Christina Hood
@christinahood.bsky.social
Climate policy nerd, mum, Ph.D ex quantum physicist, ex IEA. Climate stuff also on Linkedin. She/her. Views here are my own.
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I just want to share how hard it can be to be in a meeting w someone (listen to a presentation from, ask questions of a submitter who has) said vile dehumanising things abt women.
You know they think you aren’t a full human; they treat you accordingly and it sucks. Sometimes w bonus scariness.
You know they think you aren’t a full human; they treat you accordingly and it sucks. Sometimes w bonus scariness.
September 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I just want to share how hard it can be to be in a meeting w someone (listen to a presentation from, ask questions of a submitter who has) said vile dehumanising things abt women.
You know they think you aren’t a full human; they treat you accordingly and it sucks. Sometimes w bonus scariness.
You know they think you aren’t a full human; they treat you accordingly and it sucks. Sometimes w bonus scariness.
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If you're a journalist, or aspiring journalist, interested in learning more about reporting on the UN and climate change the Science Journalists Association of Australia
is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.
is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.
September 16, 2026 at 3:53 AM
If you're a journalist, or aspiring journalist, interested in learning more about reporting on the UN and climate change the Science Journalists Association of Australia
is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.
is hosting a free webinar with @roycerk2.bsky.social and I on Tuesday 29 September at 6pm Melbourne/Sydney time.
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2027 is going to be very very bad.
Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 7:35 AM
2027 is going to be very very bad.
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🥐 Calling Aotearoa folks in Paris!!
✅ Are you ready to vote in the NZ election this November?
🙊 (It's super easy!)
💻 Do you need help getting enrolled or registered as overseas?
🍷 Do you like wine and hanging out with cool people?!
Event link: www.facebook.com/events/10853...
✅ Are you ready to vote in the NZ election this November?
🙊 (It's super easy!)
💻 Do you need help getting enrolled or registered as overseas?
🍷 Do you like wine and hanging out with cool people?!
Event link: www.facebook.com/events/10853...
September 23, 2026 at 5:38 AM
🥐 Calling Aotearoa folks in Paris!!
✅ Are you ready to vote in the NZ election this November?
🙊 (It's super easy!)
💻 Do you need help getting enrolled or registered as overseas?
🍷 Do you like wine and hanging out with cool people?!
Event link: www.facebook.com/events/10853...
✅ Are you ready to vote in the NZ election this November?
🙊 (It's super easy!)
💻 Do you need help getting enrolled or registered as overseas?
🍷 Do you like wine and hanging out with cool people?!
Event link: www.facebook.com/events/10853...
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with new zealand in an election year i would like to formally remind everyone that i am *not* right wing blogger david farrar. i am re-issuing this handy guide from six years ago about how to tell us apart. please RT: www.webworm.co/farrier/
September 22, 2026 at 9:55 PM
with new zealand in an election year i would like to formally remind everyone that i am *not* right wing blogger david farrar. i am re-issuing this handy guide from six years ago about how to tell us apart. please RT: www.webworm.co/farrier/
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Rich people: ItS tOo ExPeNsiVe To DeAl WiTh ClImAtE ChAnGe!
Reality: climate change is going to kill half a million from this one event alone.
And, as Budanov said: it will get worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reality: climate change is going to kill half a million from this one event alone.
And, as Budanov said: it will get worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge El Niño projected to cause 450,000 deaths in next six months
New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Rich people: ItS tOo ExPeNsiVe To DeAl WiTh ClImAtE ChAnGe!
Reality: climate change is going to kill half a million from this one event alone.
And, as Budanov said: it will get worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reality: climate change is going to kill half a million from this one event alone.
And, as Budanov said: it will get worse.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I'll take it. www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
Brakes on LNG: Winston Peters says Cabinet ‘decided not to make a decision’
The Government appears unlikely to sign a contract for an LNG import terminal before the election, as ACT joins NZ First in applying the brakes.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 23, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I'll take it. www.thepost.co.nz/business/361...
