Last week, we weaved natural capital into workshops at the Culture & Climate Connections event by NI Arts Council & @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social—spotlighting the arts in climate action & enviro. policy. Thanks to Drs. Kim-Marie Spence & Ali FitzGibbon for supporting @projdandelion.bsky.social too!

📢 Big news! ISO 14054:2025 Natural Capital Accounting for Organisations is available now: shop.standards.ie/en-ie/standa... Download a free BSI Executive Briefing: pages.bsigroup.com/l/35972/2025... Join an introductory webinar on 27th January at 10 am (GMT): pages.bsigroup.com/BSISO14054_w...

Natural & social capital are deeply related 👥🌳 The importance of human connection in transformative environmental action featured strongly in last Thursday's Bioregioning South East Ireland (BioSEI) Gathering. One particularly poignant message came from BioSEI Ambassador, Ray McGrath ⬇️ [1/3]🧵

In a new blog post, Aparna Nair discusses policy instruments in the context of climate action and natural capital ➡️ www.naturalcapitalireland.com/post/policy-... On the topic of finance, join the Civil Society Forum on Nature Finance, 18-19 Mar 2026 in Belfast ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-soci...

Natural Capital Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation advocating for the #NaturalCapital approach to ensure the value of nature is accounted for in every decision. Stay up to date with relevant events & opportunities - subscribe to our free newsletter here: www.naturalcapitalireland.com/subscribe

At today's Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit, we enjoyed meeting archaeological & built heritage experts, plus Niall Ó Donnchú, Niamh Farren & Dr Andy Bleasdale of @npwsireland.bsky.social. On NPWS's youth outreach, Clare Bromley said, "Nature interpretation is about provoking people to feel & to think"💭

When women lead, resilience grows 🌍 @worldresources.bsky.social new analysis across 12 countries shows every $1 invested in climate adaptation yields generates $10.50 in benefits–with returns of 20–27%. It’s time global funding followed the evidence. Take action: projectdandelion.com/demand

BFBI’s Business Development Manager Dr Maria Fitzpatrick will speak at the upcoming Kildare #Biodiversity Conference on October 18, 2025, on supporting action for businesses on #biodiversity 🌿 With Kildare #Wildlife Rescue / Kildare CoCo. More: kildarebiodiversityconference.ie/2025-confere...

Irish Bioeconomy Week starts today! At last week's 'Todhchaí Ghorm - Blue Future' event by Nua Mara, >100 people explored marine conservation and the blue economy. We also enjoyed @uniofgalway.bsky.social Carna Research Station's 50th Anniversary and a field trip with the Irish Seaweed Consultancy 🪸

Investigation after more than 30 acres of native trees - some centuries old - felled in Co Cork. At a time when a nationwide Nature Restoration Plan is being drafted we still see rare habitats being destroyed, often with very little consequence #RestoreNature share.google/SwJgX0EsIFYN...

Last week, our Executive Coordinator, Deirdre Lane, joined the Irish Bioeconomy Forum in Tralee. Two key topics for us were the policy innovation toolbox and cluster building. Learn more during Bioeconomy Ireland Week! Join the 13th Oct conference or find other events here: www.irishbioeconomy.ie

Check the fastest ways to address Climate Change The science is here drawdown.org/explorer?

Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new assessment of land-use changes in Europe, accounting for small-scale changes, indicates a 50% higher loss of green spaces. euobserver.com/green-econom...

Call for papers and posters is open for #envecon2026. It is the UK's only premier applied environmental economics conference gathering research providers and users from academia, public and private sector. www.uknee.org.uk/envecon/enve...

🌍☁️ 2024 was the hottest year on record! Climate and biodiversity are deeply connected. Protecting nature can help to mitigate climate change. 🌱 📷 @wmo-global.bsky.social

Today is World Seabird Day! We've been monitoring seabirds on the Isle of May for more than 50 years, one of the longest, most comprehensive studies of its kind in the world - so useful for helping us understand changes in our marine environment. 🧵🧪 1/ #WorldSeabirdDay

NCI's Deirdre Lane @theshamrockspring.bsky.social met #MinisterForNature Chris O'Sullivan at Leinster House @oireachtasnews.bsky.social with @npwsireland.bsky.social's Deirdre Lynn & Áinle Ní Bhriain, IEN's Aoife Ní Lochlainn & Fintan Kelly to talk Funding #NatureRestoration ien.ie/funding-natu...

