The ongoing heatwave in Europe shows us that we need climate action now more than ever. The good news is that each of us has the agency to do something in our lives. I spoke with @charlotte-kukowski.bsky.social about a new climate action framework she and her colleagues have developed.

How to use your agency for impactful climate action

Although modern life makes many of us feel powerless, we all have agency to act and stop the climate crisis.

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The paper is excellent, thank you for providing access to it. "...treating these as mutually exclusive is conceptually and strategically flawed. Individuals act within systems, and systems are shaped and sustained by individual and collective behaviour." Exactly. bsky.app/profile/kris...

Kristian Steensen Nielsen@kristiansn89.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Here we go: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This sounds like an interesting and important article about agency for climate change mitigation, which I look forward to reading.

Kristian Steensen Nielsen@kristiansn89.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔥 Individual or system change?🔥 This debate has been at the center of much of my social media engagement for years (causing a fair bit of frustration). Yet I have never published research directly addressing it. Until now. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"People with higher socioeconomic status often have far greater opportunities to influence emissions… ...Nonetheless, most people probably have more personal climate agency than they recognize."

Kristian Steensen Nielsen@kristiansn89.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔥 Individual or system change?🔥 This debate has been at the center of much of my social media engagement for years (causing a fair bit of frustration). Yet I have never published research directly addressing it. Until now. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌍 Feeling paralyzed about climate action? We just published an article in @theconversation.com that talks about how to find your biggest potential climate impact - which may well be greater than you think. 💪 Our framework walks you through the process step-by-step: (1/n)

🚨Fed up with the "individual vs. system change" debate?🚨 We've got you covered. 🙌 In our new paper in Nature Climate Change, we endeavour to move beyond that binary by introducing the agency frame (a-frame), a practical lens for identifying and intervening on high-impact climate behaviours. (1/n)

Excellent work from @charlotte-kukowski.bsky.social including@kristiansn89.bsky.social@lwhitmarsh.bsky.social@profsanderlinden.bsky.social & others. I think they're on the money regarding how some people are better placed to shape society, but everyone has at least some agency to shape behaviour 1/n

Kristian Steensen Nielsen@kristiansn89.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🔥 Individual or system change?🔥 This debate has been at the center of much of my social media engagement for years (causing a fair bit of frustration). Yet I have never published research directly addressing it. Until now. 🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Climate / food sky: does anyone know of research into the GHG emissions of diet between different socio economic groups within a high income country? I am sure this paper exists but can't locate it. @waiterich.bsky.social @paulbehrens.bsky.social - do you know of anything? Thanks in advance!