B Robinson
@berobinson.bsky.social
sustainability science, ecosystem services, resource policy. environment, economics, spatial stuff, inequality | prof @mcgillu.bsky.social | sometimes ultrarunner | alltimes father
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B Robinson
@berobinson.bsky.social
· Dec 4
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...
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#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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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
Huge thanks to my incredible co-authors Susan Cook-Patton, @jterbaugh.bsky.social, Luci Lu, Yuta Masuda, @lexunit.bsky.social, @berobinson.bsky.social and funding from @pomonacollege.bsky.social, @bezosearthfund.org, & @nature.org. It's an exciting time to synthesize evidence for conservation! 🌎📊🔍
April 9, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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
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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
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
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...
doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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
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
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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
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
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...
communities.springernature.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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
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
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...
#climatefinance
#carbonmarkets
#carbonoffsets
with Yuta Masuda, @harpactes.bsky.social, and @jterbaugh.bsky.social
communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...
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...
communities.springernature.com
December 10, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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...
#climatefinance
#carbonmarkets
#carbonoffsets
with Yuta Masuda, @harpactes.bsky.social, and @jterbaugh.bsky.social
communities.springernature.com/posts/gettin...
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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
#ncs #naturebasedsolutions 🧪 #NLP #ConservationAI
December 5, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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
#ncs #naturebasedsolutions 🧪 #NLP #ConservationAI
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I hope you can all join this seminar!
Please share with your networks. It is free and open to everyone!
Please share with your networks. It is free and open to everyone!
In the final Ignite webinar of the year, Jonathan Foley will showcase the ongoing efforts at Project Drawdown to address the pressing challenges of climate change and political headwinds while offering a preview of what’s ahead for 2025.
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@globalecoguy
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@globalecoguy
December 4, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I hope you can all join this seminar!
Please share with your networks. It is free and open to everyone!
Please share with your networks. It is free and open to everyone!
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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
Policy Brief: State of Indigenous Peoples’, Local Communities’, and Afro-descendant Peoples’ Carbon Rights in Tropical and Subtropical Lands and Forests - Rights + Resources - Supporting Forest Tenure...
Due to limited progress in reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries, global interest in using nature-based climate solutions (NbS) has never been greater among governments, corporations, ...
rightsandresources.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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
Had to go back to the old black bird/X platform yesterday to support a colleague’s post. Damn that was scary.
a cartoon of a woman sitting on a bench with the words " it 's scary " below her
ALT: a cartoon of a woman sitting on a bench with the words " it 's scary " below her
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Had to go back to the old black bird/X platform yesterday to support a colleague’s post. Damn that was scary.
#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
rdcu.be/d10Nh
rdcu.be/d10Nh
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...
rdcu.be
December 4, 2024 at 5:28 PM
#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
rdcu.be/d10Nh
rdcu.be/d10Nh
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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
rdcu.be/d10Nh
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...
rdcu.be
December 2, 2024 at 7:19 PM
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
rdcu.be/d10Nh
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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
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
November 26, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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
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
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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
SocSES
socses.org
October 24, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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
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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."
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
utilizing "...recent advances - such as within sequencing, AI, imaging, mass spectrometry, tomography and exposomics - provide new opportunities."
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
su.varbi.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:28 PM
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."
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
utilizing "...recent advances - such as within sequencing, AI, imaging, mass spectrometry, tomography and exposomics - provide new opportunities."
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This conservation science starter pack is amazing - full of folk Twitter's algorithms have kept me from seeing for years
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 21, 2024 at 6:23 PM
This conservation science starter pack is amazing - full of folk Twitter's algorithms have kept me from seeing for years
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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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.
Leaving this here in case you might need it, too.
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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.
Leaving this here in case you might need it, too.
The God we want is the god we make. Others with god complex, be warned.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The God we want is the god we make. Others with god complex, be warned.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Fossil fuels are the biggest source of CO2 emissions in most countries, but there are a few exceptions
November 22, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Fossil fuels are the biggest source of CO2 emissions in most countries, but there are a few exceptions
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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
I'll gradually add #SciPol experts to it in the coming weeks so please share recommendations below!
Follow along here: go.bsky.app/9Ha2WF2
Science for Policy Starter Pack
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 21, 2024 at 3:47 PM
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
I'll gradually add #SciPol experts to it in the coming weeks so please share recommendations below!
Follow along here: go.bsky.app/9Ha2WF2
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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
November 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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
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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...
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...
Climate Solutions 101 presented by @ProjectDrawdown
drawdown.org
November 21, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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...
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...
We’re going to hear lots of stories about which people, policies and rhetoric are to blame for the Democrats’ defeat.
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
Some of those stories may even be true!
But an underrated factor is that 2024 was an absolutely horrendous year for incumbents around the world 👇 
November 21, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Seems global probabilities weren't on Kamala side this year. Yet comparatively got much closer than most incumbents worldwide...
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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...
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...
August 22, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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...
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
Policy Brief: State of Indigenous Peoples’, Local Communities’, and Afro-descendant Peoples’ Carbon Rights in Tropical and Subtropical Lands and Forests - Rights + Resources - Supporting Forest Tenure...
Due to limited progress in reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries, global interest in using nature-based climate solutions (NbS) has never been greater among governments, corporations, ...
rightsandresources.org
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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