Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

New study by ECI's @diogoverissimo.bsky.social finds global biodiversity policies risk falling short by overlooking key languages like Portuguese & Malay, spoken where nature is richest. Making conservation guidance accessible across languages is vital.
Read more 👉 www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/study-f...

Big congrats 🎉 to Dr Jimena Alvarez, named Lead Author for the next IPBES Global Assessment Report! 👏🌍 Read more: files.ipbes.net/ipbes-web-pr...

An ancient yew tree in Scotland that is half the age of the Holocene has caught our attention. What a privilege to be in the presence of one of the oldest trees in Europe. @ymalhi.bsky.social explains the significance of this giant. @naturerecovery.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social

When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world’s attention is elsewhere.

'Don’t be distracted by the usual suspects flooding the zone.'

Beijing has a track record of only promising what it plans to deliver. But too often the world’s attention is elsewhere, writes @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and @ecioxford.bsky.social's Dr Kai Jiang ⬇️ #OxfordClimate

Father and son playing with recycled plastics in their kitchen

Parents may struggle to go green, but they can shape their kids’ eco-habits. Dr @samhampton.bsky.social (ECI) and Bath Uni research show guidance + policy could turn awareness into action .
➡️https://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/uk-parents-struggle-go-green-could-shape-next-generation-says-eci-researcher

"Base decisions on the best available data, not on who shouts the loudest."
@janrosenow.bsky.social
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Pippa Amanta standing at a lectern in front of PowerPoint slides

Fabulous talk at Oxford Energy Day @oxfordenergy.bsky.social by Felippa Amanta @ecioxford.bsky.social. Making the case that the indirect impacts of AI on climate are more important than its direct use of energy. Need to be mindful of the role of data and AI in the energy transition.

Climate shocks are straining energy systems worldwide. In Nature Energy, ECI & KTH researchers outline a roadmap to break the vicious circle of rising costs & unreliable power by embedding resilience in planning.

➡️Read more: www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/roadmap...

#ClimateResilience #EnergySystems

Why do people repair or replace?

ECI’s Dr Hazel Pettifor explores how incentives & behaviour shape repair choices — and the trade-offs for waste & emissions.

Watch the seminar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow1w...

#CircularEconomy #Sustainability

Not all scientists start on equal footing. 🌍👩‍🔬

Research by Dr Diogo Veríssimo @ECIOxford shows gender, language & economic background can cut English-language publications by up to 70%.

➡️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/who-get...

#ScienceEquity #GlobalScience

🌲✨ Fully funded DPhil at the University of Oxford!

Join ECI’s BioEO group to explore AI + remote sensing + forest resilience — and how it links to public health.

📅 Apply by 7 Nov 2025
🔗 www.geog.ox.ac.uk/study/gradua...

#PhD #Climate #Forests #AI

Can digital campaigns really boost conservation? 🐘🐸

Dr Diogo Veríssimo @ECIOxford shows how to measure their impact using digital data + culturomics.

Read more ➡️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/eci-res...

#Conservation #Biodiversity #BehaviouralScience #Culturomics

Our BeanMeals project is in a special issue of the Royal Society journal Philosophical Transactions B.
🌱 UK-grown beans can boost health, cut emissions & support local farmers. Dr John Ingram says beans spark thinking on food, farming & sustainability. Read more ⬇️
www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ecis-be...

Vacancy: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Innovative Financing for Nature This role offers the chance to combine cutting-edge research with real-world impact, working at the intersection of conservation, finance, and policy.

Join our team and contribute to world-leading research while shaping bold, practical solutions for people and planet.

@oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk

🚨 Our food systems are at breaking point.
A new UN report — co-drafted by ECI’s Dr Monika Zurek — calls for urgent action to build resilience + protect the right to food.
Read 👉 www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-un-...

#FoodSystems #ClimateResilience #Sustainability

What will food systems look like in 2050? 🍽️🌍
Led by Dr Bhawana Gupta, ECI researchers are mapping uncertain futures — from AI diets to ecological restoration — to shape resilient, fair food systems.

➡️https://tinyurl.com/59sv3mem

#FoodSystems #Foresight #Sustainability #Research

A great new MSc at the ECI.

