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Institute for Ecological Economics @WU Vienna

@ecologicalecon.bsky.social

Decent living within Earth System Boundaries | Energy Transition | Global Resource Use | Climate Economics and Finance @wuvienna.bsky.social

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New research by @sluckene.bsky.social and Victor Maus, jointly with colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at and @uspoficial.bsky.social๐Ÿ‘‡

29.07.2025 06:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Forest loss and uncertain economic gains from industrial and garimpo mining in Brazilian municipalities - Nature Communications Mining is often seen as having opposing local economic and environmental effects. This study models these dynamics across Brazilian municipalities and shows that outcomes vary over time and by type of...

Excited to share that a study that has followed me through almost my entire PhD is now published in @natcomms.nature.com : www.nature.com/articles/s41... ๐Ÿงต 1/

18.07.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Klimaรถkonomin Sigrid Stagl รผber EU-Klimaziele | ZIB2 vom 02.07.2025
YouTube video by ORF Zeit im Bild Klimaรถkonomin Sigrid Stagl รผber EU-Klimaziele | ZIB2 vom 02.07.2025

๐Ÿ“บ @sigridstagl.bsky.social in der #ZIB2 zum neuen EU-Klimaziel und was ร–sterreich tun muss, um Klimaneutralitรคt zu erreichen ๐Ÿ‘‡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7G...

04.07.2025 09:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Big News! ๐ŸŽ‰
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more ๐Ÿ‘‡

02.07.2025 10:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Colleen Schneider is a PhD student and research assistant at @ecologicalecon.bsky.social ๐ŸŽ“

She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies ๐Ÿ‘

Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...

23.06.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change Nature Reviews Earth & Environment - Global metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the...

Happy to share our article โ€œMetal mining is a global driver of environmental changeโ€, published in @natrevearthenviron.nature.com We combine ts data on metal ore extraction and trade since 1970 with an extensive review of the environmental changes driven by mining. Access here rdcu.be/eqBBm 1/n

17.06.2025 05:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS โ€“ Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons

โœจ Conference on Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons ๐ŸŒฟ

Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ“… 26โ€“28 Nov 2025
๐Ÿ“ ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon

Call for contributions extended until June 30!

๐ŸŒ€ More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...

28.05.2025 10:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘‰ Read the full report here:
๐Ÿ”— www.fern.org/fileadmin/up...
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Authors: Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, @juliakaa.bsky.social , Leonard Weber, Andreas Kroiss, Judith Pigneur & Adrien Toledano Zamorano.

Commissioned by @fern.org and Regnskogfondet.
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The good news: Deforestation can be significantly reduced by technology and policy choices:
๐Ÿ”‹ Switch to low-impact LFP batteries
๐Ÿšถ Support public transport, car-sharing & smaller vehicles
๐ŸŒ Responsible sourcing from low-deforestation countries, strict due diligence, โ€œno-go zonesโ€ for mining
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐ŸŒฒ Under a business-as-usual scenario, EU EV demand could result in the loss of 65,000 hectares of forest by 2050.
If battery technologies with high deforestation intensity dominate, deforestation could rise up to 118,000 hectares.
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โš’๏ธ While steel and aluminium make up the bulk of metal demand in EVs, it's the battery metals - especially cobalt, nickel, and copper - that drive the highest deforestation impacts.
These impacts vary greatly by battery type.
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿš— How is the EUโ€™s electric vehicle transition affecting global forest loss?

Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EUโ€™s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
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08.05.2025 07:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Summer has finally arrived in Vienna โ˜€๏ธ
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine ๐Ÿ˜Ž

@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social

24.04.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Brasiliens Metalle fรผr die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhรคngnis? | Bildungsblog | Die Wiener Volkshochschulen

Nรคchste Woche Dienstag bin zu Gast am รถsterreichischen Lateinamerika Institut. Mein Thema: Brasiliens Metalle fรผr die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhรคngnis? www.vhs.at/de/e/lai/b/2...

