Kayly Ober
Climate mobility @carnegieendowment.org • Author Groundswell (World Bank) & Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate (Cambridge)• Also: 🚲🐈🏳️🌈 • Views=own •📍DC (for now)
- Reposted by Kayly OberFor the second time in 3 years, manufacture, installation & export of batteries, electric cars, solar, wind and related tech accounted for more than 1/3 of China’s economic growth www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
- Reposted by Kayly OberNew study uses #satellite records and shows that #SouthernOcean #phytoplankton responds in contrasting ways to marine #heatwaves and #cold spells. The impacts vary sharply by region, exposing distinct #ecological sensitivity to #climate -driven extremes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Kayly OberThis research paper is the first time that a tipping point of a switch from a carbon sink to a carbon emission source in tropical rainforests has been identified clearly – not just for one year but for the last 20 years. Cause is a change in the local climate. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Kayly OberToday @cato.org published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew www.cato.org/white-paper/...
- Reposted by Kayly OberFrom a friend who works at an MPS school with hundreds of families in hiding: "The thing REALLY needed is money for rent/utilities/cell phone bills. It looks like there is a lot of money raised but across 5 schools it’s not enough with February rent coming due." givebutter.com/rent4mplsfam...
- Reposted by Kayly OberData center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗
- Reposted by Kayly OberSpain to offer legal status to half a million undocumented migrants 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Kayly Ober"France to ditch US platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom for ‘sovereign platform’ amid security concerns" www.euronews.com/next/2026/01...
- Can anyone explain what the $20 million for the U.S. Institute of Peace in FY26 appropriations will be funding?
- More on foreign assistance whiplash from @cgdev.org here: www.cgdev.org/blog/us-cong...
- Reposted by Kayly OberAt least 16 people have died as ferocious wildfires gripped Southern Chile, burning homes and thousands of hectares of land, the authorities said Sunday.
- In what ways can and should #climatemobility be financed through the Fund for responding to #LossandDamage? How much will it cost? Hear from the experts at this @carnegieendowment.org event ⬇️ carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...
- Reposted by Kayly OberFragmentation, deinstitutionalization and #militarization, combined with the erosion of many values-based norms, threaten the very survival of the multilateral system. This #SIPRI publication discusses the changing landscape of #conflictmanagement and #peacebuilding. 🕊️Read more: bit.ly/49mQe5a
- @iom.int & Ruta del Clima created the first-ever costing tool to quantify #LnD for #plannedrelocation & disaster #displacement. Results in #CostaRica & #Chile calculated that governments would need to invest around $65,384 per household to address LnD. carnegieendowment.org/posts/2026/0...
- Reposted by Kayly OberNew analysis out today from Rhodium Group showing data centres were one of the major drivers of the first rise in total economy-wide emissions in the US in years Uncontrolled growth of demand has helped boost coal growth, in conjunction with the LNG export boom -> rhg.com/research/us-...
- Reposted by Kayly Ober"Power generation from coal fell by 1.6% in China and by 3.0% in India in 2025, as non-fossil energy sources grew quickly enough in both countries to cover electricity consumption growth."
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- Reposted by Kayly OberNEW – Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action | @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/Mkjsh61
- The WIM Secretariat recently released its “Technical guide on accessing financial resources aiming to avert, minimize and address the impacts of displacement associated with the adverse effects of climate change” A real mouthful! But worth the read! unfccc.int/sites/defaul...
- Bill Gates changing his tune on climate change investment... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Looks like an Onion headline
- Reposted by Kayly Ober"Withdrawing from the #UNFCCC will mean the US no longer has a seat at the annual “conference of the party” (Cop) meetings, and ..from the #IPCC will mean the US no longer has a veto over the “summary for policymakers” that accompanies its seven-yearly reports." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Kayly OberI hope Sue Biniaz’s take (and she is in a position to know these things having worked on the issues a long time at State) that the US could rejoin the UNFCCC easily, is what happens. I also hope thar groups litigate the withdrawal as well though am less confident that would win in court.
- #Hopecore PSA: the Year of the Horse, which promises big change, officially starts February 17 🤞
- Columbia & Harvard researchers find that 📈 temperatures are associated with ⬆️ interpersonal & self-inflicted violence-related Medicaid hospital visits in the United States www.nature.com/articles/s44...
- Stark @nytimes.com update on those displaced by #wildfires last year in the #LA area: "More than 70 percent of residents who were displaced remain so, while 4 out of 10 fire survivors have taken on debt and almost half have wiped out much of their savings" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
- Reposted by Kayly OberI get asked all the time about data needed to make better climate risk decisions Usually not another gridded temp map (sorry) But better adaptation data would help! - Households behind non-accredited levees paid 2x for flood insurance vs accredited levee iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Kayly OberWanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research. A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans. futurism.com/health-medic...
- Reposted by Kayly OberI wrote a book about the problems with bottled water ("Bottled and Sold") several years ago. Here's just another reason to avoid it. www.wired.com/story/people...
