Deeply proud of our friend and countryman, Dr Luthando Dziba - what a team you and @davidobura.bsky.social make.

Warmest congratulations to you and to the entire @ipbes.net family 🥰.

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New @ipbes.net Executive Secretary Dr. Luthando Dziba is a long-standing member of the IPBES community, having worn many different hats over the years. We welcome his appointment and look forward to his leadership starting 1 Oct! 🌍🧪

Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework Under Climate Change The Global Biodiversity Framework sets out targets for a range of measures in terms of biodiversity goals. Climate change, however, is both likely and already being shown to make the achievement of s...

Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework is threatened by climate change.🌍🧪

@emmararcher.bsky.social, @davidobura.bsky.social (IPBES Chair), A. Arneth, @pwlead.bsky.social, P. Smith & A. Mori emphasize rethinking restoration, planning & equity.

Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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And yes, we went old school on the graphical abstract

Achieving the Global Biodiversity Framework Under Climate Change The Global Biodiversity Framework sets out targets for a range of measures in terms of biodiversity goals. Climate change, however, is both likely and already being shown to make the achievement of s....

And it's out ! 🐟 With @davidobura.bsky.social, Almut Arneth, @pwlead.bsky.social, Pete Smith and Akira Mori.
As always, it's the journey 😎. @ipbes.net #biodiversity #climate

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How climate models reproduce the observed increase in extreme precipitation over Europe The last years extreme precipitation and flooding events demonstrate the necessity to investigate how climate models represent the response of extreme precipitation to a warming climate to better prep...

New research by Steensen and colleagues at @cicero.oslo.no just published in PLOS Climate:

"How climate models reproduce the observed increase in extreme precipitation over Europe"

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Call for papers: a new 'living' collection for the IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities - Latitude As work on the IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Cities begins, PLOS Climate is calling for papers for a new…

Our editors are calling for submissions to help build a robust, peer-reviewed evidence base for the forthcoming IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.

Read more 👇
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Looking forward to continuing to work together through PLOS more broadly - and for a fabulous road ahead for @plosclimate.org

Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility US President Donald Trump has launched a series of Executive Actions1 to dismantle diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts; defund scientific research; and freeze federal funds and pro...

Why and how academic medicine must champion diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility

@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @ananyatb.bsky.social @oniblackstock.bsky.social & colleagues @thelancet.bsky.social

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A poster advertising the UArctic-PLOS Climate webinar "Exploring Climate Adaptation in Northern Communities." Panelists will explore local-scale climate adaptation in Greenland, Norway, Russia, and the United States, across three domains: economy, infrastructure/utility, and governance. Panelists: Rikke Becker Jacobsen (Associate Professor, Aalborg University); John Duffy (Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage); and Nadezhda Filimonova (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Lapland). The event will take place on April 1st 2025 from 11am-12.20pm MDT.

PLOS Climate is pleased to be supporting this exciting online panel discussion on 'Exploring Climate Adaptation in Northern Communities', taking place on April 1st at 11am MDT

Save the Zoom link to join us then! 🔗
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I went to graduate school in the US, and was so excited to try Budweiser. Anyway …

PLOS Climate: call for submissions on heat and health - Latitude The editors of PLOS Climate’s Health section are calling for submissions on the theme of heat and health.  As the impacts of…

The editors of PLOS Climate's Health section are calling for submissions on the theme of heat and health.

Learn more 👇

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Do you know how to find articles and books in @uplibrary ? Ms Rose Chaka gives our honours students the game plan #library #highereducation @uptuks @upnasfaculty 🌿

Trump’s assault on US universities: five views from the chainsaw’s teeth The administration’s hostile edicts on DEI and science funding are sending shock waves through the US’ world-leading higher education system. Five US academics give their perspectives

“A low dishonest decade/Waves of anger and fear/Circulate over the bright/And darkened lands of the earth/Obsessing our private lives.”

W.H Auden

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Coral reef research in PLOS Climate - Latitude Coral reefs are among our planet’s most complex and biodiverse ecosystems and play vital roles in social-ecological systems, but they are also…

New on the Latitude blog: a round-up of some of the wide-ranging and interdisciplinary research and commentary on climate and coral reefs published in PLOS Climate.

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Can you describe your proposed research in three minutes ? Our honours students @ggm_up do an ‘elevator pitch’ for each other @upnasfaculty #highereducation #sciencecommunication

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

Call for independent scientists to join the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface The UNCCD COP16 took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in December 2024. Its impact has been tremendous, with governments pledging scale up their efforts to address land degradation and enhance resilience...

Calling for independent scientists to join us on the @unccd.bsky.social Science Policy Interface - exciting tasks before next year’s COP, and this type of work is more critical than ever 🙏🏼. #climate #land #biodiversity #sustainableagriculture

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Morning walk @sciencespo.bsky.social

At @inrae-france.bsky.social ‘s GABI unit (Animal Genetics) - considering genetic diversity and local breeds #biodiversity #sustainableagriculture 🐄🐓

Considering climate change implication’s for France’s agricultural sector @inrae-france.bsky.social @ipcc.bsky.social 🌿

PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity - The Official PLOS Blog Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…

“Any attempts to restrict knowledge creation or censor its dissemination… undermine the core principles of scientific inquiry and obstruct progress” @plos.org

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NO. At a time of massive income and wealth inequality we should not be giving tax breaks to billionaires. We should demand that they start paying their fair share.

We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country” Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director, talks about what he thinks could happen if the Trump Administration defies the authority of the courts.

What happens if the courts can't stop the Trump Administration? “Then we’ve got to take to the streets in a different way,” Anthony Romero, the executive director of the A.C.L.U., tells David Remnick. “We've got to shut down this country.”

In 2025, we continue to advocate for policy based on scientific evidence. This 2020 Editorial, “We need leaders that believe in scientific evidence”, resonates today as loudly as ever: plos.io/34lyl59. PLOS Biology also continues to push for DEI and a diverse scientific community:
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Trump and his American oligarchs are now openly aligning themselves with Putin and his Russian oligarchs.

This Putin-Trump alliance means abandoning our allies, supporting authoritarianism and undermining our democratic traditions.

Its a rainy Wednesday afternoon, and Dr Barend van der Merwe introduces the Honours students to use of AI in research @uptuks

Thanks to all of our new followers. It is great to make contact with so many interesting people doing such great work. Thanks to everyone who has reposted summaries from our new and recent articles - please keep spreading the word on the exciting research published in 'Environmental Conservation' 🌍

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Call for Fellows! 🚨

@ipbes.net is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the #GlobalAssessment2. Contribute to assessing progress towards achieving the goals of sustainability! 🌍🧪

🗓 Apply by 28 March 2025

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