Soil biodiversity represents one of the largest carbon stocks on Earth and plays a major role in fighting #ClimateChange. Our Issues Brief explains how 👉 bit.ly/3lSZ2pT via IUCN

Wildlife loss is taking ecosystems nearer to collapse – new report theconversation.com/wildlife-loss-…

We try not to miss the big picture in our new 2024 State of the Climate Report as we describe ecological overshoot: doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

💧 The global water cycle is increasingly out of balance: By 2050, the global #WaterCrisis could threaten over half of food production. The final report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water sets out what needs to change to counteract the water crisis: pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

Free next Thursday at 1pm? Listen to our Executive Director Raquel Cabral Harper and researcher Dr Silvia Caldararu contribute to an online panel discussion on solutions-focused climate research, like we do at Climate+ us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #InternationalClimateActionDay

📊 Our article in @NatureRevEarthEnv on climate change impacts on crop yields, published in November 2023, is now ⭐ highly cited! 🌍 zalf.de/en/aktuelles/P… #ClimateChange #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Science

Europe is facing a seed dispersal “crisis,” due to extinction threats and population changes among the animals that do the seed dispersing, according to a new study in Science. Learn more👉bit.ly/4dKyW0s via Science Magazine

#Climatechange is increasingly influencing fire behavior worldwide & intensifying fire smoke, endangering public health from air pollution caused by fires. Results of 2 new climate change impact #attribution studies with PIK input, out now. NatureClimate pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest…

This is a peek at the ending of our recently published 2024 State of the Climate Report. Here is the full report: doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Canadian wildfires in 2024 have again been extreme, resulting in the second highest annual total emissions (after 2023) in the 22 years of our #CopernicusAtmosphere Global Fire Assimilation System dataset. All insights in our latest summary: ecmwf.int/en/newsletter/…

Where did Ireland’s 2.2% GHG reduction come from in Q1 2024? Here’s the data broken out by sector. Learn more at bit.ly/4ffLFJF

The Government has approved membership of the new Just Transition Commission. The Commission will have a key role in advising and supporting the Government to ensure a fair and just move to a climate neutral economy. Read more here: gov.ie/en/press-relea…

Since early 2023, the world has seen a spike in temperatures that scientists are still struggling to explain. Elizabeth Kolbert talked with Gavin Schmidt, NASA’s top climate scientist, about what may be driving the sudden warming. Read more Yale Environment 360: bit.ly/3zLTfNo

The elusive big cat, the snow leopard is vital to the integrity of mountain ecosystems. However, snow leopards are threatened by the triple planetary crisis. For #SnowLeopardDay, see how UNEP is working to protect these endangered species: vanishingtreasures.org/portfolio/snow…

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

Global Changer Charlotte Farnhell is currently completing her thesis in Ecuador on the effects of land use change on avian biodiversity. Hosted by tangarefoundation.org; UCD Science Universität Gießen

Watch “Chris Jordan's ALBATROSS film trailer” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/218502282