The world is deeply unserious about dealing with climate change. We need to reduce emissions by 50% in 5 years and we're nowhere near that.

Bergbau in Brasilien treibt die #Entwaldung voran – doch profitiert auch die lokale Wirtschaft davon? Was bedeutet das für die Umwelt, welche Probleme treten auf? #WUresearch #Mining #Wirtschaft 📷️ © @sluckene.bsky.social​

New EAT-Lancet warns: food systems breach Planetary Boundaries. “EAT-Lancet 2025 places justice at the centre, not only as a goal but also as a vital part of enabling transformation,” says Centre Director Line Gordon, one of the report’s lead authors. www.stockholmresilience.org/5.5e96ff7d19...

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries ➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Politicians and industry call it “development” when they build a few hospitals, schools, or sports arenas. Real progress requires a fully fledged, long-term social programme, not just a handful of short-term projects.

#Brazil can’t lead the climate fight w one hand & allow the destruction of the Amazon rainforest w the other. President Lula da Silva should veto "Devastation Bill" that would remove many environmental licensing requirements & weaken environmental & rights protections. cri.org/brazil-lula-...

Nice to see @iiasa.ac.at putting a spotlight on our new research ✨

More great news: I have started as a postdoc at the Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social! Looking forward to new topics and collaborations.

My second PhD chapter is now published open access in Resources Policy! While the first thesis chapter published last year was showing how artisanal mining causes substantial deforestation even in remote forest areas of the eastern DRC (doi.org/10.1038/s418...), … (1/3)

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/

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"Unsere Analyse lautet: Wenn ein Umweltminister Verbote kategorisch ausschließt, sind die Klimaziele nicht erreichbar", sagt Sozialökonom Novy, leitender Autor des großen Klima-Sachstandsberichts. Wie die Klimapolitik wieder in die Gänge kommt, erzählt er hier: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

5. Wars are easy to start and hard to stop

New online! Metal mining is a global driver of environmental change

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

Zwei gute Repliken auf Ewald Nowotnys polemischen Kommentar zum Primat der Wirtschaft über die Natur. Danke @franzessl1.bsky.social und Kurt Bayer. Some central bankers seriously need to update their beliefs 🫠 www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Our new paper shows how critical it is to use reliable data to achieve effective targeting and use of development resources: doi.org/10.1038/s414.... Sadly, the source of these data was terminated a few weeks ago. Draw your own conclusions...

Fantastic to see our paper published! DHS data are essential for scientists, health practitioners, and governments. Our study shows that household surveys in low-income countries require continued efforts to improve data quality, supported by stable, long-term funding rather than cuts.

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...

‘Green’ transition: Whose transition? Brazil: Mining. Colonialism. Sacrifice. Interview with Ytaxaha Braz Pankararu, Indigenous leader from Minas Gerais 🇧🇷 & Christian Crevels, CIMI, 🇧🇷🇨🇭 #IIICaravanaporlaEcologíaIntegral @cidse.bsky.social @migasocial.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...

Verwechslungsgefahr #spellingsuggestions #ecolecon

Today, I traded the printed copy of my dissertation for my PhD certificate from @ecologicalecon.bsky.social @wuvienna.bsky.social ✨ For anyone curious, the thesis can be downloaded here: sluckeneder.github.io/files/Lucken...

Calls for seabed mining as an alternative to terrestrial mining are growing louder - especially in the context of energy transition materials. But given that disasters keep occurring on land, why would we assume we can do better thousands of meters below sea level? www.nature.com/articles/s44... 1/2

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Our institute head Sigrid Stagl (@sigridstagl.bsky.social) was awarded Scientist of the Year 2024 for her contributions to the public discourse on sustainability and climate protection in Austria. Huge congrats!! @wuvienna.bsky.social science.orf.at/stories/3228...

What a journey this has been. Just before the winter break, I defended my dissertation: "Spatial data approaches for assessing the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of mining activities." 🌍📊 1/3

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