Presenting my fieldwork 'data' for the first time at the IMISCOE Spring Conference was an equally daunting and enriching experience.

Thanks to everyone for the critical questioning and encouragement!
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Scientists’ experiment is ‘beacon of hope’ for coral reefs on brink of global collapse
Thanks @Guardian for covering this, and for understanding our aims to boost reef recovery in the short term while we fix climate change in the long term. #OceanOptimism

theguardian.com/environment/20…

What a wonderful day Embercombe thank you to all the team for welcoming us, sharing your knowledge and beautiful space. This afternoon was filled with pond dipping and fire building. Great to spend time in nature! Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

We’ve had a fabulous morning exploring beautiful@embercombe and learning about re-wilding. We even found a slowworm or two! Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽

Excited to speak on #climatejustice at Green Shift Festival Curzon Cinema & Arts with expert friends from Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 Heart of BS13 Black Seeds Network - Creative Connex
On all weekend, Book here : curzon.org.uk/film/green-shi…

It has been wonderful welcoming back our PGCE students after their P2/3 placement. We thoroughly enjoyed our Climate Fresk workshop on Wednesday with the Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 at University of Bristol engaging in the story of climate change whilst delving deep into climate science together

Bristol Environment Sector! We are back with two free workshops on diversity and inclusion.

May 9 · 1 - 4pm Inclusive Decision Making
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May 29 · 9:30am - 12:30pm Inclusive Chairing and Leadership
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WSA affiliated researchers based at Cabot Institute for the Environment🏳️‍🌈✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 have contributed to a new paper looking at integrating social vulnerability into high-resolution global #flood risk mapping
nature.com/articles/s4146…

Very excited that our side event has been accepted for the SB60 UNFCCC climate change negotiations in Bonn this June!

We've teamed up with Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) and will be discussing youth engagement and inclusive just transitions with Katharina Richter and Dr Alice Venn

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Students & staff are taking part in a Climate Fresk this afternoon!

A great opportunity to learn about climate science and explore positive actions.

#climatefresk ⁦University of Bristol⁩

OUR LIVING WORLD launched today on @Netflix. This stunning series celebrates our intricately interconnected world, beautifully narrated by #CateBlanchett . Was a joy as Series Scientific Consultant to help #WildSpace weave nature's magical threads
youtube.com/watch?v=em9CU8…

This approach can be used as a complement to more traditional population and asset-based approaches to flood risk estimation. We also suggest the scoring system is applicable to many other hazards. More detail and discussion in the full paper: nature.com/articles/s4146…
(14/15)

We use examples from #Nigeria #Pakistan & #Vietnam to illustrate (13/15):

Calculating flood risk in this way changes our understanding of the geography & magnitude of risk, both w/in & between countries. While we present results standardised globally (to compare across countries), we argue the real value-add is the country-standardised results (12/15)

Here's a simple visual summary:
(11/15)

Finally, we create a “vulnerability-adjusted risk index” (VARI) score for every inhabited 90m2 cell on the planet for which we have data using this simple equation:
(10/15)

Building on this premise, we combine flood hazard data from Fathom with the WorldPopProject data to estimate “expected population exposure” at 90m. We then use gridded GDP data to create a spatial indicator of relative deprivation at 1km2: nature.com/articles/s4159…
(9/15)

A poor person in the US is more vulnerable than a rich person in the US. Similarly, a (comparatively) rich Tanzanian is likely to be less vulnerable than a poor one. In short we assume vulnerability is linked to *relative deprivation* everywhere
(8/15)

We can’t account for all this nuance with available data, so we make a reasonable assumption: poor people are more vulnerable & have less coping capacity than rich people everywhere, and this is relative
(7/15)

…but there are significant differences in vulnerability & coping capacity within populations living in similarly exposed areas. There are MANY dimensions to social vulnerability & these vary w/in & between countries, as Neil Adger & others have documented over many years
(6/15)