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Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
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Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
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🌍 Join #PlanetAction — where science meets impact.
Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
3 days of breakthrough ideas in biodiversity, energy, and planetary intelligence.
🔬Turn insights into action → luma.comideas-in-action
#tedxboston | #MIT Kresge Hall | #NewEnglandAquarium
Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
3 days of breakthrough ideas in biodiversity, energy, and planetary intelligence.
🔬Turn insights into action → luma.comideas-in-action
#tedxboston | #MIT Kresge Hall | #NewEnglandAquarium
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
🌍 Join #PlanetAction — where science meets impact.
Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
3 days of breakthrough ideas in biodiversity, energy, and planetary intelligence.
🔬Turn insights into action → luma.comideas-in-action
#tedxboston | #MIT Kresge Hall | #NewEnglandAquarium
Nov 15–17 | Cambridge, MA
3 days of breakthrough ideas in biodiversity, energy, and planetary intelligence.
🔬Turn insights into action → luma.comideas-in-action
#tedxboston | #MIT Kresge Hall | #NewEnglandAquarium
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Redefine how the world measures progress!
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org
<15 mins to make a difference
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
> Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org
<15 mins to make a difference
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
> Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Redefine how the world measures progress!
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org
<15 mins to make a difference
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
> Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
🌍🧑🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵♀️🍄🌐👍
Join the Global Expert Consultation to develop
The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) @undp.org
<15 mins to make a difference
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
> Deadline: Oct 15, 2025
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ
Joining today's #coralreef #MutiraoCOP30 - a day of mobilization before #COP30 for their vulnerability to #climatechange and therefore of the millions dependent on them in #Brazil and globally.
From #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi! @cop30brazil.bsky.social
From #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi! @cop30brazil.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Joining today's #coralreef #MutiraoCOP30 - a day of mobilization before #COP30 for their vulnerability to #climatechange and therefore of the millions dependent on them in #Brazil and globally.
From #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi! @cop30brazil.bsky.social
From #IUCNcongress in Abu Dhabi! @cop30brazil.bsky.social
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🎥 #TCESG25 in 3 Minutes
In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens.
Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community.
Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I...
More from the gathering:
🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens.
Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community.
Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I...
More from the gathering:
🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
TC/ESG 2025: Johannesburg Conference Recap
YouTube video by Transformations Community
www.youtube.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🎥 #TCESG25 in 3 Minutes
In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens.
Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community.
Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I...
More from the gathering:
🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens.
Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community.
Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I...
More from the gathering:
🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...
Are you in #Paris? Until Sunday this fantastic outdoor photo exhibition of ocean defenders is up along the banks of the #Seine for your weekend stroll ... yours truly is in it, but I won't share the photo till after 😉
@Quais de Seine nr Pont au Change (Chatelet). By Steve Fiehl, Bloom Association.
@Quais de Seine nr Pont au Change (Chatelet). By Steve Fiehl, Bloom Association.
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The most amazing Magical Adventure Story Forest at the Kenyan Coast!! Please support and share!! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
A Magical Adventure Story Forest at the Kenyan Coast
Saving a Sacred Forest in Kenya - Adventure, Performances and Artworks that celebrate our African histories, mythologies, and folklore.
www.kickstarter.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The most amazing Magical Adventure Story Forest at the Kenyan Coast!! Please support and share!! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
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Exciting times at #TCESG25! @davidobura.bsky.social is highlighting the incredible work of @ipbes.net and its crucial connection to the need for a #SustainableDevelopment framework. Together, we're addressing the urgent triple planetary challenges we face. ✨🌍 #transformation
August 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Exciting times at #TCESG25! @davidobura.bsky.social is highlighting the incredible work of @ipbes.net and its crucial connection to the need for a #SustainableDevelopment framework. Together, we're addressing the urgent triple planetary challenges we face. ✨🌍 #transformation
#African Union joins calls to end use of #Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size
Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate map
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#African Union joins calls to end use of #Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Such an important ruling by the Int. Court of Justice. Simply put, states are responsible for the #pollution they allow, to the #climate as much to the #environment news.un.org/en/story/202...
This is real #human and #planetary #justice, allowing for #TransformativeChange in how things are done
This is real #human and #planetary #justice, allowing for #TransformativeChange in how things are done
World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climate
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, read out by the President of the Court, Judge...
news.un.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Such an important ruling by the Int. Court of Justice. Simply put, states are responsible for the #pollution they allow, to the #climate as much to the #environment news.un.org/en/story/202...
