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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.
ECI is proud to be represented at #COP30Brazil by Dr @erikaberenguer.bsky.social

Tomorrow she joins Greenpeace, SOS Atlantic Forest & WWF to discuss aligning climate & biodiversity policies

➡️https://tinyurl.com/4fz3j3dm

#COP30 #Biodiversity #Forests #Amazon
Dr Erika Berenguer + Dr Aline Soterroni
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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From Rio92 to Head of the University of Oxford delegation to #COP30 in Belém. Dr Aline Soterroni, in the photo with the Ambassador of Brazil to the UK, Antonio Patriota, will be Deputy Head. For the 1st time, the delegation has 2 Brazilians leading it. If you wanna talk to our researchers, DM me.
November 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
New study co-authored by ECI’s Dr Marco Springmann finds global food systems already beyond safe planetary limits — but shows how we can bring them back within the boundary.

Urgent action is needed to transform how we produce & consume food🔗 tinyurl.com/2s4h3x7u

#FoodSystems #PlanetaryBoundaries
November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Human activity is reshaping the Amazon’s biodiversity, ecology & evolutionary history - new research co-led by ECI's Dr Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social & Dr Cássio Nunes @lancasteruni.bsky.social
Published as COP30 opens in Belém

➡️: tinyurl.com/3rre799x

#Amazon #Forests #Biodiversity
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
“Climate change is a global problem — the solution has to be countries getting together.”

ECI's Prof Jim Hall spoke with presenter Nick Ferrari, on LBC, about the purpose of COP and why, despite its flaws, global cooperation is essential.

🎧 Listen on LBC: www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...
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Listen to Nick Ferrari for free on Global Player.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Join us TOMORROW when @julespretty.bsky.social will be leading an important discussion on 'How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises'. Register to attend online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New ECI-led study finds plant-based diets could reshape global farming jobs — cutting costs by up to $995B a year & shifting labour from livestock to horticulture.

🔗 www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/global-...

#FoodSystems #PlantBased #Sustainability #OxfordResearch #OxfordMartinSchool
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Now also available to watch on YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m-v...
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Why do we need the Amazon — and what happens if it disappears? 🌳

ECI researcher Dr @erikaberenguer.bsky.social joins the BBC’s Climate Question to discuss the future of the world’s largest rainforest.

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4ZkE...

#AmazonRainforest #ClimateChange
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Only 2% of Interpol Red Notices target environmental crimes ECI's @diogoverissimo.bsky.social co-author of study finds

Illegal logging, wildlife trafficking & pollution remain low priorities for global law enforcement

Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/environ...

#EnvironmentalCrime #ClimateAction
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I had a wonderful few days this week, hosted by the government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and receiving the Ramon Margalef Prize for ecological research from the president of Catalonia
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Science is synonymous with hope.”

Congratulations to Prof @ymalhi.bsky.social of @ecioxford.bsky.social & @naturerecovery.bsky.social, presented with the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology by the Government of Catalonia for his pioneering work on tropical forests.

➡️https://tinyurl.com/2zpc9pdd
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Hotter temperatures kill one person every minute worldwide, according to new data in the Lancet Countdown on health & climate change.

ECI's Dr Neven Fučkar - "a stark reminder of the immense health and socio-economic costs of our slow transition away from fossil fuels.”

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Study led by ECI's Dr Ty Loft with Prof Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social reveals how megafauna loss has drained the Africa's ecological “power”.

➡️https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/africas-wildlife-ecosystems-have-lost-third-their-natural-power-eci-research-finds
Our new paper in Nature uses ecological energetics to track ten ecosystem functions of all birds and mammals in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows that the ecological power of African wildlife has declined by a third since pre-colonial times @natureportfolio.nature.com
🌍 New Oxford-led study in Nature finds Africa’s wildlife has lost a third of its natural “power” — the energy driving ecosystems and livelihoods.

Large animals once sustained this flow; their loss now reshapes life across the continent. @ymalhi.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We were delighted to host Brazil’s Ambassador to the UK in Oxford ahead of #COP30 for an event highlighting Brazil's new Tropical Forest Finance Facility (TFFF)

Hosted by ECI's Dr Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social & Dr Aline Soterroni @biology.ox.ac.uk

➡️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/pre-cop...
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Join us this Friday for a talk and book signing from local writer and ecologist, @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social

You can join us in person in the School of Geography or online. Reserve your place now: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mitigation, adaptation, carbon removal — how do they interact?

ECI’s Camilla Hyslop offers a new framework to see the bigger climate picture.
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/facing-...

#ClimateRisk #NetZero #ClimatePolicy #RiskManagement
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
ECI researchers say the UK’s home insulation failures reveal systemic flaws — not just bad installs.
Time for long-term, coordinated retrofit policy.
#EnergyEfficiency #Retrofit
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Terrible news on UK flagship home energy efficiency programme: Almost all external insulation fitted under ECO scheme needs repair or replacing. Findings are a critical lesson on what not to do and how to fix it.

Read our full analysis in @theconversation.com👇

theconversation.com/a-home-insul...
October 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Legal rights for rivers or forests can sound utopian. But as our intern Diana Gusta found, Rights of Nature isn’t a fix-all—it’s a cultural lever. A call to see nature as kin, not resource. One tool among many. #RightsOfNature #GreenTransition

@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
Reflections on the Rights of Nature
Rights of Nature: Panacea or powerful cultural lever?
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
ECI in action: Prof @janrosenow.bsky.social briefs all 27 EU energy ministers on industrial electrification.

"𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣-𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙐."
It was a call I couldn't ignore.

I was formally invited by the Danish EU Presidency to Luxembourg to speak about industrial electrification and energy efficiency directly to the energy ministers from every single one of the 27 EU member states on the 20th of October.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO30...
Speaking at EU Energy Council
YouTube video by Jan Rosenow
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October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Big energy, big stage, big impact — Prof @janrosenow.bsky.social is at the EU Energy Council today.
You don’t get to brief all 27 EU energy ministers every day (or at least I don't).

In a rare step for the Council of Energy Ministers, I was asked to deliver an expert intervention on industrial electrification at the Energy Council on 20 Oct.

Livestream: video.consilium.europa.eu/event/en/28169
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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We're really looking forward to our first talk of term. TOMORROW! In the School of Geography
Join us in person or online as David Tilman discusses:
Earth’s Biodiversity: Its Origins, Impacts & Potential Fate.
More info & to register: oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
@ecioxford.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
ECI’s Myles Allen joins Brian Cox to ask: Will we survive climate change?

🎥 Will We Survive Climate Change? – A Question of Science with Brian Cox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57x_...

@oxfordphysics.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social

#Climate #Science #BrianCox
Will We Survive Climate Change? - A Question of Science with Brian Cox
YouTube video by The Francis Crick Institute
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October 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
How can we make the global food system more resilient to shocks? 🌍🥕🍲

New One Earth study from ECI DPhil student Estelle Paulus explores how better models can help prepare for future risks and strengthen food security.

Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/eci-res...

#FoodSystems #Resilience
ECI researchers develop new framework to assess food system resilience
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October 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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The Rights of Nature movement isn’t just legal theory it reimagines economics, governance & finance to serve life, not extract from it. Can our current economic mindset, wedded to GDP growth, adapt to a model that values ecosystem health as much as profit? Read our blog here
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Rethinking the Economy through recognising the Rights of Nature
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM