An exotic type of dark matter could explain some of the characteristics of our galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, but many cosmologists are leery of the idea

While global efforts to curb #deforestation appropriately focus on cattle meat, oil palm, rubber, soya, cocoa and coffee, global monitoring efforts have largely overlooked staple crops such as rice, maize and cassava. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

At the Munich Security Conference this weekend – long a barometer for global security priorities – climate change was largely absent. Recent global climate trends offer a warning. bit.ly/467M9Q7

Opinion: A year of aid cuts will lead to generational harm among women and girls and worldwide effects on peace and stability.

“Food does not only feed the body, it feeds the soul,” once said @faodg.fao.org. He’s right. Food carries memory, identity & pride. We must cherish & protect our heritage. I can’t wait to hear which villages will make history in this 1st round of recognition 🌾 www.youtube.com/watch?v=va9_...

My experiences as a woman scientist continue to shape how I understand the challenges and opportunities ahead. Gender equality in #science and #innovation is not a choice; it is fundamental to transforming agrifood systems. #IDWGS2026 #WomenInScience www.fao.org/newsroom/fao...

The @fao.org "Highlights" publication showcases a wide range of work, covering diverse scientific disciplines and multiple forms of innovation. Also features the guidance on strengthening national SPIs for agrifood systems. SPI guidance: doi.org/10.4060/cd31... Highlights: tinyurl.com/45nbjwzm

Women scientists are advancing climate resilience, nutrition, #biodiversity, and food safety and other areas worldwide. Today, we celebrate their contributions and reaffirm @fao.org's and the @planttreaty.bsky.social's commitment to inclusive, science-based solutions. #WomenInScience

$7.3 trillion: Global public and private finance flows in 2023 with directly negative impacts on #nature, of which private finance accounted for $4.9 trillion, with public spending on environmentally harmful subsidies of about $2.4 trillion. www.ipbes.net/node/97532

Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins? TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social. Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd

As the climate data for 2025 continues to be released, it's time to update various data visualisations. First - the global climate stripes for 1850-2025. A third darkest red stripe is added. The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record. A sequence that is unlikely to be broken soon.

Rest peacefully, Jane Goodall - a radiant soul and a life that touched so many. Truly one of a kind ❤️ www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...?

Food is the great unequalizer. When recessions hit, poor families turn to the cheapest calories, the least healthy. The result is a vicious cycle of hunger, obesity and inequality. Investing in affordable, healthy diets isn’t a cost; it’s one of the smartest savings. 📷 Le/Unsplash

7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries have been breached, with all of those 7 showing trends of increasing pressure – suggesting further deterioration and destabilization of planetary health in the near future. www.planetaryhealthcheck.org#reports-sect...

Every year, 13.3% of total production is lost between harvest and retail, equating to 1.31 billion tonnes of global food production. Globally, fruit and vegetables have the highest loss rate at 25.4%, followed by meat and animal products at 14%. www.fao.org/statistics/h...

Just wrapped up an insightful workshop we co-organized with the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social on science communication for agrifood systems transformation. Stay tuned for our upcoming joint issue paper later this year! @fao.org @carbonbrief.org @tabledebates.bsky.social @thinink.bsky.social

Wondering about the importance of the two new IPBES reports? IPBES Bureau member, Eeva Primmer, explains why the reports are timely and relevant for everyone.

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Classifying famine means that the most extreme category is triggered when three critical thresholds – extreme food deprivation, acute malnutrition and starvation-related deaths – have been breached.

"We often think of evidence as inherently objective. But all evidence is produced in a context and shaped by a range of factors - public policy and research funding as well as private interests, dominant scientific paradigms and the values and worldviews embedded in society." -David Cooper

A basic premise of science is that it evolves. But what happens when an entire field changes its mind?

