Earth System Modeller, #climate and #sustainability researcher,
Director for Sustainability Research,
Open Societal Challenges Programme, The Open University, UK
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And John Ruskin was better informed about the value of #biodiversity in the 19th century than most in the 21st
And Ruskin had a few other good ideas too
Neil R. Edwards
The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity.
It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030.
Taxing the rich is a global necessity.
What happened to the world of the #dinosaurs? We are still in it. Not a comment on current geopolitics but observation that 1 birds are not just descended from dinosaurs, they technically are dinosaurs 2. There are 10,000 species, twice as many as mammals
theconversation.com/theres-a-rea...
Neil R. Edwards
Looks like early medieval Ireland was better at legislation to protect pollinators than we are now theconversation.com/why-early-me...
Today has been the hottest day in May on record with Kew Gardens provisionally reaching 34.8°C - exceeding the previous highest May temperature in the UK by a full 2 degrees Celsius🌡️
This heat would be exceptional in the UK even in mid summer, let alone in May📈
Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough 🎉
For 25 years, many of Sir David Attenborough's documentaries have been supported by academics from The Open University. Take a look back at the co-productions that have influenced how we view the natural world 🌎 https://ow.ly/4UGV50YVZ3h