- Reposted by Kayly Ober❄️Today (December 21) marks the first official day of the Winter Season. Winter isn't what it used to be for generations past. The season has warmed, on average by 3.9°F, in 98% of 244 U.S. cities. In our warming world, the coldest days aren’t as cold, and cold snaps don’t stick around as long
- Reposted by Kayly OberMelissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
- It seems to me that ProPublica management is seriously misjudging who their readers are
- 1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
- Reposted by Kayly OberBefore the 1990s, plane crashes caused by microbursts used to kill planeloads of people fairly regularly. Dr. Ted Fujita and NCAR scientists figured out how to detect microbursts and warn pilots about them. Since then? Zero airliner crashes from microbursts.
- Reposted by Kayly Ober“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk,” Kim Cobb told @bloomberg.com about NCAR, given its cutting-edge work on extreme weather and across fields including machine learning and AI. Story w/ @eroston.bsky.social @willwwade.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
- Reposted by Kayly OberProfessor friends…anyone still interested in moving to Canada? The government and UBC want you! research.ubc.ca/federal-rese...
- Reposted by Kayly OberGreat points from Gov. Polis in this article -- destroying NCAR puts American families at risk and weakens the United States geopolitically. It's a national & homeland security own goal.
- Reposted by Kayly OberWe are pleased to share the latest Nansen Initiative +10 blog on 'Disaster- and climate-related human mobility in the Americas: A decade of progress since the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda' @unhcr.org climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/americas/
- Reposted by Kayly Ober#MigrantSmuggling Restrictions don’t “break the business model” of smugglers — they boost it. 61% of smugglers in West and North Africa say demand increased and 35% link it directly to stricter border measures. More restrictions = more demand. All findings: f.mtr.cool/akdhkfsfyf
- Reposted by Kayly OberThis is a huge and terrible development and shows the degradation of asylum worldwide. https:/www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/dec/04/aid-cuts-africa-uganda-stops-refugee-status-eritreans-somalis-ethiopians
- Reposted by Kayly Ober10 years ago, 109 governments endorsed the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda on disaster displacement. In this podcast, Prof Walter Kaelin - Envoy of the Chair of the Platform on Disaster Displacement - and I reflect on that time and what's happened since climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog/podcast/
- I'm updating my graduate-level course on climate-related displacement. What are some new or innovative pieces to add to my reading list?
- Reposted by Kayly OberPope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
- Reposted by Kayly OberOcean stress remains among the most underappreciated stresses to security in the 21st century. phys.org/news/2025-11...
- Reposted by Kayly OberCongress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
- Reposted by Kayly OberBREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal. However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
- Reposted by Kayly Obernew paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
- Reposted by Kayly OberNew report from @NRDC and @EDF on funding voluntary buyouts. Buyouts not only allow high-risk property owners to move somewhere safer but also the newly acquired properties can become part of the community’s longer-term climate resilience plans. www.nrdc.org/press-releas...
- Reposted by Kayly OberWhile China is selling clean energy to the world, America is pushing oil and gas.
- Reposted by Kayly Ober🔌 A new report shows power outages are lasting longer as extreme weather takes a bigger toll. • Average longest outage jumped from 8.1 hours in 2022 → 12.8 hours by mid-2025 • The South saw the worst of it with 18.2hrs outages, with the West next at 12.4hrs www.utilitydive.com/news/power-o...
- Reposted by Kayly OberProhibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals. This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
- Reposted by Kayly Ober"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond." www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
- Reposted by Kayly OberAs Chile votes today, an election dominated by . . . you guessed it, crime and migration. www.economist.com/the-americas...
- Reposted by Kayly OberNew report identifies major surge in water-related conflicts. Violence over water is reported in every region of the world. Pacific Institute releases an update to the Water Conflict Chronology, now documenting over 2750 cases over more than 4000 years. #water www.worldwater.org/water-confli...
- Reposted by Kayly OberDreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
- Reposted by Kayly OberLeading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers. It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
- Reposted by Kayly Oberstat is bonkers - and why isn’t greater efficiency a competitive aim & boasting point in this field…?
- @nytimes.com I’d like to argue that Pavlovian is a word!
- Reposted by Kayly OberAs #COP30 kicks off today in Brazil, what are our key messages on human mobility? The Advisory Group on Climate Change and Human Mobility, @lossanddamage.bsky.social, @cmdplatform.bsky.social, Pacific Migration Partners & many other brilliant folks have these asks: tinyurl.com/COP30mobilitymessages
- Looking to understand where and how #climatemobility may play a role at #COP30? Check out the Platform on Disaster Displacement's key messages: disasterdisplacement.org/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Kayly OberNew issue of Forced Migration Review out now on climate change and displacement: 'responses to climate displacement must be proactive, rights-based, and human-centered, moving beyond reactive measures' www.fmreview.org/climate-choi...
- Reposted by Kayly OberThe US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
- Reposted by Kayly OberOne analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
- Reposted by Kayly OberTo put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.
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