Cilla Wehi

Climate Analyst Climate Analyst

New Zealand - Aotearoa folks and otherwise interested folks: The Auckland Council has an opening for a Climate Analyst careers.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/job/Central-...

A knowledge economy needs investment if we are all to benefit. #NZ is heading backwards.

😆 @mluczak.bsky.social and I are some of the ‘et al.’ here :)

One of the things that was special about the Marsden Fund is that the decision-making process was tweaked over the years rather than reinvented over and over again like other funds. That allowed for decades of learning that I hope will not be lost in this latest restructure.

Nice interview Lucy

I love this framing that values quiet endeavour.

Toward a relational biodiversity economics: Embedding plural values for sustainability transformation 🌎🌐🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Here’s my response to the NZ government shakeup of science funding today, on top of their reductions in bluesky funding and lack of accountability for climate issues. 🧪
We need urgent action on what the SSAG report describes as a fragile and chronically underfunded research system.

‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus

“We already know what works to stop forest loss, but countries, companies, and investors are only scratching the surface. And even those initial efforts are facing strong pushback from the standard bearers of an economic system built on forest destruction.” 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Big shakeup for NZ's research funding - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre The Government will consolidate decision-making for New Zealand's science research funding as part of its new science system strategy. Research Funding New Zealand will be a new independent board that...

Big shakeup for NZ’s research funding – Expert Reaction

Honestly, I despair for our grandchildren.

One of the issues is that the overheads from Marsden are used to support the other activities of the Royal Society if I understand this correctly in the SSAG report. So lots of downstream effects.

Yep.

Remote‐Control Science in Ecology: A Hidden Face of Scientific Neocolonialism We introduce the concept of “remote-control science” as a modern form of scientific neocolonialism in ecology, where researchers, preferably from the Global North, control projects in the Global Sout....

“Remote-control science” keeps power in the #GlobalNorth while local experts do the work without credit. Time to #decolonize research with fair authorship, funding & respect for local knowledge 🌍

#DecolonizeScience #ResearchEquity #GlobalSouth #FairScience

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

It was awesome 😄

With the launch of the Antarctic Declaration coming on 1 December, this lays out some important background. See antarcticrights.org

Thanks! We will find out from Marcus V (he says hi) and our PhD student Te Rerekohu at some point!

We expect a few thousand years probably, so we should see pre- human, after Māori arrival, and after European arrival.

Some great layers of what we think could be volcanic ash from an early eruption.

Lake Owhareiti on a sunny day

Bringing a sediment core back to land. The boat crew and elders standing by a trailer

A sediment core split in half showing layers of organic matter, sediment and ash

Sampling sediments on Lake Owhareiti on a still hot day today in the north of #NZ, and some rich conversations with Ngāti Hine. What a crew! This community are hugely interested in the work. 🧪

Whimsical photo of a karure | kakaruia | Chatham Island black robin courtesy of Kevin Parker. Features as a wee black bird with four leg bands: white over orange on the left leg and red over white on the right leg. Sneaky tufts of feathers peak out from otherwise borb-like body, encouraged by the unseen wind.

What are the ‘social dimensions’ of moving species for conservation and why does engaging with them matter?

This is the focus of our new paper doi.org/10.1016/j.tr... published in @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social olevo.bsky.social led by ever talented @aisrayne.bsky.social

📷 Kevin Parker

This looks wonderful Unai. I can’t wait to read it slowly and carefully.

Two men blowing up an inflatable boat to get it ready for use.

A wonderful day in the north meeting Ngāti Hine whānau and prepping for fieldwork. Te mana o te wai. I just wish it was a little warmer 😂

Love living in #Dunedin. People fiercely love wildlife #albatross #toroa

How to avoid decay in democracy Sir Geoffrey Palmer KC has just published his latest book ‘How to Save Democracy in Aotearoa New Zealand’. He agreed to the publishing of a recent speech where he talked about current threats to democ...

I love the 70s design, but love Sir Geoffrey’s recipe for saving democracy even more…

www.transparency.org.nz/blog/how-to-...

Contemplating how we could do this here in #NZ

A good reason why not to join the @royalsociety.org

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

Why I gave the world wide web away for free | Tim Berners-Lee My vision was based on sharing, not exploitation – and here’s why it’s still worth fighting for

The charming and interesting story of a guy who could have been an early techbro billionaire, but lacked one critical personality trait - he's not an absolute cunt.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

We should be using this map in our data viz courses 😆