tagged Advocacy, BBC, Met Office, Public Sector, The Met Office, Weather reporting
73 Comments
Gavin Schmidt on advocacy
Originally posted on …and Then There's Physics:
Gavin Schmidt presenting the Stephen Schneider lecture at the recent AGU meeting is now available on youtube, so I thought would post it here. Gavin has posted it himself at RealClimate and…
Posted in advocacy, Climate change, ClimateBall, Gavin Schmidt
Tagged Advocacy, AGU meeting, Bishop-Hill, Gavin Schmidt
217 Comments
Science and silence
Judith Curry tweeted me (and others), yesterday, to suggest that Sou’s interpretation of much of what Judith says is typically ludicrous. I know that Sou can be snarky (that’s her chosen style) but she’s often pretty spot-on and more than … Continue reading
