Climate politics sounds increasingly polarised. But in Europe, support for climate isn’t driven by die-hard supporters or opponents. It tends to be shaped by a large “conditional middle” (33%).

Policymakers in polluted cities often hold back on ambitious clean air policy, worried the public will resist costs or prioritise economic growth instead.

A lot of climate mitigation advice ignores a key constraint: will people actually do it? In our new paper, we use a “personalised scenario testing” tool and ask people to build a plan to cut their own emissions by 30% (Swiss sample, n=2,793).

I had the pleasure to discuss our work on climate policy acceptability @franceculture.fr "Avec Sciences" The big insight? 1/3 of Europeans are “pivot voters”, neither for nor against climate policies, but the ones who decide if a measure succeeds or fails www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

Le destin des politiques climatiques dépend d’électeurs ni pour, ni contre, ni neutre

C'est le milieu intermédiaire, celles et ceux qui changent d'avis. Selon cette nouvelle étude parue dans Nature Climate Change, ces électeurs représentent 33% des répondants, et peuvent donc faire bas...

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Climate politics sounds increasingly polarised. But in Europe, support for climate isn’t driven by die-hard supporters or opponents. It tends to be shaped by a large “conditional middle” (33%).

Very excited to share the release of our data-based report series – “What do people think and want?” - focusing on air pollution perceptions across four cities facing high levels of air pollution (Accra, Delhi, Jakarta and Johannesburg). ib.ethz.ch/research/air...

Delft joins The Hague & Utrecht in banning #fossilfuel ads in public. Read more about how these bans challenge #norms and #climateaction in this commentary by our colleague @thijsbouman.bsky.social Bouman, Jan Willem Bolderdijk & @ekeithsmith.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Local fossil fuel ad ban as a catalyst for global change - Nature Climate Change

The Hague in the Netherlands was the first city in the world to enact a law prohibiting advertisements for fossil fuel products and services. Although the ban is restricted to The Hague’s jurisdiction...

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Ook Delft verbiedt fossiele reclame in de openbare ruimte

There is a new Executive Order that is closely related to many of the topics promoted in the science reform movement. It deserves a close read as it will surely have implications for how some promoted reforms are implemented in policy and practice. My hot take 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Restoring Gold Standard Science

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

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Need causal insights into how people make decisions? Conjoint survey experiments let you unpack complex choices in realistic settings. Learn to design, implement, and analyze them in our #GESISsummerschool course with @phanxi.bsky.social & Lukas Rudolph. Book Now ➡️ t1p.de/GSS25-C6

Great inequalities persist in air quality monitoring. People in rich countries are 12x more likely than to have monitoring. But that doesn’t mean we need to wait for more monitors to reduce air pollution… ⬇️ new paper with Camille de Lauriere and Ella Henninger in PNAS : www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Persistent inequalities in global air quality monitoring should not delay pollution mitigation | PNAS

Air pollution is a global health crisis that disproportionately affects lower- and middle-income countries. We examine global air quality monitorin...

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Public supports fossil fuel ad ban: new study finds twice as many Europeans want to ban fossil fuel ads as oppose such a move www.desmog.com/2025/03/21/s...

Strong Support Among Europeans for Banning Fossil Fuel Ads, Study Finds

Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as many who oppose such a move, according to a new study. Climate campaigners a...

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A small favor to ask for the hive mind of air pollution people 👋. I’m looking for an archive of the US Embassy monitoring data (previously on AirNow.gov). Does anyone by chance know where a copy of these data still exists? Many thanks in advance!

Day 6 of survey data collection in townships around Johannesburg with the absolutely amazing students from Wits (Geography,Archaeology, and Environmental Studies) Project focuses on air pollution awareness, protective behaviors and citizen demands for mitigation in lower income neighborhoods.

Widespread public support in leading middle-income countries for equivalent sustainable supply chain policies. New #OA findings in Nature Communications with Dennis Kolcava, Thomas Bernauer and myself www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stringent sustainability regulations for global supply chains are supported across middle-income dem...

Citizens in middle-income countries (Brazil, India, Indonesia) support aligning local sustainability rules with new laws originating in OECD nations. People favor stricter regulations, driven by optim...

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Interested in policy solutions to air pollution? Want to pursue a PhD in Environmental Politics at ETH-Zurich? We are advertising 2 PhD positions, focusing on AQ monitoring and citizen preferences to air pollution solutions across the global south. Apply👇 jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

Interesting in social tipping, how to identify the likelihood of a system to tip, and how agency can shape our societal conditions? Then come on by to my talk in Bern on Monday (02.10, 16:00-18:00,Oeschger Center). Hoping for a lively discussion and critical re-assessment of this emerging field.

Hi all 👋, I’m new here. Looking for recs for environmental social science and climate science/politics feeds. Quant methods, public opinion and general curiosities are also always welcome. Many thx in advance and hoping this new place is better than the old one…