Johan Enqvist
@joenq.bsky.social
🇿🇦🇸🇪 Urban environmental stewardship, social psychology, social-ecological systems, human-wildlife relations, conservation conflicts, care & empathy.
Today and tomorrow I'm taking some of our work in the #UnrulyNatures project to new audiences, reflecting with colleagues at @sthlmresilience.bsky.social on how the links between arts and sustainability research are deepening and opening new opportunities to address conflicts and polarisation.
🌍🎭 Explore how arts & sustainability research connect!
📅 9/9 – Panel at our offices on how the arts can transform conflicts, democratise research, and spark imagination and care.
📅 10/9 – Full screening of the play Unruly at Zita cinema (fully booked, waitlist open).
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📅 9/9 – Panel at our offices on how the arts can transform conflicts, democratise research, and spark imagination and care.
📅 10/9 – Full screening of the play Unruly at Zita cinema (fully booked, waitlist open).
su.bmc.nu/Modules/Even...
September 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Today and tomorrow I'm taking some of our work in the #UnrulyNatures project to new audiences, reflecting with colleagues at @sthlmresilience.bsky.social on how the links between arts and sustainability research are deepening and opening new opportunities to address conflicts and polarisation.
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How many fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyist are attending the #INC-5.2 #PlasticsTreaty in #Geneva? Wonder why stallement of substantive matter, and low ambition? Read @ciel.org new report
🛢️234 lobbyist (e.g., Dow, ExxonMobile, American Chemistry Council)
🚨19 lobbyist are in country delegation
🛢️234 lobbyist (e.g., Dow, ExxonMobile, American Chemistry Council)
🚨19 lobbyist are in country delegation
August 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
How many fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyist are attending the #INC-5.2 #PlasticsTreaty in #Geneva? Wonder why stallement of substantive matter, and low ambition? Read @ciel.org new report
🛢️234 lobbyist (e.g., Dow, ExxonMobile, American Chemistry Council)
🚨19 lobbyist are in country delegation
🛢️234 lobbyist (e.g., Dow, ExxonMobile, American Chemistry Council)
🚨19 lobbyist are in country delegation
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📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out!
Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
Handbook of Social Networks and the Environment
‘This brilliant volume comprehensively explains how and why social networks are so critical to help society address environmental challenges, including the climate crisis. It significantly extends pre...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Exciting news: The 'Handbook of Social Networks & the Environment' - co-edited with the brilliant Örjan Bodin - is now out!
Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
Access here: 🌐 tinyurl.com/hb2cz9er
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In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate
World's top court opens door to compensation from countries responsible for climate crisis
International Court of Justice rules that governments have a legal duty to prevent and repair damage to the climate system
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July 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In a landmark case brought by the sinking Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, the ICJ’s 15 judges decided unanimously that governments have a legal duty to protect the climate
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I am looking for a PhD student to start Feb 2026 on an Australia-South African collab project looking at protected area & SES resilience. Fully funded + international applicants welcome. Pls send CV & half-page motivation if interested. Relevant background + degree essential. www.resilient-ways.com
Resilient WAys | coastal resilience
Resilient-WAys provides information about Coastal Resilience research by WA Premier's Science Fellows Prof. Graeme S. Cumming and Dr. Abbie Rogers. We are based in the Oceans Institute of the Universi...
www.resilient-ways.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I am looking for a PhD student to start Feb 2026 on an Australia-South African collab project looking at protected area & SES resilience. Fully funded + international applicants welcome. Pls send CV & half-page motivation if interested. Relevant background + degree essential. www.resilient-ways.com
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Thrilled to be part of this watershed moment in the field of social-ecological systems research. Coinciding w/ the launch of SocSES earlier this year, this publication takes stock of how far we've come as a community and the possibilities that lie ahead. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
Ecology & Society: Welcome home! Introducing SocSES: a society for inclusive and impactful social-ecological research
Underpinned by systemic thinking, social-ecological systems (SES) research has emerged as a critical field for addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene, marked by a cross-scale focus, inter- and ...
