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.
🚢 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
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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
Global trade could lose $14B/yr from disruptions at maritime chokepoints like the Suez and Bab el-Mandeb. New ECI study shows how conflict, piracy & extreme weather ripple through supply chains. By Dr Jasper Verschuur, Dr Johannes Lumma & Prof Jim Hall.
➡️https://tinyurl.com/96amj8sz
➡️https://tinyurl.com/96amj8sz
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Global trade could lose $14B/yr from disruptions at maritime chokepoints like the Suez and Bab el-Mandeb. New ECI study shows how conflict, piracy & extreme weather ripple through supply chains. By Dr Jasper Verschuur, Dr Johannes Lumma & Prof Jim Hall.
➡️https://tinyurl.com/96amj8sz
➡️https://tinyurl.com/96amj8sz
Eco-distress—climate anxiety among young people—is real and ongoing. In this series in The Conversation UK, researchers at the ECI reflect on their Museum of Climate Hope project, showing how creative approaches can inspire hope and action.
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
climate storytelling News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
Browse climate storytelling news, research and analysis from The Conversation
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Eco-distress—climate anxiety among young people—is real and ongoing. In this series in The Conversation UK, researchers at the ECI reflect on their Museum of Climate Hope project, showing how creative approaches can inspire hope and action.
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀.
ECI's Prof Christian Brand @profchristianbrand.bsky.social says: “Transport is hard to decarbonise; this report shows how policy & evidence can work together.” ➡️ ukerc.ac.uk/news/new-res...
ECI's Prof Christian Brand @profchristianbrand.bsky.social says: “Transport is hard to decarbonise; this report shows how policy & evidence can work together.” ➡️ ukerc.ac.uk/news/new-res...
New Research sees Policymakers and Academics Unite to Map 2050 Net Zero Scenarios
In a first of its kind collaboration, new research published in Nature Energy has embedded policymakers into the...
ukerc.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀.
ECI's Prof Christian Brand @profchristianbrand.bsky.social says: “Transport is hard to decarbonise; this report shows how policy & evidence can work together.” ➡️ ukerc.ac.uk/news/new-res...
ECI's Prof Christian Brand @profchristianbrand.bsky.social says: “Transport is hard to decarbonise; this report shows how policy & evidence can work together.” ➡️ ukerc.ac.uk/news/new-res...
When army ants go on the march, the whole forest reacts – including ECI ecologist Dr @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
Army ants: great for ecology, terrible for your skin! 🐜 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoby...
#BBCWorldService
Army ants: great for ecology, terrible for your skin! 🐜 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoby...
#BBCWorldService
🐜🐜🐜 Have you heard of army ants? - BBC World Service #shorts
YouTube video by BBC World Service
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
When army ants go on the march, the whole forest reacts – including ECI ecologist Dr @erikaberenguer.bsky.social
Army ants: great for ecology, terrible for your skin! 🐜 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoby...
#BBCWorldService
Army ants: great for ecology, terrible for your skin! 🐜 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoby...
#BBCWorldService
New research by ECI's Dr Amelie Paszkowski shows over 22M people in Bangladesh live on land rapidly reshaped by erosion and shifting rivers — with the poorest most exposed. A major step in mapping these hidden hazards using fully open data. 🌍📡
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New research by ECI's Dr Amelie Paszkowski shows over 22M people in Bangladesh live on land rapidly reshaped by erosion and shifting rivers — with the poorest most exposed. A major step in mapping these hidden hazards using fully open data. 🌍📡
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/hidden-...
From AI for resilience to wildfire science and traditional knowledge, ECI's Dr @manumachadoeco.bsky.social brought her expertise to #COP30 in Belém. A valuable voice on fire and climate risk. 🔥🌍
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 AM
From AI for resilience to wildfire science and traditional knowledge, ECI's Dr @manumachadoeco.bsky.social brought her expertise to #COP30 in Belém. A valuable voice on fire and climate risk. 🔥🌍
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NEW RESEARCH:
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
NEW RESEARCH:
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
Demand flexibility becomes more and more attractive.
We found a whopping 480 smart tariffs and services across Europe — a 3x increase since our 2021/2022 study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jaapburger.eu @regassistproj.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social
How can the UK turn planned infrastructure into real, sustainable outcomes?
Prof Jim Hall on productivity, design, trade-offs & climate challenges in The Infrastructure Podcast.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyV...
#Infrastructure #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CivilEngineering
Prof Jim Hall on productivity, design, trade-offs & climate challenges in The Infrastructure Podcast.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyV...
#Infrastructure #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CivilEngineering
Infrastructure for a sustainable future with Prof Jim Hall
YouTube video by The Infrastructure Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How can the UK turn planned infrastructure into real, sustainable outcomes?
Prof Jim Hall on productivity, design, trade-offs & climate challenges in The Infrastructure Podcast.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyV...
#Infrastructure #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CivilEngineering
Prof Jim Hall on productivity, design, trade-offs & climate challenges in The Infrastructure Podcast.
🎧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehyV...
#Infrastructure #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CivilEngineering