Ikerbasque Research Professor. Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3). Chief Editor PLOS Sustainability & Transformation. PersOp 🌿https://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mjpatx6gb22wNew study from northern Ghana warns that small-scale subsistence farmers who experience high levels of food loss and feel unable to manage the situation, show a higher likelihood of reporting suicidal ideation. https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransformation/article?id=10.1371/journal.pstr.000022317 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpatx6gb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mjmdbh3m2c26New study warns that the current rapid PV deployment risks creating significant “boom-and-bust” manufacturing cycles and that a synchronized “replacement wave” couod emerge around 2060, causing extreme production volatility https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransformation/article?id=10.1371/journal.pstr.000023416 Apr 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmdbh3m2c26https://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mj57huifx22vtransitionawayconference.com https://transitionawayconference.com/10 Apr 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj57huifx22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3migy7f7gsc2dIn this new paper we introduce the idea of "symbolic power" to show how it affects environmental decision making and environmental values. We refer to symbolic power as the ability to influence what people accept as legitimate, credible, or simply as common sense. https://journals.plos.org/sustainabilitytransformation/article?id=10.1371/journal.pstr.000018801 Apr 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3migy7f7gsc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3midy5x2ecc2vStudy shows that planned expansion of renewable energy poses increasing (co-occurring human-induced) threats on terrestrial biodiversity, especially in areas where species are heavily affected by human activities. This implies the need for careful land-use planning. https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-sustainability/fulltext/S2949-7906(26)00053-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2949790626000534%3Fshowall%3Dtrue31 Mar 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3midy5x2ecc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mi6ldashyc2uSociology attacked in US universities for focusing on issues around social-justice. Does this look, sound and taste as fascism or FASCISM? https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article315198031.html29 Mar 2026 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6ldashyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mhqy7kgucs2nhttps://www.berria.eus/euskal-herria/solariaren-zierbena-solar-proiektuari-1100-herri-alegazio-baino-gehiago-jarri-dizkiote_2155816_102.html23 Mar 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqy7kgucs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mhkm5y64w22cBerri oso ona: Ehergia erakundea sortu da. Euskal Herriko komunitate energetikoetatik abiatuta eta autokontsumotik haratagoko saltoa emateko bokazioa duen ekimena da. Energia trantsizioa behetik, kooperatibismotik eta udaletatik, sustatzea beharrezkoa da. https://euskalerriairratia.eus/nafarroa/1773336999063-ehnergia-komunitate-energetikoak-laguntzeko-sarea21 Mar 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhkm5y64w22chttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mhin7rngas2gAs a Chief Editor of an academic journal in the field of sustainability I take this as a very serious issue and makes me and the journal to continuously protect a fair and transparent research-to-publish process. Upholding scientific integrity is also a way to fight many forms of denialism. 👇👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhin7rngas2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mh6sycn5u22uVery good reasons to study geography, not just in Cambridge but in any university around the world. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6sycn5u22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mgs2qhtcvc24Great to see this is a strong MEP team. A key challenge will be to turn such multi- to inter-disciplinary vision in all @ipbes.net led global initiatives. Having experienced being MEP member, I know the new MEP members have a great opportunity to engage in cross cultural and epistemic pluralism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Mar 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs2qhtcvc24https://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mg5rvvg5kk25Can't think of a better analogy. 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5rvvg5kk25https://bsky.app/profile/upascual.bsky.social/post/3mg54ov7tq22e50 years since March 3, 1976, the "Bloody Sunday" in the Basque Country. The fascist Francoist police killed five workers in (my) city of Vitoria-Gasteiz during a weeks long industrial action. Memoria gara (we are memory). https://youtu.be/yVxuiMSXRI8?feature=shared03 Mar 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:a7htrru52m4v32ewgccwxczr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg54ov7tq22e