YESI International Fellows Ranjay Singh and Ellie Jew co-authored a paper on wetland resilience in India, showing how diversifying livelihoods and building learning capacity helps communities handle climate pressures. Read full paper here: buff.ly/PwRz2q3 #Wetlands @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Can combining storytelling and mapping boost community engagement for woodlands? A new paper by @Piran White and Cat Cowie @york.ac.uk, et al, shows how blending narratives with maps connects people to place. Read the full paper 🔗 buff.ly/6ezhJ9o #WoodlandCreation @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

An international team including @uoyenvironment.bsky.social has developed a global road map to develop understanding of peatland systems, identifying points they argue should be central to climate change policies 🌱 Open access paper in Communications Earth & Environment doi.org/10.1038/s432... 🔓 📄

Scientists warn key climate battle is happening beneath our feet

Scientists have warned that understanding the complex make-up of the world’s peatlands is an underestimated climate battle.

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@uoyenvironment.bsky.social We had a great day at beautiful Filey beach exploring coastal features on the first day of the York-based 2nd year field trip!

We spent a wonderful afternoon at Voedselpark in the Lutkemeerpolder in Amsterdam, one of the largest urban agricultural parks in Europe. The first stop in our 2nd year undergraduate fieldtrip. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @voedselpark.bsky.social @york.ac.uk

In a new article for @antiquity.ac.uk, we find that a quantitative analysis of housing at Mohenjo-daro, one of the world’s first cities, reveals that inequality sharply declined over time. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Inequality declined in the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

Inequality declined in the Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro

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Find your future at York! Join our Masters Taster Day on 18 March to explore our campus, meet your academic department and learn more about postgraduate life at York. Learn more and book your place: york.ac.uk/taster-days

🌱 Calling all sustainability pros in York! Join @uoyenvironment.bsky.social for a FREE Green Skills Symposium. Explore practical solutions for:📈Carbon accounting 💰Green finance 🏢Scope 3 reporting Network with local orgs + bridge the green skills gap 📅Thu 29 Jan📍@york.ac.uk 🔗Book:

Green Skills Symposium: Building capacity for sustainable growth

Date: Thursday 29th January 2026 Time: 16:00 - 19:00 (GMT) In person at the University of York Free admission, booking required Attendance to ONE talk only

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How do we combat desertification without compromising water security or local livelihoods? 🌍🌱 New research in @pnas.org, co-authored by @proflinds.bsky.social, argues that we must move beyond simple "greening" to integrated, SDG-driven strategies. Read more:

Join SEI's fifth annual Currents webinar later this month to learn more about the trends that will shape climate and global resilience in 2026 and beyond 👇🌍

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Which trends will shape 2026?🌍📉 Join SEI's 5th annual Currents webinar. Unpacking the links between climate change, geopolitical tensions, disruptive technologies + pressure on the natural world Move beyond the headlines to explore pathways for global resilience. 📅Jan 29, 3pm CET🔗

Introducing your Honorary Graduates for our winter 2026 ceremonies 🎓 The honorary degrees recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to society through leadership, scholarship, public engagement and cultural impact. Find out more at: https://tinyurl.com/22k872yh

Happy new year 🎆 2026 is here, and we can't wait to see what it has in store for us here at York! Take a look back at how our staff and students made a difference in our community during 2025: https://tinyurl.com/43eft3r7

Ending 2025 on a high!🌟 So proud to see so many @york.ac.uk researchers recognised for their global impact this year. Huge congrats to YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social + Resilient Socio-ecological Systems co-lead @rob-marchant.bsky.social for making the list!🌍🌱 Read more:

From quantum leaps to improving patient care: Celebrating the achievements of our researchers in driving positive change

The University of York is celebrating a year of exceptional academic achievement, with many of our researchers receiving recognition for being at the forefront of their fields.

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Catch up on our sold out lecture with @tonyjuniper.bsky.social. Tony reflects on environmental legacy, current climate challenges and social inequalities before considering how we might tackle some of these issues. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y24-...

