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Garry Peterson
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Director FinBio.org Professor of Environmental Science with focus on Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University stockholmresilience.org projects: regimeshifts.org biospherefutures.net goodanthropocenes.net .. more

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · Jul 4
A systems approach to sustainable finance:
Actors, influence mechanisms, and potentially
virtuous cycles of sustainability
Crona+
doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112785

how financial sector structures and actors influence or block sustainability outcomes

new paper from finbio.org
Figure 1 A systems view of the financial sector and an illustration of virtuous cycles (A) A map of the financial actors reviewed and how they are connected through their main mechanisms of influence, outlined in detail in Table 1. (B–F) Five reinforcing feedbacks that could connect and reinforce the effects of sustainable investment strategies pursued by individual financial sector actors. Each reinforcing feedback (virtuous cycle) is illustrated as a set of green arrows indicating how actors influence and potentially reinforce each other’s capacity to deliver sustainable outcomes.
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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 10h
Watching the livestream now: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 13h
Outstanding laws for Nature+People
www.worldfuturecouncil.org/p/living-in-...

Environmental Ombudsoffice Tyrol, Austria
Biodiversity Act, Bhutan
Rights of Nature, Panama
Biodiversity Act, South Africa
Mar Menor, Spain
National Environment Act, Uganda
BBNJ Agreement
Te Awa Tupua, New Zealand
Living in Harmony with Nature and Future Generations - World Future Council
Living in Harmony with Nature & Future Generations: Explore the world’s leading policy prize for sustainable, future-just governance
www.worldfuturecouncil.org

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 15h
"a Seeds of Good Anthropocenes for spiritual change projects"- @joostvervoort.bsky.social

Spiritual Solutions Library
case studies that "reimagine solutions that combine proven spiritual and scientific ways to bring about shared flourishing for people and the planet."
fetzer.org/spiritual-so...
Spiritual Solutions
fetzer.org
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 2d
PhD course “Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges”
run the 5th time at
Wageningen University April 20 – May 1, 2026.

Registrations are now open — apply by October 31!
There are 3 scholarships available
www.wur.nl/en/activity/...
Transformative Research for Sustainability Challenges
www.wur.nl
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 2d
Dramatically reduced sustainability reporting in EU

"CSRD’s 1,000 employee ... €450 million revenue threshold"
"CSDDD to cover only companies with 5,000 employees and more than €1.5 billion in revenues"

www.esgtoday.com/eu-parliamen...
EU Parliament Lawmakers Reach Deal on Bigger Cuts to Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Laws - ESG Today
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have reached an agreement on a proposed Parliamentary negotiating position on the EU Commission’s Omnibus I initiative which would see more significant reductions ...
www.esgtoday.com
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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 2d
Four items by Mokyr: the first is a topic already recognised by the Nobel, but the other three are less well known areas of Mokyr: his study of the Irish famine, his explanation of why the Dutch Republic was not the first, and his artisan theory of the Industrial Revolution.
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 2d
High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

Reviewing recent evidence of AMOC weakening
RealClimate: High-resolution ‘fingerprint’ images reveal a weakening Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC)
RealClimate: The #AMOC is the reason for Europe’s mild climate. Evidence that it is slowing has been piling up over the years – it now is likely at its weakest in at least a millennium, and it may eve...
www.realclimate.org
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Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 3d
Attempted eradication of smallmouth bass promotes rapid evolution. Here's the study that is the focus of the Scientific American article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Timon McPhearson @timonm.bsky.social · 4d
Talking Nature Positive Cities and preview of our launch for the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions tomorrow at the IUCN World Conservation Congress. Join us if you are in-person or registered online. Exciting work ahead! iucncongress2025.org/programme/na...
Nature-Positive Cities :From Global Frameworks to Local Action
iucncongress2025.org
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 5d
The Missing Profits of Nations
TØRSLØV+
gabriel-zucman.eu/files/TWZ202...