ecologyandsociety.org
June 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Thrilled to be part of this watershed moment in the field of social-ecological systems research. Coinciding w/ the launch of SocSES earlier this year, this publication takes stock of how far we've come as a community and the possibilities that lie ahead. ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
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Tyskland som satsar på förnybar energi sänker utsläppen och är på väg att nå sina och EU:s klimatmål. Sverige som under Tidöregeringen toksatsar på kärnkraft ÖKAR utsläppen rekordmycket och når inte ett enda klimatmål. Se sambandet! Framtiden är förnybar!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
German emissions fell 3.4% in 2024, on track for 2030 climate goals
Germany's Federal Environment Agency on Friday said greenhouse gas emissions in Europe's biggest economy fell by around 3.4% year-on-year in 2024, putting the country on track to meet its 2030 climate targets.
www.reuters.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Tyskland som satsar på förnybar energi sänker utsläppen och är på väg att nå sina och EU:s klimatmål. Sverige som under Tidöregeringen toksatsar på kärnkraft ÖKAR utsläppen rekordmycket och når inte ett enda klimatmål. Se sambandet! Framtiden är förnybar!
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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India’s megafauna—tigers, snow leopards, & megaherbivores—are making a rare comeback amidst people & poverty. What drives this recovery?
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.
Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.
Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery
Megafauna recovery and relevance amidst people and poverty in India
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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June 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
India’s megafauna—tigers, snow leopards, & megaherbivores—are making a rare comeback amidst people & poverty. What drives this recovery?
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.
Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery
👉 Ecology, economics, & coexistence. Thanks to @ninadm.bsky.social for a great talk.
Watch the full talk on #conservation & #biodiversity #naturerecovery
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Papahānaumokuākea has shattered assumption that MPAs don't work...
www.iflscience.com/papahanaumok...
www.iflscience.com/papahanaumok...
We Protected Over A Million Square Kilometers Of The Pacific, And The Recovery Was Unlike Anything We Could Have Imagined
Albatross were once nearing extinction here. Now, 14 million birds form the largest colony in the world.
www.iflscience.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Papahānaumokuākea has shattered assumption that MPAs don't work...
www.iflscience.com/papahanaumok...
www.iflscience.com/papahanaumok...
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Sverige enda landet i EU att vägra stöd. Tusentals spädbarn kan dö.
May 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Sverige enda landet i EU att vägra stöd. Tusentals spädbarn kan dö.
📣 New paper! 📣
Why and how do informal activities matter for resilience in Southern African cities? 🌊 🏘️ 🏢 🏜️
1️⃣ Informality is everywhere, but often invisible - until crises strike. Informal systems can adapt and respond quickly, but also entrench inequity.
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Why and how do informal activities matter for resilience in Southern African cities? 🌊 🏘️ 🏢 🏜️
1️⃣ Informality is everywhere, but often invisible - until crises strike. Informal systems can adapt and respond quickly, but also entrench inequity.
1/2
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
Ecology & Society: Negotiating informality and urban resilience: implications for equity
Informality is a distinguishing characteristic of cities in the Global South and is strongly associated with urban inequality. Yet, in pursuing resilience, urban resilience strategies and planning hav...
ecologyandsociety.org
May 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📣 New paper! 📣
Why and how do informal activities matter for resilience in Southern African cities? 🌊 🏘️ 🏢 🏜️
1️⃣ Informality is everywhere, but often invisible - until crises strike. Informal systems can adapt and respond quickly, but also entrench inequity.
1/2
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
Why and how do informal activities matter for resilience in Southern African cities? 🌊 🏘️ 🏢 🏜️
1️⃣ Informality is everywhere, but often invisible - until crises strike. Informal systems can adapt and respond quickly, but also entrench inequity.
1/2
ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss2/a...
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A leaked document reveals a PR campaign fuelled attacks on the 2019 EAT-Lancet report, which called for cutting red meat by 50% for health and climate. Scientists faced intense backlash. “I’ve never been attacked in so many ways,” said our Director Line Gordon. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
April 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A leaked document reveals a PR campaign fuelled attacks on the 2019 EAT-Lancet report, which called for cutting red meat by 50% for health and climate. Scientists faced intense backlash. “I’ve never been attacked in so many ways,” said our Director Line Gordon. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"Now two separate instruments on the telescope have detected high levels of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS)...there is no known non-biological process capable of generating DMS and DMDS in the large quantities observed"
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Astronomers claim strongest evidence yet of extraterrestrial life
Distant planet is covered with an ocean that may be teeming with microbial activity
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April 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"Now two separate instruments on the telescope have detected high levels of dimethyl sulphide (DMS) and dimethyl disulphide (DMDS)...there is no known non-biological process capable of generating DMS and DMDS in the large quantities observed"
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on.ft.com/4ionE4D