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Dr Emma Bush retweeted
With +50% of UK adults engaged in gardening, there's potential for this group to maintain biodiversity, reduce CO2 emissions & prepare for climate change.
Join Ecosystem Scientist @er_bush & Arboricultural Consultant @whinchliffe on Thursday 12 November!
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📢 One week left to apply for our exciting new PhD - harnessing the power of plants to fix our towns and cities! 🌿
Get in touch if you want to know more.
📢 Two weeks to apply for a very exciting fully-funded PhD within our NBS team @TheBotanics @RBGE_Science .
🌿 Plants with Purpose: Enhancing flood management and multi-functional performance of green infrastructure by evaluating plant functional traits
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📢 Two weeks to apply for a very exciting fully-funded PhD within our NBS team @TheBotanics @RBGE_Science .
🌿 Plants with Purpose: Enhancing flood management and multi-functional performance of green infrastructure by evaluating plant functional traits
findaphd.com/phds/project/pl…
Come and '"Build a Better City" with us @TheBotanics today and meet the scientists working to make our streets greener and healthier. Lego drop-in 12-4pm 5+.
edinburghscience.co.uk/event…
@EdSciFest @RBGE_Science
Wind turbines, hydro-electric plants, green roofs and walls, wetlands, floating greenhouses and gardens aplenty!
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
📢Launched today:
New NbS Knowledge Hub to help scale #naturebasedsolutions in the UK.
Developed by researchers from @NatureBasedSols & #AgileInitiative, including cross-disciplinary tools, guides and policy briefs.
naturebasedsolutionsinitiati…
Very excited to get started on this new project to make our cities better places for us and the planet #humanswithnature #makespacefornature #greencities
🌿🌡 We desperately need to make more space for nature in urban areas, as the impacts of our changing climate demonstrate.
#PlantsWithPurpose will see £500,000 invested, spearheading #TeamRBGE research into providing resilience for our towns and cities👉 rbge.cc/3T9zm9N
ALT A group of school students crouch down next to a planted bed in a rain garden with a person in a suit kneeling down and pointing to a plant as they talk to the students.
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
Botanical gardens cool city air by around 5°C in heatwaves, reveals an international study involving UKCEH. Parks & wetlands also notably lower air temperatures 🌡️
The @UniOfSurrey-led @reclaim_network team reviewed data from 100+ urban areas worldwide
ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/new…
ALT Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
This paper was the first step in working on a new topic for my postdoc work, and I'm so glad I had the chance to work with my amazing collaborators on it! Cheers @er_bush, @JasonVleminckx, @bofosubamfo1, @Dr_MR_Metz, Simon Queenborough, and Adeline Fayolle!
Well done @adavey_RBGE too! A brilliant day with lots to mull over now... #Impact #Equity #Relationships #KnowledgeExchange
An extraordinary day exploring #leadingideas in relationships, equity & impact in #knowledgeexchange for Scotland's environment, food & agriculture sectors & beyond. Brilliantly organised by Michelle @SEFARIscot & Dave @SPRExchange & superbly facilitated by @briana_pegado.
ALT The Caledonian Hall at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - image shows a gabled building nestled among trees, with a bright blue sky behind
ALT Inside the Caledonian Hall - image shows a room with round tables and people sitting and standing, engaged in conversation
ALT Our brilliant graphic artist, Jenny Capon, sitting in front of a work in progress - an A0 white sheet with lots of black text and images featuring Sefari, knowledge exchange, impact, and the leading ideas hub
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
Participatory research and those all important relationships are the subject of our next #leadingideas session with @fiddleBrain & @er_bush @RBGE_Science @SPRExchange
The UN predicts that two out of three people will live in cities by 2050. But will these cities be good places to live? And can they do good to our living planet? stories.rbge.org.uk/archives…
@TheBotanics
@BotanicsStories
@RBGE_Science #NatureBasedSolutions
Looking forward to this evening's lecture from the Botanical Society of Scotland: 'The role of Botanic Gardens in an Urban Setting" - Kevin Frediani curator of Botanic Garden, University of Dundee
Botanic gardens have evolved over time. Paradise gardens -> medical gardens -> economic gardens and now -> knowledge gardens? A place to share and apply knowledge. Human ecology, global change, regeneration. Our place in life on earth: Nature based solutions...
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
🔴NEW REPORT
🏭Cities are on the frontline of the #climatecrisis:
👥Home to 4.4bn
🔋Occupy <2% of the 🌎 but account for ~70% of emissions
🌧️The human spaces most exposed to climate risk
We must act NOW to make them climate resilient.
📗➡️ Read more: ccag.earth/s/CCAG-Cities-Rep…
ALT New CCAG Report – Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis
Dr Emma Bush retweeted
We need cities that are climate resilient, keeping their people safe.
We need construction that is fit for purpose in a net-zero emissions world.
We have the know-how but we must urgently put it into practice.
Read CCAG's action plan: ccag.earth/s/CCAG-Cities-Rep…
ALT A quote from Professor Salemeelul Huq about the need to create climate resilient cities: "Approaches already exist to secure safe and prosperous cities for citizens everywhere – it is up to us to properly fund and implement them."
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(3/3) UNEP-WCMC is working on how using nature-based solutions and a system of urban ecosystem accounting can improve air quality in Chinese cities, among other benefits. Read more in our blog ➡️tinyurl.com/5n8p2z4x