3 climate change communications [2]. At MIT, we are currently conducting a meta-analysis of decarbonization scenarios through historical benchmarking. At Harvard, we continue to study the history of climate science disinformation by the fossil fuel industry, and also recently won a Harvard Climate Change Solutions Grant to co-author a science-based fiction book envisioning a fossil fuel-free future. My research and organizing have been covered by major news outlets including CNN, PBS, NPR, ABC, CNBC, The New York Times, The LA Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Boston Globe, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Scientific American, Nature, Science, Mashable, Grist, Vox, VICE, BuzzFeed, and many others. Q2: Are you familiar with the Petition filed by Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Philippines), along with thirteen (13) non-profit organizations and eighteen (18) individuals, before the Philippine Commission on Human Rights requesting for an investigation of the Carbon Majors for human rights violations or threats thereof resulting from the impacts of climate change? A2: Yes, I am familiar with the Petition. Q3: How did you become familiar with said Petition? A3: Originally, by way of public news coverage. More recently, by reading the Petition itself and through conversations with the petitioners and legal representatives listed in the preamble to this Profile and Statement. Q4: Given your background, what can you say about the Petition, if any? A4: As a scholar who studies the history of climate science disinformation by the fossil fuel industry, I can speak to and support – with documentation evidencing both broad trends and specific examples – the Petition’s contention that “there are examples of fossil fuel companies, either directly or through trade associations, actively preventing action on climate change and renewable energy solutions by undermining the science and running campaigns aimed to confuse the public…similar to the tactics employed by the tobacco industry.” Specifically, my research and detailed familiarity with ExxonMobil’s history of climate change communications enable me to speak to and support the Petition’s contention that “Exxon and others have known about threats of climate change for decades, yet there are examples of members of the fossil fuel industry engaging in activities that undermine climate science and action.” Additionally, as a scholar who studies scenarios for decarbonization, I can offer my opinion on the global significance of the Petition as a means for helping to build the legal and sociopolitical momentum necessary for achieving meaningful supply-side action on climate change. Q5: Can you please summarize the article or study you co-authored with Naomi Oreskes, “Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications (1977–2014)”?

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