Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
@ecioxford.bsky.social
Germinated in 1991 at the University of Oxford
One of the world’s first interdisciplinary research institutions, continuing to tackle the challenges of environmental change, its causes, impacts, and adaptive solutions.
One of the world’s first interdisciplinary research institutions, continuing to tackle the challenges of environmental change, its causes, impacts, and adaptive solutions.
The energy transition won’t succeed unless it works for everyone.
Research by Prof Nick Eyre at ecioxford.bsky.social shows how UK energy systems can disadvantage racialised communities — and why everyday energy use is key to a just net zero transition.
➡️ Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/why-ene...
Research by Prof Nick Eyre at ecioxford.bsky.social shows how UK energy systems can disadvantage racialised communities — and why everyday energy use is key to a just net zero transition.
➡️ Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/why-ene...
January 15, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The energy transition won’t succeed unless it works for everyone.
Research by Prof Nick Eyre at ecioxford.bsky.social shows how UK energy systems can disadvantage racialised communities — and why everyday energy use is key to a just net zero transition.
➡️ Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/why-ene...
Research by Prof Nick Eyre at ecioxford.bsky.social shows how UK energy systems can disadvantage racialised communities — and why everyday energy use is key to a just net zero transition.
➡️ Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/why-ene...
Fuel subsidy reform may be good economics — but it’s tough politics. New research by former MSc student Pree Bharadwaj shows how clear, fair communication can increase public support during live reform.
📖Read the ECI blog: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/learnin...
📖Read the ECI blog: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/learnin...
Learning from a Live Reform: Fuel Subsidies, Politics, and Policy in Malaysia
www.eci.ox.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Fuel subsidy reform may be good economics — but it’s tough politics. New research by former MSc student Pree Bharadwaj shows how clear, fair communication can increase public support during live reform.
📖Read the ECI blog: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/learnin...
📖Read the ECI blog: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/learnin...
Ever wanted to turn your passion for the environment into real impact?
Our MSc in Environmental Change and Policy at the University of Oxford equips you to tackle today’s biggest environmental challenges.
Watch the full video 📽️https://youtu.be/N0iXuhhy6DA
Our MSc in Environmental Change and Policy at the University of Oxford equips you to tackle today’s biggest environmental challenges.
Watch the full video 📽️https://youtu.be/N0iXuhhy6DA
January 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Ever wanted to turn your passion for the environment into real impact?
Our MSc in Environmental Change and Policy at the University of Oxford equips you to tackle today’s biggest environmental challenges.
Watch the full video 📽️https://youtu.be/N0iXuhhy6DA
Our MSc in Environmental Change and Policy at the University of Oxford equips you to tackle today’s biggest environmental challenges.
Watch the full video 📽️https://youtu.be/N0iXuhhy6DA
🌍🗺️ First continent-wide map of Africa’s transport
Study led by ECI researcher Silvia Colombo links roads, rail, ports & airports in a single open-access database for resilient, inclusive transport.
➡️ Read: tinyurl.com/AfTS-Db-ECI
#Transport #Africa #OpenData #Infrastructure #ClimateResilience
Study led by ECI researcher Silvia Colombo links roads, rail, ports & airports in a single open-access database for resilient, inclusive transport.
➡️ Read: tinyurl.com/AfTS-Db-ECI
#Transport #Africa #OpenData #Infrastructure #ClimateResilience
January 13, 2026 at 2:18 PM
🌍🗺️ First continent-wide map of Africa’s transport
Study led by ECI researcher Silvia Colombo links roads, rail, ports & airports in a single open-access database for resilient, inclusive transport.
➡️ Read: tinyurl.com/AfTS-Db-ECI
#Transport #Africa #OpenData #Infrastructure #ClimateResilience
Study led by ECI researcher Silvia Colombo links roads, rail, ports & airports in a single open-access database for resilient, inclusive transport.
➡️ Read: tinyurl.com/AfTS-Db-ECI
#Transport #Africa #OpenData #Infrastructure #ClimateResilience
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Call for activities for our inaugural Oxford Nature Festival on June 27th. Join us and celebrate nature!
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @morethanadodo.bsky.social
Call for activities for our inaugural Oxford Nature Festival
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January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Call for activities for our inaugural Oxford Nature Festival on June 27th. Join us and celebrate nature!
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @morethanadodo.bsky.social
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Join us inperson for the Oxford Networks for the Environment (ONE) annual lecture on 3 February in the Life and Mind building, with Professor Gideon Henderson. More info and registration here: bookwhen.com/onenetwork#f...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Join us inperson for the Oxford Networks for the Environment (ONE) annual lecture on 3 February in the Life and Mind building, with Professor Gideon Henderson. More info and registration here: bookwhen.com/onenetwork#f...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Come and join us at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford for an important conversation.
Saturday 24 January 2026.
Saturday 24 January 2026.
We are excited to invite you to a conference and workshop on Saturday 24th January at the @ecioxford.bsky.social . We are bringing together climate groups, councils, researchers and community organisations from across Oxfordshire to share ideas and explore how we can work together more effectively.
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Come and join us at the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford for an important conversation.
