Looking back to a great week at the @egu.eu annual assembly. The @ethz.ch #LandClim group was strongly represented, with even more members than on this picture :-) I found the atmosphere at the conference truly inspiring. Many thanks to all the volunteers in charge of the organization!

Had the opportunity to talk a bit about my PhD journey to PLOS Climate! Check the blog entry below 😁

PLOS Climate@plosclimate.org · 5mo ago

New on the Latitude blog: our next interview with a PhD student in climate research, @yasserhaddad.bsky.social of @usyseth.bsky.social! latitude.plos.org/2026/04/plos...

Es ist eine grosse Ehre, den 2025 Deutschen Umweltpreis zu erhalten! Danke an alle meine jetzigen und ehemaligen Gruppenmitglieder und viele Kolleg:innen! @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social @yasserhaddad.bsky.social @yannquilcaille.bsky.social @michaelgwindisch.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

DBU Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt@umweltstiftung.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Ausgezeichnet!🏆Mit dem Deutschen Umweltpreis 2025 von der DBU #uwp25 werden die Klimaforscherin @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social @ethz.ch & das Geschäftsführungsduo Lars Baumgürtel und Dr. Ing. Birgitt Bendiek des Stahlverzinkungsunternehmens ZINQ geehrt. buff.ly/QEDIjX0

🚨 Important paper in Nature: "Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors". www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Hot off the press: We can provide for the first time a systematic attribution of recent #heatwaves to the emissions of #carbon_majors. Essential new #Nature article coordinated by @yannquilcaille.bsky.social at @ethz.ch, with numerous contributors @usyseth.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗵𝗗 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁! We looked at how climate change is already affecting run-of-river hydropower in Switzerland—and what that means for electricity system planning. 📄 Published in Environmental Research Letters. 🔗 Link to the paper: 10.1088/1748-9326/ade4df

I’m at EGU in Vienna this week, and will be presenting my current project tomorrow morning around 9, pass by if you’re interested or want to connect! Link to the abstract here: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Everyday I read about a new enraging Trump decision, but I don’t see much retaliation yet from those affected and those that oppose his fascist policies. Is there really no large-scale mobilization in the USA against Trump?

Let’s call it what it is: a witch-hunt, and the victims are scientists and all those working for a better future.

Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt.bsky.social · last yr.

This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed: newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

Excited about our #AI based runoff reconstruction for #switzerland ranging back to 1962. Lead by @bask0.bsky.social, co-authored by @hydrologywsl.bsky.social , @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social , William Aeberhard, Michael Schirmer. hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

Avec l'actualité c'est un peu passé inaperçu, mais plus de 10 ans après la mort de Rémi Fraisse, la Cour Européenne des Droits de l'Homme vient de condamner la France pour violation du droit à la vie.

Excellente liste d’actions pour aller de l’avant et faire la différence, minime soit elle, dans un monde qui sombre de plus en plus dans l’autoritarisme et la violence politique!

Bon Pote@bonpote.com · 2y ago

"Et maintenant, on fait quoi ?" C'est la question qui revient le plus souvent depuis 3 mois et l'élection de Trump. Pour arrêter la posture défensive et construire ensemble, nous avons listé 20 actions pour passer à l'offensive. A partager massivement svp ! 🙌 bonpote.com/sortir-de-la...

📺 📻 🗞️ Petition: SRF Wissensjournalismus stärken! Innovation, KI, Medizin, Klima, Energie... In einer immer komplexeren Welt mit mehr Fakenews ist eine starke SRF Wissenschaftsredaktion unverzichtbar. Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft unterschreiben und teilen! openpetition.eu/!sciencejour...

Fakten statt Falschinformationen: Für einen starken Wissenschaftsjournalismus! - Online-Petition

Offener Brief aus der Wissenschaft an SRF Sehr geehrte Direktion der SRG, sehr geehrte Geschäftsleitung von SRF, sehr geehrte Medien- und Wissenschaftspolitiker:innen Mit grosser Besorgnis haben wir z...

