Ascelin Gordon

Jan 5, 2024 | conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Anna O'Brien |Ascelin Gordon

1 INTRODUCTION Globally, biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history (IPBES, 2019a). This loss is largely attributed to human activities, with urban, industrial, and agricultural development being major drivers (IPBES, 2019b; McLellan et al., 2014). A range of policies have been implemented by governments to help reduce this loss, including biodiversity offsetting.

Jul 23, 2023 | dailybulletin.com.au | Ascelin Gordon

Mainstream conversations about artificial intelligence (AI) have been dominated by a few key concerns, such as whether superintelligent AI will wipe us out, or whether AI will steal our jobs. But we’ve paid less attention the various other environmental and social impacts of our “consumption” of AI, which are arguably just as important. Everything we consume has associated “externalities” – the indirect impacts of our consumption.