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@maudbo.bsky.social

👋 Lecturer in Environment, Science & Society at KCL Geography ; convenor of PEBES research group; associate editor Environmental Science & Policy 🌱 Current research on engagement with nature-based solutions and green finance

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@maudbo.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What makes finance 'green'? A contribution to the Conversation, with Sarah Bracking, which draws on five years of research on innovations in green finance. If green finance is to serve collective wellbeing we need proactive regulations on what green finance ought to account for.

Why ‘green’ finance isn’t always as sustainable as it seems

At its most basic level, sciencewashing entails using the vocabulary of science, and borrowing its authority, to claim sustainability outcomes.

theconversation.com

𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗@charlescmann.bsky.social · 2y ago

Despite the outcry, Duke University still plans to close its huge herbarium, because it doesn't want to spend $25 million to repair the collection's building. Duke's endowment was $11.6 billion as of 2022; it is also the primary beneficiary (32%) of the independent $3.69 billion Duke Endowment.

One herbarium’s thorny future: Duke to close century-old 'gem' of biodiversity research

Duke’s collection of more than 800,000 specimens of fungi, plants and algae makes the herbarium one of the largest in the country. The move to close it has drawn criticism from faculty and researchers...

wfae.org

@maudbo.bsky.social · 2y ago

Two climate-related posts @kclgeography, one of which particularly suited for applicants with interests in environmental knowledge politics, geographies of climate knowledges, and/or science-policy interactions. Deadline March 13th 🌱👇

@maudbo.bsky.social · 3y ago

Application deadline: February 18th, 2024, PhD Start: September/October 2024. @drgeorgeadamson.bsky.social @ckweatherill.bsky.social @warrenpearce.bsky.social @estherturnhout.bsky.social @fpvantaggiato.bsky.social maybe of interest to some people in your networks? Feel free to circulate 🙏

@maudbo.bsky.social · 3y ago

☀️ 🌀 Have you ever wondered how climate data are used? Who engages? With what [type of] information? To do what? I'm advertising a fully-funded PhD Studentship with Dr James Porter and the UK MetOffice on "Mapping engagement with climate adaptation information"! More details: bit.ly/3Ha1djf

@maudbo.bsky.social · 3y ago

☀️ 🌀 Have you ever wondered how climate data are used? Who engages? With what [type of] information? To do what? I'm advertising a fully-funded PhD Studentship with Dr James Porter and the UK MetOffice on "Mapping engagement with climate adaptation information"! More details: bit.ly/3Ha1djf