Laura Pereira

@laurap18.bsky.social

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South African sustainability scientist. Prof in Sustainability Transformations and Futures at Global Change Institute, Wits University and researcher at Stockholm Resilience Centre. IPBES expert, Earth Commissioner and general academic traveller .. more

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Agriculture 15%

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Reposted by Craig R. Primmer, Laura Pereira

Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 3d

This morning, delegates at #IPBES12 heard about progress across negotiation groups

The @ipbes.net Plenary is wrapping up on Sunday and delegates need to finalize their consideration of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment and other outstanding matters before then

A view of the IPBES 12 Plenary in Manchester former railway station.

Working Group 1 Co-Chair Eeva Primmer providing an update during the stocktaking plenary.

Working Group 2 Co-Chair Hesiquio Benítez Díaz providing an update during the stocktaking plenary.

Reposted by Joachim Claudet, Garry Peterson, Natalie C. Ban

Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 4d

New Paper ❗️
🪸Reimagining #CoralReef futures

Where we develop aspirational visions for coral reefs towards a #SafeAndJust space
👇🏽
doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00179-6
With @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @jessicablythe.bsky.social @vbrn.bsky.social et al @sthlmresilience.bsky.social

Reimagining coral reef futures - npj Ocean Sustainability

npj Ocean Sustainability - Reimagining coral reef futures

doi.org

Reposted by Pierre Friedlingstein, Peter M. Cox, Garry Peterson , and 2 more Pierre Friedlingstein, Peter M. Cox, Garry Peterson, Flavio Lehner, Laura Pereira

Daniel Ospina @daniel-ospina.bsky.social · 4d

*DEADLINE EXTENDED* February 8

Submit your suggestions and nominate (yourself or others) as a co-author for the 2026 edition of the 10 New Insights in Climate Science

Future Earth @futureearth.bsky.social · Jan 8

What climate insights are policymakers missing?

If you’re working on new or emerging climate research, now’s the time to surface it.

Help shape the 2026 10 New Insights in Climate Science.

Submit by 31 Jan 2026: form.jotform.com/Future_Earth...

10 New Insights in Climate Science - CALL FOR EXPERT INPUT 2026

Please click the link to complete this form.

form.jotform.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨

🪸🐟🎣🫂 Reimagining #CoralReef futures 🌟🌠🌌

♾️ Visions + narratives constitute key stepping stones to reimagining desirable relationships between people and coral reefs and speak to both anticipatory and adaptive pathways toward desired change.

doi.org/10.1038/s441...

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 4d

⚡ #BreakingNews ⚡ / 🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨

🚀 The Ocean Equity Index is out! 🫂 🎣 🐟

The Ocean Equity Index (#OEI) is a tool to guide the development of more equitable #ocean #governance and #management.

📰 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Earth Commission @theearthcommission.bsky.social · 5d

Today’s crises aren’t just about what we do but who decides and what we value.

Commissioner @laurap18.bsky.social highlights the need to rethink the goals and power structures shaping our economic and governance systems.

A #SafeAndJust future means changing direction, not just speed.

Reposted by Joachim Claudet, Nathan Bennett, Natalie C. Ban , and 3 more Joachim Claudet, Nathan Bennett, Natalie C. Ban, Laura Pereira, Sangeeta Mangubhai, David Leclère

Jessica Blythe, PhD @jessicablythe.bsky.social · 12d

🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠

📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Ocean Equity Index - Nature

The Ocean Equity Index provides a systematic, twelve-criteria framework to assess and improve equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies, producing structured data that guide evidence-bas...

www.nature.com

Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 17d

Honoured to be able to speak today on the #BBNJ and #oceangovernance and what this means for #Africa here on the @greenpeace.org #RainbowWarrior 🌈 🌊

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Laura Pereira, Juan Rocha , and 2 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Laura Pereira, Juan Rocha, Hisham Zerriffi, Aidan O’Sullivan

Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21d

"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."

Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Joachim Claudet

Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 23d

💙So excited for this epic project with @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @sebasvillasante.bsky.social and the e rest of the team @inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social
🌊Watch this space over the next 3 years 💪🏾

inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social @inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social · 24d

🌊 How do we imagine the future of European oceans and waters? We proudly introduce INSPIRI – an EU funded Horizon Europe project dedicated to co-designing actionable visions for a restored ocean and water system in the EU by 2030 and 2050.

Watch our launch video below to learn more!

INSPIRI Project Launch Video

YouTube video by INSPIRI PROJECT_ EU

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social @inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social · 24d

INSPIRI Project Launch Video

YouTube video by INSPIRI PROJECT_ EU

www.youtube.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 26d

After a long journey: why user values, power relationships and language have to be accounted for to construct user-relevant trustworthy climate information: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... @wegenercenter.bsky.social @stefansobo.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @leabdiaz.bsky.social

The Importance of Accounting for Stakeholder Values, Power Relationships and Language in Constructing Relevant and Trustworthy Climate Information

Accounting for stakeholder values, power relationships and language is important to construct user-relevant climate information These aspects cannot be treated separately as they influence each o...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 28d

Great thread here 👇🏽

Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 28d

In my environmental justice seminar today, we discussed the extent to which research on climate justice is informed by knowledge on justice outside the climate field. This was inspired by @bcoolsaet.bsky.social et al's 2025 response to a piece by Zimm et al from 2024. 1/n

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28d

"The Trump administration’s oil grab and plans to expand Venezuelan production flouts last year’s landmark climate ruling from the International Court of Justice"

@ninalakhani.bsky.social's first piece for @drilledmedia.bsky.social:

drilled.media/news/Venezue...