We're hiring two PhD and two postdoc positions! Interested in pollinators, soils, agroecology, pesticides? Then come and work with us and with collaborators and all over Europe! stanleyecologylab.org/vacancies #findaphd Please share!

The Business of Nature Positive at @tcddublin.bluesky.social sees Dr Catherine Farrell and students engage Irish businesses from a broad range of sectors in a groundbreaking #NaturePositive module, with @bizbioirl.bsky.social - the call is open for 2025! businessforbiodiversity.ie/participate-...

A look back at our #EarthDay2025 #WatchParty of the #MrsRobinson film and panel discussion on the work and legacy of #MaryRobinson. Thanks to all who joined Laura Cook, @projdandelion.bsky.social, Environmental Forum's Theo Dillon and NCI Exec Coordinator @theshamrockspring.bsky.social 🙌

Just one week left to register for our DCU Institute for Climate and Society annual conference, taking place on Tue 29 April. We'll explore the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis. Details & registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dispatches...

The EU's #GreenData4All initiative is open for public consultation! 🗣️ Share your thoughts on improving access to #EnvironmentalData by 30 April 2025. 💭 🔗 Have your say: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... @ec.europa.eu

3 key tests for Climate Action Plan going to Cabinet on Tuesday. Gov of @micheal-martin.bsky.social and @simonharrisireland.bsky.social has promised 'decisive action to radically reduce our reliance on fossil fuels’. Will @darraghobrientd.bsky.social deliver? www.stopclimatechaos.ie/news/2025/04...

EVENT: Join us on #EarthDay, April 22, Cork, for an impact screening of #MrsRobinson, a film on the life of President turned #climatejustice advocate #MaryRobinson, plus panel talk with @projdandelion.bsky.social & #EnvironmentalForum @theshamrockspring.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/mrs-robins...

There may not be WiFi out in nature, but there’s no place you’ll find a better connection. This #EarthHour, Give an hour by spending time outdoors! Calm your mind, be in tune with your body, and be inspired to protect our one shared home. Visit www.earthhour.org for ideas

📣 AICBRN's final newsletter of 2024 has now been published! aicbrn.net/aicbrn-newsl... 🌟Sign up for future newsletters here: aicbrn.net/news/ ✨Or if you're a researcher or research affiliated professional working on the island of #Ireland, sign up as a member (for free!): aicbrn.net/become-a-mem...

#Opinion: Dr David Robbins @dpmrobbins.bsky.social: Climate action is on the slide worldwide, but delaying hard decisions is merely storing up more agony. Read in @irishindependent.bsky.social here: launch.dcu.ie/4iSmZKd

✅ Stakeholder Event: Climate Democracy in the EU. RETOOL project workshop at LSE explored courts & advisory bodies’ roles in #ClimateGovernance. Key topics: #ClimateLitigation, #DemocraticGovernance, and resilience amid political challenges. 🔗Learn more: retoolproject.eu #RetoolProject

We're delighted to be one of over 50 organisations and 400 contributors behind A Strategic Plan for a Nature Positive Regional Economy led by @naturenorth.bsky.social 🌱 It's a clear strategic plan to scale up green investment across the region⚡ Learn more: www.naturenorth.org.uk/strategy/

This World Wildlife Day, why not take a look at the diversity of wildlife recorded near you, via the NBN Atlas? bit.ly/NBNatlas #WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2025 #NBNatlas #MakingDataWorkForNature #biodiversity #wildlife #nature

💙💜🌍 Together, we fight every day for a better Europe that puts people and the planet first. Be part of the change 💪 Watch the video to find out more and join our powerful community! 🇪🇺 👉http://wemove.eu/join

From the depths of the ocean to the top of the mountains, nature holds an abundance of sustainable solutions to combat the #ClimateCrisis. Explore how nations can tap into the power of nature to build a more sustainable future: www.unep.org/facts-about-...

