Garry Peterson

Fig. 3. Marginal effects (as the difference between interventions and control) as a function of estimated preintervention belief in climate change. Lines indicate the average effect size, with shaded regions indicating the 94% credible region. For visual clarity, regions in which the 94% credible region overlap zero are omitted from the figure. Where interventions have positive and negative effects that meet these criteria, a dashed line is used to connect these regions. The dashed vertical line indicates average belief, where effects in Fig. 1 are estimated. (A) Climate change belief, (B) policy support, (C) sharing information on social media, and (D) trees planted via the WEPT.

Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Vlasceanu+
dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

"the interventions’ effectiveness was small...beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance"

Stewardship of global collective behavior | PNAS Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and sh...

great to hear @jbakcoleman.bsky.social talk about his (+ others) work on

Stewardship of global collective behavior
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

and industry bias by funding, and lack of disclosure in research on AI/tech impacts

Climate adaptation: frameworks, practice, and learning - learningforsustainability.net Explore practical climate adaptation frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures thinking. Updated ahead of Adaptation Futures 2025 in Christchurch.

#AF2025 (Adaptation Futures 2025) comes to Ōtautahi Christchurch next week. I’ve refreshed the climate adaptation hub on Learning for Sustainability, bringing together frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures resources.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/climate-adap...

#ClimateAdaptation #MEL

The book is ''an indispensable pedagogical reference tool for students, academia and whistleblowers" with "detailed empirical, in-depth case study approach ... at the nexus of political communication, strategic influence and digital governance, beyond what was once the usual PR and propaganda."

County green transformation: how does gross ecosystem product assessment promote common prosperity? - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - County green transformation: how does gross ecosystem product assessment promote common prosperity?

County green transformation: how does gross
ecosystem product assessment promote common
prosperity?
Liu+
doi.org/10.1057/s415...

A: GEP assessment is redistributive mechanism that boosts rural incomes. It also appears to promote green innovation and more balanced development

Figure 2. Assembly disassembly dynamics of biological covers in water-driven transitional ecosystems. Historically, biodiversity assessmentshave primarily been focused on the ability of aquatic biofilms (in light green) to resist and recover from drying, overlooking the compensatoryeffects provided by terrestrial organisms. However, during the terrestrial phase, aquatic species must acclimate or emigrate, favoring organismswith rapid life cycles and specific adaptations for survival during the terrestrial phase (biocrusts in brown). Within an integrative approach,biological covers (in blue) are a cornerstone community, embracing both biofilm and biocrust dynamic ensembles that better represent thebiodiversity changes associated with fluctuating water availability. WDTE refers to water-driven transitional ecosystem.

A boost for integrative rethinking of resilience in water-driven transitional ecosystems
Hurtado+
doi.org/10.1093/bios...

rethinking resilience of water-driven transitional ecosystems
"characterized by experiencing periodic and reversible alternations of aquatic-terrestrial transitional states"

Over 89,000 electric trucks were sold in the first half of 2025, up 140% from the same period last year. China accounted for almost 80,000 of those, with sales in Europe making up most of the balance. US sales shrunk to just 200 units.

"Over 89,000 electric trucks were sold in the first half of 2025, up 140% from the same period last year. China accounted for almost 80,000 of those, with sales in Europe making up most of the balance. US sales shrunk to just 200 units."

Clean Trucking Takes Off
about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

An example can illustrate the indicator bundles approach. Consider understanding of recovery and maintenance of populations. An ecological indicator might be the biomass of one or more ecologically important species that were previously overfished. Recovery and conservation will be influenced by compliance with the MPA rule that prevents fishing (behavior indicator). Compliance, in turn, is influenced by fishers’ perceptions of the MPA (e.g., perceived legitimacy, an attitudes and beliefs indicator) and perceived fairness of MPA decision-making (governance indicator). These 5 indicators—biomass, compliance, perceived legitimacy, catches, and perceived fairness—form a bundle that is causally linked and could help identify why ecological recovery or positive social outcomes are or are not occurring (Figure 4a). If ecological recovery is not happening, a manager would have increased ability to identify potential causal factors by examining the outcomes of other indicators in the bundle.

Accounting for human–nature linkages in area-based conservation monitoring through social–ecological indicator bundles
Ban+
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

"identify interactions among key nodes of the system that can be a focus of monitoring...We called these indicator bundles."

YouTube video by UNEP-WCMC Event: Spotlight on Indigenous and Community-Led Biodiversity Mapping and Monitoring

Watch Narumon highlight the value of community mapping with examples from Thailand👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...

#IndigenousPeoples #indigenousknowledgesystems #mapping #localcommunities #spatialdata #GIS

🧵
🔥 What must we let go of in today’s financial system?
🌍 Where can we push harder from within?
🌳 What might it mean to step outside altogether?

These were the guiding questions of a recent gathering in Wytham Woods, where 40 leaders came together to explore how finance could truly serve life.

Excited to see the rewrite of the OpenAlex backend now in public beta! If you use Google Scholar, Scopus, of Web of Science you should really checkout this open (source & data) alternative.

COI: I volunteer on the board of OpenAlex because they build awesome things

Net Zero Banking Alliance votes to 'cease operations immediately' Leading banks vote to ditch the climate group's membership model and transition into operating as a 'framework initiative' that provides guidance on decarbonisation and climate risk

Pretty depressing no way could be found to make this work. www.businessgreen.com/news/4519905...

Good thread on the genetics of horse domestication, likely by the Yamnaya

Adapt or die: the architects pioneering a new wave of building reuse Thanks to innovators and smart policy initiatives, demolition is becoming more unfashionable. But is the tide changing fast enough?

