Lewis Collins

One Earth May cover: a deflating blow-up globe made of plastic against an orange background.

(1/9) Our theme for the May issue of One Earth features the continued negotiations towards a Global #PlasticsTreaty. While the initial goal was to finalize the treaty last year, negotiations will continue this August. What is needed for a successful agreement?

🧵A guide to thematic content:

Understanding the role of aerosols as both cooling & warming agents is essential in light of our rapidly warming climate. This month’s issue explores aerosol-climate uncertainties, highlighting a need for international collaboration & sustained monitoring & modelling. www.cell.com/one-earth/is...

Excited to announce that One Earth editor Carrie Tait will be attending @keystonesymposia.bsky.social on the Future of #Agriculture for #Sustainability next wk. Attending too? Reach out to Carrie for an opportunity to discuss your work: www.cell.com/one-earth/ed...

Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do There's still time to act to limit the worst effects of climate change, but we need political willpower

"Humanity is failing to meet its climate change goals. Here's what experts say we can still do" by Matthew Rozsa for Salon (@salonnewsroom.bsky.social): www.salon.com/2024/12/30/h...

This #AGU24 puppy is definitely channeling my inner vibe right now.

If coupled with carbon capture & storage, #net-zero #ammonia production can be achieved using just 1/10th of the EU’s #sustainable #biomethane

www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...

A graphic advertising AGU24 in Washington DC 9-13 December 2024, with little images of bongos (?), the washington monument, the magnetic field of the earth, volcanoes, test tubes, the sun, thermometers, weather balloons, wind turbines, crystals and more

If you're not at #AGU24, the largest gathering of earth scientists in the world, and you're feeling some FOMO, don't worry: @kellyhereid.bsky.social has you covered.

Here's her feed of "what's hot at AGU". Just pin and enjoy! bsky.app/profile/did:...

Want to pursue your #GlobalHealth dreams?

Don’t miss these research opportunities in partnership with leading institutions, that could take your health career to the next level in 2025.

👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

The Cell Press booth (1042) is officially open in the #AGU24 exhibition hall.

Come learn about our journals inc. One Earth, Cell Reports Sustainability, iScience & more & chart your #sustainability ‘thought-map’ on our thread board

Unfortunately some speaker no-shows in 1st #AGU24 session of the week. Hoping for better in #NetZero emission #EnergySystems

Excited to kick off #AGU24 with #climate impacts and #agriculture

We’ve been promised a session of ‘speed-talks’. Let’s see how that goes…

"Conservative and Concerned about Climate Change? You’re Not Alone" | I discuss #ClimateChange with Bob Inglis at this #EnergyWeek event at @uofpenn.bsky.social's @kleinmanenergy.bsky.social on Thu Feb 13, at 12:30pm. More info and link to register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/conservati...

An image of mangroves at sunset. A portrait of Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity is also featured along with a quote: "The IPBES Assessment Report on Transformative Change [...] offers concrete strategies and actions to enable the fundamental changes needed to meet the targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) and to fulfil the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity: Living in Harmony with Nature."

Probing obstacles to transformative change – including human practices and habits – contributes to charting pathways to a more just & sustainable world for people and nature.🌍🧪

—Astrid Schomaker, CBD Exec. Sec

💡Coming Soon: the @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Report

#IPBES11 is around the corner! 📢

But...do you know what an @ipbes.bsky.social Plenary session is and why this one is so important? 🤔

One reason (among many) is: it's the first-ever IPBES Plenary session held on African soil! 🌍🧪

📅 10 - 16 December 2024

📌Windhoek, Namibia

Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries This paper proposes a way to understand plastics pollution on a global scale from a full life cycle: from material extraction to Earth system effects. We suggest a set of control variables based on how they affect the other processes in the planetary boundaries framework. We bring a precautionary approach and long time scale into the frame. The results show that plastics pollution has knock-on effects on other major environmental problems such as climate change and biodiversity loss, exacerbating their impacts.

