How do you know which politicians are committed to climate action & deserve your vote? If you live in Sweden 🇸🇪 or the US 🇺🇸 & want climate advice for navigating the election 🗳️, I'd love to interview you for my podcast! Drop a comment below w/ your perspective so we can follow up. Thanks!

"Our research shows that the most effective approach to climate action is for people to make change within societal systems, not just as consumers. After all, what are systems made of if not people?" - @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social Have you tried SHIFT? Drop us a line below! jointheSHIFT.earth

Some inspirational literature on the bookshelf in the background of our set: featured books are by @rmforsyth.bsky.social, @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social, @alasdair-skelton.bsky.social, @asv.bsky.social, and others. Follow us to be notified when the Teaching Sustainability MOOC launches!

1/ The sustainability transition doesn’t just advance from the top down and the bottom up – change also happens in the middle, and that’s where most of us can make a real difference Quick thread on a great new paper showing how *everyone* has an influential role to play 🧵

🔥 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...

Back in 2012 we did a figure comparing historical emissions to previous generations of emission scenarios. rdcu.be/brDGx Surprisingly, the figure is still doing the rounds. We update it every year, with many interesting changes primarily due to revisions in land-use change emissions. 1/

Do you work #ForNature?🌿💻 We're happy to share our new collection of virtual video call backgrounds! Showcase the beauty of biodiversity, from species to genetics and ecosystems across the regions of our planet. 🌍

Does packing lighter make a difference? @globalecoguy.bsky.social and @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social answered: ✈️ Flying less matters far more than how you pack 💺 Bigger levers: fly economy (2–5x lower footprint than business/first class) and book direct https://nyti.ms/4dfJTJi

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

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Wow - awesome tool from @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social & Project Drawdown. Answer a few questions & it identifies your "climate superpowers," & gives a personalized set of actions ranked by actual impact, not just the easy stuff. It's quick & easy to see how you can help: jointheshift.earth/guide/

SHIFT Guide - SHIFT

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Another great newsletter from @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social It's really hard to strike a balance between realism, concrete action and also readability but Kim's newsletters consistently make me feel better after reading them, without sugarcoating things.

A garden of climate solutions

Facts: A garden of climate solutions 🌱 🚴‍♀️| Feelings: Grounded by Climate Wayfinding 👣🧘| Action: Build a coalition of the willing 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾💪🏼

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I like how Kimberly breaks down these actions. #ClimateEmergency #Solutions @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social

A garden of climate solutions

Facts: A garden of climate solutions 🌱 🚴‍♀️| Feelings: Grounded by Climate Wayfinding 👣🧘| Action: Build a coalition of the willing 🫱🏽‍🫲🏾💪🏼

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Sunny spring walk in Oslo w/ @ketanjoshi.co talking climate + AI, sustainability reporting, targets vs accountability, comms & media 🤓🌸 Forgot a photo but enjoyed harborside bubble tea w/ @glenpeters.bsky.social comparing notes on our work for @ipcc.bsky.social & @ipbes.net respectively🧋🌊

It’s not rocket science; it’s biodiversity science. 🚀 On International Mother Earth Day, IPBES notes that to preserve life on Earth, #TransformativeChange is urgently needed and involves promoting worldviews and values emphasising care, reciprocity and harmony with nature & Mother Earth. #EarthDay

🔥 Extreme heat is already hitting food systems. Farmers can’t work. Livestock are stressed. Yields are falling. We need more diverse, resilient food systems – and to phase out fossil fuels. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns

Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise

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NEW: Fifteen laws in 11 states that could immunize the fossil fuel industry from climate-related legal claims have either been passed or are being debated. Many bills are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From Accountability

Most of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo.

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I focus on high-impact #climate actions and write a newsletter called "We Can Fix It," and I feel All the Climate Feels, including despair. Grateful for my readers who shared this feeling with me, and to be able to share some wisdom on despair. wecanfixit.substack.com/p/despair-to...

One of the amazing projects supported by @projectdrawdown.bsky.social: a personal guide to create climate actions, specific to YOU. We think it's cool. And you know what else is cool? Project Drawdown's @globalecoguy.bsky.social will be onstage with us tomorrow in SF. Come join us!

Climate One LIVE with Jonathan Foley: 2025 Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication

Join us for a LIVE recording of the Climate One radio show and podcast, followed by a networking reception. Our co-host Kousha Navidar will host a discussion with Jonathan Foley, executive director at...

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Kimberly Nicholas@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers: 👩‍⚖️ Citizen 💼 Professional 💵 Investor ✈️ Consumer 🌟 Role Model Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!

Our department at UBC is hiring for a professor of forest ecophysiology, including "tree ecophysiology; plant abiotic or biotic stress physiology; forest mortality and climate change responses; forest carbon balance; tree water relations; or nutrient use." Learn more at: tinyurl.com/5da56f5c

Instead of buying something on #Black Friday, have you tried SHIFT-ing? 🌍 SHIFT is an evidence-based guide that connects you with the most effective personal actions you can take. @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social 🔗 Ready to #makeSHIFThappen? Find your climate superpowers! https://jointheshift.earth/

Kim Nicholas in Sweden always has an astute balance of systems-oriented policy action and ethical personal action. See this inspiring collaboration with Project Drawdown. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

Kimberly Nicholas@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How can YOU help fix the climate crisis? This new guide I researched and created with support from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social will help you find & flex your climate superpowers: 👩‍⚖️ Citizen 💼 Professional 💵 Investor ✈️ Consumer 🌟 Role Model Check out jointheshift.earth and let's #MakeSHIFThappen!

Join us today at 12:00 Sweden time for an online panel on #socialmedia for researchers: www.sam.lu.se/internt/even... #scicomm

"Individual action supports system change" If it's ok I'm going to steal that, @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social

Join us Monday, October 27, 10-12 in Lund for the launch of THE LONG HEAT by @wimcarton.bsky.social & Andreas Malm. I'll be on the panel, along with Alexandra Nikoleris and Mads Barbesgaard. It's a gripping, challenging and important read! www.lucsus.lu.se/calendar/boo...

New 'state of climate action' report gives you a much better picture than daily headlines about contextless solar panel or EV sales - Most things are going in the right direction - Most things are badly off track to the pace of change required systemschangelab.org/state-climat...

Climate science communicator extraordinaire @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social has compiled a great set of resources on how to help preserve #democracy. It’s worth studying and implementing. Very actionable: open.substack.com/pub/wecanfix...

Democracy is worth fighting for. Here's how

Facts: Fight democratic backsliding ⚖️| Feelings: Unthinkable Resource Hub🫶| Action: Protect democracy🗳️

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This is stellar climate journalism by Jocelyn Timperley! Not only is her interview with Kimberly Nicholas on the SHIFT project highly instructional and enlightening in itself. It is also excellently sourced with research-based background information.

Kimberly Nicholas@kimberlynicholas.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A deep dive on high-impact #ClimateAction from #BBC! As I told Jocelyn Timperley, "Hopefully people going through the jointheshift.earth guide will have a bit of an aha moment, realising, 'wait a minute, I have more power than I thought, and there's more that I can do'." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The new SHIFT guide helps you find your climate superpowers! So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative! www.dagens.com/lifestyle/th...

The Shift guide reveals your hidden climate superpowers

From protests to pensions: The unexpected ways to tackle climate change.

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Very cool! The BBC is featuring the new SHIFT website that we built with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social to advance tailored, science-based personal climate actions. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take

Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.

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