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Megan Evans
@megcevans
environmental policy, governance, finance • Senior Lecturer @UNSWCanberra • she/her • likes dogs • https://t.co/DYpYkd3ykN • @megcevans.bsky.social
Mar 30 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Long read out in the @SatPaper today, digging into the how and why did this all happen

The great carbon offset scam

#climatepolicy #carboncredits #carbonoffsets #safeguardmechanism

Some key points below 🧵:thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environme… 👉The root cause of this scandal is the Clean Energy Regulator, which has allowed HIR projects to include uncleared lands when the projects started in their credited areas

📝 There are multiple lines of evidence that show the HIR method should only be applied in locations...
Jun 23, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
The ANU-UNSW research team has analysed the recently released CEA (carbon estimation area) for HIR #carbon projects. The results are unsurprisingly bad. 🧵Full papers and interactive data linked below:
1/ HIR (human-induced regen of permanent even-aged native forest) carbon projects have generated ~30% of ACCUs issued under the #EmissionsReductionFund; 37 million ACCUs. They cover more than 31 million ha, ~ the size of Japan. The world’s largest offset type by project area.
2/
May 15, 2023 • 21 tweets • 15 min read
The Australian Government @DCCEEW last week quietly released draft National Environmental Standards (NES) for Matters of National Environmental Significance (MNES) as part of its #EPBCAct reform.
*2 weeks consultation*, due 22 May 2023
A🧵on key issues👇
consult.dcceew.gov.au/draft-nes-for-… Note the overarching MNES standard is the first to be released, there are others in development that will be released (hopefully) soon, including for:
- Environmental Offsets
- Regional Planning
- First Nations Engagement and Participation
- Community Engagement
2/
Mar 1, 2023 • 19 tweets • 12 min read
Two of the most mind-blowing things from #SafeguardMechanism @AuSenate inquiry this week were the govt saying:

1️⃣ the integrity of all existing #ACCUs is "fine"

2️⃣the Chubb review rec's only apply to *new projects* "going forward" - which is not what they said 4 weeks ago🧵 In this thread I'm sharing clips from the following videos, available here:

aph.gov.au/News_and_Event…

Monday 27/02/2023 Environment & Communications [Part 2]
Tuesday 28/02/2023 Environment & Communications [Part 2]
Mar 1, 2023 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Oh cry me a river. How on earth could their projects be "undermined" by sharing data which could quickly an easily prove their integrity. #ACCU #climate #auspol Also nice for GreenCollar to put this on "it's landholders" so if we call this out we're being mean to farmers, rather a multi-million dollar corporation.
Aug 25, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Extremely Canberra niche humour but I am DECEASED This whole article is a thing of beauty
Aug 24, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
🚨New paper! 🚨

Email me for PDF (megan.evans@unsw.edu.au)