LCAB Christmas Lecture - Just Earth by Tony Juniper

YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity

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Academics, artists and creative people are being invited to use their imagination and creativity to tackle the climate crisis in an exciting opportunity for 2026 👇🌍

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

⏰ DEADLINE ALERT: 10 January! ⏰ Want to use play, games, or creativity to tackle the climate crisis? YESI's "Play for the Planet 3: Play Harder!" is calling for your interdisciplinary ideas! We're looking for academics, artists + creators to join the fun. SUBMIT NOW: buff.ly/xL1Bxci

🚨 @york.ac.uk Uni PhD/Masters students! Are you from an ethnically minority background + using AI/ML in your research? YCEDE has a Conference + Training Fund for you! Apply now to fund conferences or AI training. DEADLINE: TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026! Apply FAST! 🔗 More info:

Such dedication to understanding tropical #ecosystem function and using this to guide #management around Doi Tung, northern Thailand. In a 1.4 ha #forest plot 4000 trees and saplings across 200 species take 2 months to measure. #biodiversity @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Exciting news for the University of York and our department 👇 🌍 A groundbreaking new UKRI-BBSRC initiative, Bio-Boost, has been launched to revolutionise our biological understanding of wastewater treatment..

Don't miss tonight's Beyond Borders: York Climate Narratives kick-off event 👇🌍

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

LAST CHANCE! Beyond Borders: York Climate Narratives 2026 Kick-Off is TONIGHT. Stories engage hearts where science provides facts. Join us to plan a powerful storytelling event (March 2025) featuring voices from climate frontline nations. 📆10 Dec ⏰6 - 8pm 📍UoY 🔗 buff.ly/z4SMFUL

Well done to our department's @proflinds.bsky.social, sharing timely and important #YorkResearch into land tenure, drought and finance at a special UNCCD CRIC23 joint side event 👇🌍 #drought #finance

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Our Director, @proflinds.bsky.social, had a great week representing @desertificationeu.bsky.social at a UNCCD CRIC23 joint side event. Key discussions on #landtenure, #gender, #drought, #finance + Rio synergies in combating land degradation. YESI at the heart of global environmental policy! 🌍🌱

Truly multi functional #landscapes in action around DoiTung (Flag Mountain) in northern Thailand thanks to 30 years of work on #forest #conservation, livelihood support and strong #communities. @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Learn more about this brilliant #ClimateAction and #CleanAir project 🌍👇

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

@york.ac.uk (via SEI) is leading a new UK PACT initiative to boost Nigeria's private sector on #ClimateAction + #CleanAir. A key workshop was held in Abuja this week, providing training to develop finance-ready Climate/Clean Air Action Plans. Advancing low-carbon tech + supporting net-zero goals.

Mahidol University's work in the development of the Bueng Borphet wetland area in #Thailand is quite inspiring! These globally important }wetlands support extensive #fisheries, #rice cultivation and provide vital #flood and #carbon regulation @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social

Call for abstracts: Learning from Non-Capitalist Economies. Deadline 19th December. Details here: esee2026ghent.be/wp-content/u... Abstracts will form sessions at the 16th Biennial Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics in Ghent. More details th thread below:

Back from #COP30!🌳 Obroma Agumagu reports: ▶️Science-Policy gap is closing ▶️Climate Justice for frontline regions (Niger Delta focus) ▶️Political will is the missing piece Read Obroma’s blog on action, accountability, + why York's research matters now.👉 buff.ly/YNgH7hI @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Niger Delta, and Global Climate Action

What the Outcomes Mean for the University of York, the Niger Delta, and Global Climate Action

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Delighted to have attended the Community Without Limits Inclusive Impact Awards last night! Honoured that our work was shortlisted for the Weaver Award for connecting across boundaries. Huge congrats to all the winners — brilliant recognition for the community builders across our University. 💛✨

Learn more about sustainable construction in this online discussion next month 👇🌍

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI)@yesiuoy.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Interested in the future of sustainable construction? Don't miss Growing our Homes, 9 Dec, 10–11:30am, an online discussion with York, TU Dublin + SEDA researchers on biobased materials + offsite construction. Dr Katherine Brookfield report on her YESI project SHELTER.🌿🏡 Sign up: buff.ly/VrH1Zkj

Demian Hommel, associate professor at Oregon State University, shares how the discipline is critical to create students who think spatially and act ethically: “Geography belongs at the center of that transformation, no longer a legacy subject, but a frontline framework.”

What If Geography Is the Curriculum We Need for the Future? - EdSurge News

A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”He ...

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We have some truly amazing postgraduate research project opportunities on offer at the moment 👇 🌍 www.york.ac.uk/environment-... #postgraduateresearch #YorkResearch #DEGtogether

Very refreshing to be at a workshop where people are actively engaged, participating and passionate about the valuing voices tool and how this can help people do #research better….. @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social