Fellowship Spotlight: Stuart Brown
For this Fellowship Spotlight, we interviewed Stuart Brown who recently completed his Fellowship at Subak Australia. Stuart generated a high spatial resolution dataset of sea surface temperatures that characterises trajectories of warming for the world’s coral reefs. The dataset also shows the associated changes in bleaching risk over the time range of 1985 to 2100 using a range of climate models and future scenarios.
Amplifying Indigenous Voices
Mibu Fischer is a marine scientist with CSIROs Environment sitting in the Sustainable Marine Futures Program. The majority of her work focuses on exploring inclusion and respect for Indigenous Science and Knowledge within academia. She has collaborated with Indigenous and Traditional People internationally to discuss the importance of the inclusion of worldviews to address many global challenges such as climate change. And worked to include Indigenous voices in national reporting frameworks like the Australian State of the Environment Report.
Founders Highlight Series: Carbon Farming Foundation
For this month’s Founders Series, we interviewed the co-founder and CEO of the Carbon Farming Foundation (CFF), Lachy Ritchie. The CFF exists to make it as easy as possible for farming businesses to tap into the carbon farming opportunity and accelerate towards carbon neutrality. This enables farmers to enter the carbon market and promote more sustainable production practices.
The risks of not giving nature a seat at the table
This blog post is written by Subak’s Accelerator Cohort 1 Member AimHi Earth. AimHi Earth are guided by their mission to accelerate nature-centric decision-making and our vision of a world where nature has a seat at every boardroom, political and kitchen table.
Member Spotlight: Blue Carbon Services
Blue Carbon Services uses seaweed to draw down excessive atmospheric carbon dioxide. As the kelp sheds its organic matter, it drifts into the nearby deep ocean locking the carbon away for 100s to 1000s of years.
Fellow Spotlight: Alvin Chan
Our Fellow Spotlight series focuses on showcasing the work of our Fellows. This time, I spoke with Alvin Chan. Alvin’s Fellowship project is focused on building an open-source, unbiased website allowing any consumer to see the cost & energy savings from adopting combinations of low carbon technologies. Join us as we discuss low carbon technologies, energy bills, the Fellowship experience, and more.
Founders Highlight Series: Coral Maker
We had the pleasure of interviewing Dr Taryn Foster, founder of Coral Maker. Coral Maker incorporates tech with science to scale up the restoration rate and success of coral reefs.
Member Spotlight: Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters is building a Digital Twin of the global food system. A tool that will be used to assess the impact of climate and non-climate drivers on water resources and food production in real time!
Fellow Spotlight: Abhayraj Naik
Our Fellow Spotlight series focuses on showcasing the work of our Fellows. This time, I spoke with Abhayraj Naik. Abhayraj’s Fellowship project is focused on creating a data-driven decision-support tool for energy policymakers in India. Join us as we discuss the energy transition in India, the Fellowship experience, and more.
The vital role of nonprofits in decarbonising the global power sector
In the third blog of our Summit series, Matt Gray, CEO at TransitionZero, summarises the talk “A not-for-profit's role in a capital-intensive power generation sector” which was held as part of the Subak Climate Summit on 5th October.