Geomob Podcast - 80. Ferdinando Villa: ARIES

In this episode Ed speaks with Ferdinando Villa, Ikerbasque Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), and lead investigator on the ARIES (AI for Environment & Sustainability) project. The impulse for our conversation was the recent announcement by the UN of a collaboration with BC3 to use ARIES to support countries as they apply the new international standard for natural capital accounting, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) Ecosystem Accounting. Ferdinando explains what exactly ARIES is, but then our conversation ranges more deeply, reflecting on building models and systems for environmental understanding in a world of where data sets are continually evolving. We then turn to the role that members of the geospatial community can play in encouraging a sustainable future.

Relevant links:

• Press Release announcing the collaboration with the UN
• Ferdinando is on twitter as @ferdinandovilla
• ARIES for SEEA Explorer, a tool for rapid natural capital accounting
• ARIES project homepage
• ARIES is on twitter as @aries_project
• Basque Centre for Climate Change
• Ferdinando's profile
• BC3 is on twitter as @bc3research