Husband, father, climate scientist, teacher. Passion: leveraging climate readiness to create more just communities. Tweets my own, not my affiliation.
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Joined June 2018
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Check out our open access paper “Earth at risk: An urgent call to end the age of destruction and forge a just and sustainable future”.
Over 30,000 views!
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Excited that our paper in Earth at Risk is up to 12,300 views!
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Scientists’ urgent call: end destruction and forge a just, sustainable future | SOEST soest.hawaii.edu/soestwp/ann…
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Chip Fletcher retweeted
We should all be furious that as a summer of climate fueled event wreaks havok on our planet more isn't being done to stem the tide.
Record heatwaves, record floods, record droughts, record wildfires. How many more records before we #ActOnClimate?
#climate #renewables
(We need) “to realize that there are no lasting changes without cultural changes, without a maturing of lifestyles and convictions within societies, and there are no cultural changes without personal changes.”
Pope Francis on the climate vatican.va/content/francesco…
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My Op-Ed in TheMessenger.com Complex Origins of the Maui Wildfire: Colonialism and Climate Change - The Messenger themessenger.com/opinion/com…
China leads in electricity from wind & solar & may double capacity by 2025, 5yrs early. Britain, ~1/3 of electricity is generated by wind, solar and hydropower. US, 23% of electricity is expected from renewable sources this year, up 10% from a decade ago. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
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It's not sulphate aerosols.
It's not the Tonga eruption.
It's not unicorns or fairy dust.
It's human-caused warming from carbon pollution (plus a sizeable natural swing from La Nina-to-El Nino)
climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t…
Some similar had been proposed to the state legislature in Hawaii, but the committee head said “we’re not ready for managed retreat… we need to get our feet wet first.” apnews.com/article/puerto-ri…
Chip Fletcher retweeted
Republicans want to control what clothes you wear, what books you read, what history you learn, what medication you can take, what words you can say, what gender you are, who you can love or marry, and what you can or cannot do with your own body but when it comes to controlling gun violence… they say there’s “nothing they can do about it”???
Are you fucking kidding me?
IPCC Synthesis is a watered down version of itself. It says ….to not exceed 1.5°C, emissions must cut to “net-zero” by the “early 2050s”. Yet, a straight line from today’s emissions to where all emissions must cease, gives a zero CO₂ date of 2040. theconversation.com/ipccs-co…
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How about this… stop forcing students to write dissertations and instead write publishable manuscripts; one at a time, and submit them as you go.
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A Utah parent has utilized a new law that permits the removal of "pornographic" books from school libraries and requested the removal of the Bible, which they referred to as "one of the most sex-ridden books around."
The parent, who has chosen to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, submitted an appeal on December 11th along with an eight-page list of Bible passages that they found objectionable and deemed worthy of review.
The parent argued that the Bible contained topics such as incest, bestiality, genital mutilation, and infanticide, making it pornographic under the new definition set forth in Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-1227 and therefore without serious value for minors.
A GOP lawmaker expressed sadness regarding the situation.
Chip Fletcher retweeted
Sea-level rise is a present and growing threat to our island infrastructure. In recognition of this danger, we signed Bills 41 and 42 into law. Mahalo to the Councilmembers, community advocates, and @ResilientOAHU staff who helped make these important bills a reality.
Epic day today with Mayor Rick Blangiardi signing a new coastal setback into law for island of Oahu: 60ft plus 70 times the annual erosion rate. Mahalo nui Council members Esther Kiaʻāina, Matt Weyer, Tommy Waters. Strong step for sea level rise adaptation & beach conservation.
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows | Carbon offsetting | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…
Chip Fletcher retweeted
Exxon knew their business was killing people. They lied about it, covered it up and let millions of people suffer and die so they could make more money.
Exxon executives and the people who buried the science and misled the public are mass murderers on a planetary scale.
Chip Fletcher retweeted
Hawaiʻi Climate Week took place from January 9th - 12th. Hawaiʻi gov. Josh Green started the week off with a $100 million pledge to address climate change, along with the very first Hawaii Youth Climate Action Summit.
Here's a full recap of #HIClimateWeek:
Almost all the world’s governments have failed to improve their climate plans this year, breaking a promise made at last year’s climate summit in Glasgow, UK.
climatechangenews.com/2022/0… via @ClimateHome
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