.@rini_rants and I interrogate the value and purpose of global maps in #conservation 👉
rdcu.be/cvWOY Image It's no secret that conservation science (and journals, and the media) loves a good global map - and there's a lot of them. We found >150 global priority maps published since 2000 (and that's DEFINITELY an UNDERestimate) Image
May 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
State schools are great schools 👊 Vienna Woods primary, Alexandra Hills State High #publiceducationday I've always, unfortunately, had a bit of a cringe reflex when asked what school I went to (a compulsary, ubiquitous question for anyone living in Brisbane) because NOONE I met during undergraduate uni had heard of my school
May 13, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
THIS. THERE IS NO ONE PATHWAY. If anyone, even if (especially if?) they are the *vice chancellor*, says the "only way" to get to X is to do Y, RUN. At an early career academic development workshop 3 years ago, I asked my VC what advice they had for ECRs on developing their careers in the context of PhD oversupply and greater emphasis on research demonstrating "impact". Their response?
Feb 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Working from home is trying to not have one dog constantly lick/lie on my mouse and and not be weirded out by the other staring at me 👀 #academicswithdogs ImageImage (I've given up on mouse) Image
Feb 21, 2020 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
🚨New paper! 🚨 We developed an approach to ensure #biodiversityoffsets that rely on protection of existing habitat 🌳 don't unintentionally worsen biodiversity loss 📉 Here's how 👉 Image I think we all know what #biodiversityoffsets are - but if not - check out the first 2 mins of this neat video created by @ZoeStoneNZ @martine_maron
Jan 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I'm seeing a number of wonderful people on this website engaging with people who are demanding evidence for #ClimateChange and links with #AustraliaFires etc As hard as it is to resist when there's someone *wrong on the internet* please remember more facts often don't change minds, especially when identity is at stake. Focus on shared values and obtainable, positive solutions - see this great vid from @KHayhoe
Jan 16, 2020 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
While our focus has understandably been on the #AustraliaBushfires and the #Adani #coal project, another huge mine is due to be built soon, right on top of @BimbleboxNR smh.com.au/politics/queen… @BimbleboxNR This project has been granted State and Federal environmental approval, largely on the proviso of that impacts on @BimbleboxNR and its biodiversity will be "offset". I've described these issues here:
Dec 10, 2019 • 13 tweets • 14 min read
Opening remarks from @PRI_News CEO Fiona Reynolds: Australia is a world leader in #sustainablefinance (I think I heard 5th in the world for responsible investment?), but also a leader in #carbon emissions per capita, extinction etc @UNEP_FI #ResponsibleMelbourne Image #Sustainablefinance is a 21st century phenomenon - 97% instruments e.g green bonds have been introduced since 2000 #responsiblemelbourne
Dec 6, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Are we going to have an inquiry into vege laws and fire every year now? @D_LittleproudMP called one exactly 12 months and 1 day ago aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_… Here's the story by @MarkQCL last December Image
Dec 5, 2019 • 13 tweets • 9 min read
This story in @smh describes the upcoming @EDOLawyers challenge on the proposed China First/Galilee Basin #coal mine on @BimbleboxNR , but doesn't say much on the offset (thread) 👇smh.com.au/national/test-… Image @smh @EDOLawyers @BimbleboxNR Back in 2013, @martine_maron and I wrote a piece in @ConversationEDU examining the China First mine’s proposed offset for @BimbleboxNR. In _very_ simplistic terms, the nature refuge is 8000 hectares of reasonably intact native vegetation. theconversation.com/can-we-offset-… Image
Nov 15, 2019 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
Grateful to @arc_gov_au for funding my project on #impactinvesting for #biodiversity #conservation & #naturalcapital
And thanks to @PolicyFuturesUQ @HASSUQ for their support. Congrats to fellow new DECRAs, and commiserations to the many great researchers who missed out this time Broken link: list here uq.edu.au/news/article/2…
(I'm down the bottom, as the grants are ordered by $ value 🤮)
Oct 22, 2019 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
Hey twitter hive mind! I'm looking for existing "reviews" (in a broad sense) of #biodiversity #conservation science. Have I missed any? Here's what I have so far (thread) 👉 #BiodiversityRevisited Meine, Soulé, Ross (2006) “A Mission-Driven Discipline”: the Growth of Conservation Biology @ConBiology doi.org/10.1111/j.1523…
Sep 23, 2019 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Sara Parrott @Suncorp #climatechange is an existential threat to the insurance industry. Suncorp will not underwite thermal coal projects from 2025. $39 billion in assets they can invest in for a better future #strandedassets #sustainablefinance #wftebrisbane Image Moving from fear of #climatechange and concern over backlash or sticking your neck out, to seeing it as a strategic risk, giving staff permission to engage can create massive organisational cultural shift. Suncorp started on its journey only 2-3 yrs ago #wftebrisbane
Sep 5, 2019 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
#GRASFI2019 Super interesting study from @PaulSmeets5 @robbauerUM : Large scale experiment where pension fund members voted on whether their $ contributed to #SDGs , 68% favoured more sustainable investments (even those who expected lower $ returns) #GRASFI2019 Wowee, stock prices in China go *up* after information about environmental damage is released 😬 But it it's more complex than it sounds. Ping Wei, Central South University ImageImageImage
Sep 4, 2019 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Interesting discussion re investment decisions being made by humans versus aLgORiThmS - wouldn't the latter be less influenced by cognitive biases? #GRASFI2019 Crucial question/comment from the floor - where is the evidence for impact "on the ground" from ESG and impact investing? Also need evidence on link between ESG and financial performance #GRASFI2019