#Plastics pollution exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries - www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
Read the Review in One Earth #openaccess

Even if Norway dismantles the oil & gas industry, there is a need for new investment & there will be a lot of value creation (income).

Maintaining production at current levels requires massive investment in new areas & significant risk of stranded assets.

www.linkedin.com/pulse/watch-...

I’ll be attending #AGU24 nxt wk with several fellow editors:

Abby Kelly, One Earth
Melissa Plail & Lu Liu,
Cell Reports Sustainability
Michelle Muzzio & Camilla Imarisio, iScience

We’d love to hear what you’re working on. Get in touch to set up a meeting: info.cell.com/meet-the-edi...

Framework for decentralized energy and enhanced resilience on islands This five-step framework can help island states assess their energy systems and shift to decentralized, renewable and resilient ways to produce energy.

🏝️ The climate crisis is escalating threats to energy security for many #island nations.

A new brief by Jindan Gong and Gowtham Muthukumaran introduces a 5-step framework showing how #renewable technologies can mitigate these risks.

Learn more 👇

As UNCCD's #COP16Riyadh shines a spotlight on land degradation and solutions to combat it, see images to uncover key facts about soil and land—and why they’re vital to all life on Earth. #GenerationRestoration: www.worldenvironmentday.global/did-you-know...

Research Fellow Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.

Research Fellowship Opportunities at Project Drawdown!

Here are some great opportunities to work on the front lines of climate solutions. Please pass along to your colleagues.

drawdown.org/careers/rese...

Today over 1/3 of 🌍 land surface are used for agriculture.
 
Food systems are a key contributor to nature loss and land degradation.
 
But we all need to eat and why we desperately need sustainable, resilient and inclusive agri-food systems.
 
Today at #COP16Riyadh I joined partners to discuss how.

Thursday is Agri-food System Day at #COP16Riyadh. Don’t miss UNEP events on the role of academic institutions in preventing land degradation, the Great Green Wall Youth Caravan #ForNature, soil health + more.

More details & other updates are here: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Should California Subsidize Out-of-State Biofuels or In-State Electric Vehicles? - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy Energy policy research from the University of Pennsylvania

Did you know how many billions of dollars California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard makes drivers pay to out-of-state biofuel producers?

Turns out it's a lot — a peak of about $2.9 billion in 2021, which is more than enough to give a $7500 rebate to all of the battery EVs sold in 2023.

“Achieving ‘net zero’ no longer means what we meant by it. If we're going to count on them to mop up our historical emissions, we can't at the same time use them to offset future fossil fuel emissions” says Myles Allen to @eroston.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Applications are now open for the Joint PhD Programme for #GlobalHealth from LSHTM & Nagasaki University

This international collaboration connects students with a global community of researchers in the UK and Japan.

Apply by 10 January 2025 👉 www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/resear...

Announcing the AgMIP starter pack! We will regularly update our list, so reach out if you'd like to join!
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A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2025 We discuss the outcomes of our 16th horizon scan of issues that are novel or represent a considerable step-change and have the potential to substantially affect conservation of biological diversity in the coming decade. From an initial 96 topics, our international panel of 32 scientists and practitioners prioritised 15 issues. Technological advances are prominent, including metal and non-metal organic frameworks, deriving rare earth elements from macroalgae, synthetic gene drives in plants, and low-emission cement. We include new insights into accelerated impacts of changes to Antarctic ice masses and air and water quality. We hope that anticipating and mitigating negative impacts, and making best use of new opportunities related to these issues, will contribute to better outcomes for biological diversity.

Always an interesting read 🧪🌎

www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Starting soon: join us at our session today, 17:00 (AST) 5 Dec, at CGIAR Pavilion C15 in the Blue Zone.

Watch online here: events.cgiar.org/landandnatur...

#COP16Riyadh @cgiar.bsky.social

Personal programme planning for #AGU24 today!

Just the 13 conflicting items on Day 1, Session 1 so far 🤦‍♂️ #EditorLife