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Laura Pereira
@laurap18.bsky.social
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
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🚨If you are at #COP30, evacuate the Blue Zone immediately.

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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tomorrow our @futureecoafrica.bsky.social event in #E4CA pavilion
Hope to see you there to talk all things #Africa #data for #people, #climate and #nature
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Some things happening at #COP30 the is week and Friday we have a special African Futures session at #E4CA pavilion 1-2pm!
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️

@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social

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November 10, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Israeli forces carry out air attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon in violation of US-brokered ceasefire.
Israeli strikes kill four in new Lebanon ceasefire breach
Israeli forces carry out air attacks in southern and eastern Lebanon in violation of US-brokered ceasefire.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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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-...
TC/ESG 2025: Johannesburg Conference Recap
YouTube video by Transformations Community
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October 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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And this is why we should keep doing this work: bsky.app/profile/koja...
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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💡Ideas sparked at #TCESG25 are ready to grow!
Special issues are open in Global Sustainability,
Earth Stewardship, COSUST & Earth System Governance
📚Now’s the time to build on the ideas & connections that took shape during the conference!
🌱Explore more transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-pub...
September 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS: We have downgraded the #US climate action to "Critically insufficient" - it's the most aggressive, comprehensive and consequential climate policy rollback the CAT has ever analysed.

🔗 bit.ly/CAT_US
September 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🦭🌊🦑Our EU Project #INSPIRI to #inspire, #imagine, #test & #action aspirational visions for Europe’s waters is launched! thanks Jerneja and team for a wonderful kick off meeting. Looking forward to the next 3 years with this crew 💙🧜🏽‍♀️🐚🦈
September 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🌍 What could a just, thriving future for people and nature look like? @laurap18.bsky.social explores why we need transformative scenarios—and how the Nature Futures Framework helps us imagine better paths forward. ✨🌱 Watch here. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
Why we need transformative scenarios for people and nature
Why we need transformative scenarios for people and nature: Building capacities to imagine safe and just futures for all life on Earth Laura Pereira There is general scientific agreement on the…
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September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Recommended read: In an interview with @lemonde.fr, the French economist Thomas Piketty argued that protecting the planet from climate change requires wealth redistribution.
Thomas Piketty: 'To succeed in the climate transition, we must redistribute wealth differently'
In an interview with Le Monde, the French economist explains that protecting the planet from climate change cannot be achieved without reducing inequality.
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September 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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✨Join us for A Night Under the Stars at #TCESG25
Enjoy a marimba band, traditional South African braai, & powerful art & storytelling experiences. Highlights include The Antidote, Our Ocean is Sacred VR & more
🗓 20 Aug |🕡 18:30 Arrival
Seats are limited transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-regi...
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Israel has assassinated five more Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, killing them in an airstrike Sunday targeting a media tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital. Among the dead is veteran correspondent Anas al-Sharif, who reported extensively from northern Gaza since October 2023.
August 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A once in a lifetime opportunity to end plastic pollution for good. Sign this petition and let's get a Global Plastics Treaty in place!

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Global Plastic Treaty
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August 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🌎🌿Take action now—submit your session or workshop proposal to shape the 4th World Biodiversity Forum, WBF2026, next June at the ☀️Davos conference center in Switzerland! 🇨🇭 shorturl.at/YeHuz #Biodiversity #WBF2026
July 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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According to scientists, practical experience of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) would be instructive for the establishment of the IPP.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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OUT NOW: The laid-out version of the FULL @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report 💥

Explore how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. 🌏🧪

Access the full report in English⬇️
https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment
July 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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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