#job: The research group of IUFRO President Daniela Kleinschmit at the Cluster of Excellence Future Forests at The University of Freiburg is looking to hire a Post Doc on Environmental/Forest Governance focusing on Innovation and Experiments. Deadline: 2 August 2026 uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00005...

Transformative Change is both urgent and necessary to halt #biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. 📢 🎥 Find out more in this summary video from part of the IPBES #TransformativeChange Report. 📖 https://www.ipbes.net/nexus-assessment Stay tuned for more!

In this new paper we introduce the idea of "symbolic power" to show how it affects environmental decision making and environmental values. We refer to symbolic power as the ability to influence what people accept as legitimate, credible, or simply as common sense. journals.plos.org/sustainabili...

The role of symbolic power in sustainability transformations

Author summary Sustainability efforts often call for recognising diverse values of nature, such as care, stewardship, and responsibility, yet not all values are equally influential in decision-making....

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An analysis of 4 million academic documents reveals major blind spots in sustainability research. Much of this research focuses on technological solutions but pays too little attention to the role of civil society, the public sector, and financial actors, the study finds: buff.ly/eHrdPgz

Das klingt spannend. Übermorgen ist aber zu spontan für eine Reise nach Bonn. Kann man sich auch im Laufe des Prozesses/ der Gesprächsreihe noch beteiligen? @idos-research.bsky.social

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Diese erste Session der Gesprächsreihe " #Beyond2030 – ein neues Momentum für die globale #NachhaltigkeitsAgenda“ diskutiert Ursachen der unzureichenden Umsetzung der #Agenda2030 aus struktureller Perspektive. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @unrisd.org @globalpolicyforum.bsky.social @unsdsn.org

Sustainability policy demands coordination among domain-specific policies, for monitoring and reporting. To address this, we apply a network approach to investigate linkages between the indicators of SDG 15, of the Aichi Targets, those used in @ipbes.net, and the EBVs. 📑 doi.org/10.1002/eet....

Completed a review today. And all I got in return was this: Thank you very much for reviewing this paper. Your contribution is much appreciated and central to ensuring that we continue to publish papers of the highest quality. Your professional opinion is well received. Even fits a post here 😅

February issue: A Perspective from Jenny Goldstein and colleagues on environmental data justice frameworks and area-based conservation for addressing biodiversity loss. Readcube: http://dlvr.it/TR1ty3 Weblink: http://dlvr.it/TR1ty4

Environmental data justice is key for developing more effective area-based conservation approaches

Scientists are divided about how to respond to high levels of biodiversity loss. These differences have become clear in recent debates over the role of area-based conservation, which includes protected areas and other effective area-based conservation measures. Debates between supporters and critics of these measures reflect the views of different epistemic communities who engage with area-based conservation using various methods, framings and normative positions. Conservation scientists emphasize biodiversity protection and habitat integrity; land systems scientists foreground land-use dynamics in interconnected socio-ecological systems; and political ecologists examine power relations and the social implications of protected areas. Despite these emphases differing in focus, they are internally compatible in that they share concerns about both biodiversity loss and social equity, although they assign different weights to these priorities. This Perspective brings together authors representing these three epistemic communities along with a fourth — environmental data justice scholars. We argue that disagreements among conservation scientists, land systems scientists and political ecologists can become constructive by applying vocabularies and frameworks from environmental data justice. Introducing environmental data justice to the debate will help conservation researchers and practitioners to develop more effective interventions to achieve the underlying goals of area-based conservation. Scientists disagree about area-based conservation’s role in addressing biodiversity loss. This Perspective examines how conservation scientists, land systems scientists and political ecologists approach these debates differently and argues that environmental data justice frameworks can bridge epistemic divides, helping researchers to develop more effective and equitable conservation interventions.

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Sustainability policy demands coordination among domain-specific policies, for monitoring and reporting. To address this, we apply a network approach to investigate linkages between the indicators of SDG 15, of the Aichi Targets, those used in @ipbes.net, and the EBVs. 📑 doi.org/10.1002/eet....