This is real #human and #planetary #justice, allowing for #TransformativeChange in how things are done
This is real #human and #planetary #justice, allowing for #TransformativeChange in how things are done
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Read this short primer on global #tipping elements in the #climate #ocean #coralreef #amazon and #social systems, as we start the Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter, UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
Tipping points: on the edge? | The Guardian
<p>Tipping points - in the Amazon, Antarctic, coral reefs and more - could cause fundamental parts of the Earth system to change dramatically, irreversibly and with devastating effects. Here, we ask t...
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Read this short primer on global #tipping elements in the #climate #ocean #coralreef #amazon and #social systems, as we start the Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter, UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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The UK will host #IPBES12 in Manchester from 3-8 February 2026. 🌏🧪
This will be an opportunity for @ipbes.net members to discuss approval of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment, & an ambitious parallel programme will showcase UK initiatives in business innovation, science and nature.
@ukri.org
This will be an opportunity for @ipbes.net members to discuss approval of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment, & an ambitious parallel programme will showcase UK initiatives in business innovation, science and nature.
@ukri.org
June 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The UK will host #IPBES12 in Manchester from 3-8 February 2026. 🌏🧪
This will be an opportunity for @ipbes.net members to discuss approval of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment, & an ambitious parallel programme will showcase UK initiatives in business innovation, science and nature.
@ukri.org
This will be an opportunity for @ipbes.net members to discuss approval of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment, & an ambitious parallel programme will showcase UK initiatives in business innovation, science and nature.
@ukri.org
Read this short primer on global #tipping elements in the #climate #ocean #coralreef #amazon and #social systems, as we start the Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter, UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
Tipping points: on the edge? | The Guardian
<p>Tipping points - in the Amazon, Antarctic, coral reefs and more - could cause fundamental parts of the Earth system to change dramatically, irreversibly and with devastating effects. Here, we ask t...
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Read this short primer on global #tipping elements in the #climate #ocean #coralreef #amazon and #social systems, as we start the Global Tipping Points conference in Exeter, UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @jonathan-watts.bsky.social
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In light of the exciting news that #IPBES12 will be hosted in Manchester in 2026, the UK’s Special Representative for Nature explains its importance. 🌍🧪
“It’s a chance to demonstrate how we can turn knowledge into action – and action into investment.” - Ruth Davis
@ukri.org
#BizBiodiversity
“It’s a chance to demonstrate how we can turn knowledge into action – and action into investment.” - Ruth Davis
@ukri.org
#BizBiodiversity
June 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
In light of the exciting news that #IPBES12 will be hosted in Manchester in 2026, the UK’s Special Representative for Nature explains its importance. 🌍🧪
“It’s a chance to demonstrate how we can turn knowledge into action – and action into investment.” - Ruth Davis
@ukri.org
#BizBiodiversity
“It’s a chance to demonstrate how we can turn knowledge into action – and action into investment.” - Ruth Davis
@ukri.org
#BizBiodiversity
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« The global footprint that is causing a decline of corals and so much else is from the much smaller number of high-income consumers and economies. Until that is understood and they transform what they’re doing, we won’t be able to resolve the challenges at the bottom end of the income pyramid. »
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs.
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs
David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
« The global footprint that is causing a decline of corals and so much else is from the much smaller number of high-income consumers and economies. Until that is understood and they transform what they’re doing, we won’t be able to resolve the challenges at the bottom end of the income pyramid. »
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs.
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs
David Obura believes humans have been using nature for free, and tipping points at some reefs have already passed
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
‘It’s death by a thousand cuts’: marine ecologist on the collapse of coral reefs.
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than anything #climate and #biodiversity crises make me angry. As few people are largely responsible, while all pay the price, mostly those least responsible.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌍 #ANUMDI Closing Plenary is underway!
Report-backs from 5 Breakthrough Groups followed by discussion with the Eminent Persons Panel:
➡️Dr. David Obura @davidobura.bsky.social, 1st African Chair of IPBES
➡️Anja Oli-Pape @anjaop.bsky.social, Head of Programs, Global Challenges Foundation
Report-backs from 5 Breakthrough Groups followed by discussion with the Eminent Persons Panel:
➡️Dr. David Obura @davidobura.bsky.social, 1st African Chair of IPBES
➡️Anja Oli-Pape @anjaop.bsky.social, Head of Programs, Global Challenges Foundation
June 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🌍 #ANUMDI Closing Plenary is underway!
