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Laura Pereira

@laurap18.bsky.social
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South African sustainability scientist. Prof in Sustainability Transformations and Futures at Global Change Institute, Wits University and researcher at Stockholm Resilience Centre. IPBES expert, Earth Commissioner and general academic traveller

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I often hear people say that we need to include the Global South in CO₂ removal (CDR). I disagree. CDR is waste management and a bummer. Rich countries created this CO₂ mess and it’s our responsibility to clean it up. The Global South shouldn’t be burdened with this task.
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Alejandro Ordonez @anordonez1.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Excited to convene with @laurap18.bsky.social FUT11 at #WBF2026 — "Shaping #Biodiverse #Futures: Applying the #NatureFuturesFramework from Local to National Scales." Come talk about nature futures with us 👇 Mon 15 + Tue 16 June, Room Flüela. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/WBF2026/sess...
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Solving science conundrums in the climate-nature-equity polycrisis with integrated transformative scenarios @laurap18.bsky.social + authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... research agenda towards a more diverse and embedded global scenario approach
Figure 3. Futures cones representing diverse knowledge systems and disciplines

From left to right, futures cones inspired by Sardar and Sweeney,25 representing the range of climate, biodiversity, and socioeconomic imaginaries expanding over time and starting to interconnect and influence each other. However, these tend to exclude other knowledge and belief systems that are important in imagining what transformative futures could look like. By coming together in the present, with a narrowing window of opportunity to act resulting from both biophysical constraints and socio-political and economic realities, these imaginaries must open up to embrace what transformative futures that meet climate, biodiversity, and equity needs could look like.
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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
On this third year anniversary of the war in Sudan we woke up to the devastating news that our friend and comrade Muzan Al Neel has passed away. She was a brilliant revolutionary thinker, writer and organizer and a wonderful human. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The creators of gloriously unearthly anti-capitalist deckbuilder All Will Rise have announced that they're joining the No Games For Genocide boycott against Microsoft's business links with the Israeli military. bit.ly/4unTxBz
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/03/2026
Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.
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Israel kills 12 medics in attack in southern Lebanon as war ravages nation
Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.
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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"We are not powerless, every action matters" - Indie studio Speculative Agency returns Microsoft Xbox funding and urges others to boycott www.eurogamer.net/speculative-...
An illustrative scene from All Will Rise, showing a huge plume of swirling fire coming off of a body of water, and people flocking around a shore to try and do something about it.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Thinking of those with Iranian links in the UK, worrying about family and friends. "There is every chance the regime will get tougher on Iranians to cover its vulnerability. I worry that ordinary people in Iran and beyond will be in harm’s way.” www.thetimes.com/world/middle...
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: I fear for Iran and my family
She dreamt of a free Iran during her six-year incarceration. Then when Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe heard America had attacked she was worried for her relatives. She reveals why sitting for a portrait wa...
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Mira Al Hussein @miraalhussein.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Headlines moved on quickly from the schoolgirls in Minab. We don’t know their names; no media profiles about their lives and aspirations. No smiling photos attached to quotes from mourning families. How unfair that some dead are memorialised while others are relegated to ‘estimated casualties.’
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Transformations Community @transformationscommunity.org · 27/02/2026
A new study published today in @natsustain.nature.com reveals major blind spots in global sustainability research, overlooking critical strategies, sectors & actors needed to address climate & biodiversity crises. #SystemsChange transformationscommunity.org/news/new-ana...
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New Analysis Exposes Blind Spots in Global Sustainability Research | Transformations Community
A new study published in Nature Communications, based on an analysis of 4 million scholarly documents, reveals major blind spots in sustainability research. ...
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Support Tareq and his family in Gaza chuffed.org/project/1440...
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Support Tareq and his family in Gaza
I am supporting my friend Tareq in Gaza, this is his story in his own words:
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All Will Rise by Speculative Agency @allwillrise.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
🚨 HUGE NEWS! 🚨 All Will Rise is now LIVE on Kickstarter! Fundraising has begun to bring our revenge fantasy against the powerful to life. Want to try before you fund? All Will Rise currently has a demo on Steam too! Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe... #IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.
The political effects of X's feed algorithm
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2
Received: 16 December 2024
Accepted: 4 January 2026
Published online: 18 February 2026
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Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m
Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects.
Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
‘Give your love a book or something’ ❤️ 🥀
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 06/02/2026
This morning, delegates at #IPBES12 heard about progress across negotiation groups The @ipbes.net Plenary is wrapping up on Sunday and delegates need to finalize their consideration of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment and other outstanding matters before then
A view of the IPBES 12 Plenary in Manchester former railway station.IPBES Chair David Obura.Working Group 1 Co-Chair Eeva Primmer providing an update during the stocktaking plenary.Working Group 2 Co-Chair Hesiquio Benítez Díaz providing an update during the stocktaking plenary.