The new @ipbes.net Assessment is a scientific reality check for the global economy. The good news: we already have the frameworks and the solutions. What we need now is implementation and the right policy signals. See our key takeaways for businesses: www.businessfornature.org/news/ipbes-b...

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment: A scientific reality check for the global economy — Business For Nature

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has released its  "Methodological Assessment of the Impact and Dependence of Business on Biodiversity ...

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🌍 On Feb 26, @unsdsn.org will launch the 7th edition of the Europe Sustainable Development Report, offering a data-driven assessment of EU and partner countries’ progress toward the #SDGs. 🔗 Livestream: www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/ou... #ESDR2026 #SustainableDevelopment #Europe @eesc.bsky.social

🌍 #Wirtschaft ist auf #Biodiversität angewiesen - und setzt sie gleichzeitig unter Druck. Ein neuer #Bericht des @ipbes.net zeigt, wie naturverträgliches Wirtschaften möglich wäre 👉 scnat.ch/de/id/4w6BL #IPBES12

There it is 🚀 the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment! 📑 ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

Reading in journal club: "I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I’m going to halve my publication output. You should consider slow science, too

If we don’t slow down, the research enterprise is going to crash, argues Adrian Barnett.

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There was no celebratory tone to welcome the newest intergovernmental science-policy panel #ISPCWP1 ended without fully completing any of its expected deliverables, including rules of procedure, location of the Secretariat and dates of future meetings Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/isp-cwp-p1-i...

It’s official! After years of hard work by IPBES experts, the #BizBiodiversity Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES12! Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature! Thank you to all who contributed to this successful outcome.

The @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment is approved 🔨👏 #IPBES12

It is done, the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment is agreed! 👏 And the #IPBES12 closing plenary starting in about 11 hours from now. Time for translations.

Some final critical issues to be resolved throughout the whole Background Messages of the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment, then some last points in the figures and tables, and it will be done! Good work, with an olympic pace. #IPBES12

The #EarthNegotiationsBulletin has been reporting on @ipbes.net negotiations since the very beginning Check our archives to see how discussions evolved over time and what the key sticking points were regarding the approval of previous assessments enb.iisd.org/negotiations...

Synthesizing scientific literature with retrieval-augmented language models www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delegates at #IPBES12 not only agreed on workplan indicators for the period leading up to IPBES 13, they also agreed to mandate the development of a holistic indicator framework which will serve to assess @ipbes.net’s impact

The 10 key messages of the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment are almost agreed by the working group. Around 48 hours left for one critical issue the 29 background messages, let‘s go. #IPBES12

Not long ago accepted by Environmental Policy and Governance: A network approach to support sustainability policy coordination: exploring linkages between biodiversity indicators and Essential Biodiversity Variables 📑 (coming soon)

The negotiators of the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessments huddle to resolve particularly critical issues. In parallel, new topics for IPBES to work on are discussed. Pollution, poverty, cities, climate change?

At #IPBES12, the @ipbes.net Secretariat provides an overview of possible deliverable formats, which differ in terms of author numbers, length, preparation timelines, costs, & finalization procedures Members emphasize the importance of fostering the uptake of #IPBES products

Earth Negotiations Bulletin@enb.iisd.org · 7mo ago

At #IPBES12, delegates are reflecting on additional topics to potentially consider in the context of the @ipbes.net rolling workp rogramme up to 2030, with priority candidates being: pollution; poverty; cities; and climate change

#IPBES12 in Manchester, UK

Still a good resource: @ipbes.net – A brief introduction for scientists, policy makers, and practitioners 📑 oppla.eu/sites/defaul... (available in multiple languages, but need to look for the URLs) #IPBES12

🌊 We’re hiring! 🌊 We have a new, exciting opportunity to join the High Seas Alliance and help protect marine biodiversity on a global scale! 📌 Role: Implementation Support Officer 📅 Apply by 9 February 2026. https://highseasalliance.org/2026/01/20/were-hiring-hsa-implementation-support-officer/

One of the most exciting aspects of @ipbes.net plenaries is the stunning artwork created for each meeting. This year is no exception, as the artwork for #IPBES12, where the #BizBiodiversity assessment is being discussed, is astonishing. Check out a snapshot of the incredible art below! 🔽