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Rob Marchant

@rob-marchant.bsky.social

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I am a professor of tropical ecology at the University of York. I have a passion for Mountain ecosystems and cultures across the Global South, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania where I work with many Universities, NGOs and Government organisations. .. more

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Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 15d

Very excited to be working with some excellent partners across Europe and Africa to strengthen our understanding on the importance of Mountains for navigating future climate, biodiversity and sustainability challenges @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 15d

Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️

@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social

👉 buff.ly/ZQhLp4h

#ERCSyG

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 1d

Very refreshing to be at a workshop where people are actively engaged, participating and passionate about the valuing voices tool and how this can help people do #research better…..
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@wellcometrust.bsky.social

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for sharing this intimate connection between mountain kingdom’s and their interwoven societies

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 1d

For #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we’re highlighting some of our Indigenous partners who fiercely defend their rights and protect wild lands and imperiled wildlife.

Each of the three comments below includes a highlight 🧵

The video footage we chose is of Oak Flat in #Arizona.

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 1d

“COP30 was meant to be the COP of ‘Truth and Implementation’ - this failed", says PIKs J. Rockström. "We don’t need more negotiations; we need implementation. Within 5–10 years we will breach 1.5°C, entering dangerous terrain for billions.”
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 1d

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Carbon Dioxide Removal methods

including #nature action for #ClimateAction

PL RP🩷💚💙

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original graph by IPCC

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Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford @ecioxford.bsky.social · 1d

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟱𝟬 𝗡𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘀.
ECI's Prof Christian Brand @profchristianbrand.bsky.social says: “Transport is hard to decarbonise; this report shows how policy & evidence can work together.” ➡️ ukerc.ac.uk/news/new-res...

New Research sees Policymakers and Academics Unite to Map 2050 Net Zero Scenarios

In a first of its kind collaboration, new research published in Nature Energy has embedded policymakers into the...

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EADI @eadi.bsky.social · 1d

Call for abstracts, Seed Panel

Global Cchallenges of Food System Transformation: Bridging Dichotomies

Conv. by Oane Visser (ISS), Ina Lehmann (VU Amsterdam), Joseph Awetori Yaro (Univ. of Ghana), Dominic Glover (@ids.ac.uk) & Marijn Faling (ISS)

📍 @iobua.bsky.social

www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

EADI/IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local Solutions?
29 June – 2 July 2026, Institute of Development Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 1d

As well as being named from its royal prince, I learned the Mahidol also means Earth / Land in Thai. This water fountain captures the intimate connection between land and water.

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BiodiversityLoss @sarahclayton7777.bsky.social · 1d

Climate: "We still have the ability to minimise overshoot. The best science can offer today, is a future where peak warming reaches 1.7°C before returning to within 1.5°C in 75 years. This requires immediate action at global scale, on multiple fronts" theconversation.com/the-world-lo...

The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality

The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.

theconversation.com

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 1d

When we launched Global Gateway for Africa, we aimed to invest €150 billion in the continent.

4 years on, we’re well on track to exceed that goal.

With 120 billion of investments for Africa. And more coming.

For good, local jobs ↓

link.europa.eu/HkG3xq

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 1d

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How the WHO is taking #ClimateAction to ensure #health systems are resilient to #ClimateChange

PL RP🩷💚💙

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original graph by IPCC

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 2d

#Orchids are one flower that #Thailand truly excels in @orchids.bsky.social

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 2d

Making the connections between eroded #mountains and global #food supply! Soil and sediments from northern #Thailand collect down river and drive agricultural production in extensive rice fields along the Chao Phraya river @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 2d

The long-nosed Pinocchio #chameleon is multiple species.
#Biologists have finally solved the century-old #reptilian mystery.

Link for more info and photos: www.popsci.com/environment/...

