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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 15d

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 👇

York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15d

🌍By 2050, droughts could hit 80% of the world’s population, costing hundreds of billion💸.

New paper led by YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social calls for urgent, transformative drought governance under the #UNCCD—aligned with the #ParisAgreement, #CBD, #SendaiFramework + #SDGs.

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15d

🌍By 2050, droughts could hit 80% of the world’s population, costing hundreds of billion💸.

New paper led by YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social calls for urgent, transformative drought governance under the #UNCCD—aligned with the #ParisAgreement, #CBD, #SendaiFramework + #SDGs.

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.
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York shortlisted in two categories at prestigious THE Awards 2025

The University of York has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s THE Awards.

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Aug 14

To meet the targets of the #UN Rio Conventions (#UNCCD, #UNFCCC & #CBD) we must bend the curve of land degradation. Our latest Review in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature discusses how to do it by 2050 by urgently transforming global food systems rdcu.be/eACfr #KAUST

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Fernando T. Maestre @ftmaestre.bsky.social · Aug 14

To meet the targets of the #UN Rio Conventions (#UNCCD, #UNFCCC & #CBD) we must bend the curve of land degradation. Our latest Review in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature discusses how to do it by 2050 by urgently transforming global food systems rdcu.be/eACfr #KAUST

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Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · Apr 16

Development interventions can yield co-benefits across multiple SustainableDevelopment Goals. We developed a solutions-oriented methodology to assess the impacts of development solutions applied wood fuel cooking challenges in Nigeria
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A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria

Scientific Reports - A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Jun 14

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This just happened! | Lindsay C. Stringer

This just happened! I'm honoured! Lindsay Stringer MBE! Huge thanks to all my fabulous colleagues and collaborators, near and far, who have made this possible 🤗 https://lnkd.in/eqSikavY

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · May 20

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Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCT… | Lindsay C. Stringer

Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCT project on Fostering better engagement in biotechnology research in Thailand: Building capacity to understand societal readine...

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · May 10

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

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TERRASAFE @desertificationeu.bsky.social · May 7

TERRASAFE has made one thing very clear from the start: change can’t happen without people.

In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Apr 16

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

Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · Apr 16

Development interventions can yield co-benefits across multiple SustainableDevelopment Goals. We developed a solutions-oriented methodology to assess the impacts of development solutions applied wood fuel cooking challenges in Nigeria
@yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
rdcu.be/ehZn4

A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria

Scientific Reports - A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria

rdcu.be

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 27

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/...

YESI ECR grant incubator session

Join YESI's ECR Grant Incubator Session—a hands-on opportunity to refine your grant ideas with expert feedback from experienced PIs, evaluators, and research services staff!

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 27

🏠 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.
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SHELTER

Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 27

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/...

AAH X YESI: Waste

Join art historians in conversation with YESI as we explore waste as a heuristic for dialogue across interdisciplinary areas.

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 26

🌱Introducing our new YESI Discipline Hopping Fellows project "Hope in Creation". Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts.
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Hope in Creation

Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Mar 24

🚨 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
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Green Trade Lab

Early Career Researcher Workshop The greening of trade as a way out of the polycrises? Regress, reforms and rebuilding international cooperation in the environment-trade nexus. 3rd and 4th July 2025 University of York (York, UK). As the world edges over planetary tipping points, with 2024

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Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · Feb 5

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

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Jan 14

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.

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Clean Cooking: Fast Path to Saving Forests in Nigeria

YouTube video by YESIatUoY

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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · Jan 6

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

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Introducing the Centre's new Associate Director

Professor Lindsay Stringer is the new Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity. Here we talk about her area of work and what drew her to the Centre.

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Dec 17

🌍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

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Dec 10

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

Climate resilient development in vulnerable geographies - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the urgent need to operationalise Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP), adopting mitigation and adaptation measures to secure a safe c...

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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · Dec 3

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

Drought and Disasters - This is What the Desert Meeting is About | Sweden Herald

Increasing deserts that spread out, agricultural land that gets destroyed, and drought that paralyses communities

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · Dec 2

📢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

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