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There is no automatic reversion to "normal" in politics. Nor will the timid business-as-usual which got us into this mess get us out of it. We'll achieve a better society after Trump and similar tyrants only through massive and focused movement-building. It has to start right now.

I think the crazy developments in the US ought to remind us to hold our representatives accountable, to inform ourselves through credible sources and to engage with those that don’t share our opinions. It’s fundamental to counter populist takes based on misinformation, to not end up like the US🙃

Incoming comment from Trump asking where is the global warming everybody talks about🫠

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

US weather: Seven states declare emergencies amid warnings snow could be heaviest in a decade – live updates

The best climate solutions -- by far -- are the ones that are ready to scale *now*. Waiting for pie-in-the-sky tech solutions, which never seem to show up as promised, is *exactly* the wrong thing to do.

Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 2y ago

"Let's deploy things that actually are cheap enough and scalable enough and ready enough," like solar power, battery storage, EV charging stations, and other tech that's already proliferating, said @globalecoguy.bsky.social ... uk.news.yahoo.com/bill-gates-s...

Pour une fois, je suis d’accord avec Yaël Braun-Pivet. Cette invisibilisation de la catastrophe à Mayotte montre de nouveau le peu d’intérêt qu’accorde les politiques pour les catastrophes climatiques (encore plus quand elles surviennent en outre mer)

Le Monde@lemonde.fr · 2y ago

En direct, François Bayrou premier ministre : Yaël Braun-Pivet « aurait préféré qu’il prenne l’avion pour Mayotte » plutôt que d’assister au conseil municipal de Pau

I was just watching the recording of the Deep Learning for Climate and Weather session @agu.org, and I could not believe the level of condescendence of some of the speakers (see screenshot). AI/ML research needs more humility and respect, we should be working hand in hand, not one against the other.

I get that COPs are the best we have but they are infuriating - it is so hard to simply keep past commitments let alone accelerate action at the speed and scale required to have any hope of achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. Shame on the countries that show up to obstruct rather than act.

Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2y ago

#COP29 Some developed countries have made barely veiled swipes at Saudi Arabia over its obstruction of an explicit restatement of "transitioning away from fossil fuels" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brilliant thread summarizing each country’s interventions during the #COP29 Plenary. Not surprised to read that most countries express disappointment in this year’s COP. Very weak developments, anchored in a logic of delay.

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 2y ago

#COP29 plenary EU "very much concerned" on mitigation text "we need a much stronger language on the concrete follow up to GST" "[Climate extremes] in Africa, the Americas, our friends in the Caribbean & the Pacific…shows we need to do more, not less, than the UAE consensus on mitigation" 1/11

Softening the definition of Net Zero won’t stop global warming. As authors of the 2009 “Net Zero Papers” we call on countries and companies to recognise the need for Geological Net Zero, balancing flows of carbon into and out of the Earth’s crust. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Countries could use nature to ‘cheat’ on net zero targets, scientists warn

By relying on natural carbon sinks such as forests and peatlands to offset emissions, governments can appear closer to goals than they actually are

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We wrote a student-led open letter to Mukhtar Babayev COP29 President urging COP29 to commit to drastic emission cuts, and reached more than 700 signatories now! Please sign this letter and spread it further cop29letter.org #COP29 #ClimateAction

COP29 Open Letter

Open letter initiated by students in Climate Sciences and Engineering

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I really understand why Bluesky is viewed as the version of Twitter that people enjoyed, hope it stays like that🙏🏼

Here is a starter pack of scientists based in Switzerland🇨🇭active in climate/environmental research (in nat. & soc. sciences) @retoknutti.bsky.social @robertfinger.bsky.social @jksteinberger.bsky.social @rarohde.bsky.social @florianaltermatt.bsky.social @kariningold.bsky.social go.bsky.app/5cJemte

A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting. Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.