Today and tomorrow I'm taking some of our work in the #UnrulyNatures project to new audiences, reflecting with colleagues at @sthlmresilience.bsky.social on how the links between arts and sustainability research are deepening and opening new opportunities to address conflicts and polarisation.
How many fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyist are attending the #INC-5.2 #PlasticsTreaty in #Geneva? Wonder why stallement of substantive matter, and low ambition? Read @ciel.org new report
🛢️234 lobbyist (e.g., Dow, ExxonMobile, American Chemistry Council)
🚨19 lobbyist are in country delegation
📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out!
Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate
I am looking for a PhD student to start Feb 2026 on an Australia-South African collab project looking at protected area & SES resilience. Fully funded + international applicants welcome. Pls send CV & half-page motivation if interested. Relevant background + degree essential. www.resilient-ways.com
Thrilled to be part of this watershed moment in the field of social-ecological systems research. Coinciding w/ the launch of SocSES earlier this year, this publication takes stock of how far we've come as a community and the possibilities that lie ahead. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
Tyskland som satsar på förnybar energi sänker utsläppen och är på väg att nå sina och EU:s klimatmål. Sverige som under Tidöregeringen toksatsar på kärnkraft ÖKAR utsläppen rekordmycket och når inte ett enda klimatmål. Se sambandet! Framtiden är förnybar!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
India’s megafauna—tigers, snow leopards, & megaherbivores—are making a rare comeback amidst people & poverty. What drives this recovery?
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.
Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery
Papahānaumokuākea has shattered assumption that MPAs don't work...
www.iflscience.com/papahanaumok...
Sverige enda landet i EU att vägra stöd. Tusentals spädbarn kan dö.
An illustration of a cityscape where all the formal parts are greyed out, and informal activities are still in colour. Bubbles highlight four examples: illegal sand mining on river banks, disaster relief during flooding, informal governance and decision-making, and unregistered groundwater abstraction.
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2️⃣ Designating people and places as informal is political, a moral exclusion from rights, services and protection from environmental risk.
3️⃣ Governance systems need support to bridge formal/informal divide, not "fix" informality but recognise that many lives and livelihoods depend on it.
📣 New paper! 📣
Why and how do informal activities matter for resilience in Southern African cities? 🌊 🏘️ 🏢 🏜️
1️⃣ Informality is everywhere, but often invisible - until crises strike. Informal systems can adapt and respond quickly, but also entrench inequity.
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ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
A leaked document reveals a PR campaign fuelled attacks on the 2019 EAT-Lancet report, which called for cutting red meat by 50% for health and climate. Scientists faced intense backlash. “I’ve never been attacked in so many ways,” said our Director Line Gordon. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Now two separate instruments on the telescope have detected high levels of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS)...there is no known non-biological process capable of generating DMS and DMDS in the large quantities observed"
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