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dianaurge.bsky.social
Discourses of #climatedelay - translated into #Hungarian now!

@jksteinberger.bsky.social @efesce.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
giuliomattioli.bsky.social
We wrote an article on this already 5 years ago. In the meantime, hundreds of studies have been published that explore discourses of climate delay more in depth
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Giulio Mattioli on X: "Discourse of #ClimateDelay #2: Whataboutism. Also known as the "But China!" or the "we're just 2%!" argument https://t.co/9QQNMTfbOF" / X
Discourse of #ClimateDelay #2: Whataboutism. Also known as the "But China!" or the "we're just 2%!" argument https://t.co/9QQNMTfbOF
x.com
July 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
danielhuppmann.bsky.social
Johannes Kopf erklärt die drei Standard-Ausreden von #ClimateDelay: Perversity, Futility, Jeopardy. Und was hat das mit Seesaiblingen in Kanada zu tun hat…
#WissenSchafftKlimaschutz
November 16, 2024 at 7:04 AM
danielhuppmann.bsky.social
It's funny*... Now that the #ClimateDelay talking point "renewables are more expensive" is obviously not true anymore, the fossil fuel stooges switch to "renewables need more acreage". In a domain (US Federal Lands) where land availability is obviously not a constraint.

*It's actually not funny.
jael.bsky.social jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · Aug 2
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.

Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
heatmap.news
August 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
danielhuppmann.bsky.social
Der Doppelpass der Verzögerer und Bremser

1. Entwurf für ein 🇦🇹 #Klimagesetz, das sich nur auf EU-Ziele bezieht
2. Aushebeln der 🇪🇺 EU-Klimaziele
3. Transformation verpasst
#ClimateDelay
Entscheidung über EU-Klimaziel 2040 wird verschoben
Ökonomen warnten vor Bremsmanöver, in Brüssel und Wien gingen Klimaschützer auf die Straße. Das Signal der Verschiebung könnte über Europas Grenzen hinweg wirken
www.derstandard.at
September 14, 2025 at 5:50 AM
sethpiper.bsky.social
Å diskreditere menneskene som prøve å redde oss alle fra klimakatasrofen og som alle vet har lite makt og penger, og tvinge dem til å måtte bruke energi på en helt åpenbar irrelevant debatt, er klassisk #climatedelay
April 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
zavaletas.bsky.social
The science is settled. The timeline is not. The new denialism isn’t disbelief—it’s delay.

#ClimateAction #ClimateDelay #FossilCapital #DiscoursesOfDelay #Policy #Power #Anthropocene
Climate Delay as Policy
How Power Turns Truth Into Inaction
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social
We have a new report out! "Climate Obstruction: The State & Spread of Climate Disinformation in Canada," led by our deputy director @sonjasolomun.bsky.social, examines prevalent #climatedelay narratives — i.e. msging that acknowledges #climatechange but delays action & policy: bit.ly/climate-disi...
bit.ly
February 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
timmonsroberts.bsky.social
".. the Corporate Mapping Project compiled a public database of the 1656 organizations and 44,433 people who make up what we shall now refer to as the Climate Change Counter Movement within Canada."

#Canada
#ClimateDenial
#ClimateDelay

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Countering the Climate Change Counter Movement: Six lessons from Canada's climate delays
The global transition away from fossil fuels is dangerously delayed. While climate delays are a complex issue, the fossil-fuel funded Climate Change C…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
calgaryclimatehub.ca
The 12 Discourses Of #ClimateDelay and How To Debunk Them bonpote.com/en/12-climat...
The 12 discourses of climate delay, and how to debunk them
'Of course climate change is a problem, but you can always find an excuse to do nothing.' When you've finished reading this, you will be able to refute any
bonpote.com
June 15, 2024 at 2:56 PM
robphair.bsky.social
#ClimatePragmatism
#ClimateDelay
@albomp.bsky.social
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 10
Such a good @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social + @steveclimate.bsky.social paper here: examining how "climate pragmatism" has become a major part of the new lexicon of climate delay

Also see: "climate realism"

theconversation.com/politicians-...
Kemi Badenoch during a visit to the Port of Aberdeen on September 2. Alamy/PA/Paul Campbell Politicians now talk of climate ‘pragmatism’ to delay action – new study Published: September 5, 2025 3.28am AEST Author Steve Westlake Lecturer, Environmental Psychology, University of Bath Disclosure statement Steve Westlake and co-researcher Rebecca Willis received funding from the Centre of Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to conduct this research. CAST is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Westlake also received a post-doctoral fellowship from ESRC from 2023-2025. Partners University of Bath University of Bath provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. View all partners DOI https://doi.org/10.64628/AB.6p3mqms45 Share article Print article Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described her plan to “maximise extraction” of the UK’s oil and gas from the North Sea as a “common sense” energy policy. Politicians are using language like this increasingly often – calling themselves “pragmatic” on climate change and invoking “common sense”. It sounds reasonable, reassuring, and grownup – the opposite of “hysterical” campaigners or “unrealistic” targets. But new research my colleagues and I conducted, calling on a decade of interviews with UK MPs, shows that political “pragmatism” is fast becoming a dangerous form of climate delay. By framing urgent action as “extreme” and steady-as-she-goes policies as “pragmatic”, leaders across the political spectrum are protecting the fossil-fuel status quo at the very moment scientists warn we need rapid, transformative change. Badenoch’s latest intervention is a perfect example. She said “common sense” dictates that every drop of oil must be extracted from the North Sea, and that net zero by 2050 was a policy pushed by “bullies”. This came just a day after the UK Met Office declared summer 2025 as the hottest on record.
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
darylfeehely.com
Also, all the adaptations in the world won't save Ireland whenever the AMOC flips, or even continues to lose power, and we end up with the climate of Iceland.

