Climate scientist, prof, writer, speaker, aquatic mammal, sorry for dragging sand in the house. Once upon a time, I enjoyed this site. Moved on to new shores.
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Simon Donner retweeted
In talking about climate change, we pay lots of attention to daytime temperature records. We're also setting nighttime records (1/4)
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"I couldn't look at myself in the mirror", says climate scientist @simondonner, who is one of the two climate advisors that quit the federal government's Net-Zero Advisory Body.
Full interview: youtu.be/x1JYcA9srH4?si=xnXh…
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As Canada scrambles to diversify its exports, fossil fuels are an increasingly risky bet, not least with taxpayers’ money. And we should not kid ourselves: it is also a bet on global failure to address #climatechange, says @simondonner @ubcires @ubcgeog nationalobserver.com/2025/11…
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The choices we face are about today vs. tomorrow, not environment vs. economy. In a new article, @NZAB_Canada presents four immediate steps the Canadian government can take to prepare for the future, drawn from new research with @ClimateInstit 🧵(1/6)
hilltimes.com/story/2025/09/…
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Canada's consumer carbon price is dead, not because it was bad policy because it was bad politics, as we often hear. It is dead because of disinformation: false or misleading claims intentionally spread to fool Canadians into thinking it cost them money and hurt the economy.
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A modern net-zero industrial policy can help Canada grow cohorts of successful homegrown businesses that can compete internationally and prepare the country for a net-zero future. 2/2
Read more: nzab2050.ca/publications/col…
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Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB) has published a new report recommending that the federal government adopt a more collaborative and strategic approach to net-zero industrial policy in Canada. 1/2
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Trump let the owner of Twitter into the federal reserve and planes have been falling out of the sky but the most unbelievable thing I’ve seen all year is an NBA trade.
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NZAB co-chair @Simondonner says "Getting on pathway to net-zero is not just about reducing emissions—it is about making sure Canada is not left behind in the growing low-carbon economy." theenergymix.com/canada-sets… via @TheEnergyMix @ubcires @UBCGeog @NZAB_Canada
Simon Donner retweeted
📢New Paper Alert📢
on corals and climate change in @ScienceMagazine
Adaptation via natural selection could determine whether Acroporacorals persist under expected levels of global warming
Hyperlinks & explainer thread below ⬇️
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Simon Donner retweeted
Furious intervention from India after NCQG is adopted at #COP29
"gavelling and trying to ignore parties from speaking does not behove the UNFCCC system…India does not accept the goal proposal in its present form"
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World leaders are converging today at the United Nations' annual @COP29_AZ climate conference in Azerbaijan. @simondonner talks about the main focus this year. @ubcires @UBCGeog globalnews.ca/video/10865615… via @GlobalBC
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Attending #COP29? Visit our panel on Climate’s Bottom Line: Carbon Budgets and Global Collaboration, featuring @CStewart729, @SimonDonner, @CatAbreu_, @PiersForster, @HeleenDeConinck, and ICCN’s Ben Rhodes. canadacop29pav.ca/event-even…
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If you want to get your head around the new climate finance goal that's supposed to be agreed at COP29, look no further than this definitive explainer by my colleague Josh
carbonbrief.org/cop29-what-i…
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NZAB co-chair @simondonner will be appearing at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on Nov 7 at 9AM EST to discuss NZAB’s recent reports advising on meeting Canada’s 2030 and 2035 emissions reduction targets. senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony…
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Victoria Nuland to @mckaycoppins: "Foreign counterparts would say it to me straight up, 'The first Trump election—maybe people didn’t understand who he was, or it was an accident. A second election of Trump? We’ll never trust you again.'”
theatlantic.com/internationa…
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With the US elections just around the corner, some food for thought about #democracy, #dictatorship and #truth.
@billmaher
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Podcast alert! on climate policy in Canada. Must listen from @cbcwhatonearth with @simondonner cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-4…
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The world's largest climate and weather data archive is located in Asheville, NC.
Due to an historic climate disaster, its currently offline.
