Erle Ellis

The Electrotech Revolution | Ember The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.

"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."

Macro-level determinants of nature connectedness: An exploratory analysis of 61 countries - Ambio Nature connectedness is increasingly recognised as a causal issue in environmental crises and a powerful strategy for transformative change. However, little is known about how it varies across countri...

UK = 0. Nepal = 1.4 and Spain = -0.6
Perceptions of Nature Connectedness Ranked across 61 countries @findingnature.bsky.social @ambio-journal.bsky.social 🌍🌐https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13280-025-02275-w

Opinion | The Reality of Living With Wolves, Bears and Mountain Lions

🥰🐺🐻🐆?
Wildlife relations are human relations…🌎
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...

This is figure 1 from “Human biomass movement exceeds the biomass movement of all land animals combined.” It shows total biomass movement of land animals and birds.

Human biomass movement may be up to 40 times greater than that of all land animals combined, according to research in Nature Ecology & Evolution. A second Nature Communications paper finds that wild mammal biomass has more than halved since 1850. go.nature.com/4oID33i go.nature.com/3LhSD7n 🧪

Earth System Engineers Take Planetary Alterations to Extreme Scales - Eos A new framework argues Earth scientists should employ the concept of ecosystem engineering across geologic time and space.

Earth System Engineers 🌍🌐🦠🧑‍🌾
H. sapiens is not alone in Transforming Earth
@gvd.bsky.social @eos.org
eos.org/articles/ear...

Developing Nations Need 12 Times More Financing to Meet Climate Adaptation Needs - Eos An annual United Nations report, published 29 October, reveals a “yawning gap” between existing and necessary climate adaptation finance, a gap “putting lives, livelihoods, and entire economies at ris...

Developing countries need at least 12 times as much financing from the rest of the globe in order to adapt to climate change, according to a new @unep.org report. eos.org/research-and...

Living with Giants: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Chitwan National Park This study in Chitwan National Park, Nepal reveals local community preferences for human-wildlife coexistence, highlighting the importance of context-specific strategies that align with community need...

Living with Giants: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in Chitwan National Park communities.springernature.com/posts/living...

"The Perception of trees matters more than the reality"
(in UK) 🌳🤔🌍
>PR: findingnature.org.uk/2025/10/24/g...
>​Paper: ​Green pathways to mental health: Relationships between treescapes and well-being and distress
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New?

Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest challenges facing Earth today. The most direct information on species losses comes from recent extinctions. However, our understanding of these recent, human-r...

🌎🌐🫎🌵Extinctions:
⬆️ last 500 years! 👎
...but...
⬇️ last 100 years! 👍 (in general)
Unpacking the extinction crisis: rates, patterns and causes of recent extinctions in plants and animals @royalsociety royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Policy principles for sustainable and just land systems @rachgarr.bsky.social etal. @royalsociety.org
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10....

Learn about the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)
Join the Anthropocene Navigators to offer your thoughts!
🕰️9:30 AM Tomorrow October 16 here:
vu-live.zoom.us/j/9127481812...
More info: vu.nl/en/events/20...

Could definitely use another pint!

How to build a better future for people and nature

🔍 Behind the Paper: 'How to build a better future for people and nature'. 🌏 Our @natureportfolio.nature.com perspective offers a new approach to motivate nations to create a future where people can thrive together with the entire world. 🔗Read more here: bit.ly/42A5wzv. @erleellis.bsky.social

The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

"Planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point"
media> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/c...
science> www.nature.com/articles/d41... #Anthropocene

Last Call for Expert Advice to shape the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)...
👉 anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
🔥Deadline October 15!
> Background: rdcu.be/etpiQ

On November 4th I'll be in London at the How To Academy, discussing and answering question about solutions to climate change, and how they stack up.

If you're interested in coming along, you can find details here:
howtoacademy.com/events/how-t...

Anthropocene Canceled? 🚯 @ecosocialism1.bsky.social
monthlyreview.org/articles/has...
>>> Of course NOT <<<
The evidence speaks for itself.
No geologists, epochs or hype required.
theconversation.com/the-anthropo... 🌍⚒️🌐🧪

Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Human actions have shaped ecosystems for thousands of years, and have profound effects on biodiversity and environmental processes. This Review explores the ways that humans have modified past ecosystems and the methods available for researchers to study these changes, as well as indicating how understanding historic change can inform conservation strategies.

Human transformation of past terrestrial ecosystems @natrevbiodiv.nature.com #anthromes 🌍🌐
doi.org/10.1038/s443...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

We need advice from @ipbes.net @futureearth.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @worldresources.bsky.social @unep.org

How to build a better future for people and nature The Nature Relationship Index (NRI) redefines progress by measuring the contributions of nations to creating a better future for life on Earth. Your expert advice can help to improve it.

Help build a better future for people and nature
🌍🧑‍🌾🌽🌎🌴🐬🌏🚵‍♀️🍄🌐👍
communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to...

you don't need a geologist to know which way the Anthropocene goes

Naturekind A new paradigm that integrates human and nonhuman communication and culture

Happy publication day to Melissa Leach & James Fairhead for 'Naturekind'! It introduces a new paradigm for human & nonhuman communication from @princetonupress.bsky.social

Innovative & provocative, as reviewer @erleellis.bsky.social says,"nature is talking, & people need to listen"
bit.ly/4mYPQgB

The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway Scientists have been debating the start of the Anthropocene Epoch for 15 years. I was part of those discussions, and I agree with the vote rejecting it.

Do not forget that the Anthropocene epoch proposal was soundly rejected by geologists- for good reasons… theconversation.com/the-anthropo...

Rewilding gets real.
#NoPanaceas #Anthropocene

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

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

The Anthropocene is Not an Epoch:
A Reply to Zalasiewicz et al. @agu.org Earth's Future
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

gender <> sex