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Navin Ramankutty

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Professor at UBC; Co-chair of Global Land Programme; Sustainable land and food, Climate change; Dad of 2, Spouse of 1; Raquet sports; Max 5K runner; Learning to swim.

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Has there ever been a more important court ruling than last week's advisory opinion on climate change from the International Court of Justice?
Facing an existential threat, the ICJ ruled that all States are obligated to protect the climate system by decarbonizing ASAP or polluters pay $

01.08.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My colleague, Patrick Meyfroidt, has 3 PhD positions and 2 Postdoc positions as part of a new ERC grant on 'land use, sustainability, and democratic backsliding'. Hoping to reach Canadian candidates through this post.

landsystems-lab.earth/news/25-07-3...
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30.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. (Gift Article) The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study β€œtoo important to die.”

Trump ended the first-ever National Nature Assessment, which was trying to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity, but the researchers are trying to publish it anyway.

11.02.2025 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 618    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 15

Do you mean to say that consistency in arguments is important? Hmm…

16.01.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
GLP Early Career Network Webinar: Knowledge Sharing with Stakeholders | Global Land Programme The Early Career Network will hold a Knowledge Sharing Webinar on 20 January 2025 from 4-5 pm Central European Time. The webinar will discuss ways to make research more accessible to the people who ca...

Calling all early career research scientists! Our Early Career Network is hosting a webinar on knowledge sharing.

Date: 20 January 2025
Time: 4-5 pm Central European Time

glp.earth/news-events/...

23.12.2024 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Sigh, no! New Year’s resolution? Wanna join forces and be my accountability partner?

20.12.2024 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We have been working in stealth mode for a long time now, but we are soon launching the all-new Drawdown Explorer!

A thread...

19.12.2024 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

Just days after the end of the International Court of Justice hearings on the climate crisis, Tropical Cyclone Chido smashed into Mayotte, a French territory off the east coast of Africa.
A cyclone intensified by climate change!
www.euronews.com/green/2024/1...

17.12.2024 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi bluesky! Connect with us for land system science news, jobs, events, and more. PS what is a tweet called here?

Check out our land system science starter pack!
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16.12.2024 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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