Our new paper published in Anthropocene Science provides a new policy option for how we deal with #drought at a global level while taking an integrated policy approach with climate change, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction and development 👇

Excited to learn that we've been shortlisted in what's billed as the "Oscars of Higher Education" for our YESI Fellows programme! The final award ceremony is in November. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @yesiuoy.bsky.social

Great to be a coauthor of this new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com which provides a comprehensive set of solutions to bend the land degradation curve & leverage the transformation of global #food systems. #land #climate #biodiversity @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

Thanks to all at Bayero University Kano's Centre for Dryland Agriculture for a great event last week on rangeland sustainability @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social I gave an invited talk on climate resilient development and rangeland restoration

Check out this new @desertificationeu.bsky.social blog by @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social

Our new paper is out in Nature Scientific Reports! It's a complicated business to reduce deforestation and improve clean energy access, and the tradeoffs need to be carefully managed #Nigeria #woodfuel @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨 Are you an Early Career Researcher working on trade + the environment? Join the Green Trade Lab ECR Workshop 2025 (3–4 July, @york.ac.uk) to present your work + connect with peers! 🔹 Submit by 18 Apr 🔹 Hybrid event 🔹 More info: sites.google.com/vie... #GreenTrade

🌱Introducing our new YESI Discipline Hopping Fellows project "Hope in Creation". Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...

🏠 SHELTER: Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments. YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project bringing together expertise from Environment and Geography, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Archaeology + School for Business and Society. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...

YESI Grant Incubator Session (aimed at Early Career Researchers) Wednesday 2 April, 12:00-2:00 pm, ATB/057 Seebohm Rowntree Building. Book your place ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...

Discover the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project: Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly. A collaboration between SEI-Y, Biology, SBS, PET + Isles of Scilly Community Venture (IOSCV). ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe... @lizrylott.bsky.social

AAH X YESI: Waste event - 9 April, 4:00-5.30pm How can the study of resilient socio-ecological systems help us better understand creative environments of the past while shaping sustainable studios of the future? @lizrylott.bsky.social @proflinds.bsky.social Register➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...

Engaging day exploring the pressing issues around #climate finance, #nature positive development, future foci and how links between Government and universities can help to navigate multiple future challenges @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

How can we improve access to clean + modern energy for cooking and reduce land degradation + biodiversity loss in Nigeria? Check out this collaborative project between researchers at @BUK_Nigeria @york.ac.uk + @ucl.ac.uk for some answers. ➡️ youtu.be/EFXoj9fg2kE

We're thrilled to welcome @proflinds.bsky.social as our new Associate Director. Lindsay is a Professor in Environment and Development, and Director of the @yesiuoy.bsky.social. Find out more about her research and what drew her to #LCAB www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

🌍At #COP16 in Riyadh, @proflinds.bsky.social represented @desertificationeu.bsky.social in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation. She highlighted the projects multi-actor partnerships empowering local communities to tackle desertification across Europe + North Africa.🤝🌱#UNCCD

New paper on Climate Resilient Development in vulnerable geographies now out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @yesiuoy.bsky.social

What's going on in Riyadh? swedenherald.com/article/drou...

📢Exciting news! @proflinds.bsky.social is PI on one of 12 scoping projects awarded by @innovateuk’s Climate-Smart Agriculture P'ship🌍🌱 Connecting the UK, Brazil, Ghana + Nigeria to innovate for sustainable food systems + climate-smart solutions. More info➡️https://ow.ly/1gPz50Ui6fA