The All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network would like to congratulate our Co-Chair @cathdalt.bsky.social on her recent promotion to Professor! An extremely well deserved recognition of all her hard work and dedication 🌟@meecoprof.bsky.social @peterthorne.bsky.social @ybuckley.bsky.social

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!

I really enjoyed participating in this important conversation on gaps in biodiversity research hosted by @aicbrn.bsky.social Timely too as we embark on the great adventure of a National Nature Restoration Plan. Míle buíochas.

What a pleasure to coordinate & participate in such important discussions today with @aicbrn.bsky.social on how we can collectively work towards building a #biodiversity rich island, by working together as researchers, research professionals, and policy makers.

Ready to kick the day off ! From Gaps to Greenways : Research for Biodiversity Policy Looking forward to @aicbrn.bsky.social annual event #biodiversity #policy

Our Research Update on attitudes to #climatechange in #northernireland is out www.ark.ac.uk/ARK/sites/de... By @katyhayward.bsky.social @jonnyhhanson.bsky.social with data from the NI Life & Times survey @climatecocentre.bsky.social @aicbrn.bsky.social @climateni.bsky.social @qubstaff.bsky.social

It’s National #BiodiversityWeek2025! There’s loads happening across the country to celebrate our #Biodiversity - get out, spend time in #nature, then help us ensure that the agencies, communities and individuals fighting to #RestoreNature in Ireland have the support and funding they need. 🌳🐞🐿️🦔🦅🐬🪺🍃

Happy #BiodiversityWeek2025! Just one week left to register for our upcoming @aicbrn.bsky.social event exploring research for #biodiversity policy: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaps-... We're looking forward to seeing you all there! @climatecocentre.bsky.social @dcuclimate.bsky.social

A rather modest (!) abstract for my forthcoming keynote speech at the Mary Robinson Climate & Nature Conference in Ballina on May 26th. www.maryrobinsoncentre.ie/mary-robinso...

🌞Join @aicbrn.bsky.social for our upcoming in person event! 🐝We're getting together to discuss important topics around research for #biodiversity #policy - we'll explore how we can collectively build our way to a biodiversity rich island. 🌟Register by Fri 23rd May! www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaps-...

Join us on 27/5 for the launch of the 2024 NI Life & Times survey results, focusing on #climatechange With @katyhayward.bsky.social @jonnyhhanson.bsky.social @climateni.bsky.social & Rural Community Network Register www.tinyurl.com/nilt24 @climatecocentre.bsky.social @aicbrn.bsky.social

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Here’s the reading list/book exchange from our Sustainability workshop!

Thanks to my wonderful colleagues at @aicbrn.bsky.social for their support and inspiring commitment to vital multi-disciplinary and cross-jurisdictional research collaborations on the defining ethical challenges of our time: the #climate and #biodiversity crises.

Webinar on the 28th of May at 7:30pm about bogs! 🤗 Two top speakers: Nuala Madigan from the Irish Peatland Conservation Council and Dr. Mark McCorry from Bord na Móna will be discussing these peatland’s valuable contribution to a healthy environment. wri.ie/webinar/

Looking forward to taking part in this important @aicbrn.bsky.social workshop on how to use research to inform biodiversity policy. Register below! At the @climatecocentre.bsky.social we engage with policy through Climate + Policy Response Unit & we're delighted to work with colleagues in AICBRN.

Are you a #researcher or stakeholder on #climate and #biodiversity matters in the island of Ireland? Save the date and register for the AICBRN's annual in-person event.👇 Hope to see you there! #collectiveaction #biodiversityaction #research #biodiversitypolicy

Join @ark-ni.bsky.social on 27/5 for the launch of the 2024 NI Life & Times survey results, with a special focus on #climatechange With me, @katyhayward.bsky.social @climateni.bsky.social & Rural Community Network Register www.tinyurl.com/nilt24 @climatecocentre.bsky.social @aicbrn.bsky.social

ien.ie/mareire-lear... @irishenvnet.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social @streamscapes.bsky.social @coastwatch.bsky.social @swanireland.ie @envpillar.bsky.social

Some great responses from our panel to the question of how we can best support human rights defenders. Panelists noted the role of collaboration, training, the media, but also, importantly, respecting human rights defenders' own agency. Now to audience Q&A #DCUClimate2025

📣Sign up for AICBRN's annual in person event: www.eventbrite.com/e/from-gaps-... Let's get together to explore what research is required to underpin #biodiversity policy objectives - where do we need to be, where are we now, and how can we collectively build our way to a biodiversity rich island?

📣Our April newsletter has just been published! us17.campaign-archive.com?e=__test_ema... Read about our upcoming event, a call for input for a report on human rights defenders, interdisciplinary research on NI climate risk, and shipping decarbonisation. ✨Sign up for future issues: aicbrn.net/news/

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 Belfast-Good Friday Agreement is 27 today. And still ahead of us. And still vital.