"...36% of multinational profits are shifted to tax havens globally...We provide a new international database of GDP, trade balances, and factor shares corrected for profit shifting"
public.flourish.studio/story/939975/
The great laundry machine of tax havens
A Flourish story by Ludvig Wier
public.flourish.studio
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 5d
"If asked what I’ve learned about international economics over the past dozen years or so that really changed by views,

it would be just how large a role tax avoidance by multinational corporations plays in distorting international statistics"
-Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...
Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation
Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.
paulkrugman.substack.com
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 5d
Swedish railway
SJ will stop running its popular night trains to Berlin
by August 31, 2026
due to reductions in funding
by current Swedish government
jarnvagar.nu/sj-staller-i...
SJ ställer in nattågen till Berlin – Järnvägar.nu
SJ ställer in nattågen mellan Stockholm och Berlin sedan regeringen föreslagit att det särskilda anslaget till trafiken ska upphöra. 31 augusti nästa år körs det sista tåget.
jarnvagar.nu
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 5d
What do Americans die from, and what is reported on?
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
"Heart disease and cancer accounted for 56% of deaths but received just 7% of the coverage...Homicides received 43 times more coverage than their share of deaths; terrorism received over 18,000 times more."
Heart disease and cancer accounted for 56% of deaths among these 15 causes, but together they received just 7% of the media coverage. Other chronic issues, such as strokes, respiratory problems, diabetes, and kidney and liver disease, were also very underrepresented in the news. Rare — but dramatic — events such as homicides and terrorism received more than half of all media coverage, despite being much smaller causes of death in the US. Terrorism, in particular, is a very rare cause of death, with 16 deaths in 2023. homicides and terrorism are extremely overrepresented. Homicides received 43 times more coverage than their share of deaths; terrorism received over 18,000 times more. At the other end, we see that conditions like heart disease, stroke, and liver disease are very underrepresented.
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 6d
Navigating generative AI in higher education – six near future scenarios
Lindell+
doi.org/10.1080/1743...

"this study suggests...educators struggle with GenAI due to a lack of understanding of how students use the tool...creates paralyzing contradictions around how learning goals can be adapted"
Figure 1. Overview of the analysis process in the paper

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 6d
I'd love to hear more about it, could you email me some info about what you are doing Jeremy?
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 6d
Day two of the World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature saw participants engaging in two dialogues on #Indigenous Peoples’ direct access to finance and on reshaping inclusive financial systems for #biodiversity and #climate

Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/world-summit...

#IUCNcongress
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 6d
‼️New paper out led by Anita Lazurko as part of #Bionext project

🐺 Excited to share #NFF visions for Europe exploring #transformativechange at the #nexus

Read 👇🏽

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@sthlmresilience.bsky.social @futureecoafrica.bsky.social
Envisioning nature-positive futures for Europe: inspiring transformative change at the biodiversity nexus
Transformative change is required to secure a liveable future for people and nature. The Nature Futures Framework (NFF) is a heuristic tool for supporting the creation of plural visions of nature-p...
www.tandfonline.com
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Stockholm Resilience Centre @sthlmresilience.bsky.social · 6d
A new study with Centre researchers Malin Jonell and Therese Lindahl shows that structural level interventions for greener diets and food waste, like more vegetarian options or smaller portion sizes, can have more lasting impact than awareness campaigns.

www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
Headline on top of image of grocery bag with vegetables
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Reposted by Garry Peterson, Julie L. Lockwood, Lauren B. Buckley

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 7d
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.

👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 7d
"A coalition of willing states can, and should, quickly launch an alternative negotiating process for the global plastics treaty"

UN politics won’t deliver an ambitious plastics treaty
Dauvergne+
doi.org/10.1126/science.aec1353
UN politics won’t deliver an ambitious plastics treaty
Negotiators again failed to finalize the text for a global plastics treaty in Geneva in August 2025. The talks exposed two harsh truths. Consensus on the treaty text, where no state formally objects, ...
doi.org
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 7d
I adored writing this piece. It brings together several of the things preoccupying me right now, like chromatin organization and gene regulation. There's so much more to be said on that. Also, these marine critters look gorgeous.
www.quantamagazine.org/loops-of-dna...
Loops of DNA Equipped Ancient Life To Become Complex | Quanta Magazine
New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary development.
www.quantamagazine.org
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 7d
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
www.unepfi.org/net-zero-all...

