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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · 2d

Towards a relational biodiversity economics (following the steps of ecological, feminist and other heterodox/critical economic thinking). Our new paper is out.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · 19d

Ez zen grabatu 🤗

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · 19d

Eskerrik asko gaur Zumaian hitzaldian izan zareten guztiei eta baita Piztu Komunitate Energetikoari gonbitea luzatzeagatik. Plazerra izan da Euskal Herrian behar dugun trantsizio energetikoaren ereduaren inguruan hainbat ideia partekatzea. piztu.eus/2025/09/13/c...

Unai Pascualen Hitzaldia: Karbonoaren tuneleko argiak piztuko al ditugu? -

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sdiazecology.bsky.social @sdiazecology.bsky.social · 26d

What have been the trends in the study of Nature Contributions to People in the Southern Cone? The @CONATURAR Network tells us all about it in this brand new study:
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Valuations of nature and its contributions to people in South America’s Southern Cone: taking stock and looking forward

Sustainability sciences and policies are striving to achieve biodiversity conservation and social well-being. Academics and managers have developed co…

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PLOS @plos.org · Jul 14

Environmental sustainability is often sidelined by narrow economic agendas focused on growth. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation champions transformative science that values diverse knowledge, collaboration and systemic change. Read more: journals.plos.org/sustainabili...

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A renewed meeting point to foster a sustainability transformation agenda

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PLOS Climate @plosclimate.org · Jul 10

New research published in PLOS Climate suggests that extreme heat could lead to 30,000 deaths per year in England and Wales by the 2070s

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Projections of heat related mortality under combined climate and socioeconomic adaptation scenarios for England and Wales

This study projects heat-related mortality in England and Wales at Government region level under combined climate and socioeconomic scenarios, focusing on the implications of different pathways on ada...

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Jun 13

Read, and perhaps sign, this open letter against fascism. I was an early signer and support the message.

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Home - Open Letter Against the rise of Fascism in 2025

The 2025 letter has been signed by over 400 academics, including 31 Nobel Prize winners. Join them in defending democracy. Our goal The letter is a collective denunciation of the mounting threats to a...

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IPBES @ipbes.net · May 28

Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment

All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪

Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...

An infographic depicting the various ways people relate to and value nature, including living from nature, living in nature, living with nature and living as nature.

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · May 12

Why does a hegemonic discourse, in much of conservation science, policy and practice, persist nourishing the idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss? Here we suggest some answers. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation

This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-…

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · May 7

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Trantsizio energetikoaren bideak

Adagio ezagun batek dio ibilian egiten dela bidea. Bizitza erabakiak etengabe hartzea eskatzen duen bide bat dela esateko modu dotorea da hori. Erabaki horietako asko inkontzienteak dira, mekanika...

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · May 7

Los Caminos de la Transición Energética www.naiz.eus/es/iritzia/a...

Los caminos de la transición energética

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · May 1

Yes. It is time.

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · May 1

Here is another one: "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...

The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Apr 28

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...

The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - The activism responsibility of climate scientists and the value of science-based activism

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Apr 23

Euskal Herrian trantsizio ekosoziala oztopoz lepo dago baina halakorik gertatzea ez du hitzik. Nere elkartasun eta babes osoa zuretzat eta zure familiarentzako. Animo.

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Apr 7

The idea of reciprocity between humans and the rest of the living world is receiving increasing attention. Sandra Díaz and myself have long discussed about it in the context of the conceptual framing underpinning IPBES assessments.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Reciprocity towards nature in the biodiversity science–policy interface

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Jan 23

This is the result of a bunch of interdisciplinary sustainability science folks trying to think about what and how to incorporate landscape complexities into landscape sustainability assessments to inform landscape-level decisions and actions. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Landscapes—a lens for assessing sustainability - Landscape Ecology

Context There are urgent calls to transition society to more sustainable trajectories, at scales ranging from local to global. Landscape sustainability (LS), or the capacity for landscapes to provide ...

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Aiora Zabala @aiozabala.bsky.social · Jan 22

Our new paper! (1/2)
👉🏼 Complex factors drive individuals' decisions 🤔 to adopt sustainable land-use practices 💡 We develop a framework of potential adoption drivers, to guide policy design.
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w @upascual.bsky.social Garcia-Barrios & Mukherjee

Drivers to adopt agroforestry and sustainable land-use innovations: A review and framework for policy

What influences individuals' decisions to adopt sustainable land-use practices? The drivers of such complex decisions are manyfold. We develop a conce…

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Dec 17

Congrats!!!

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Dec 8

All ears ready!

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Dec 7

Tracking relational adaptation goals requires acknowledging knowledge pluralism and the diversity of human–nature relations.
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A relational turn in climate change adaptation: Evidence from urban nature-based solutions - Ambio

The emergence of nature-based solutions (NbS) in science, policy, and practice signals a paradigmatic shift in urban climate change adaptation, yet empirical investigations into its impact on adaptati...

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Nov 17

The global political far-right wave has important consequences not only for the governance of democratic regimes and the science-policy relationship but also for national, regional and global environmental agendas. This paper is still up to date, unfortunately.
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Ecological economics in the age of fear

Far right political movements are rising and seizing power in many influential countries, affecting not only the governance of democratic regimes but …

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Nov 17

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Nov 16

Positive ecological and social outcomes are strongly associated with higher levels of influence of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and their institutions. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Nov 16

Business as usual trends will largely miss 2030 global conservation targets link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...

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Unai Pascual @upascual.bsky.social · Nov 15

Here we try to answer critical questions about the proposition that certain values support sustainability, e.g. is the agenda to nurture values aligned with sustainability actionable? & does mobilizing sustainability-aligned values entail addressing power?
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss4/a...

Sustainability-aligned values: exploring the concept, evidence, and practice - Ecology & Society

Modern environmental thought has always involved normative claims about the values needed for sustainability. This has often played out in debates between proponents of anthropocentric and ecocentric ...

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