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 2d

Magnificent Mountains form a nice chain of sky islands in northern Austria and Thailand

Reposted by Colin F. Camerer, Rob Marchant, Akiko Suwa‐Eisenmann , and 1 more Colin F. Camerer, Rob Marchant, Akiko Suwa‐Eisenmann, Katja Rietzler

PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 3d

"Too little was done too late”: New commentary with PIK director Johan Rockström warns of rising planetary risks after a missed decade of action. Climate & biosphere pressures keep increasing, but stabilising the Earth system is still within reach.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 6d

Good to see the fungal spores

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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 6d

🚽 Today is #WorldToiletDay. Let’s talk water pollution.

“Water quality isn’t just a #coralreef issue,” says WCS’s Dr. Alec Hughes. “It’s about human health, too.”

In the Solomon Islands, we are partnering with communities to take action from ridge to reef: bit.ly/49sDPgr 🌏

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 6d

Very very very excited to see the first #snowfall of the year with a good crunch to the walk

Snowflakes falling

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 6d

Coming up at #COP30: Latest research on how to stay within safe & just planetary boundaries. With PIK’s Elmar Kriegler as one of the speakers.
📅 Thursday, 20.11.25, 14:45-15:45 BRT
📌 The Planetary Science Pavilion
🗺️ Blue Zone, location number: #PV-B47
More info: www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 6d

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How healthy ecosystems can protect small islands from #ClimateChange

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#ClimateAction graph by IPCC

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Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 6d

Indeed, wonderful sentient beings that carry fingerprints in their rings and the soils around them

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 6d

🔴 Starting soon!

Don't miss the launch of the FAO report on #forest and tree benefits to #agriculture, #climate and #biodiversity.

Hosted by @fao.org, SEI, @nature.org, Conservation International. Moderated by Toby Gardner of @trase.earth.

⏰ 10:00 BRT / 14:00 CET
🔗 buff.ly/YGWEerD

#SEIatCOP30

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds like a really interesting conversation and one we can all engage in…

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 6d

On Rare Earth this week: can the clothing/fashion industry ever be sustainable? Our 3 fab guests - Patrick Grant (Great British Sewing Bee), Prof Kate Fletcher & Simon Platts - all had LOADS to say. Sneak peak here before you can listen to it all on Friday: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 6d

On Rare Earth this week: can the clothing/fashion industry ever be sustainable? Our 3 fab guests - Patrick Grant (Great British Sewing Bee), Prof Kate Fletcher & Simon Platts - all had LOADS to say. Sneak peak here before you can listen to it all on Friday: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 6d

1/9. ⚠️USEFUL UPDATE: An informal consultation 🗣️ on the third review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM) 🔥🧠📜 was convened at 23:00 last night 🌃during which we heard 👂 a report back on the progress made and heard discussion on next steps. 🪜

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 6d

England’s historical past surrounds us. The evidence is everywhere

No more so than the ancient estates & deer parks

What’s missing is a witness that links us to it

And then there they are, hiding in plain sight

Ancient English oak

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Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @lossanddamage.bsky.social · 6d

1/10. 📢DAILY UPDATE: Yesterday was the end of the eighth day of #COP30 and time is running out⌛️on the negotiations on the third review of the Warsaw International Mechanism for #LossAndDamage (WIM) 🔥.

🔗Find our daily updates here: lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/da...

Reposted by Rob Marchant, Julie L. Lockwood

UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 7d

Trade in wildlife crosses borders, and so must the effort to protect it.

From Ethiopian mountain vipers to Brazil’s Pernambuco tree, over 30 species could soon receive special protection under the #CITES Convention.

Learn more via UN News: news.un.org/en/story/202...

At-risk mountain vipers and iguanas, in rare company at key wildlife talks

Renewed efforts to protect the world’s most exotic and endangered animals and plants from illegal traders, overexploitation and extinction are set to begin at UN-partnered biodiversity talks in Uzbeki...

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 7d

From shrinking glaciers to management challenges around protected areas in #Brazil - never a dull day @uoyenvironment.bsky.social !
Thanks to Carlos Rocha for sharing insights and ways forward for navigating #sustainability challenges @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @cop30brazil.bsky.social