I am back enjoying sharing what I find interesting in the worlds of environmental monitoring and adaptation, data engineering, and software engineering...even the occasional post about outdoor fun and my day job at #UKCEH. @kitmacleod.bsky.social.
Farewell friends,☹️to be leaving Twitter after 10 years on this key knowledge exchange platform. I will gradually start using https://t.co/Jftk8OLcJc. Twitter has been great for keeping up with tech + env news, learning about your work, + was an impt social geodata research tool.
Revere and Respira are already working with landowners in the Cairngorms with a view to issuing the first carbon credits under this facility during the current year. Revere and Respira believe that this work will encourage other landowners to use this.
https://t.co/gq3KEq434s
Fascinating to hear about ecometric's soil carbon MRV working with Respira International to sell Blaston farm's voluntary carbon credits @BBCFarmingToday@JYeluripati@aitkenhead_matt
https://t.co/EhkMvPmZQ0
We’re delighted the Expert Workshop on the monitoring framework for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework identified our indicator of the global environmental impacts of consumption as a potential headline indicator for #COP15 to consider adopting!🧵
https://t.co/RuuwcLnEAy
Good news😀: results for 2022 show numbers of breeding waders have remained relatively stable over the last five years, contrary to declines elsewhere. https://t.co/jsSe1wdwdd
Impressive message: renewable are the cheapest, renewable deployment is staggering, need to flip to exploit near-free power (the data centre must “dance with the grid”), so FLOPS per watt is not necessarily the only way to decarbonise. Found through @gsfcommunity podcast Ep1 thx.
We don't want #greensoftware to turn into a buzzword, nor do our member organizations.
We have accomplished a considerable amount this year. For #COP27, join us on November 10th to hear the latest innovations and milestones to decarbonize software: https://t.co/jtvESs7ysY
2022 saw the 10th driest summer in the last 100 years in the east, with groundwater levels reaching the lowest since records started in 2009.
We provide year-round support and advice to businesses to help you reduce your impact on the environment 👉 https://t.co/R0CD5Gij3u
🏴 This St Andrew's Day I'm delighted to be teaming up with @JamesHuttonInst for an evening of mapping, geography, culture, science and more!
5.30pm on 30th Nov at Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen. Haggis, neeps & tatties on the menu. 🍽️
🎟️ Tickets: https://t.co/me9lIpZsPk
Creating a digitally enabled research infrastructure for building resilience against floods and droughts. Letter to @Nature https://t.co/sWhuXTwcmf
More about #FDR_NERC: https://t.co/n7vzq40tmq
"We are not winning in any sector," said Ani Dasgupta, head of @WorldResources one of half-a-dozen climate policy think tanks that contributed to the report.
"an urgent wakeup call for decision-makers to commit to real transformation across every aspect of our economy".
The findings of #StateOfClimateAction 2022 are an "urgent wakeup call for decision-makers to commit to real transformation across every aspect of our economy." ~ @AniDasguptaWRI
https://t.co/1RPHENZmGw via @FRANCE24#COP27
To address this 22% wedge of global emissions, the SBTi FLAG Guidance:
A whole sector approach covering all corporate land-related emissions+removals across ag+forestry
11 mitigation pathways for major commodities with significant carbon footprints incl. beef, chicken, dairy etc
Today, we’re launching the world’s first standard target setting guidance for companies in the forest, land and agriculture (FLAG) sectors, covering corporate land-related emissions and removals.
🧵Here’s why this is so important.
https://t.co/1MKgz3OgO6
#SBTiFLAG
Secretary General António Guterres was speaking in New York ahead of a major climate conference in Egypt.
"There has been a tendency to put climate change on the back burner," he said. "If we are not able to reverse the present trend, we will be doomed."
There’s a “promises gap” on cutting carbon emissions, says @antonioguterres so we’re heading for catastrophe. The UN chief talks to @BBCJustinR https://t.co/ZbrbuLS8zA
The Lancet Countdown report says the world's continued reliance on fossil fuels increases the risk of food insecurity, infectious disease and heat-related illness.
Climate impacts on global health are intensifying, especially record heat - latest @TheLancet report. A major theme for #COP27 next month. https://t.co/14pYRSRu8v
If interested in learning #iOS#SwiftUI development, then @twostraws#100DaysOfSwiftUI is excellent. Several marathons..a grounding in how #Swift simplifies development compared to #UIKit..a massive expanse of old and new APIs to understand and use to unlock amazing iPhone +APIs.