“We need to aim for the intelligent ruin.. All architecture becomes a ruin but we need to design things so that they can be easily reused. Working with existing buildings should be the norm.”

Adapt or die: the architects pioneering a new wave of building reuse
on.ft.com/3VPUp1F

Christine Lagarde calls for tougher rules on ‘darker corners’ of finance ECB president wants regulation beefed up for non-banks such as hedge funds, private equity and insurers

Christine Lagarde calls for tougher rules on ‘darker corners’ of finance
on.ft.com/4nzB6WI

“beefing up of rules on hedge funds, private equity and credit funds to achieve a “levelling up” with banks contrasts with the approach of US regulators which are instead easing rules for lenders.”

Addressing landscape multifunctionality in conservation and restoration Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Multifunctional land-use systems supply multiple ecosystem services while contributing to biodiversity conservation. This Review summarizes the provision of ecosystem...

🌍 Out today in 'Nature Reviews Biodiversity': We explore landscape multifunctionality as a way to address biodiversity loss, climate change & food insecurity together. Instead of siloed fixes, multifunctional land-use integrates restoration, production & well-being.
🔗 rdcu.be/eIL2g

Opportunity costs of conservation across terrestrial Europe. Insets show examples of opportunity costs specific to forestry, urban, pastoral, and arable land (bottom left to bottom right).

Opportunity cost estimates for spatial conservation prioritisation across terrestrial Europe
Spencer+
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

European Land Opportunity Costs of Conservation map at 1 km (EULOCC1K): an area-standardised pan-European opportunity cost map, including agriculture, forestry + urban land

Actions from EAT-Lancet

Role of justice for and in transformation

Line Gordon director @sthlmresilience.bsky.social
@stockholm-uni.bsky.social

Presenting actions for transforming food systems

EAT-Lancet report: Three key takeaways on climate and diet change - Carbon Brief Carbon Brief picks out three key takeaways from the EAT-Lancet Commission report on “healthy, sustainable and just food systems.”

EAT-Lancet report: 3 key takeaways

“Food systems are responsible for about one-third of human-driven greenhouse gas emissions…roughly equally partitioned between livestock and crop production, land-use change and other aspects of the food system”

www.carbonbrief.org/eat-lancet-r...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

Thinking of European Commission staff behind the Farm to Fork Strategy when they'll read the new #EATLancet report.... They had it all right, and it's a real shame the EU's blueprint for healthy, fair and environmentally friendly #FoodSystems was derailed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Depending on how they are implemented, all actions have the potential to contribute positively to other goals. The suggested strength of positive impact was developed based on dialogue with the Commissioners.

"These actions are grounded in available scientific evidence to highlight their potential in delivering meaningful impacts across health, environment, and justice outcomes, and also in creating the enabling environment for more profound systems change"

"A just transformation requires building coalitions with actors from inside and outside the food system, identifying bundles of actions, developing national and regional roadmaps for implementation, unlocking finance for the transformation, and rapidly putting joint plans into action"

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
Rockström+
dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01201-2

"food is the single largest cause of planetary boundary transgressions, driving the transgression of five of the six breached boundaries."

Line Gordon: developing the future of food systems A deep engagement with the sustainability of food systems and planetary health characterises the work of Line Gordon, the Curt Bergfors Professor in Sustainability Science and Director of the Stockhol...

Profile of Line Gordon
director, Stockholm Resilience Centre

“The planetary health diet developed by the Commission is a celebration of diversity—where the ingredients on your plate will depend on where you live, your culture, and your preferences”

dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01959-2

Meat vs EAT-Lancet: The dynamics of an industry-orchestrated online backlash • Changing Markets The EAT-Lancet Commission publish EAT-Lancet 2.0: an update to the planetary health diet 2019. One of the most influential academic studies ever released, it also faced significant online backlash – o...

Meat vs EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet: The dynamics of an industry-orchestrated online backlash

Report by the Changing Markets Foundation

changingmarkets.org/report/meat-...

Global food transition needed to reduce pressure on the planet and to save millions of lives  - Stockholm University Global food transition needed to reduce pressure on the planet and to save millions of lives  Five of the seven planetary boundaries that have been exceeded can primarily be linked to today's food sys...

5 of 7 planetary boundaries that have been exceeded can be linked to food systems. By switching production & eating planetary health diet, we can halve food's climate emissions, save millions of lives & strengthen economy #EATLancetCommission @sthlmresilience.bsky.social
www.su.se/english/news...

The figure shows how much global food systems contribute to pressures on all nine planetary boundaries.

New EAT-Lancet warns: food systems breach Planetary Boundaries.

“EAT-Lancet 2025 places justice at the centre, not only as a goal but also as a vital part of enabling transformation,” says Centre Director Line Gordon, one of the report’s lead authors.

www.stockholmresilience.org/5.5e96ff7d19...

🎉We have announced a new professorship at the University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 to celebrate our Crown Princess’s 50th birthday!
🌿Broad focus on biodiversity — from microbes to modelling
📢A fantastic opportunity for researchers working across scales and disciplines!

🔗 web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...

Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.

"God will ask us if we have cultivated and cared for the world that he created for the benefit of all and for future generations, and if we have taken care of our brothers and sisters - what will be our answer, my dear friends?"

Points show the percentage of days (FWI and VPD) and months (PDSI) in each year at the disaster locations that exceeded the 97.5th percentile value (which corresponds to mean FWI max during the disasters). calculated over all days from 1980 to 2023. The blue line shows the fit of a generalized additive model.

"The frequency and severity of such “fire disaster weather” increased substantially during the period 1980 to 2023...

climate change has substantially increased the frequency and severity of such “disaster weather”"
dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.adr5127