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New Paper ❗️ 🪸Reimagining #CoralReef futures Where we develop aspirational visions for coral reefs towards a #SafeAndJust space 👇🏽 doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00179-6 With @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @jessicablythe.bsky.social @vbrn.bsky.social et al @sthlmresilience.bsky.social
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Reimagining coral reef futures - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Reimagining coral reef futures
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Daniel Ospina @daniel-ospina.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
*DEADLINE EXTENDED* February 8 Submit your suggestions and nominate (yourself or others) as a co-author for the 2026 edition of the 10 New Insights in Climate Science
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Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
⚡ #BreakingNews ⚡ / 🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 🚀 The Ocean Equity Index is out! 🫂 🎣 🐟 The Ocean Equity Index (#OEI) is a tool to guide the development of more equitable #ocean #governance and #management. 📰 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🚨 Paper Alert! 🚨 🪸🐟🎣🫂 Reimagining #CoralReef futures 🌟🌠🌌 ♾️ Visions + narratives constitute key stepping stones to reimagining desirable relationships between people and coral reefs and speak to both anticipatory and adaptive pathways toward desired change. doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Earth Commission @theearthcommission.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today’s crises aren’t just about what we do but who decides and what we value. Commissioner @laurap18.bsky.social highlights the need to rethink the goals and power structures shaping our economic and governance systems. A #SafeAndJust future means changing direction, not just speed.
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Jessica Blythe, PhD @jessicablythe.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠 📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Ocean Equity Index - Nature
The Ocean Equity Index provides a systematic, twelve-criteria framework to assess and improve equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies, producing structured data that guide evidence-bas...
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Honoured to be able to speak today on the #BBNJ and #oceangovernance and what this means for #Africa here on the @greenpeace.org #RainbowWarrior 🌈 🌊
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"But when I landed in Minneapolis and saw the size, scope and lawlessness of the federal onslaught unfolding here, I understood that Good’s killing was emblematic of its true mission: to stage a spectacle of cruelty upon a city that stands in stark defiance of Trump’s dark vision of America."
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Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
💙So excited for this epic project with @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @sebasvillasante.bsky.social and the e rest of the team @inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social 🌊Watch this space over the next 3 years 💪🏾
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inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social @inspiriprojecteu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🌊 How do we imagine the future of European oceans and waters? We proudly introduce INSPIRI – an EU funded Horizon Europe project dedicated to co-designing actionable visions for a restored ocean and water system in the EU by 2030 and 2050. Watch our launch video below to learn more!
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INSPIRI Project Launch Video
YouTube video by INSPIRI PROJECT_ EU
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Douglas Maraun @dmaraun.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
After a long journey: why user values, power relationships and language have to be accounted for to construct user-relevant trustworthy climate information: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... @wegenercenter.bsky.social @stefansobo.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @leabdiaz.bsky.social
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The Importance of Accounting for Stakeholder Values, Power Relationships and Language in Constructing Relevant and Trustworthy Climate Information
Accounting for stakeholder values, power relationships and language is important to construct user-relevant climate information These aspects cannot be treated separately as they influence each o...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 12/01/2026
"The Trump administration’s oil grab and plans to expand Venezuelan production flouts last year’s landmark climate ruling from the International Court of Justice" @ninalakhani.bsky.social's first piece for @drilledmedia.bsky.social: drilled.media/news/Venezue...
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U.S. Invasion of Venezuela Violates International Climate Law Too
The Trump administration’s oil grab and plans to expand Venezuelan production flouts last year’s landmark climate ruling from the International Court of Justice.
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Great thread here 👇🏽
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
As I often say, you cannot distinguish justice as a research or policy objective from epistemic injustice and knowledge politics - if our research is based on positivist models of Western science, we won't see the real problems - and maybe not even the solutions. I recommend reading both papers...
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Nina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Solidarity with climate warriors @harjeet11.bsky.social & Jyoti Aswati, whose Delhi home was raided by Indian authorities amid outrageous claims their fossil fuels campaign is funded by foreign actors and threatens national security - part of a global crackdown www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 08/01/2026
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” 🧪 IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. 🌍
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 08/01/2026
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. — @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.
