Shreya Some

Postdoc Researcher | Contributing Author & Editor @IPCC_CH AR6 | #climatechange #agriculture #energy #JustTransition #SDGs #gender | Proud Sister | women🏏fan

[Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @LuizaJarovsky]

🚨 BREAKING: The UN General Assembly adopted the first global resolution on AI. Important points below:

➡️ A first important aspect of this resolution is that the UN recognizes that AI can help accelerate the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and it stresses the urgency of "achieving global consensus on safe, secure, and trustworthy artificial intelligence systems." Below are 17 Sustainable Development Goals:

1. No poverty
2. Zero hunger
3. Good health and well-being
4. Quality Education
5. Gender equality
6. Clean water and sanitation
7. Affordable and clean energy
8. Decent work and economic growth
9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
10. Reduced inequalities
11. Sustainable cities and economies
12. Responsible consumption and production
13. Climate action
14. Life below water
15. Life on land
16. Peace, justice and strong institutions
17. Partnership for the goals

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➡️ On page 3 of the resolution, the UN recognizes possible downsides of the use of AI "without adequate safeguards or in a manner inconsistent with international law," for example:

➵ "hinder progress towards the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals and undermine sustainable development in its three dimensions – economic, social, and environmental;
➵ widen digital divides between and within countries;
➵ reinforce structural inequalities and biases;
➵ lead to discrimination;
➵ undermine information integrity and access to information;
➵ undercut the protection, promotion, and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right not to be subject to unlawful or arbitrary interference with one’s privacy;
➵ increase the potential risk for accidents and compound threats from malicious actors"

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➡️ It also encourages Member States to enact AI regulation and AI policies on various topics, including privacy. They mention:

"Safeguarding privacy and the protection of personal data when testing and evaluating systems, and for transparency and reporting requirements in compliance with applicable international, national and subnational legal frameworks, including on the use of personal data throughout the life cycle of artificial intelligence systems"

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➡️ Overall, it's an interesting summary of a global perspective on the meaning of “safe, secure, and trustworthy” AI.

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[IOP Environment @IOPenvironment]

New paper from #ERL presents a modified technology innovation system (MTIS) approach applicable to developing countries: https://t.co/IBklhXPJiH.

@SMARTS_AIT
@Joyashree9
@ShreyaSome

[PLOS Climate @PLOSClimate]

New Opinion article: @minalpathak1, @shauryapatel29 and @ShreyaSome highlight opportunities for improved alignment between climate change mitigation and progress on the #SDGs

https://t.co/XQpyFnHIU9

[Shreya Some @ShreyaSome]

Excited to share our #newpaper on #transition, fresh and hot from the oven.
https://t.co/sAjtsEcmuv

#MobilityTransition #EDITSproject #policyresearch #policyanalysis

[Joyashree @Joyashree9]

#Policy as a catalyst in shaping #mobility sector #transition for #developing #countries @SMARTS_AIT @ChangeFraming @climatestrat @IPCC_CH
DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad1d29

[Alaa Al Khourdajie 🇪🇺 @DrAlaaClimate]

The programme for #IPCC #AR7 has been decided

👇🏼➕ the already agreed
➡️ Special Report on Climate Change and Cities and
➡️ a Methodology Report on Short-lived Climate Forcers

[Joeri Rogelj @JoeriRogelj]

Tomorrow 16 Jan 2024, delegates from over 190 countries meet in Istanbul for the @IPCC_CH's 60th plenary session.

It will be the first session under new chair @JimSkeaIPCC and will decide on which reports will be written by when.
https://t.co/40ayrrPP9N

[Shreya Some @ShreyaSome]

@nivedita_Him @KirloVasundhara Congratulations 👏. Very well deserved!

[Alaa Al Khourdajie 🇪🇺 @DrAlaaClimate]

The final #COP28 text, 'The UAE Consensus', is out

https://t.co/Mvgidx0mPo

Comparing it with the latest IPCC reports:

1/8

[Joeri Rogelj @JoeriRogelj]

Published today:
The Broken Record of countries' climate pledges not delivering on the emissions reductions we need.

Read the latest @UNEP #EmissionsGap report

https://t.co/StqF4XclDp

(A longer 🧵to follow)

[Shinichiro Fujimori @sfujimori1122]

if you are interested in national scenarios on energy/cliamte migiation scenarios, please join us by registering. We will be releasing formal call for scenarios for the forthcoming study. I am truly excited to have any body who has an interest on this kind of activity!!!

[Célestin Monga @CelestinMonga]

Amartya Sen turns 90!
“I think he’s the greatest living figure in normative economics, which asks not ‘What do we see?’ but ‘What should we aspire to?’ and ‘How do we even work out what we should aspire to?’” said Nobel laureate Eric Maskin https://t.co/ryq9CzJgv5 @kaushikcbasu

[Jim Skea @JimSkeaIPCC]

Pleased to announce @IPCC_CH’s call for nominations for experts for the 1st special report in #IPCC's 7th cycle on #ClimateChange & cities.

We welcome nominations for experts from diverse backgrounds, incl. stakeholder groups. We encourage a gender balanced set of nominations.

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

#NowHiring

#IPCC’s Working Group I, assessing the physical science basis of #climatechange, is hiring a Head of Science Team to support its delivery of a rigorous & impactful assessment of climate change science.

Closes 👉12 Nov 2023
👉 https://t.co/NEg1umkQ4Z

[Dr Anna Pirani @anna_pirani]

Making the @IPCC Climate Report figures available to everyone to understand, explain and use has been recognised as one of the 25 short-listed projects for the prestigious Rebecca Ballestra Award for initiatives raising climate change awareness!
https://t.co/JxG3s1PK3H

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

By trawling through the archives and compiling and correcting historical data, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has been able to present new and often surprising facts. She has also given us a deeper understanding of the factors that affect women’s opportunities in the labour market and how much their work has been in demand.

The fact that women’s choices have often been, and remain, limited by marriage and responsibility for the home and family is at the heart of her analyses and explanatory models. Goldin’s studies have also taught us that change takes time, because choices that affect entire careers are based on expectations that may later prove to be false.

Her insights reach far outside the borders of the US and similar patterns have been observed in many other countries. Her research brings us a better understanding of the labour markets of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

#NobelPrize

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation, and that it largely arises with the birth of the first child.

#NobelPrize

[Dr. Aditi Mukherji @aditimukherji]

Happening now. @CGIAR

[N. Ram @nramind]

Congratulations to The Hindu’s editorial team on this page 1 headline — the best by some distance in the Indian media and, dare I say, in the international media:

[Shreya Some @ShreyaSome]

Congratulations on your well-deserved success, @JimSkeaIPCC! You're an inspiration!

[Jim Skea @JimSkeaIPCC]

I am humbled and deeply honoured to have been elected Chair of @IPCC_CH, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.