The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
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Awarded for environmental science, health and energy conferring great benefit upon humanity. Administered by USC
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The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is the oldest and most prestigious global prize in Environmental Sciences. Founded by John and Alice Tyler and inaugurated by US President Ronald Reagan in 1973, the Tyler Prize recognizes those working to preserve and enhance our world. Administered by the University of Southern California. During it's 50 year history, the Tyler Prize has ignited a blaze of interest across a spectrum of environmental concerns, including environmental policy, environmental health, air and water pollution, ecosystem disruption, loss of biodiversity, population, energy, and food resources. Recipients of the Tyler Prize are honored in an illustrious ceremony, presented with the Tyler Prize medallion, and awarded USD$250,000. Our most recent Laureates are Dr. Daniel Pauly and Dr. Rashid Sumaila (awarded in 2023). Previous Laureates include: Sir Andy Haines (2022, UK), Gretchen C. Daily (USA 2020) and Pavan Sukhdev (India, 2020), Michael E. Mann and Warren M. Washington (USA, 2019), Paul Falkowski and James McCarthy (USA, 2018), José Sarukhán Kermez (Mexico, 2017), Sir Partha S. Dasgupta (UK/India, 2016).
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A powerful video reminding us that throwing things away without a second thought comes at a high cost for our planet and for future generations.
This is the closest I've been to tears in a long time. The scale of the global waste problem is overwhelming. The size of the task ahead of us is daunting. I consider myself a fairly robust guy, but today I just feel like crying...for our planet and the future our children will inherit.
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Great post to celebrate Amazon Rainforest Day. Thank you, Rhett Ayers Butler!
Today is Amazon Rainforest Day 🌈 To mark the occasion, here are a few facts and figures about the world’s largest tropical rainforest: 🌳 The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest, bigger than the next two largest rainforests — in the Congo Basin and Indonesia — combined. 🌳 At 6.9 million square kilometers, the Amazon Basin is roughly the size of the contiguous United States and covers about 40 percent of the South American continent. The Amazon rainforest — biogeographically defined to include the rainforest in the Guianas, which lie outside the Amazon Basin — spans about 8 million square kilometers, with just over 80 percent forested 🌳 The Amazon River is by far the world's largest river by volume, carrying more than five times the volume of the Congo and twelve times that of the Mississippi. It has over 1,100 tributaries, 17 of which are longer than 1,000 miles (1,600 km). 🌳 The Amazon River once flowed westward instead of eastward as it does today. The rise of the Andes caused it to flow into the Atlantic Ocean. 🌳 The Amazon is estimated to host 16,000 tree species and 390 billion individual trees. 🌳 30% of the world's species are estimated to live in the Amazon, including over 40,000 plant species, 3,000 fish species, 1,300 bird species, 430 mammals, 1,000 amphibians, and 400 reptiles. More than half of the Amazon’s species are thought to reside in the canopy. 🌳 Nearly two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil. 🌳 About 70% of South America's GDP is produced in areas that receive rainfall or water from the Amazon. The Amazon influences rainfall patterns as far away as the United States. 🌳 Amazon Conservation estimates the Amazon contains 71.5 billion metric tons of above and belowground carbon. See the attached map. 🌳 Cattle ranching and feed production for livestock account for more than 80 percent of deforestation in the Amazon. 🌳 On paper, nearly half the Brazilian Amazon is safeguarded in Indigenous territories and protected areas. 🌳 Deforestation in the Amazon declined between 2004 and 2012, largely driven by Brazil's falling deforestation rate. This decline was attributed to macroeconomic trends, the establishment of new protected areas and indigenous territories, improved law enforcement, satellite-based deforestation monitoring, pressure from environmental groups, and private sector initiatives. Deforestation increased from 2013 to 2022 but reversed in 2023, dropping to its lowest level since 2018. Mongabay's Amazon coverage: https://lnkd.in/gNrwE-MZ
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This analysis on how to weigh nature market initiatives by Bronson Griscom for Conservation International offers a helpful roadmap for navigating economic initiatives that claim to be "nature-first" amid increasing concerns about greenwashing. In the interview (linked to in the comments), he offers 5 tips to judge their worthiness: "In summary," said Griscom, who leads Conservation International’s Natural Climate Solutions science team and published a study on this topic in 2017, "natural climate solutions must do the following: [1] Preserve an ecosystem and/or make progress toward returning it to its natural state. For example, some foresters are both protecting their forests from conversion while also transforming their logging and forest management practices to restore their forests from previous degradation. [2] Sustain and improve the resilience of rural economies and biodiversity in the face of a changing climate. For example, planting non-native trees in the African savanna is not a natural climate solution. Why? Those trees capture carbon, but they are more fire prone and would destroy the high biodiversity of the savanna. In contrast, restoration of native trees in places they have been cleared is a natural climate solution. [3] Represent a change in business-as-usual land stewardship practices. In other words, natural climate solutions must be the result of changes in human behavior and provide lasting climate benefits that wouldn’t otherwise occur, such as preventing a forest from being cleared for use as a pasture or a palm oil plantation. [4] Have measurable climate benefits. If we don’t understand how much carbon they capture, we cannot claim they are a real climate solution. [5] Finally, natural climate solutions must respect the rights, knowledge, culture and livelihoods of Indigenous peoples and local communities, which have in the past been overlooked." Does that cover it all? What do you think?
