New research by @sluckene.bsky.social and Victor Maus, jointly with colleagues from @iiasa.ac.at and @uspoficial.bsky.social👇

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...

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/

Klimaökonomin Sigrid Stagl über EU-Klimaziele | ZIB2 vom 02.07.2025 YouTube video by ORF Zeit im Bild

📺 @sigridstagl.bsky.social in der #ZIB2 zum neuen EU-Klimaziel und was Österreich tun muss, um Klimaneutralität zu erreichen 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz7G...

Big News! 🎉
Our colleague Stephan Lutter (@wuvienna.bsky.social) is part of a team that has been awarded one of the #ConnectingMinds grants for their project CIRCEUS. It explores strategies to ensure a globally just and fair EU transition toward climate neutrality and a circular economy. Read more 👇

Colleen Schneider is a PhD student and research assistant at @ecologicalecon.bsky.social 🎓

She will introduce our students to the history of money and monetary systems & will also talk about Inflation and monetary & fiscal policies 👏

Apply until 30 June: www.oeadstudenthousing.at/en/summer-un...

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...

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

✨ Conference on Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons 🌿

Theme: Collapse and Regeneration: Community-Led Initiatives Prefiguring Liveable Futures 🌍

📅 26–28 Nov 2025
📍 ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon

Call for contributions extended until June 30!

🌀 More info: ssecommons.cei.iscte-iul.pt/call-for-con...

👉 Read the full report here:
🔗 www.fern.org/fileadmin/up...
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Authors: Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, @juliakaa.bsky.social , Leonard Weber, Andreas Kroiss, Judith Pigneur & Adrien Toledano Zamorano.

Commissioned by @fern.org and Regnskogfondet.
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The good news: Deforestation can be significantly reduced by technology and policy choices:
🔋 Switch to low-impact LFP batteries
🚶 Support public transport, car-sharing & smaller vehicles
🌍 Responsible sourcing from low-deforestation countries, strict due diligence, “no-go zones” for mining
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🌲 Under a business-as-usual scenario, EU EV demand could result in the loss of 65,000 hectares of forest by 2050.
If battery technologies with high deforestation intensity dominate, deforestation could rise up to 118,000 hectares.
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⚒️ While steel and aluminium make up the bulk of metal demand in EVs, it's the battery metals - especially cobalt, nickel, and copper - that drive the highest deforestation impacts.
These impacts vary greatly by battery type.
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🚗 How is the EU’s electric vehicle transition affecting global forest loss?

Our new report models the potential deforestation impacts of the EU’s metal demand for electric vehicles (EVs) from 2025 to 2050.
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Summer has finally arrived in Vienna ☀️
Nothing better than lunch outdoors with great company and sunshine 😎

@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @resgdmn.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @stalzerjan.bsky.social

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

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...

Reading recommendation for anyone interested in the assessment of environmental and socioeconomic
impacts of mining activities
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Robust Assessments of Lithium Mining Impacts Embodied in Global Supply Chain Require Spatially Explicit Analyses Lithium is a critical material for the energy transition, but its mining causes significant environmental impacts that will intensify due to surging global demand. Here, we conduct a mining site-speci...

💡 Spatially explicit data is essential for accurately assessing the environmental impacts of lithium mining.

💡 Effective mitigation requires cooperation between lithium-producing and consuming countries.

📄 Read the full paper: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

💡 Mining-related impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, water use, and land use vary significantly between lithium extraction sites worldwide.

💡 Two-thirds of these impacts are embedded in the international trade of lithium-containing products.

🔋 Lithium is essential for the energy & mobility transitions - but its environmental impacts vary widely across regions and mining sites. 🌍

A new study led by Xin Sun, with co-authors Stefan Giljum, @victormaus.bsky.social, Anna Schomberg, Shaojun Zhang, and Fengqi You, reveals key findings: ⬇️

7. März: Weltweiter March for Science - WissenSchafft Vertrauen - Celsius - der Klimablog von Scientists for Future Österreich Lesedauer 6 Minuten.    March for Science in Wien Wann: Freitag, 7.3.2025, Kundgebung um 13 Uhr Wo: vor der Uni Wien (Universitätsring 1), gefolgt von einem Marsch zum Votivpark mit Kundgebung 15 Uhr ...

#MarchforScience - see you tomorrow!

at.scientists4future.org/2025/02/24/7...

@sigridstagl.bsky.social @sluckene.bsky.social @juliakaa.bsky.social @xcerm01.bsky.social

Huge congrats to our colleague Roman Hausmann who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Community-Led Economic Initiatives and their Intersections with Local and European Policy Institutions 👏👏👏

Klimaökonomin Sigrid Stagl

@sigridstagl.bsky.social, eine Pionierin der Klimaökonomie, ist Wissenschafterin des Jahres – und für viele ein Vorbild.

Gerade heute, am Int. Tag für Frauen und Mädchen in der Wissenschaft, ist es wichtig, auf die Bedeutung der Förderung von Frauen in diesen Bereichen hinzuweisen. (1/4)

Hosted by the Global Resource Use (GRU) research group, www.materialflows.net is the official visualisation portal of the UN IRP Global Material Flows Database.

Explore the sector profile and other visualisations here:
www.materialflows.net/visualisatio...

Features of the sector profile:

📊Data on global material extraction and use (along supply chains) by sectors
📊Identification of hotspot sectors through comparisons of material use, value added, and employment
📊Trend analyses illustrating the development of sectoral material consumption over time

📢 New feature on www.materialflows.net: The Sector Profile

The new sector profile offers interactive visualisations and in-depth analysis of global material extraction and use across various economic sectors, such as agriculture, ore mining, and construction 🌱 ⛏️ 🚧

@wuvienna.bsky.social

✨ 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

Sigrid Stagl: "Kein Ökonom wird gegen eine CO₂-Steuer sein" Edition Zukunft · Episode

📻 Tune in: @sigridstagl.bsky.social talks with @derstandard.at about climate protection measures necessary in Austria, and how they can benefit the economy.

open.spotify.com/episode/7sv3...

In einem offenen Brief an die künftige Bundesregierung fordern Forscher*innen aktiven Klimaschutz durch Innovationspakete im Bausektor, der Industrie, in Landwirtschaft und Ernährungssicherheit, der Mobilität, in der Gesundheit sowie einen Bodenversiegelungs-Stopp.

✉️ www.wu.ac.at/fileadmin/wu...