discussions on
+establishment of a robust Target Setting Protocol
+climate adaptation and resilience,
+growth in geographical regions, currently underrepresented in the Alliance.

www.unepfi.org/industries/n...
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance exploring options for future focus after successful AGM
Asset owners explored options for the future focus of the NZAOA, such as climate adaptation and resilience...
www.unepfi.org

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 7d
Net-Zero Asset Owners Alliance continues

"Pension fund managers and other long-term asset owners have a fiduciary responsibility to protect the interests of beneficiaries decades into the future — not least by acting against long-term climate risks."

on.ft.com/3VSlLEv
Why pension funds are still pushing for climate action
Long-term asset owners have bucked the financial sector trend of retreat on green goals
on.ft.com
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 8d
Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
Vlasceanu+
dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adj5778

"the interventions’ effectiveness was small...beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance"
Fig. 3. Marginal effects (as the difference between interventions and control) as a function of estimated preintervention belief in climate change. Lines indicate the average effect size, with shaded regions indicating the 94% credible region. For visual clarity, regions in which the 94% credible region overlap zero are omitted from the figure. Where interventions have positive and negative effects that meet these criteria, a dashed line is used to connect these regions. The dashed vertical line indicates average belief, where effects in Fig. 1 are estimated. (A) Climate change belief, (B) policy support, (C) sharing information on social media, and (D) trees planted via the WEPT.
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 8d
great to hear @jbakcoleman.bsky.social talk about his (+ others) work on

Stewardship of global collective behavior
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

and industry bias by funding, and lack of disclosure in research on AI/tech impacts
Stewardship of global collective behavior | PNAS
Collective behavior provides a framework for understanding how the actions and properties of groups emerge from the way individuals generate and sh...
doi.org
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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · 9d
#AF2025 (Adaptation Futures 2025) comes to Ōtautahi Christchurch next week. I’ve refreshed the climate adaptation hub on Learning for Sustainability, bringing together frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures resources.

🔗 learningforsustainability.net/climate-adap...

#ClimateAdaptation #MEL
Climate adaptation: frameworks, practice, and learning - learningforsustainability.net
Explore practical climate adaptation frameworks, MEL, collaboration, and futures thinking. Updated ahead of Adaptation Futures 2025 in Christchurch.
learningforsustainability.net
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 10d
County green transformation: how does gross
ecosystem product assessment promote common
prosperity?
Liu+
doi.org/10.1057/s415...

A: GEP assessment is redistributive mechanism that boosts rural incomes. It also appears to promote green innovation and more balanced development
County green transformation: how does gross ecosystem product assessment promote common prosperity? - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - County green transformation: how does gross ecosystem product assessment promote common prosperity?
doi.org
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 10d
A boost for integrative rethinking of resilience in water-driven transitional ecosystems
Hurtado+
doi.org/10.1093/bios...

rethinking resilience of water-driven transitional ecosystems
"characterized by experiencing periodic and reversible alternations of aquatic-terrestrial transitional states"
Figure 2. Assembly disassembly dynamics of biological covers in water-driven transitional ecosystems. Historically, biodiversity assessmentshave primarily been focused on the ability of aquatic biofilms (in light green) to resist and recover from drying, overlooking the compensatoryeffects provided by terrestrial organisms. However, during the terrestrial phase, aquatic species must acclimate or emigrate, favoring organismswith rapid life cycles and specific adaptations for survival during the terrestrial phase (biocrusts in brown). Within an integrative approach,biological covers (in blue) are a cornerstone community, embracing both biofilm and biocrust dynamic ensembles that better represent thebiodiversity changes associated with fluctuating water availability. WDTE refers to water-driven transitional ecosystem.
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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · 10d
"Over 89,000 electric trucks were sold in the first half of 2025, up 140% from the same period last year. China accounted for almost 80,000 of those, with sales in Europe making up most of the balance. US sales shrunk to just 200 units."

Clean Trucking Takes Off
about.bnef.com/insights/cle...
Over 89,000 electric trucks were sold in the first half of 2025, up 140% from the same period last year. China accounted for almost 80,000 of those, with sales in Europe making up most of the balance. US sales shrunk to just 200 units.
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