Find out more about our MSc in Environmental Change and Policy. ⬇️

Building Regenerative Economies in Practice - Circularity.fm Speakers explore how to move beyond technical fixes and address the broader environmental and economic systems that shape regeneration.

Building regenerative economies means more than recycling — it’s about rethinking land, ecosystems & business models.

ECI Director, Prof Michael Obersteiner shares practical insights⬇️

circularity.fm/building-reg...

🚗⚡ New from Oxford researchers: Public EV funds should prioritise local charging hubs over motorway stations.

“Local hubs are a lifeline for drivers without off-street parking.” – Dr Labib Azzouz

Read more 👉 www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/who-sho...

#EVCharging #NetZero

We have a bonus seminar coming your way in September, reserve your seat now: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@torchoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Professor Tom Oliver In this lively talk, Tom Oliver argues that our current fixes for the environmental crisis are often ineffective and even make things worse. Genuine solutions need to go beyond… Fixing ourselves to fix nature? Inner change as a neglected lever to tackle environmental crisis

🌍 Are tech & economic fixes enough to solve the environmental crisis? In this energising talk, Tom Oliver argues real change needs a shift in culture, identity & our connection to nature. 🧠✨ Hopeful examples included. Watch the recording. @uniofreading.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social

Report Launch and Panel Discussion - 'Reboot Development: The… The event will feature a keynote by Richard Damania (Chief Economist for Sustainable Development at the World Bank), and a panel moderated by Professor…

📢 Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet 🌍

How can protecting air, water & land drive prosperity, jobs & resilience? 🌍

Join WorldBank, @oxmartinschool.bsky.social and ECI's Prof Jim Hall.

📆 Tue 2 Sep, 4–6pm
🔗 Register: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/the-e...

Why combining efforts matters when it comes to energy transition - hear from ECI's Dr Chris Jardine ⬇️

🎉 Prof Yadvinder Malhi, ECI & naturerecovery.bsky.social, wins the Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology for tropical forest research and global leadership. Ceremony: 30 Oct 2025, Barcelona 🌿🏆
#Ecology #Oxford #TropicalForests

Read more ➡️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/ecis-pr...

ECI’s Diogo Veríssimo co-authors study urging conservation to value stories & lived experiences as much as data. “Conservation is about people too.” Case studies from Japan, Kenya & Bonaire prove it. Read: doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

YouTube video by chrisjardine.energy The Kaya Identity: the equation that helps solve climate change | Energy 101 Ep3

Dr Chris Jardine, ECI Honorary Research Associate, is on a mission to share the Kaya Identity — a simple formula breaking down carbon emissions into 4 key factors. His new Energy 101 video series makes complex climate ideas easy to understand. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XN6...

Mapping forest resilience hotspots in South America A new publication led by DPhil student Xiongjie Deng pinpoints Chilean forest resilience hotspots and areas of vulnerability to environmental change.

We're excited to share a paper led by DPhil student, Xiongjie Deng @xdeng.bsky.social. With colleagues from @ecioxford.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social and South America, he used remote sensing and field data to map forest resilience hotspots in Chile www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/mapping...

🌍 | Yadvinder Malhi, Professor of Ecosystem Science @ecioxford.bsky.social and Director of @naturerecovery.bsky.social‬, discusses his career and the importance of restoring our natural world. ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...

#OxfordClimate

Important point from @ecioxford.bsky.social’s #brenda_boardman and @tinafawcett.bsky.social: cold weather payments need to arrive before freezing temperatures to prevent going without adequate heating. ⬇️

Removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere Researchers from Oxford discuss what net zero means and what a carbon budget is, as well as explaining how greenhouse gases can be removed from our atmosphere, and what happens to them once they are.

🌍 | Researchers are exploring how carbon dioxide can be removed from the atmosphere.

But once it’s removed, where does it go?

@ecioxford.bsky.social's‬ Prof Nick Eyre and @oxfordphysics.bsky.social @oxfordnetzero.bsky.social's Prof Myles Allen explain ⬇️
www.ox.ac.uk/climate-and-...

#OxfordClimate