Just out of 3 day's intense negotiations in Geneva supporting #UNECE #AirConvention parties to revise the Gothenburg Protocol...
Mark Sutton
@marknitrogen.bsky.social
Scientist, nitrogen, ammonia, policy, history of science. From Twitter @MarkNitrogen & Instagram @platospuzzle
Prof Mark Sutton describes the new Clean & Healthy Ocean project on sustainable nitrogen management in the Maldives. Corals are under threat from nutrient pollution - the project will test innovative solutions 🪸
Mark Sutton@marknitrogen.bsky.social · 3mo agoJust completed a successful start to the new Clean & Healthy Ocean, Maldives project for @thegef.bsky.social @unep.org and @fao.org executed by the Maldives National University and @ukceh.bsky.social. What are we doing? See the video!
Just completed a successful start to the new Clean & Healthy Ocean, Maldives project for @thegef.bsky.social @unep.org and @fao.org executed by the Maldives National University and @ukceh.bsky.social. What are we doing? See the video!
Congratulations on launch of the GEF Clean and Healthy Oceans Thailand project on Nutrient Action! COBSEA pleased to co-execute this important and timely project with Pollution Control Department (PCD), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), Thailand!! www.unep.org/cobsea/news/...
Yesterday the UK parliament's Environmental Audit Committee continued its inquiry into air pollution. With @JennyHPlantlife I was happy to give evidence on the need for action to reduce ammonia and other nitrogen air pollution. Our evidence from 15:30 parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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Depletion of war-torn Ukraine’s soil nutrients could impact global food security - Sustainability Online
The ongoing war in Ukraine is accelerating the loss of soil nutrients, impacting both the country's agricultural productivity as well as global food security.
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Find out more about the recent ideathon and the Green Innovation Challenge in our news story: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... #ClimateAction #innovation
Partnering with Undaunted on novel climate solutions
Scientists from UKCEH and students from Imperial College London are working together to come up with novel climate solutions in the Green Innovation Challenge. This joint initiative between UKCEH and ...
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Nature and climate funding must now be articulated as infrastructure: as essential to food systems, public health, energy stability and geopolitical resilience. In security terms, biodiversity is not sentimental, it is strategic. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Environmental breakdown isn’t a distant possibility – it’s a threat to world stability
The message is clear: climate change should be prioritised as a security crisis, not just an environmental one
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Developing innovative low-emission fertilisers 🚜 We're involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs. Funded from the Farming Innovation Programme. www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪
Developing innovative low-emission fertilisers
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology is involved in new research to convert farm waste into high-performance, low-emission fertilisers, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and farmers’ costs. ...
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While governments struggle in a failure to agree resolutions at #UNEA7, singer Antoinette Taus brought a message of hope with her new song #People&Planet. We spoke afterwards... #EverywhereAndInvisible #BeatNitrogenPollution #SDGs #rap
#UNEA7 discussion on #wastewater #pollution. Excellent statement from Ambassador Peter Maddens on his solution (30 mins in) & my intervention on #SewageDiplomacy (50 mins in), about raw sewage release from diplomatic residences. Great that #Belgium leading the way! m.youtube.com/watch?v=7DEd...
Wastewater as a solution
den. However, it is a resource and a hidden connector: from wastewater reuse to nutrient recovery, from renewable energy production to surveillance for public health and ecosystem protection. This event will explore how sustainable wastewater management and sanitation provision can deliver shared benefits for ecosystem protection, health, climate mitigation, and food system resilience. Convened by UNEP and key partners, this dialogue will demonstrate that investing in wastewater provides real solutions to global challenges: addressing water scarcity, producing renewable energy, recovering nutrients, strengthening health security, lowering climate emissions, and building resilient food systems. The event will also highlight UNEP’s convening role and invite Member States and donors to contribute to scaling solutions that protect people, economies, and the planet. Conclusion – Call to Action We call on Member States, partners, and donors to work with UNEP in unlocking the hidden value of wastewater – investing in innovation, capacity, and scalable solutions that deliver benefits across health, climate, and food security. Organizer Walid Passas
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My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...
Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxin, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News
The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.