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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
There, the expedition aims to establish a 'zero baseline' for monitoring biodiversity in the Eastern Weddell Sea. Read more about the expedition and Susa Niiranens role on our webpage: buff.ly/dS4W6tM And follow the expedition here: buff.ly/b03rFUO
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Voyage to the Weddell Sea: Establishing a baseline for one of Earth’s last pristine ecosystems
Centre researcher Susa Niiranen is setting sail for the Eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica, joining a team of nearly 40 scientists on a major expedition to monitor one of the most remote marine…
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 08/01/2026
'Every state not calling out this blatant aggression helps hold the axe that shatters the international order.' Why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela and capture of President Maduro, but how the US and the world made sense of it ⬇️
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Expert Comment: The illegality of the US attack against Venezuela is
Professor Janina Dill, Dame Louise Richardson Chair in Global Security at the Blavatnik School of Government, outlines why the biggest problem for international law is not the invasion of Venezuela
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/01/2026
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
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Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com · 15/12/2025
🌊Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystems has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest. 👉Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Accelerating sea level rise in Africa and its large marine ecosystems since the 1990s - Communications Earth & Environment
Sea-level rise in African large marine ecosystem has accelerated markedly since 2010, mostly due to ice sheet loss and land subsidence, with the Red Sea and Guinea Current rising fastest, according to...
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
"If you don’t worry about it now, it’s too late later on." "We are passing on extremely grave problems for our children when the time to solve the problems… is now." "The overall picture is, I think, quite clear and quite widely understood and accepted." - Carl Sagan to congress, December 10, 1985
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 12/12/2025
At #UNEA7, IPBES Executive Secretary, Dr. Luthando Dziba, and Chair @davidobura.bsky.social joined UNEP’s Executive Director, IngerAndersen.bsky.social, and Mary Creagh MP as they signed the #IPBES12 Host Country Agreement. Thanks to the UK for hosting, and we look forward to a successful event!
United Nations Environment Assembly, December 2025. UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen, and UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature , Mary Creagh MP, sign the Host Country Agreement for the upcoming #IPBES12. They are joined by IPBES Executive Secretary, Luthando Dziba, and Chair David Obura.United Nations Environment Assembly, December 2025. UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen, and UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature , Mary Creagh MP, sign the Host Country Agreement for the upcoming #IPBES12. They are joined by IPBES Executive Secretary, Luthando Dziba, and Chair David Obura.United Nations Environment Assembly, December 2025.  Executive Secretary, Luthando Dziba, and Chair David Obura, are joined by UK's Parliamentary Under Secretary for Nature, Mary Creagh MP.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
We're next, probably
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Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy
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Joachim Claudet @joachimclaudet.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🚨 Paper Alert ! 🚨 🐟 🎣 5 opportunities to enhance #conservation: 1️⃣ 🪧 Common #standards for accountability 2️⃣ 🚢 Elevate conservation objectives in #MSP 3️⃣ ⏳ Plan now, manage for the #future 4️⃣ 🤝 Coordination to #ScaleUp efforts 5️⃣ Align #design with intended outcomes 📰 doi.org/10.1038/s441...
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Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 28/11/2025
That’s a wrap on the First Authors' Meeting of 🏡 IPBES #2ndGlobalAssessment! Huge thanks to our fellows, authors & experts for their dedication this week, setting the vision and foundations for the next 3 years. 🌍 Grateful to UNESCO for hosting us! 🧪 www.ipbes.net/second-global-assessm…
Group picture of IPBES Second Global Assessment authors, fellows and experts during the first author meeting held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, from November 24 to 28 2025,Group picture of IPBES Second Global Assessment authors, fellows and experts during the first author meeting held at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, from November 24 to 28 2025,
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Future Ecosystems for Africa @futureecoafrica.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
FEFA co-PI @laurap18.bsky.social shares her thoughts on the importance of African voices in shaping global climate policies🌍🍃. Read the full interview here: www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
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‘African voices must be brought into global climate debates’
Climate change discussions should not become overly focused on carbon as the sole metric. Climate action must also consider biodiversity, ecosystems a...
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Very cool to see @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social here to greet President Ramaphosa prior to the opening session of the #G20 Fresh from the #COP30 negotiations to be here 🙏🏽
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/11/2025
Nearly 30 countries refuse to sign a final #COP30 agreement that doesn't include "fossil fuel phase-out," as negotiations head into overtime. Live updates from @fionaharvey.bsky.social, @olliemilman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
An image of two activists wearing long trains reading "end the fossil fuel era" and "phase out fossil fuels" with banners above them reading "stop Amazon oil" and "1.5oC under threat: time to act."
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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
1/10. 📣 MUST DO BETTER: 📢Early this morning the #COP30. Presidency released a new text 📜 for the #GlobalMutirão but it still does not go far enough to urgently scale up 📈 #LossAndDamage action and support!🤯
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
🚨If you are at #COP30, evacuate the Blue Zone immediately. (from a source)
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Tomorrow our @futureecoafrica.bsky.social event in #E4CA pavilion Hope to see you there to talk all things #Africa #data for #people, #climate and #nature
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Some things happening at #COP30 the is week and Friday we have a special African Futures session at #E4CA pavilion 1-2pm!
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 10/11/2025
Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️ @rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/ZQhLp4h #ERCSyG
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