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A company presold $200k worth of carbon removal credits for an unproven tech, then tried to bully New Zealand into gutting environmental laws to bypass safety checks. Officials found zero evidence their "ocean fertilization" method works or is safe. 🌊
Very glad to see this decision not to bend the rules for this secretive company exploiting partnership with government researchers for false credibility
Start-up Gigablue denied law change to push ahead with controversial marine carbon storage
An international start-up wanting to carry out controversial carbon storage research in New Zealand waters has had its request for regulation changes turned down.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 22, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A company presold $200k worth of carbon removal credits for an unproven tech, then tried to bully New Zealand into gutting environmental laws to bypass safety checks. Officials found zero evidence their "ocean fertilization" method works or is safe. 🌊
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>> I remember Fran O’Sullivan writing in the Herald (or somewhere), that Judge Katz‘s summary of facts in her judgment was more damaging to Jordan Williams‘s reputation than anything Colin Craig had published about him 
September 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
>> I remember Fran O’Sullivan writing in the Herald (or somewhere), that Judge Katz‘s summary of facts in her judgment was more damaging to Jordan Williams‘s reputation than anything Colin Craig had published about him 
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Some thoughts on Nicky Hager's "Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right" which was launched tonight. These thoughts are informed by a research project we did earlier this year looking at NZTU discourses which involved analysing two years of its media releases and other outputs.
September 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Some thoughts on Nicky Hager's "Dirty Work: The Taxpayers' Union and New Zealand's Hard Right" which was launched tonight. These thoughts are informed by a research project we did earlier this year looking at NZTU discourses which involved analysing two years of its media releases and other outputs.
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So a really important New Zealand book is published today. No, not that one. This one! The fourth and final Violet and the Velvets!
September 22, 2026 at 7:49 AM
So a really important New Zealand book is published today. No, not that one. This one! The fourth and final Violet and the Velvets!
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#ICYMI A major new programme will combine academic research with real‑world trials to help drive widespread behaviour changes that support a low‑carbon, climate‑resilient future 🌍️🔗 buff.ly/RLzc8IZ
Major new £3.83m programme to help people to take climate action - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
A new four-year programme led by the University of Bath, involving UEA and other partners, will explore how to support climate action, behaviour change and climate resilience across the UK.
buff.ly
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 AM
#ICYMI A major new programme will combine academic research with real‑world trials to help drive widespread behaviour changes that support a low‑carbon, climate‑resilient future 🌍️🔗 buff.ly/RLzc8IZ
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& unlike many other 'New Zealand' outdoor clothing companies. Wear on Earth is 100% New Zealand owned and more importantly MADE!
You literally see the machinists at work when you go to WOE HQ
woe.co.nz
You literally see the machinists at work when you go to WOE HQ
woe.co.nz
Wear On Earth: New Zealand-made Down Jackets and Vests
Custom made down jackets and vests right here in Christchurch, New Zealand. Customise your gear. Men's Down Range, Women's Down Range, Entire Range.
woe.co.nz
September 22, 2026 at 6:52 AM
& unlike many other 'New Zealand' outdoor clothing companies. Wear on Earth is 100% New Zealand owned and more importantly MADE!
You literally see the machinists at work when you go to WOE HQ
woe.co.nz
You literally see the machinists at work when you go to WOE HQ
woe.co.nz
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H5N1 bird flu is spreading across southeastern Australia, jumping from wild birds to marine mammals like dolphins, fur seals, and endangered sea lions.
Experts warn the virus threatens entire ecosystems as infected carcasses risk spreading the disease to scavengers.
Story by @npbrao.bsky.social.
Experts warn the virus threatens entire ecosystems as infected carcasses risk spreading the disease to scavengers.
Story by @npbrao.bsky.social.
H5N1 bird flu jumps to marine mammals and wildlife in Australia
H5N1 avian influenza is spreading rapidly across southeastern Australia owing to infected wild bird species, including little penguins, magpies, crested terns and pelicans. Bird aggregations during…
mongabay.cc
September 22, 2026 at 2:10 AM
H5N1 bird flu is spreading across southeastern Australia, jumping from wild birds to marine mammals like dolphins, fur seals, and endangered sea lions.
Experts warn the virus threatens entire ecosystems as infected carcasses risk spreading the disease to scavengers.
Story by @npbrao.bsky.social.
Experts warn the virus threatens entire ecosystems as infected carcasses risk spreading the disease to scavengers.
Story by @npbrao.bsky.social.