04.04.2025 13:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reading recommendation for anyone interested in the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of mining activities
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25.03.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Robust Assessments of Lithium Mining Impacts Embodied in Global Supply Chain Require Spatially Explicit Analyses Lithium is a critical material for the energy transition, but its mining causes significant environmental impacts that will intensify due to surging global demand. Here, we conduct a mining site-speci...

๐Ÿ’ก Spatially explicit data is essential for accurately assessing the environmental impacts of lithium mining.

๐Ÿ’ก Effective mitigation requires cooperation between lithium-producing and consuming countries.

๐Ÿ“„ Read the full paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

19.03.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ก Mining-related impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and land use vary significantly between lithium extraction sites worldwide.

๐Ÿ’ก Two-thirds of these impacts are embedded in the international trade of lithium-containing products.

19.03.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ”‹ Lithium is essential for the energy & mobility transitions - but its environmental impacts vary widely across regions and mining sites. ๐ŸŒ

A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: โฌ‡๏ธ

19.03.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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7. Mรคrz: Weltweiter March for Science - WissenSchafft Vertrauen - Celsius - der Klimablog von Scientists for Future ร–sterreich Lesedauer 6 Minuten. ย ย  March for Science in Wien Wann: Freitag, 7.3.2025, Kundgebung um 13 Uhr Wo: vor der Uni Wien (Universitรคtsring 1), gefolgt von einem Marsch zum Votivpark mit Kundgebung 15 Uhr ...

#MarchforScience - see you tomorrow!

at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...

06.03.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @xcerm01.bsky.social

13.02.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Huge congrats to our colleague Roman Hausmann who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Community-Led Economic Initiatives and their Intersections with Local and European Policy Institutions ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

13.02.2025 07:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Klimaรถkonomin Sigrid Stagl

Klimaรถkonomin Sigrid Stagl

@sigridstagl.bsky.social, eine Pionierin der Klimaรถkonomie, ist Wissenschafterin des Jahres โ€“ und fรผr viele ein Vorbild.

Gerade heute, am Int. Tag fรผr Frauen und Mรคdchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Fรถrderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)

11.02.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 130    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Visualisation Centre โ€“ materialflows.net

Hosted by the Global Resource Use (GRU) research group, www.materialflows.net is the official visualisation portal of the UN IRP Global Material Flows Database.

Explore the sector profile and other visualisations here:
www.materialflows.net/visualisatio...

31.01.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Features of the sector profile:

๐Ÿ“ŠData on global material extraction and use (along supply chains) by sectors
๐Ÿ“ŠIdentification of hotspot sectors through comparisons of material use, value added, and employment
๐Ÿ“ŠTrend analyses illustrating the development of sectoral material consumption over time

31.01.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ข New feature on www.materialflows.net: The Sector Profile

The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction ๐ŸŒฑ โ›๏ธ ๐Ÿšง

31.01.2025 05:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@wuvienna.bsky.social

28.01.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โœจ Exciting News: The Global Resource Use (GRU) Team has launched its new website! โœจ

Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub ๐Ÿ‘‡
resource-use.global

28.01.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Sigrid Stagl: "Kein ร–konom wird gegen eine COโ‚‚-Steuer sein" Edition Zukunft ยท Episode

๐Ÿ“ป Tune in: @sigridstagl.bsky.social talks with @derstandard.at about climate protection measures necessary in Austria, and how they can benefit the economy.

open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...

17.01.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

In einem offenen Brief an die kรผnftige Bundesregierung fordern Forscher*innen aktiven Klimaschutz durch Innovationspakete im Bausektor, der Industrie, in Landwirtschaft und Ernรคhrungssicherheit, der Mobilitรคt, in der Gesundheit sowie einen Bodenversiegelungs-Stopp.

โœ‰๏ธ www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...

13.01.2025 13:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0