Saturday 24 January 2026.
Saturday 24 January 2026.
“Failing to include batteries in new homes is a missed opportunity” @janrosenow.bsky.social, Professor of Energy at Oxford’s ECI
Installing them at construction is cheaper than retrofitting & benefits homeowners
Full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photo: Murdo MacLeod/@theguardian.com
Installing them at construction is cheaper than retrofitting & benefits homeowners
Full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photo: Murdo MacLeod/@theguardian.com
Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England
Critics say removing battery installation requirement will reduce amount homebuyers save on energy bills
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 PM
“Failing to include batteries in new homes is a missed opportunity” @janrosenow.bsky.social, Professor of Energy at Oxford’s ECI
Installing them at construction is cheaper than retrofitting & benefits homeowners
Full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photo: Murdo MacLeod/@theguardian.com
Installing them at construction is cheaper than retrofitting & benefits homeowners
Full story: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Photo: Murdo MacLeod/@theguardian.com
🚢 New ECI research shows Europe’s ports face far greater climate risks than previously estimated.
Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year.
Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year.
Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
December 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
🚢 New ECI research shows Europe’s ports face far greater climate risks than previously estimated.
Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year.
Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year.
Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
“Our findings show a growing proportion of articles are decoupling net zero from climate change.”
— Dr James Painter, Senior Teaching Associate, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
➡️ eciu.net/media/press-...
— Dr James Painter, Senior Teaching Associate, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
➡️ eciu.net/media/press-...
British media ‘divorcing’ net zero from climate change – analysis
Polling shows public confused over meaning of net zero.
eciu.net
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Our findings show a growing proportion of articles are decoupling net zero from climate change.”
— Dr James Painter, Senior Teaching Associate, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
➡️ eciu.net/media/press-...
— Dr James Painter, Senior Teaching Associate, Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford; Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
➡️ eciu.net/media/press-...
Join Prof Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the ECI, at the World Economic Forum in Davos next month.
Find out more ➡️https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
@janrosenow.bsky.social @weforum.org
Find out more ➡️https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
@janrosenow.bsky.social @weforum.org
I have been invited to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2026 and will attend.
Would love to meet up with those working on the energy transition either in one of the sessions I facilitate or informally.
Please reach out if you're there too and wish to meet up!
Would love to meet up with those working on the energy transition either in one of the sessions I facilitate or informally.
Please reach out if you're there too and wish to meet up!
December 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Join Prof Jan Rosenow, Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the ECI, at the World Economic Forum in Davos next month.
Find out more ➡️https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
@janrosenow.bsky.social @weforum.org
Find out more ➡️https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/
@janrosenow.bsky.social @weforum.org
📢 ONE Annual Lecture | 3 Feb 2026
What role can carbon dioxide removal really play—and are science & policy keeping up?
Speaker: Prof Gideon Henderson
ONE update from Prof Jim Hall (ECI)
All welcome
Register ➡️ bit.ly/ONE-CO2-removal
What role can carbon dioxide removal really play—and are science & policy keeping up?
Speaker: Prof Gideon Henderson
ONE update from Prof Jim Hall (ECI)
All welcome
Register ➡️ bit.ly/ONE-CO2-removal
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📢 ONE Annual Lecture | 3 Feb 2026
What role can carbon dioxide removal really play—and are science & policy keeping up?
Speaker: Prof Gideon Henderson
ONE update from Prof Jim Hall (ECI)
All welcome
Register ➡️ bit.ly/ONE-CO2-removal
What role can carbon dioxide removal really play—and are science & policy keeping up?
Speaker: Prof Gideon Henderson
ONE update from Prof Jim Hall (ECI)
All welcome
Register ➡️ bit.ly/ONE-CO2-removal
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🚗 NEW report from CNZ + @rockymtninst.bsky.social + @ecioxford.bsky.social answers a critical Q for policy-makers: how can we scale the EV S-Curve - and tip into the phase of mass adoption❓
🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/doc/s...
Details in 🧵
Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for featuring!
🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/doc/s...
Details in 🧵
Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for featuring!
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚗 NEW report from CNZ + @rockymtninst.bsky.social + @ecioxford.bsky.social answers a critical Q for policy-makers: how can we scale the EV S-Curve - and tip into the phase of mass adoption❓
🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/doc/s...
Details in 🧵
Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for featuring!
🔗 centrefornetzero.org/papers/doc/s...
Details in 🧵
Thanks to @carbonbrief.org for featuring!
Prof Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk and Lead of the ECI’s Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems delivered the opening keynote at the Rethinking Water 2025 conference.
Watch it back on YouTube 🎥🌍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2kjdcFz6U
Watch it back on YouTube 🎥🌍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2kjdcFz6U
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Prof Jim Hall, Professor of Climate and Environmental Risk and Lead of the ECI’s Oxford Programme for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems delivered the opening keynote at the Rethinking Water 2025 conference.
Watch it back on YouTube 🎥🌍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2kjdcFz6U
Watch it back on YouTube 🎥🌍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2kjdcFz6U
We're delighted to be involved in this one day conference and workshop being held at the Environmental Change Institute @ecioxford.bsky.social and featuring speakers from the ECI.
