Kieran Findlater, PhD

Views my own — A/ Senior Lead @PrivyCouncilCA — Adjunct Professor @UBC — Interdisciplinary research on risks, decisionmaking, climate change — dr/he/him

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

Climate services promise better decisions but mainly focus on better data

Our new @NatureClimate paper finds that norms and institutions of science limit climate ‘services’ as a transformation of climate science

w Sophie Webber @mKandlikar @simondonner

https://t.co/cbFSUGIJ7t

[Impact Canada @impact_innovEN]

#ImpactCanada's latest research reveals social misperceptions impacting policy support, misinformation, & public health.

@FindlaterKM is showcasing our work at @ibppa's 3rd International Behavioural Public Policy Conference!

[Impact Canada @impact_innovEN]

🔎 The 3rd International Behavioural Public Policy Conference hosted by @ibppa is happening! @FindlaterKM and other experts will discuss the gap between climate concerns and individual actions, and share promising behaviourally-informed approaches and lessons at the conference.

[Impact Canada @impact_innovEN]

Today, our colleague @FindlaterKM presented to Graduate students at @CarletonSPPA for their #MPPACapstone. Kieran provided an overview of #ImpactCanada's #BeSci approach & its application to #ClimateChange & #misinformation.

More info on our #BeSci work: https://t.co/nvELIVPnXe

[William C. Clark @william_c_clark]

A generation ago, Samuel Hays argued that "Beauty, Health, and Permanence" were the enduring movers of "Environmental Politics in the United States" https://t.co/XNbMaolb04. This research echoes Hays, cautions against too much reliance on trend to $ value of ecosystem services:

[Andrew Heald @andyheald]

Interesting looking paper on forest management perceptions and Assisted Migration.

“These results are further evidence of the inherent risk in privileging natural science above other forms of knowledge at the science–policy interface.”

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

Adapting is not enough – climate-adaptive decisions as technical choices erase values, norms, ethics and fundamental goals.

Our @PNASNews paper shows the inherent risk in privileging natural science at the science–policy interface

w Rob Kozak & @SES_UBC

https://t.co/SItfx6OIXa

[Sustainability Science (@[email protected]) @SustSci]

Framing interventions as protecting ecosystem integrity rather than commercial value can get > public support, argue @FindlaterKM etal @SES_UBC in "Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social–ecological systems," reinforcing. (1/2) https://t.co/cWGhuSQ77e

[@forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky @UBCForestry]

New paper alert! #UBCForestry’s @FindlaterKM, @SES_UBC & Rob Kozak explore the “Difficult climate-adaptive decisions in forests as complex social-ecological systems” in their latest article @PNASNews. Read more: https://t.co/XsSRu46PGD

[@forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky @UBCForestry]

“A narrow understanding of maladaptation is harmful because it may overlook the more fundamental reasons that we adapt to climate change,” states #UBCForestry’s Rob Kozak, @SES_UBC, @veronikagukova & @ubcires’ @FindlaterKM. Read their latest article here: https://t.co/O6lpYEKEku

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

@ubcforestry @ubcires @ubcnews

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

Climate change adaptation 'gone wrong' is about much more than climate.

Happy to announce our new paper in People and Nature: “Redefining climate change maladaptation using a values-based approach in forests”

w @SES_UBC, Rob Kozak & @veronikagukova

https://t.co/v0Mk78sDUh

[People and Nature @PaN_BES]

In a new paper, @FindlaterKM & @SES_UBC broaden the idea of maladaptation in social-ecological systems like forests to account for the non-climate values adaptation seeks to protect and enhance. @UBCforestry

[One Earth @OneEarth_CP]

Science has never been more important for informing & shaping our responses to the global #watercrises, comments @LucyRodina. Hear more insights from other experts on how can science inform & address inequalities https://t.co/273dyt4fzf

[Dr Kareem Carr @kareem_carr]

Let's do another experiment! 🙃

Using your free will alone, reply to this poll randomly.

[Don't use any dice or other objects in the room. No computer code. No cheating! Retweet so we can get a larger sample size.]

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

I’m excited to be joining the Impact and Innovation Unit of the Privy Council Office! As a senior policy advisor I will help advance evidence-based and results-driven climate policies (both mitigation and adaptation) across the Canadian federal government

https://t.co/VIflN4epzH

[UBC IRES • bsky.app/profile/ires.ubc.ca @ubcires]

💬Expert interviews suggest that the norms, structures and institutions of climate science limit climate services to nominal changes where transformations are promised.

📄 From @FindlaterKM Sophie Webber @mKandlikar & @simondonner: https://t.co/3uQLhpuRfN

[Kieran Findlater, PhD @FindlaterKM]

Great writeup by @daly_meaghan on our @NatureClimate paper about the promise & practice of climate services: “Fulfilling that promise will require rethinking the norms, institutions and governance of science itself.”

Writeup https://t.co/XzelYhVhED
Paper https://t.co/IogyYm0FUn

[Climate Outreach @ClimateOutreach]

THREAD
📣New report: #BritainTalksCOP26
Here are 8 insights & recommendations to support UK climate communicators in engaging people around the UN climate conference #COP26 in ways that resonate across a broad base of society 👇
https://t.co/92L94e7b4Z