Katharine Hayhoe amplifies the study on social media
1 Sep 20 6:51 PM · 3d ago · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 1 of 1
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe shared the analysis on Bluesky and Mastodon, framing it as a rebuttal to celebrities and athletes who treat cultural importance as an exemption from cutting emissions.
“Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions.”
Katharine HayhoeManuel Suter Lead author of the analysis
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Elite athletes, musicians, actors & more often use cultural importance as an excuse for why they're exempt from cutting their emissions. In this new analysis led by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, we argue the opposite: visibility and influence should raise the bar, not lower it! Read more:
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The climate responsibility of cultural influencers In socially influential fields such as elite sport, music, and film, cultural relevance is often invoked as a special moral status that exempts them from genuine emissions reduction. The authors argue that visibility and influence should raise, not lower, the bar for climate responsibility, and…
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People with cultural influence have a special responsibility to act on climate change. This is the central argument of a new Comment we published, together with Pascal Stegmann and @katharinehayhoe.com.
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