Early booking is advised: actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
Early booking is advised: actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
We are organising a full day conference and workshop on Climate and Communication on Saturday 24th January at @ecioxford.bsky.social . If you would like to help with this event, please email: climate@oxfoe.co.uk and register to attend at actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We're delighted to be involved in this one day conference and workshop being held at the Environmental Change Institute @ecioxford.bsky.social and featuring speakers from the ECI.
Early booking is advised: actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
Early booking is advised: actionnetwork.org/events/talki...
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🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
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Nick Eyre, Emeritus Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at @ecioxford.bsky.social, discusses his career and how public policy can help shape the transition to a post-carbon society in a just and equitable way. ⬇️
https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/nick-eyre
https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/nick-eyre
December 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Nick Eyre, Emeritus Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at @ecioxford.bsky.social, discusses his career and how public policy can help shape the transition to a post-carbon society in a just and equitable way. ⬇️
https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/nick-eyre
https://www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-environment/nick-eyre
Great news 🎉🌳
ECI’s Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project on tropical forest adaptation.
A major boost for research on how these vital ecosystems respond to environmental change.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-erc...
ECI’s Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project on tropical forest adaptation.
A major boost for research on how these vital ecosystems respond to environmental change.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-erc...
New ERC grant to support major study on tropical forest adaptation
www.eci.ox.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Great news 🎉🌳
ECI’s Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project on tropical forest adaptation.
A major boost for research on how these vital ecosystems respond to environmental change.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-erc...
ECI’s Dr Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project on tropical forest adaptation.
A major boost for research on how these vital ecosystems respond to environmental change.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-erc...
New Nature study finds sub-Saharan Africa has lost 24% of its biodiversity.
ECI’s Dr Nicola Stevens co-led the plant assessment as part of a major African-led effort mapping where biodiversity is being lost — and where it remains.
More in our news story ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/sub-sah...
ECI’s Dr Nicola Stevens co-led the plant assessment as part of a major African-led effort mapping where biodiversity is being lost — and where it remains.
More in our news story ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/sub-sah...
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
New Nature study finds sub-Saharan Africa has lost 24% of its biodiversity.
ECI’s Dr Nicola Stevens co-led the plant assessment as part of a major African-led effort mapping where biodiversity is being lost — and where it remains.
More in our news story ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/sub-sah...
ECI’s Dr Nicola Stevens co-led the plant assessment as part of a major African-led effort mapping where biodiversity is being lost — and where it remains.
More in our news story ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/sub-sah...
Congratulations to Professor @janrosenow.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Thanks @table.media for selecting me as one of the 10 most important minds from the field of science this year.
December 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Congratulations to Professor @janrosenow.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
The #UN is now using PortWatch—co-developed by @ecioxford.bsky.social —to track global port activity and spot emerging shipping risks.
Open data, better crisis response, stronger resilience.
➡️More: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/un-adop...
Open data, better crisis response, stronger resilience.
➡️More: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/un-adop...
December 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The #UN is now using PortWatch—co-developed by @ecioxford.bsky.social —to track global port activity and spot emerging shipping risks.
Open data, better crisis response, stronger resilience.
➡️More: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/un-adop...
Open data, better crisis response, stronger resilience.
➡️More: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/un-adop...
Great insights from an #ATBC webinar on tropical fire ecology, moderated by ECI's Dr @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social on how shifting fire regimes reshape ecosystems and why science-based fire management matters.
🖥️➡️ tropicalbiology.org/blog/2025/12...
🖥️➡️ tropicalbiology.org/blog/2025/12...
tropicalbiology.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Great insights from an #ATBC webinar on tropical fire ecology, moderated by ECI's Dr @ioliverasmenor.bsky.social on how shifting fire regimes reshape ecosystems and why science-based fire management matters.
🖥️➡️ tropicalbiology.org/blog/2025/12...
🖥️➡️ tropicalbiology.org/blog/2025/12...
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🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
The Spirit of the Rainforest - Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
IFSTAL kicks off its 2nd decade!
ECI’s Dr Monika Zurek joins Dr Rebecca Wells to lead the programme shaping 3,000+ food systems changemakers.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ifstal-...
ECI’s Dr Monika Zurek joins Dr Rebecca Wells to lead the programme shaping 3,000+ food systems changemakers.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ifstal-...
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
IFSTAL kicks off its 2nd decade!
ECI’s Dr Monika Zurek joins Dr Rebecca Wells to lead the programme shaping 3,000+ food systems changemakers.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ifstal-...
ECI’s Dr Monika Zurek joins Dr Rebecca Wells to lead the programme shaping 3,000+ food systems changemakers.
Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ifstal-...
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Jason Williams, 'The Cloud Gardener' joins our researchers to explore how greening even the smallest spaces can transform lives. From balcony biodiversity in Manchester to research on Oxford’s green spaces, this episode digs into small ideas with big impacts.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jason Williams, 'The Cloud Gardener' joins our researchers to explore how greening even the smallest spaces can transform lives. From balcony biodiversity in Manchester to research on Oxford’s green spaces, this episode digs into small ideas with big impacts.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social