@eevaprimmer
Research Director, Professor, Finnish Environment Institute. IPBES Bureau Member, IRP Panel Member. Enthusiastic about governance, policy, institutions. Sustainability, ecosystem services, biodiversity, forests. People, science, coffee, runs, fam, poodle.
SEI has appointed Eeva Primmer as our next Executive Director, beginning May 2026.
A leader at the science–policy interface, she brings deep international experience to SEI’s next chapter.
Full announcement: www.sei.org/features/eev...
Working Group 1 Co-Chair Eeva Primmer.
At #IPBES12, delegates agree to a shortened lunch break to continue discussions on the background messages of the #BizBiodiversity Assessment
The @ipbes.net Plenary is wrapping up tomorrow
Negotiations on the Business and Biodiversity Assessment at #IPBES12 advanced at a slow pace, necessitating an additional evening session
Working Group 2, by contrast, made swift progress, reaching agreement on all workplans for 2026-27
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/intergovernm...
#IPBES
As the year 2026 starts in a bit of turmoil, I return to Bluesky to seek views. In other platforms I have posted inter-dependence, sustainability and resilience oriented new years' greetings. Thos greetings to you as well!
A great shot of the @ipbes.net MEP & Bureau together this week in Bonn.
Also a visual representation of our mission: bringing science & policy together - for people and #ForNature. 🌍🧪
IPBES provides the credible evidence policymakers need to build sustainable futures. 🤝
Kiitos oli hyvin journalismin logiikkaa ja tulevaisuutta avaava - päällimmäisenä mieleen jäi kiitollisuus toimittajien syvää ammattitaitoa kohtaan. Ymmärrän, että koko juttujen tuotannon prosessia ei kuitenkaan voi sisältöjen rinnalla hirmusti korostaa.
Sama tilanne meillä tutkimuksessa.
Kunnan tehtävänä on tarjota hyvä asuinympäristö nykyisille ja tuleville asukkailleen.
@sykefi.bsky.social tuottaa tietoa ja ratkaisuja, joiden avulla uudet valtuutetut pääsevät rakentamaan kestäviä ja elinvoimaisia kuntia.
Tämän koosteen laati @lyytimaki.bsky.social issuu.com/suomenympari...
Ympäristön, tutkimuksen ja merenkäynnin osaamista tänään @syke.fi tutkimusalus Arandalla.
Kiitos vierailusta ministeri @sarimultala.bsky.social!
@leifschulman.bsky.social
The #Ukraine minerals deal - how can the Americans make this more sustainable? Cc: @globalecoguy.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/saleem...
Preparations for the new EU financial framework have started, and Finnish research institutes want to raise their views on the most effective research funding. Read more: tulanet.fi/2025/01/13/f...
Distribution and proportion of the nine conservation action categories across 26 regions.
A Review from Haase et al summarizes freshwater conservation efficacy. Freshwater conservation appears to have lower frequency of positive outcomes compared to marine and terrestrial conservation. The authors offer insights for improvement in the future! go.nature.com/4h4oKm1
This interview with @paulakivimaa.bsky.social is ever more timely today.
We continue to need directionality toward sustainable growth and green economy. Streamlining and increasing policy coherence should be possible without sacrificing ambition.
The Nexus Assessment Report authors hold hands and raise their arms as the celebrate on stage at IPBES 11
After years of work and hours of perseverance, the #NexusAssessment Report has been approved by the Plenary at #IPBES11.
Kudos and congratulations to the experts on this monumental achievement!
The authors of the Transformative Change Assessment Report celebrate together at IPBES 11
It’s official! After years of hard work by @ipbes.bsky.social experts, the #TransformativeChange Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES11!
Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature! 🌍🧪
Want to dig deeper into Thursday's @ipbes.bsky.social negotiations at #IPBES11 in Windhoek?
Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report
#ForNature #Nature #Science
At #IPBES11, delegates continue discussions on the #TransformativeChange Assessment, focusing on relevant strategies and actions, such as transforming dominant economic and financial paradigms.
At #IPBES11, negotiations on the #NexusAssessment continue, with delegates deliberating on response options that address nexus interactions.
We have started! Negotiations on the summary for policy makers of the @ipbes.bsky.social #TRansformativeChange assessment for #Biodiversity are beginning. Chaired by @eevaprimmer.bsky.social . Karen O'Brien, Arun Agrawal, and Lucas Garibaldi present some facts and figures about the assessment.
Hyvää itsenäisyyspäivää kaikille! Vuosi sitten kera @paulakivimaa.bsky.social kirjoitettu viesti edelleen tärkeä.
@sykefi.bsky.social
www.syke.fi/fi-FI/Ajanko...
Looking for what is needed in forest or urban governance and investment in resilience and insurance value? This is super inspiring and impactful, we would say with @jounipaavola.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How exciting and timely - when risks are increasing and tools for managing them are called for more than ever: @unep.bsky.social and PSI Working Group for Nature publish and important guide for the insurance value chain: www.unepfi.org/industries/i...
Get up close and personal with #biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people with the new season of the @ipbes.bsky.social podcast! 72,000 downloads of the first 3 seasons - help us make Season 4 even more successful!
Finland published the new food / nutrition recommendations last week. The guidance is mostly based on health research evidence but now it includes also environmental consideration. The changes from the previous ones: more potato, less (processed) meat. @sykefi.bsky.social @ruokavirasto.bsky.social
A photo of an antelope. Overlay text reads "#IPBES11 10 days to go"
Only 10 more days until the 11th session of the @ipbes.bsky.social Plenary. 🌍🧪
At #IPBES11 scientists & policymakers will consider 2 major new assessment reports to inform global #biodiversity policy & action:
📘#NexusAssessment Report
📗#TransformativeChange Assessment Report
Onnea ympäristöministeri @multalasari.bsky.social ja @yministerio.bsky.social!
My hometown Helsinki from different angles. Dramatic?
Did you know that non-metal minerals, like sand and gravel constitute the largest share of resouce / raw material use in Finland and in the world?
We need to shift to repurposing of buildings and infrastructure: #circulareconomy.
Food web in front of Helsinki and recreationists.
Goose death > crow meal.
And life goes on.