India has made decisive gains against hunger through digital tech, smarter governance and better service delivery. The next move: shifting from calories to nutrition. Full blog here: tinyurl.com/4kpuhyf6 #SOFI2025

Progress remains limited in critical areas such as health care, sanitation, housing, and education. Within countries, rural, agrarian households with low levels of educational attainment are particularly disadvantaged. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🛖 The ILK approach adopted by @IPBES.net offers a framework for effectively engaging #IndigenousPeoples and local communities and recognizing and working with traditional knowledge. This is crucial for effective biodiversity assessments & ensuring sustainable resource management. Learn how. 👇

The inverse relationship between size and land productivity is alive and well. The relationship between TFP and size, in contrast, has evolved with modernization during this period, becoming increasingly U-shaped or even positive. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...?

A shining example of science and evidence driving policy....

Sage advice.

Highlighting the growing convergence between @ipcc.bsky.social & @ipbes.net , Chair Jim Skea stresses the various opportunities for collaboration and the importance of aligning scientific themes, methodologies & processes, unlocking synergies to address the biodiversity–climate nexus.

Without immediate action to fully lift the blockade of food and humanitarian aid, famine will consume Gaza, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable first, including pregnant and lactating women, children, the sick, and the elderly. openknowledge.fao.org/items/b2d3fa...

Sharing a short 'taster' based on Chapter 12 of Titans of Industrial Agriculture about the political influence of the Big Ag input companies - published in the MIT Press Reader. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-hidden-p... @mitpress.bsky.social

I've seen a lot of people writing recently that #netzero is dead. While #netzero may have developed a political dimension, the concept is fundamentally scientific; the world will keep warming until our net additions of CO2 & then GHGs fall to zero & possibly negative given earthsystem feedbacks.

Thank you @marionnestle.bsky.social ! www.foodpolitics.com/2025/04/week...

The @nationalacademies.org has a roundtable on AI and climate change, and tomorrow we're having a meeting. You can watch the livestream and ask questions. I'll be moderating a panel on data centers, electricity, and emissions at 10:20AM ET. www.nationalacademies.org/event/44882_...

Mercury and methyl bromide might be better regulated by other treaties, according to some #BRSCOPs delegates Thus, these substances might not be added the list of chemicals subject to the Rotterdam Convention’s prior informed consent procedure Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/basel-rotter... #BRSCOPs2025

Should science be neutral in the face of the social-ecological crisis? In this open-access perspective we argue that as concerned scientists we have the right and responsibility to engage in activism. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

This #EarthDay, the Lancet Countdown launches its Africa Centre, led by Prof Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi and based at the University of Pretoria. The centre will engage academic researchers in Africa to deliver locally-led health and climate change research ⬇️ lancetcountdown.org/news/lancet-...

Guess what?? Investing in climate solutions actually grows your economy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The 2026 UN Water Conference is taking shape Participants at Thursday's @un-water.bsky.social meeting discussed themes for dialogues and communication strategies—and provided input to the steppingstones leading up to the Conference Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/un-water-mee... #water #sanitation #SDG6

It is estimated that reductions of $290 million in donor funding for severe acute #malnutrition will cut off treatment for 2.3 million children in LMICs. This would lead to 369,000 extra child deaths a year that would otherwise have been prevented.

🔈 Excited to share our new paper, led by the brilliant @katesievert.bsky.social, in which we encourage a common framing & approach for addressing unsustainable production & consumption of both ultra-processed foods 🍩🥤 & intensively produced animal-source foods 🥩 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The UN Statistical Commission #UN56SC has just formally adopted the Minimum Dietary Diversity (MDD) score as a global diet quality indicator. Measurement is a first step for action, using #FoodPricesForNutrition and other data to lower costs, improve access, and provide healthy diets for all.

The @fao.org #Science and #Innovation Strategy identifies its first guiding principle to be a rights-based and people-centered focus. As @michaelfakhri.bsky.social highlights, the key to human rights, and the right to food, is that people are at the center of it all, not profits or geopolitics.

Love reading Jess’s insights — always so valuable! And thanks for the shoutout!! Our paper “#Innovation and #technology for achieving resilient and inclusive rural transformation” is available at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A new study calls for “transformation alliances”, where different actors deploy different capabilities for accelerating food system change.