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Today is the birthday of an unsung hero of climate change, Dr. Warren Washington. A pioneer in atmospheric computer modeling, he was awarded the Tyler Prize in 2019. Climate computer modeling continues to be a key way scientists and policymakers can work togher on this critical issue. "The research community continues to provide the policymakers worldwide different scenarios, which can potentially influence political issues," Dr. Washington said in a Q&A with us in 2019. "If you cut back fossil fuels too much and increase the price of energy, then people are going to not pay attention and say it is too extreme. If leaders do not do enough, then society is going to get in the future more severe impacts such as increased flooding, increased forest fires, and sea level rise. Numerous scientific studies have shown many serious climate impacts that are already happening, and society has many choices to make. Some will be painful ones. What the climate research community is offering is research on what is happening now and what will happen in the future, depending on which scenario is selected by the world’s leaders."
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Founder & CEO of Sustainable Ocean Alliance | Ocean Investor | LinkedIn Top Voice | Forbes 30 Under 30
Why do you think this video went viral? One word: curiosity. This Basket Star piques our innate, shared human interest in novelty. It is a foreign, alien-like, deep sea creature that 68+ million people (and counting) may not have seen otherwise. These remarkable animals can regenerate limbs, and their network of branching arms can come together like a woven net to capture plankton and other prey, hence the common name ‘Basket’ Star. I’d argue that tapping into our species’ collective curiosity will be crucial to reversing the world’s biodiversity crisis— the first-of-its-kind mass extinction event driven by human activity. An average 69% of known, monitored wildlife has decreased in the past 50 years. We also don’t yet know how undiscovered creatures are being impacted. This is especially true in the vast global ocean, where scientists estimate that 91% of species have yet to be classified. And today marks the start of the Democratic National Convention. How is this related? In the upcoming U.S. election, it is critical we elect leaders who will uphold and abide by the global 30x30 framework (to conserve 30% of land and sea by 2030) as we sit at this inflection point for wildlife and our planet. This summer, the Biden-Harris Administration released the first-ever National Ocean Biodiversity Strategy. It's an exciting moment that shows our current government’s commitment to this global treaty. The incoming administration must move from this strategy toward its implementation. One objective that stood out to me? “Inspire, educate, and involve the public to discover and value ocean life” (beyond commercially valuable species)—which brings me back to the Basket Star video and how it spread online. In the U.S., 40% of the population is coastal. The rest of Americans, especially in the continental heartland, may rely on viral videos like this to inspire a love of weird, wonderful, wild ocean life. If we are to preserve and protect all biodiversity, and lesser-known marine species for future generations, we need everyone to care—politicians and everyday people alike. Share if you agree. (Video courtesy of @mat_jahan via TikTok)
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Paris Good Fashion - J'agis (j'essaie) pour accélérer le changement vers un monde / une mode plus responsable - Etre utile. I act (I try) to accelerate the change towards a more responsible world/fashion. To be involved.
Dans un nouveau TED Talk, en juillet, à Seattle, Johan Rockström, The Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement 2024 qui est à l'origine du concept des "Nine Planet Boundaries" dresse le bilan à date de l'avancement du réchauffement climatique. L'accélération du réchauffement climatique est patente et phénoménale. Nous sommes à un point de bascule. Nous ne parviendrons pas à tenir les 1,5°C de réchauffement d'ici 2100. 😐 Plus que jamais, nous n'avons pas le choix. "Saving the planet is not only necessary, it's also possible. We have the means, we have the proof. We'll all win if we succeed." A regarder jusqu'au bout 😎 https://lnkd.in/dTJitiTa Stockholm Resilience Centre IPCC PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Julia Marton-Lefèvre Pavan Sukhdev François Gemenne Marlène DRESCH Romain Poivet Steve Evans Andree-Anne Lemieux Ghislain Boyer Paris Good Fashion Sylvie Ebel Guy Morgan Hélène VALADE Kachen Hong Karine Viel CAMILLE CARON Aude VERGNE Christophe Bocquet 🌱Alessandra Lobba NATHALIE FRANSON Laure Du Pavillon Francois Souchet Marjolaine Courbon Odile Idkowiak Charlotte Perrier Corinne Mosher Kenza Sedjelmaci Sophie Hersan Clarisse REILLE Pascal Morand Pierre-François Le Louët Yohann Petiot Frank BOEHLY Frédérique Gerardin Léonore Garnier #action #concret #collectif #trajectoire #zerocarbon #tippingpoint
The tipping points of climate change — and where we stand
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