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There are tens of thousands of kororā in AoNZ.
There are 40 Tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern.
250 Shore plover/tūturu atu.
500 takahē.
350 black robins.
169 kakī.
325 kākāpō.
300 Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka.
Less than 1000 Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo.
There are 40 Tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern.
250 Shore plover/tūturu atu.
500 takahē.
350 black robins.
169 kakī.
325 kākāpō.
300 Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka.
Less than 1000 Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo.
September 21, 2026 at 10:27 AM
There are tens of thousands of kororā in AoNZ.
There are 40 Tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern.
250 Shore plover/tūturu atu.
500 takahē.
350 black robins.
169 kakī.
325 kākāpō.
300 Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka.
Less than 1000 Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo.
There are 40 Tara iti/New Zealand fairy tern.
250 Shore plover/tūturu atu.
500 takahē.
350 black robins.
169 kakī.
325 kākāpō.
300 Orange-fronted parakeet/kākāriki karaka.
Less than 1000 Australasian bittern/matuku-hūrepo.
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The new international Four Directions Energy Fund focuses on the pre-development gap --> getting a project from idea to shovel ready, an area where capital is largely absent for First Nations and Indigenous people globally.
www.4directionsfund.com
#firstnations #mobsky #indigenous #energy #auspol
www.4directionsfund.com
#firstnations #mobsky #indigenous #energy #auspol
September 21, 2026 at 12:28 AM
The new international Four Directions Energy Fund focuses on the pre-development gap --> getting a project from idea to shovel ready, an area where capital is largely absent for First Nations and Indigenous people globally.
www.4directionsfund.com
#firstnations #mobsky #indigenous #energy #auspol
www.4directionsfund.com
#firstnations #mobsky #indigenous #energy #auspol
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Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
September 19, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
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“The timing is right to accelerate the energy transition to electricity,” says Thailand energy minister
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thailand Sees Energy Transition as Shield Against Oil Volatility
Thailand is using the oil shock caused by the Iran war to accelerate a shift toward electrification and domestically sourced energy, trying to turn a supply crisis into a push for greater security.
www.bloomberg.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
“The timing is right to accelerate the energy transition to electricity,” says Thailand energy minister
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Also, while this is the expansion of of an existing power, the enlarging of the power beyond the closure of roads to closure of any accessible public place more likely and more seriously implicates the right to protest.
September 19, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Also, while this is the expansion of of an existing power, the enlarging of the power beyond the closure of roads to closure of any accessible public place more likely and more seriously implicates the right to protest.
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This is an ugly Trojan horse due to overbroad drafting: an amendment putatively about boy racers give power to Police to close any public place if disorder is imminent, direct people not to enter, arrest them if they try to do so or infringe them — all without any prospect of judicial supervision. 🤦🏼♂️
September 19, 2026 at 6:29 AM
This is an ugly Trojan horse due to overbroad drafting: an amendment putatively about boy racers give power to Police to close any public place if disorder is imminent, direct people not to enter, arrest them if they try to do so or infringe them — all without any prospect of judicial supervision. 🤦🏼♂️
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It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here.
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
Remembering Dr. Joe Romm
It is with great sadness that the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media shares news of the passing of PCSSM Senior Research Fellow Dr. Joe Romm. Please find below an obituary prepared ...
web.sas.upenn.edu
September 18, 2026 at 7:50 PM
It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here.
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...
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Okay everyone it's been a minute so let's get this right off the bat:
HAGER
rhymes with
LAGER
HAGER
rhymes with
LAGER
September 18, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Okay everyone it's been a minute so let's get this right off the bat:
HAGER
rhymes with
LAGER
HAGER
rhymes with
LAGER
I know #nzpol folks will have seen this story, but you may not have seen the front-page splash in the print edition. Quite an editorial choice.
September 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM
I know #nzpol folks will have seen this story, but you may not have seen the front-page splash in the print edition. Quite an editorial choice.
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If only there was some kind of local representative who was a member of the government who could push for policies that mean an increasing number of desperate people dont have to rely on food banks in the first place.
September 17, 2026 at 6:03 AM
If only there was some kind of local representative who was a member of the government who could push for policies that mean an increasing number of desperate people dont have to rely on food banks in the first place.