B Robinson

montreal in the fall

I'm recruiting for a *master's and/or PhD student* to start this coming fall for a project that bridges cutting edge *environmental modeling, environmental valuation, remote sensing, and internationally relevant policy*. Details here: brianerobinson.com/workwithme/. Apps due Jan 15 - get in touch!

Need an overview of how #AI, #ML & #NLP can help in reviews and evidence synthesis? Check out our environmentally-focused review on the use of these tools for evidence synthesis in conservation. Led by guru @harpactes.bsky.social with a team that's been wrangling literature for decades

Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions - Nature Sustainability Rich evidence of the potential co-benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions is available but remains poorly understood. Assessing the literature with machine learning methods, this study ma...

FMI: The paper itself (doi.org/10.1038/s418...) - NOTE! there is a 70+ page SI (which consumed most of my Jan/Feb 😅).

Link to our code base: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

DM FMI! Shout-out to my co-authors: lexunit.ai @berobinson.bsky.social @jterbaugh.bsky.social & my academic dog & inspo, Kali 🧵 8/8

Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects Interest in natural climate solutions (NCS) is substantial and growing, but their impacts on human well-being and biodiversity and ecosystem services ("NCS co-impacts") are undercharacterized. We crea...

Our "behind the research" story: Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects

Link: communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...

H/t to co-authors: Yuta Masuda, @berobinson.bsky.social @jterbaugh.bsky.social lexunit.ai @nature.org 🧵 7/7

I haven't found one either. I lamely added my Bluesky link to the old twitter icon...

Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects Interest in natural climate solutions (NCS) is substantial and growing, but their impacts on human well-being and biodiversity and ecosystem services ("NCS co-impacts") are undercharacterized. We crea...

Getting carbon markets right requires understanding local impacts of global offset projects.
#climatefinance
#carbonmarkets
#carbonoffsets
with Yuta Masuda, @harpactes.bsky.social, and @jterbaugh.bsky.social

communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...

Evidence map for natural climate solutions and co-impacts to people and nature, ranging from more to less evidence with growth rates shown over each square.

The impacts of natural climate solutions: we analyzed millions of scientific studies for a comprehensive analysis of *what* evidence exists for NCS and impacts to people and nature. New work out in @naturesustain.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s418...

#ncs #naturebasedsolutions 🧪 #NLP #ConservationAI

I hope you can all join this seminar!

Please share with your networks. It is free and open to everyone!

Despite 15+ years of #REDD+ readiness, progress toward recognition of community rights lags. Do countries recognize community rights to #carbon? Policy brief just out with RRI: ow.ly/wevj50U6vCV #COP29 #Article6

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Had to go back to the old black bird/X platform yesterday to support a colleague’s post. Damn that was scary.

From this high-level global evidence map of co-impacts (co-benefits or tradeoffs) show where we have lots of evidence for action, and where we might need more. Carbon markets for may be part of global climate solutions, but can't come at the expense of equity.

Hit me up for an ungated copy.

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We screened ~2 million articles with trained machine learning and natural language process models. After sifting through we end up with >250k articles that we categorized and assessed.

#NaturalClimateSoltuions range from tree planting to improved agriculture to restoring coastal wetlands. There's a lot of ground to cover to understand how they interact with social or environmental outcomes locally via impacts on things like jobs or health, or #biodiversity and #ecosystemservices

Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions Nature Sustainability - Rich evidence of the potential co-benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions is available but remains poorly understood. Assessing the literature with machine...

#NaturalClimateSolutions try to address global climate problems, but how do they impact local communities? We review what we know from >250 K articles in work with @harpactes.bsky.social, @jterbaugh.bsky.social, and many others (not yet here!) is just out in @naturesustain.bsky.social

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Global evidence of human well-being and biodiversity impacts of natural climate solutions Nature Sustainability - Rich evidence of the potential co-benefits and trade-offs of natural climate solutions is available but remains poorly understood. Assessing the literature with machine...

In our research (out today in @naturesustain.bsky.social), we provide a comprehensive evidence map for the co-impacts from #NaturalClimateSolutions using large language models (in addition to other interesting models!) to synthesize information from >250 K articles.

rdcu.be/d10Nh

What a find (via @floragraham.bsky.social)!

The Journal of Universal Rejection, www.universalrejection.org, to which “all submissions, regardless of quality, will be rejected”. Can't wait to go to their conference! Oops! That has been canceled! 😆
#AcademicSky 🧪 ⚒️ #scipol

A new society for social-ecological systems will launch next year. If your research focuses on resilience thinking, transformation, and SES, join the listserv and be part of this exciting community. socses.org

Assistant Professor in Biodiversity (up to three positions) at the Department for Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, the Department of Environmental Science, the Department of Geological Sciences, the Department of Physical Geography or the Department of

Stockholm University is hiring up to 3 Assistant Professors working on Biodiversity
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
utilizing "...recent advances - such as within sequencing, AI, imaging, mass spectrometry, tomography and exposomics - provide new opportunities."

This conservation science starter pack is amazing - full of folk Twitter's algorithms have kept me from seeing for years
bsky.app/starter-pack...

This week @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social, we began our last “Environment and Society” class with Wendell Berry. After, a student told me, ”I didn’t know I needed that.”

Leaving this here in case you might need it, too.

Deus in machina: Swiss church installs AI-powered Jesus Peter’s chapel in Lucerne swaps out its priest to set up a computer and cables in confessional booth

The God we want is the god we make. Others with god complex, be warned.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Fossil fuels are the biggest source of CO2 emissions in most countries, but there are a few exceptions

Science for Policy Starter Pack Join the conversation

I've just created a #Science4Policy Starter Pack that might be of interest to those looking for #SciPol opportunities, resources, tips, & initiatives!

I'll gradually add #SciPol experts to it in the coming weeks so please share recommendations below!

Follow along here: go.bsky.app/9Ha2WF2

Please consider applying for our Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human-Environment Interactions <https://jobs.aag.org/jobs/view/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-human-environment-interactions/75886454/> Applications due January 6th, 2025

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

joining the scientific movement...

www.science.org/content/arti...

Climate Solutions 101 presented by @ProjectDrawdown

We all understand the science of the climate *problem*.

But what about the science that underpins good climate solutions and effective climate strategy?

Here's a set of resources we've put together at Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social to help:

drawdown.org/climate-solu...

Seems global probabilities weren't on Kamala side this year. Yet comparatively got much closer than most incumbents worldwide...

Here is Vol. 1 of the Bluesky Energy & Environmental Economics starter pack.

If your account is still active at the Nazi Bar, feel free to share there to help get new feeds primed--there are a lot of people here!

Let me know if you'd like to be included in the next batch!

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Despite 15+ years of #REDD+ readiness, progress toward recognition of community rights lags. Do countries recognize community rights to #carbon? Policy brief just out with RRI: ow.ly/wevj50U6vCV #COP29 #Article6