U.S. Invasion of Venezuela Violates International Climate Law Too

The Trump administration’s oil grab and plans to expand Venezuelan production flouts last year’s landmark climate ruling from the International Court of Justice.

drilled.media

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 28d

As I often say, you cannot distinguish justice as a research or policy objective from epistemic injustice and knowledge politics - if our research is based on positivist models of Western science, we won't see the real problems - and maybe not even the solutions. I recommend reading both papers...

Reposted by Laura Pereira, David Schlosberg

Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 28d

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · Jan 9

There, the expedition aims to establish a 'zero baseline' for monitoring biodiversity in the Eastern Weddell Sea.

Read more about the expedition and Susa Niiranens role on our webpage: buff.ly/dS4W6tM

And follow the expedition here: buff.ly/b03rFUO

Voyage to the Weddell Sea: Establishing a baseline for one of Earth’s last pristine ecosystems

Centre researcher Susa Niiranen is setting sail for the Eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica, joining a team of nearly 40 scientists on a major expedition to monitor one of the most remote marine…

buff.ly

Reposted by Andy Purvis, Stelios Katsanevakis, Julie L. Lockwood , and 3 more Andy Purvis, Stelios Katsanevakis, Julie L. Lockwood, Laura Pereira, Dolly Jørgensen, David Leclère

IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 8

“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” 🧪

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. 🌍

IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 8

“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair

Reposted by Pierre Friedlingstein, Garry Peterson, Flavio Lehner , and 1 more Pierre Friedlingstein, Garry Peterson, Flavio Lehner, Laura Pereira

Future Earth @futureearth.bsky.social · Jan 8

10 New Insights in Climate Science - CALL FOR EXPERT INPUT 2026

Please click the link to complete this form.

form.jotform.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · Jan 8

'Every state not calling out this blatant aggression helps hold the axe that shatters the international order.'

Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️

Expert Comment: The illegality of the US attack against Venezuela is

Professor Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, outlines why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela

www.ox.ac.uk

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · Jan 7

Solidarity with climate warriors @harjeet11.bsky.social & Jyoti Aswati, whose Delhi home was raided by Indian authorities amid outrageous claims their fossil fuels campaign is funded by foreign actors and threatens national security - part of a global crackdown
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign

Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Håvard Kauserud, Richard Betts , and 3 more Joe R. Feagin, Håvard Kauserud, Richard Betts, Patrick Dunleavy, Laura Pereira, Mark Priestley

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jan 4

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.

Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · Jan 2

Me too?

Reposted by Wolfgang Crämer, Laura Pereira

Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · Dec 15

🌊Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystems has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest.

👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Accelerating sea level rise in Africa and its large marine ecosystems since the 1990s - Communications Earth & Environment

Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystem has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest, according to...

www.nature.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

IPBES @ipbes.net · Dec 12

At #UNEA7, IPBES Executive Secretary, Dr. Luthando Dziba, and Chair @davidobura.bsky.social joined UNEP’s Executive Director, IngerAndersen.bsky.social, and Mary Creagh MP as they signed the #IPBES12 Host Country Agreement.

Thanks to the UK for hosting, and we look forward to a successful event!

United Nations Environment Assembly, December 2025. UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen, and UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature , Mary Creagh MP, sign the Host Country Agreement for the upcoming #IPBES12. They are joined by IPBES Executive Secretary, Luthando Dziba, and Chair David Obura.

United Nations Environment Assembly, December 2025. Executive Secretary, Luthando Dziba, and Chair David Obura, are joined by UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary for Nature, Mary Creagh MP.

Reposted by Laura Pereira

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Dec 11

We're next, probably

Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds

Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira

Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · Dec 11

🚨 Paper Alert ! 🚨

🐟 🎣 5 opportunities to enhance #conservation:

1️⃣ 🪧 Common #standards for accountability
2️⃣ 🚢 Elevate conservation objectives in #MSP
3️⃣ ⏳ Plan now, manage for the #future
4️⃣ 🤝 Coordination to #ScaleUp efforts
5️⃣ Align #design with intended outcomes

📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...

Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation - npj Ocean Sustainability

npj Ocean Sustainability - Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation

doi.org

Reposted by Laura Pereira, Dana R. Fisher

All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · Dec 9

Forty years!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-W...

Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change

YouTube video by carlsagandotcom

m.youtube.com

Reposted by Laura Pereira, Arman Pili

IPBES @ipbes.net · Nov 28

That’s a wrap on the First Authors' Meeting of 🏡 IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment!

Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍

Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us!

🧪 https://www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessment

Group picture of IPBES Second Global Assessment authors, fellows and experts during the first author meeting held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, from November 24 to 28 2025,

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