Report-backs from 5 Breakthrough Groups followed by discussion with the Eminent Persons Panel:
➡️Dr. David Obura @davidobura.bsky.social, 1st African Chair of IPBES
➡️Anja Oli-Pape @anjaop.bsky.social, Head of Programs, Global Challenges Foundation
Report-backs from 5 Breakthrough Groups followed by discussion with the Eminent Persons Panel:
➡️Dr. David Obura @davidobura.bsky.social, 1st African Chair of IPBES
➡️Anja Oli-Pape @anjaop.bsky.social, Head of Programs, Global Challenges Foundation
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Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
May 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
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And it's out ! 🐟 With @davidobura.bsky.social, Almut Arneth, @pwlead.bsky.social, Pete Smith and Akira Mori.
As always, it's the journey 😎. @ipbes.net #biodiversity #climate
Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
As always, it's the journey 😎. @ipbes.net #biodiversity #climate
Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework Under Climate Change
The Global Biodiversity Framework sets out targets for a range of measures in terms of biodiversity goals. Climate change, however, is both likely and already being shown to make the achievement of s....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And it's out ! 🐟 With @davidobura.bsky.social, Almut Arneth, @pwlead.bsky.social, Pete Smith and Akira Mori.
As always, it's the journey 😎. @ipbes.net #biodiversity #climate
Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
As always, it's the journey 😎. @ipbes.net #biodiversity #climate
Global Change Biology | Environmental Change Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Warming is accelerating - can we stop wasting time?
"High chance - report released today by @wmo-global.bsky.social says theres now a 70% chance average warming will rise by more than 1.5C between 2025 and 2029, with a strong possibility of a single year hitting 1.9C” @observeruk.bsky.social
"High chance - report released today by @wmo-global.bsky.social says theres now a 70% chance average warming will rise by more than 1.5C between 2025 and 2029, with a strong possibility of a single year hitting 1.9C” @observeruk.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Warming is accelerating - can we stop wasting time?
"High chance - report released today by @wmo-global.bsky.social says theres now a 70% chance average warming will rise by more than 1.5C between 2025 and 2029, with a strong possibility of a single year hitting 1.9C” @observeruk.bsky.social
"High chance - report released today by @wmo-global.bsky.social says theres now a 70% chance average warming will rise by more than 1.5C between 2025 and 2029, with a strong possibility of a single year hitting 1.9C” @observeruk.bsky.social
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Celebrating #BiodiversityDay today in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, with @ipbes.net chair @davidobura.bsky.social and #IPBES focal point and #Nexus and #transformativeChange experts from 🇨🇭
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/inter...
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/inter...
May 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Celebrating #BiodiversityDay today in Geneva at the Palais des Nations, with @ipbes.net chair @davidobura.bsky.social and #IPBES focal point and #Nexus and #transformativeChange experts from 🇨🇭
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/inter...
www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/inter...
I suppose there should be no surprises here … #machismo and #testosterone are also bad for the #climate! :-)
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
The French study of 15,000 people shows men emit 26% more pollution due to eating red meat and driving more
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I suppose there should be no surprises here … #machismo and #testosterone are also bad for the #climate! :-)
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Car use and meat consumption drive emissions gender gap, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Tema foi abordado pelo ecologista marinho queniano @davidobura.bsky.social, chairman da @ipbes.net, e por pesquisadores brasileiros durante a Conferência #FAPESP “Contribuições para a #COP30: Nexo Oceano, Biodiversidade e Clima”. agencia.fapesp.br/54611/
Oceanos devem ter maior protagonismo nas discussões da COP30, defendem especialistas
Tema foi abordado pelo ecólogo marinho queniano David Obura, <i>chairman</i> da Plataforma Intergovernamental sobre Biodiversidade e Serviços Ecossistêmicos, e por pesquisadores brasileiros durante a 3ª Conferência FAPESP de 2025
agencia.fapesp.br
April 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Tema foi abordado pelo ecologista marinho queniano @davidobura.bsky.social, chairman da @ipbes.net, e por pesquisadores brasileiros durante a Conferência #FAPESP “Contribuições para a #COP30: Nexo Oceano, Biodiversidade e Clima”. agencia.fapesp.br/54611/
April 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hmm ... depressing to be reminded of this article - now 7 years ago ... 2018. The little progress that has happened since then in reducing #CO2 emissions and #climatechange has been rapidly undone by recent regression in global policies #aluttacontinua www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Next generation ‘may never see the glory of coral reefs’
Undersea forests, bleached and killed by rising ocean temperature, might disappear in a few decades, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Hmm ... depressing to be reminded of this article - now 7 years ago ... 2018. The little progress that has happened since then in reducing #CO2 emissions and #climatechange has been rapidly undone by recent regression in global policies #aluttacontinua www.theguardian.com/environment/...