A glorious day at IMMA Dublin at the weekend saw us bang the drum for #naturalcapital with the first 2025 meeting of the new NCI Steering Committee, kicking off new strategy development, building on 10 years advocating for the #NaturalCapital approach #ValueNature. @theshamrockspring.bsky.social

Our first newsletter on #Bluesky! This month: 🌊 reflecting on the role of #environmental #economics in the approval of the #Thames Tideway #supersewer @thameswater.bsky.social 🐬 valuing impacts on #marine #mammals in decision-making 📣 last chance for #envecon tickets! Read 👇

EXTENDED DEADLINES! Tenders on: * Review of legislation underpinning the development of ORE in Ireland * Identifying knowledge gaps on the impacts of ORE on Marine Biodiversity. Extended to noon on Friday, 31st January. More Information on the tenders can be found here: ien.ie/learn-about-...

📣Our first newsletter of 2025 has now been published: aicbrn.net/newsletter-i... 👀Read about: Storm Eowyn & the record breaking start to #Ireland's 2025, AICBRN's upcoming gap analysis workshop, #climatejustice & ethics methodologies, fire management in the Amazon, & some exciting upcoming events!

💡 Opportunity: Empowered Leader Program Application by Women's Impact Alliance ➡️ Designed to accelerate the leadership capacity of women leaders in social and environmental change Apply by 7 March here:

📢 Happening tomorrow in San Sebastián! As part of the COPGendered Erasmus+ Project, Mundubat is hosting an event on 20 Feb to discuss the impacts of climate change on women’s lives. 📩 More info on the poster or contact Sarai Martin, Gender Coordinator at Mundubat: [email protected]

A survey undertaken over the last 20 years of the Irish seabed is coming to its last lap. The INFOMAR programme has been compiling an in-depth survey of the seabed all around the coast

#Innovation Funding event for the #Bioeconomy at the Dept of Environment, Climate & Communications, Tom Johnson House, D4, Feb 28, 9.30am for innovators & businesses in competitive circular #BioBased industries. Dept of Agriculture, DAERA, InterTrade Ireland intertradeireland.com/events/horiz...

Looking for maps and data on nature, climate change, and human development? Explore the @un.org Biodiversity Lab 2.0 and use the data to take action #ForPeopleForPlanet: unbiodiversitylab.org/en/

#Data4Nature #BiodiversityLab

Nature can make cities more resilient, liveable, and sustainable. Yet, investments in urban nature-based solutions remain low. UNEP’s report helps cities track and scale nature finance for lasting impact, turning grey infrastructure into green solutions: www.unep.org/resources/re...

The world’s 2,000 most powerful companies hold the key to unlocking a sustainable future. With bold leadership and decisive action, they can lead the way. Will they rise to the challenge? 🔎 Learn more about the #SDG2000 & their impact: bit.ly/SDG2000report #2000Reasons

“Action to defend #peatlands was a cost-effective way of tackling the #climate crisis, the researchers said”

💔 Climate change is putting chocolate at risk. 🍫 Cacao trees are highly sensitive to temperature. More heat stress can reduce growth, lower yields, and impact the quality of cocoa beans. Read @climatecentral.org 's analysis here: www.climatecentral.org/report/analy...

We need your help to improve the PeatSense Platform! Whether you're somewhat interested in peatlands or spend every day thinking about bogs, your feedback matters to us. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey and share it with your friends and colleagues: eu.surveymonkey.com/r/QP56HMV 💭📝

We want to introduce ourselves to our Bluesky community! 👋 Learn more about AI2Peat and the PeatSense Platform in the slides below. To dive in further, check out: peatsense.org. Can you help us? We need your feedback on PeatSense. Please message us or click here: calendly.com/ai2peat/peat...