The climate situation is bad, huh? With the 2021 IPCC Climate report out last month, it seems like we aren’t really going to do much about it. Follow these accounts on Twitter that are sharing how dire things are and how we should be moving forward.
Greta Thurnberg – Activist
https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg
About: Greta Thunberg rose to prominence in 2018 when she started protesting outside of Swedish Parliament about their lack of action on Climate Chane. School Strike For Climate became a worldwide phenomenon and she has influenced millions of young people to speak out and at their leaders on their failures of Climate Change. With over 5 million followers she continues to speak at our leaders and institutions on their continued failures, including speaking at conferences such as Davos.
Prof. Katharine Hayhoe – Scientist
https://twitter.com/KHayhoe
About: Professor Katharine Hayhoe is a Canadian Climate Scientist. If you’re looking for information on what you can do about climate change, or looking for informative articles about climate change, Professor Hayhoe is a must follow.
Eric Holthaus – Scientist/Journalist
https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus
About: Eric Holthaus is a must follow for not just climate but weather, and how the two are related. He also recently started @Currently which is a weather related newsletter.
Zach Labe – Scientist
https://twitter.com/ZLabe
About: Zack Labe is a climate scientist from Colorado.
Bill McKibben – Educator/Environmentalist
https://twitter.com/billmckibben
About: Bill McKibben is an author, educator and environmentalist. He is the founder of the climate activist organization 350.org. They fight for renewable energy and ending use of fossil fuels.
Kate Aronoff – Journalist
https://twitter.com/KateAronoff
About: Kate Aronoff is one of the top climate writers and journalists. A must read over at The New Republic.
David Wallace-Wells – Journalist
https://twitter.com/dwallacewells
About: David Wallace-Wells is a columnist at New York Magazine. He’s also written The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming which is apparently as scary as it sounds.
Jade Begay – Activist/Journalist
https://twitter.com/_jadebegay
About: Jade Begay is the Climate Justice Director at NDN Collective.
Robinson Meyer – Journalist
https://twitter.com/yayitsrob
About: Robinson Meyer is a journalist currently at The Atlantic focused on climate and energy.
Kate Marvel – Scientist
https://twitter.com/DrKateMarvel
About: Kate Marvel is a climate scientist.
Mary Annaïse Heglar – Journalist
https://twitter.com/MaryHeglar
About: Mary Annaïse Heglar is a journalist and co-runs a newsletter and podcast about climate change. Hot Take.
Brian Kahn -Journalist
https://twitter.com/blkahn
About: Brian Kahn is a journalist and editor at EARTH3R.