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Gas stoves play an outsized role in Americans’ exposure to harmful nitrogen dioxide pollution, a new study finds.
Gas Stoves Account For More Than Half of Some Americans’ Exposure to a Known Toxin, New Research Concludes - Inside Climate News
The common kitchen appliance plays an outsized role in exposure to nitrogen dioxide, a toxic air pollutant.
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UN environment report 'hijacked' by US and others over fossil fuels, top scientist says www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UN environment report 'hijacked' over fossil fuels - top scientist
The US and other governments derailed an agreement on a global environment study, its co-chair says.
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#UNEA7 Event this evening tackled nutrient pollution for a resilient planet. The event Livestream was recorded here. #HalveNitrogenWaste #BeatNutrientPollution www.youtube.com/live/8uqC87Q...
Tackling nutrient pollution for a resilient planet
YouTube video by UN Environment Programme
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The UN Environment Assembly is where countries agree on how to tackle the world’s biggest environmental issues. Since 2014, over 100 resolutions have advanced global action on climate, nature, pollution & a more resilient planet. Stay tuned for #UNEA7! 🗓 8–12 Dec | Nairobi https://bit.ly/3WtFOt3
#UNEA7, civil society prepares to make its point on plastic pollution. Read between the lines and just the same issues on transparency are emerging in discussions about nitrogen pollution... More news expected this week. #BeatNitrogenPollution www.linkedin.com/posts/andres...
CSOs Urge INC to Restore Trust in Plastic Treaty Negotiations | Andres Del Castillo posted on the topic | LinkedIn
📢 Ahead of #UNEA7 more than 160 CSO and Indigenous Peoples organizations have urged the INC Bureau to ensure that the new Chair of the #plasticstreaty negotiations brings back trust, transparency, and...
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UKCEH scientists @seregaxp.bsky.social and @marknitrogen.bsky.social discuss recent research and a plan to improve fertiliser efficiency in Ukraine, helping rebuild #soil fertility once peace returns. New in @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️
The Conversation UK@uk.theconversation.com · 9mo agoImproved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.
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Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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“Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving” - a piece for a general audience on @uk.theconversation.com doi.org/10.64628/AB.... @marknitrogen.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @towardsinms.bsky.social @commsearth.nature.com @w-u-r.bsky.social #Ukraine #War #Sustainability
Ukraine’s farms once fed billions but now its soil is starving
Improved manure recycling is one measure being proposed that could help Ukraine’s soil recover from misuse of fertilisers.
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Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)@ukceh.bsky.social · 9mo agoDr Sergiy Medinets: “There is an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan for Ukraine that wastes fewer nutrients and reduces the amount of synthetic fertiliser needed.” This would benefit soil health, food production & the environment. Full study: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Communications Earth & Environment@commsearth.nature.com · 9mo ago🌱Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
NEWS: Ukraine’s soils are losing vital nutrients, threatening long-term food security. UKCEH-led research in the Nature journal @commsearth.nature.com warns of reduced fertiliser use and war impacts on soil health. See our news: www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet... #Soils #FoodSecurity 🧪 1/
Dr Sergiy Medinets: “There is an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan for Ukraine that wastes fewer nutrients and reduces the amount of synthetic fertiliser needed.” This would benefit soil health, food production & the environment. Full study: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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The study was part of the International Nitrogen Assessment, which has carried out studies on major nutrient threats, opportunities and solutions in different regions across the world. www.ceh.ac.uk/press/deplet... @marknitrogen.bsky.social 3/3
Depletion of Ukraine’s soils threatens long-term global food security
Beyond the disruption to Ukraine’s food exports, the war is jeopardising the country’s long-term ability to remain the ‘breadbasket of Europe’, because its soils are gradually losing vital crop nutrie...
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🌱Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient management plan. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Nutrient asymmetry challenges the sustainability of Ukrainian agriculture - Communications Earth & Environment
Fertilization use in Ukraine declined sharply following the Ukraine war in early 2022, associated with severe national nutrient deficits and underscoring an urgent need for an integrated nutrient mana...
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How did the UN plastics negotiations go? A salutary tale, and lessons to be learned for other forms of pollution... #EverywhereAndInvisible #HalveNitrogenWaste medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
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