Michael Vardon

The Accidental Accountant. Squaring the ledger with the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

#MakeNatureCount with a #NaturalCapitalBank. Read about it @naturesustainab https://t.co/32ojAYw3EO @ANUFennerSchool

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Natural capital must not be left out of 21st century discussions on productivity #MakeNatureCount ⁦@RossGittins⁩ https://t.co/bWGtGGlb97

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Biodiversity market doublespeak | Science | For biodiversity markets to work for conservation, then we must do it properly, paying attention to the detail and learning from the past. https://t.co/0iKjTVqX1r @1RossGittins @1petermartin

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Biodiversity markets and conservation doublespeak . If we are going to make markets for consenservation we have to do it properly and learn from the past | Science https://t.co/0iKjTVqpbT

[David Salt @davidlimesalt]

Measuring What Matters

The headline result has to be that the threatened species index shows a decline of 55% from a 1985 baseline to 2019.

This is a shocking number.

https://t.co/1R3YY8J6zX

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

@alenkohler in the @abcnews finance segment reported on sea-ice levels: “that’s not finance yet, but it soon will be.”

[Sophie McNeill @Sophiemcneill]

Brilliant Finance report on @abcnews in #Australia tonight by @AlanKohler

Alan runs through latest global inflation, mortgage rates… and then shows us the latest Antarctic record-low sea ice levels, concluding “that’s not finance yet, but it soon will be.” #ClimateEmergency

[David Salt @davidlimesalt]

Don’t think this is rational – it’s a mad, mad world

It’s irrational & perverse; scientists have been forecasting these consequences for decades. Now climate change has water lapping at our doors

Doing nothing is not rational. It is complex

https://t.co/1R3YY8J6zX

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Valuing water is hard and context specific. A good read from Sarah Wheeler on the 'social cost of water', and the example of the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. https://t.co/wTuqE7yEEM via @ConversationEDU

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

@megcevans @AusJPA @AuSenate And with @peterburnettanu at your side you have plenty of legal back-up

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Systematically assessing the effectiveness of biodiversity conservation laws is something that should be of interest to us all. Can #NaturalCapital accounting help? It certainly has the potential but it will take work @SusFarms_ANU @ANUFennerSchool #SEEA https://t.co/z0Hxzl9Vbl

[Ariel Ortiz-Bobea @ArielOrtizBobea]

Have you ever read a paper (or seen a talk) where you feel the author is reading your mind?

Like any concern is immediately addressed right after it crosses your mind?

I think that is a hallmark of great writing, and I have a theory about it.

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[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Out overnight the conservation (or not) of the critically endangered Box-gum grassy woodlands with #NaturalCapital accounting #SEEA #MakeNatureCount #EPBAct https://t.co/z0Hxzl9Vbl

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Sydney Harbours or fully loaded aircraft carriers. Is either a good metric for water volume in a world of climate change and sea level rise? @davidlimesalt has some thoughts. #MakeNatureCount

[David Salt @davidlimesalt]

The first casualty – do we really want a war with Mother Nature?

“We're at war with Mother Nature,” screamed the NY Gov. “And she's been hitting us with everything she has.”

Be careful about what you wish for.
In war, chaos reigns.

https://t.co/1R3YY8J6zX

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

@StatCan_eng do it again! Congratulations 🎉 to all in the team

[François Soulard @Soulfra]

The latest release from our Census of Environment.

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

It is great that people like @peterburnettanu are keeping across the detail and distilling the substance from parliamentary processes. Many questions on environmental information, #NaturalCapitalAccounting and #SEEA. Time for coordination and cooperation not competition

[David Salt @davidlimesalt]

Environment Senate Budget Estimates 2023
Much activity but difficult to tell if it will make a difference

The good news is the recent years of inactivity are over

The bad news is that it will take time to generate fresh momentum

https://t.co/1R3YY8J6zX

[Martine Maron @martine_maron]

How to make sure ‘nature positive’ doesn’t become ‘toxic nature positivity’ - @megcevans calling out worrying interpretations of an important concept @EIANZorg

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Great to see #naturalcapital accounting recognised as useful in another context #MakeNatureCount

[Pushpam Kumar @PushpamK]

Excellent development, the G7 Science and Technology Ministerial Meeting concludes-
"..Scientific innovation connecting biological and physical science and economics, should support the measurement, within official statistics, of natural capital accounts..." @andersen_inger @UNEP_NYO @UNDESA @WBG_Environment @IMFNews @hmtreasury @SCMGardner @dlrpretoria @EliFenichel @UNDESA @Economy4Health @cmrodrigueze @NavidHanif_UN @pedrotconceicao @HDRUNDP @KavehZahedi2030 @IPBES @UNEP @UNEP_NAmerica @UNEP_AsiaPac @UNEP_FI

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

@Soulfra Alway good to get the. Umbers. On the positive side 96.3% of the water was treated.

[Biodiversity Council @Biodivcouncil]

What the budget means for nature by @sbekessy @BrenWintle @RAMorgain:
Australia’s threatened species and ecosystems will not survive more funding neglect. It’s time to question our national priorities, and start funding the environment that sustains us.

https://t.co/0NjZ8j4EYi

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

@Soulfra Great stuff. Any thoughts of doing environmentally damaging subsidies?

[Michael Vardon @MichaelVardon]

Another great blog from @peterburnettanu.

It's not just the law that's complex, the accounting is too. I could not figure out the assets and counterpart liabilities and I had many questions in my comments on the Bill. #MakeNatureCount https://t.co/6kLnunfkXo

[David Salt @davidlimesalt]

$78 Billion from a Nature repair market? Seriously? Plibersek’s Nature Repair Market Bill 2023

At the end of the day, the market created by this bill is artificial and complicated.

More importantly, the business case looks rubbery

https://t.co/1R3YY8J6zX