Interesting call for papers for ecological economists, critical development scholars and others interested in the "Global East": "What about the Second World? (Post-)Development lessons from the Global East" jep-journal.com/call-for-pap... More info at the link, deadline for proposals Sep 30, 2026.

Europe’s demand for minerals is driving deforestation far beyond its borders. A new study links EU mineral consumption to the clearing of 148,000 hectares of forest between 2001 and 2019. Around 85% of this impact occurred outside the EU. Learn more: buff.ly/TpWFTQK

New paper! 🎉 Mined resources are largely embodied in final demand far from extraction sites, with a disproportionately large share ending up in the Global North. Combining satellite imagery and MRIO modelling, we quantified the mining-related tree cover loss embodied in EU consumption. Key findings:

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining

This is the story of Weda Bay – and how nature is being sacrificed for mining

Analysis has found more than 3,000 mining operations within the most naturally precious areas of the planet – a much bigger footprint than previously thought

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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

My dear colleague @victormaus.bsky.social has launched the website for MINE-THE-GAP, his ERC Consolidator Grant project: minethegap.eu Excited to see how AI and satellite Earth observation will add to our understanding of the mining sector’s global environmental footprint.

The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.

World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows

Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed

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Bergbau in Brasilien treibt die #Entwaldung voran – doch profitiert auch die lokale Wirtschaft davon? Was bedeutet das für die Umwelt, welche Probleme treten auf? #WUresearch #Mining #Wirtschaft 📷️ © @sluckene.bsky.social​

Bergbau in Brasilien

Schaden für die Umwelt, aber kein sicheres Einkommen für Kommunen

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New EAT-Lancet warns: food systems breach Planetary Boundaries. “EAT-Lancet 2025 places justice at the centre, not only as a goal but also as a vital part of enabling transformation,” says Centre Director Line Gordon, one of the report’s lead authors. www.stockholmresilience.org/5.5e96ff7d19...

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Politicians and industry call it “development” when they build a few hospitals, schools, or sports arenas. Real progress requires a fully fledged, long-term social programme, not just a handful of short-term projects.

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‘Where’s the money going?’: why Brazilian towns awash with royalties from oil are still among the poorest

#Brazil can’t lead the climate fight w one hand & allow the destruction of the Amazon rainforest w the other. President Lula da Silva should veto "Devastation Bill" that would remove many environmental licensing requirements & weaken environmental & rights protections. cri.org/brazil-lula-...

Brazil: Lula Should Veto “Devastation Bill”

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva should veto a bill that would remove many environmental licensing requirements and weaken Brazil’s ability to prevent environmental harms.

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Nice to see @iiasa.ac.at putting a spotlight on our new research ✨

IIASA@iiasa.ac.at · last yr.

Mining does not deliver the sustained economic benefits often claimed, while informal mining is a major driver of deforestation, according to a comprehensive new study that analyzed the environmental and economic impacts of mining in Brazil. 👉 iiasa.ac.at/news/jul-202... @natureportfolio.nature.com

More great news: I have started as a postdoc at the Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social! Looking forward to new topics and collaborations.

My second PhD chapter is now published open access in Resources Policy! While the first thesis chapter published last year was showing how artisanal mining causes substantial deforestation even in remote forest areas of the eastern DRC (doi.org/10.1038/s418...), … (1/3)

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... 🧵 1/

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...

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Heute verabschieden wir uns von WeTransfer 🚮

Rami Ismail (رامي)@ramiismail.com · last yr.

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

"Unsere Analyse lautet: Wenn ein Umweltminister Verbote kategorisch ausschließt, sind die Klimaziele nicht erreichbar", sagt Sozialökonom Novy, leitender Autor des großen Klima-Sachstandsberichts. Wie die Klimapolitik wieder in die Gänge kommt, erzählt er hier: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Klimaforscher bezeichnet ÖVP-Politik als "eine Form von Klimawandelleugnung"

Sozialökonom Andreas Novy schrieb an Österreichs Sachstandsbericht zum Klimawandel mit und arbeitete heraus, wie die Politik Mehrheiten fürs Klima finden kann

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5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop

New online! Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change

Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, Published online: 12 June 2025; doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00683-wGlobal metal ore extraction has increased almost fourfold since 1970. This Review explores the drivers, patterns and environmental consequences of the growth of metal ore extraction and discusses interventions to reduce negative impacts across metal supply chains.

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Happy to share our article “Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change”, 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

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...

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Zwei gute Repliken auf Ewald Nowotnys polemischen Kommentar zum Primat der Wirtschaft über die Natur. Danke @franzessl1.bsky.social und Kurt Bayer. Some central bankers seriously need to update their beliefs 🫠 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414.... Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...

Fantastic to see our paper published! DHS data are essential for scientists, health practitioners, and governments. Our study shows that household surveys in low-income countries require continued efforts to improve data quality, supported by stable, long-term funding rather than cuts.

Amelia B. Finaret@afinaret.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to see our article in @natcomms.nature.com, led by Valentin Seidler & w/ Edson Utazi, @sluckene.bsky.social , Gregor Zens, Maksym Bodarenko, Abigail Smith (@alleghenycollege.bsky.social alum!), Sarah Bradley, Andy Tatem, and @patrickwebb.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Nächste Woche Dienstag bin zu Gast am österreichischen Lateinamerika Institut. Mein Thema: Brasiliens Metalle für die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhängnis? www.vhs.at/de/e/lai/b/2...

Brasiliens Metalle für die Energiewende: Wachstumschance oder Verhängnis? | Bildungsblog | Die Wiener Volkshochschulen

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‘Green’ transition: Whose transition? Brazil: Mining. Colonialism. Sacrifice. Interview with Ytaxaha Braz Pankararu, Indigenous leader from Minas Gerais 🇧🇷 & Christian Crevels, CIMI, 🇧🇷🇨🇭 #IIICaravanaporlaEcologíaIntegral @cidse.bsky.social @migasocial.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

‘Green’ transition: whose transition? Brazil: Mining. Colonialism. Sacrifice.

YouTube video by Gertrude Saxinger

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Verwechslungsgefahr #spellingsuggestions #ecolecon

Today, I traded the printed copy of my dissertation for my PhD certificate from @ecologicalecon.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social ✨ For anyone curious, the thesis can be downloaded here: sluckeneder.github.io/files/Lucken...

Calls for seabed mining as an alternative to terrestrial mining are growing louder - especially in the context of energy transition materials. But given that disasters keep occurring on land, why would we assume we can do better thousands of meters below sea level? www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/2

Metal mining on land versus the ocean in the context of the current Biodiversity Crisis - npj Ocean Sustainability

As climate change and biodiversity loss intensify, the deep seabed beckons as a source of metals for batteries. Initiating this new exploitation conflicts with international agreements to decelerate b...

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We have a new website - go check it out!

Institute for Ecological Economics @WU Vienna@ecologicalecon.bsky.social · 2y ago

✨ Exciting News: The Global Resource Use (GRU) Team has launched its new website! ✨ Following their commitment to #OpenScience, all data, models & tools developed by GRU + current projects & literature and are now collectively available at the GRU-Hub 👇 resource-use.global