📣 Join us for the @dcuclimate.bsky.social annual conference on Tuesday 29 April! We'll be exploring the role of activism, storytelling & the arts in responding to the climate crisis. Details and registration here: bit.ly/4cgGNUv

I have a very immediate appointment need for a junior PD position as a chapter scientist on the @ipcc.bsky.social Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Initial appointment will be 6 months so I can appoint immediately but extendable to the two years of the report cycle. (1/2)

💡💡 FUNDING for 🇮🇪: Up to €10,000 for research projects on offshore renewable energy and the environment!💡💡 Please share with your networks and colleagues 🙏

Interested in volunteering to be an author for the IPCC AR7 Working Groups? Nomination process open until 17th April: apps.ipcc.ch/nominations/...

📢Call for nominations The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) invites governments and other relevant stakeholders to nominate early-career candidates to participate in the IPBES fellowship programme for the “second global assessment”.

🦋 Nominations are now open for fellows to contribute to the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. ⏰ Interested early-career individuals with academic and/or professional experience in relevant fields are invited to apply by 28 March 2025.

** Up to €2,500 FUNDING FOR MASTERS STUDENTS ** The IEN's MARÉIRE project, funded by DECC, is calling for proposals by MSc students for environmental projects related to #OffshoreRenewableEnergy. Priority given to projects in partnership with IEN Member groups. More info: ien.ie/wp-content/u...

Hello! We are new here...come follow us! SSSI is an All-Ireland body for professionals and students in #soilscience. We actively promote research, knowledge transfer and sustainable management of #soils in Ireland through scientific #meetings, #fieldtrips, and discussion #forums. www.ucd.ie/sssi/

“Let’s be clear, this is not a ‘nice to have’ target...Without protecting #nature, we simply cannot deliver our #climate and development goals.” @briantodonnell.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.org @pgreenfielduk.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @yaninequiroz.bsky.social

📣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!

Just over a week left on our tender calls!

Register today!

This episode of "10 things to know" about conservation aired before Christmas but you can catch up on @rte.ie Player www.rte.ie/player/serie... Lots of great conservation stories from around Ireland are featured, including some beautiful diverse semi-natural grasslands @climatecocentre.bsky.social

My hot take on the environmental commitments in Ireland's 2025 Draft Programme for Government (published yesterday) is summarised in 4 pages on OSF: doi.org/10.17605/OSF... 1/x #GE2024

Timely lecture taking place online tomorrow: 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯, 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯? Professor Hayward will explore how local, national & international organisations are addressing the rights of children & future generations. Register bit.ly/3C7UdEQ

An evolving list of all the wonderful researchers & orgs in #climate & #biodiversity based or doing research on the island of #Ireland, who are members of the All Island Climate & Biodiversity Research Network. Let me know if I've missed anyone! Want to become a member? aicbrn.net/become-a-mem...

🎙️ Listen back to @rteradio1.bsky.social Countrywide to hear our Co-Director, Prof. @ybuckley.bsky.social join a panel discussion on the farming year ahead:

The list of @ipcc.bsky.social Special Report authors is now posted and I assume final. www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/... I now know what the next two and a bit years of my life will involve ... looking forward to working with an excellent chapter team on Chapter 2. (Its always chapter 2 ... 🙃)

"Past, Present & Future of #SDGs by David Donoghue, a 10-min podcast youtu.be/vv8_j1d9iME?... @catherineomahony.bsky.social @jenniecstephens.bsky.social @eamonryan.bsky.social @jfcryan.bsky.social @bgormley.bsky.social @sabaloftus.bsky.social @president.ie @amytaggart.bsky.social

Delighted to have been awarded Enterprise Partnership funding from Research Ireland (née Irish Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland) and the @npwsireland.bsky.social for my postdoctoral fellowship ‘Twelve Bogs: History, Politics, Ecology www.researchireland.ie/news/enterpr...

EXTENDED DEADLINE! Identifying knowledge gaps on the impacts of Offshore Renewable Energy on Marine Biodiversity: This tender submission has been extended to noon on Friday, 31st January. More information at: ien.ie/learn-about-...

“Understanding the interdependencies between the different areas is "critical" in addressing the crises affecting the natural world.. Often these links are not even acknowledged or ignored and what that means is you can get unintended consequences or trade-offs that emerge..”

📣 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...

The #NexusAssessment is an essential read! For complementary insights on protecting biodiversity for human & ecosystem health, see our latest policy briefs: www.biodiversa.eu/2024/12/16/p...

Council today publishes its Carbon Budget proposal to 2040. This sets out overall indicative emission reductions of 67%. It has said that if we don’t act there will be profound costs to the Irish economy and to the people of Ireland.   📑Read more: www.climatecouncil.ie/news/press-r...

Aedín McAdams presents her work at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social annual mtg on rehabilitation of Fen habitat for the minute whorl snail Vertigo geyeri in west of Ireland - project supported by @uisceeireann.bsky.social