John ticks multiple classic #ClimateDelay boxes, & frankly @irishexaminer.bsky.social, you should know better than to publish them.
January 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM
wouterpoortinga.bsky.social
The CAST (cast.ac.uk) centre is looking to crowd-source responses to common #ClimateDelay discourse.

Do you have any good ways to respond to tricky #ClimateChange comments? We’d love to hear from you!

Link 🔗 below 👇

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January 4, 2024 at 5:46 PM
fff-ccc.bsky.social
Complacency leads to #ClimateDelay, which is another form of #ClimateDenial

Be thankful for the work of man, and keep encouraging the weak, pushing the strong and calling out the super strong!

#TaxWealthNotWork

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kevinleecaster.bsky.social Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · May 26
Nope, the primary motivation is to convince people to start advocating more strongly for climate action and to hasten their own plans to decarbonize their lives because complacency kills.

Austin City Council’s May 21 approved Austin Energy to contract for 400 megawatts of new methane power plants.
May 28, 2026 at 9:07 AM
darylfeehely.com
This is #climatedelay from MM.

He talks about responsibility for energy security from dirty LNG, while ignoring responsibility to reduce emissions & protect future generations.

No doubt they are hoping EU laws will change to avoid fines.

Shameful.

www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Taoiseach describes damning climate report as ‘highly speculative and uncertain’
Micheál Martin also hit back at accusations that the Government is “rowing back” on its climate commitments
www.irishexaminer.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
darylfeehely.com
In fact @irishexaminer.bsky.social, why not publish pieces about #ClimateDelay & #ClimateDenial?

Now that we have a Min that denies that solid fuels cause air pollution, correcting climate mis/disinfo & holding the gov to account will be even more important, while also educating readers. #Speirgorm
darylfeehely.com Daryl 𝘊𝘰𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘮𝘤í𝘯 🎃 Feehely @darylfeehely.com · Jan 17
Also, all the adaptations in the world won't save Ireland whenever the AMOC flips, or even continues to lose power, and we end up with the climate of Iceland.

John ticks multiple classic #ClimateDelay boxes, & frankly @irishexaminer.bsky.social, you should know better than to publish them.
January 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
sr-sweden.bsky.social
Meanwhile the #FossilSubsidies are at billions of £/year ...

When will it be about using the instruments of government?

#AbdicationOfLeadership #Climate #ClimateDelay
annekarin.klimastiftelsen.no Anne Karin Sæther @annekarin.klimastiftelsen.no · Jun 12
“As Britain faces the second fossil fuel shock of the decade, the only way to protect family and business finances is to drive for clean homegrown power that we control", said Ed Miliband as he presented the UK Government’s 7th Carbon Budget #fossilcrisis www.edie.net/governments-...
UK Seventh Carbon Budget Targets 87% Cut
Government unveils Seventh Carbon Budget to cut UK emissions 87% by 2042, boosting energy security, jobs and clean power amid fossil fuel shocks.
www.edie.net
June 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social
We often talk about climate change, but have you heard of #climatedelay? @sonjasolomun.bsky.social explained the concept on the Let's Go radio show w/Sabrina Marandola @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social: bit.ly/41krCWq

You can read our full "Climate Obstruction" report here: bit.ly/climate-disi...
February 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
mikejelfs.bsky.social
Hydrogen ICE is a delay tactic dressed up as innovation.

It’s inefficient, impractical, and not the future — just combustion in a new jacket.

We don’t need reinvention. We need progress.

🔗 www.jelfs.org/blog/hydroge...
#Hydrogen #ClimateDelay #EnergyTransition
Hydrogen ICE: A Delay Tactic Disguised as Innovation - My blog
This article explores how hydrogen combustion engines are promoted as a clean alternative, but in reality serve as a delay tactic in the energy transition. It breaks down the efficiency myths, rhetori...
www.jelfs.org
June 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
danielhuppmann.bsky.social
Ein 🤣 für Milchmerzchenrechnung…

Ein 😢 für das Geschwafel von Kernkraft als Zukunftstechnologie…
#ClimateDelay
February 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
plc-journal.bsky.social
👉 Authors identify seven types of (more or less intentional) climate delay discourses at the local level.

#Localenergygovernance #Polycentricgovernance #Climatedelay #Lockin #Qualitativemethods
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 AM
tillhilmar.bsky.social
It's based on an analysis of a large corpus of tweets by the German AfD and the Austrian FPÖ. They love to flip climate language on its head: instead of species extinction, for example, they warn of a "Kraftwerkesterben",  a "dying off" of power plants #climatedelay
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
fraish00x.bsky.social
NY pauses climate law → 📈 +38% energy bills 💸 Families lose $1,452/year. 46 days of food. #ClimateDelay #EnergyShock
March 27, 2026 at 5:07 PM
bigclimate.bsky.social
Is #Nuclear just another #ClimateDelay tactic? Check out today's #DebunktionJunction featuring the intrepid @jvipondmd.bsky.social at #COP29!
#Climate
jvipondmd.bsky.social 🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · Nov 19
Today’s #debunktionjunktion looking at the nuclear industry’s presence at #COP29

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November 19, 2024 at 6:58 PM
sciencenotdogma.bsky.social
This is a great example of how #ClimateDelay 'works'.🤨

Pretending that #NetZero will solve the #ClimateCrisis is how the #DenialMachine will keep profiting and DELAYING effective #ClimateAction.

It's a game of smoke and mirrors, folks, with our planet as a prize NOBODY wins.🥴
December 2, 2024 at 11:24 PM