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Africa: Ethiopia's Circular Economy, Green Legacy Initiative Offer Model for Africa - Finnish Embassy Official: [ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia's efforts to advance a circular economy and implement the Green Legacy Initiative are emerging as a model for other African countries seeking sustainable and climate-resilient development, a senior Finnish Embassy official has said. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TT5nP8 #Ethiopia #CircularEconomy #GreenLegacy #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateResilience

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Llewelyn Pritchard 2d ago

bsky.app/starter-pack... #Anti-Corruption #CESIndex #CivicEmpowerment #ClimateResilience #ClimateSolutions #Ethics #Indigenous #Justice #NVDA #ParticipatoryDemocracy #PublicAccountability #RegenerativeCivilisation

RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/convert/ap/at://did:plc:4sivhpo2an6off6obxrbc3oo/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3mckxwm6sg223

DoomsdaysCW 4d ago

#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026

June 17, 2026

#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.

"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'

"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.

"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'

"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.

"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.

"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:

- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon

- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes

- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts

Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."

Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay

Desertification and Drought Day 2026

This year, Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with UNCCD under the theme “Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.”

UNCCD

Urbanism Now 4d ago

The Velo-city 2026 conference aims to inspire action in reshaping cities to improve quality of life and strengthen climate resilience through political leadership, strategic planning and innovative cycling solutions. June 16-19.

https://www.velo-city-conference.com/

#urbanism #urbanplanning #Velocity2026 #ClimateResilience #CyclingSolutions

Velo-city Conference

Velo-city is where advocates, cities, policy makers, researchers and industry leaders meet to shape the future of cycling and sustainable urban development.

Velo-city Conference

Association REDefine Jun 11

Young people are told they will inherit the climate crisis.

Butare we preparing them for it?

In our new DINARA-WELWET article, we reflect on workshops and outreach across 3 continents and 8 countries, and what they revealed about youth, environment, One Health, climate resilience and the need for real pathways from concern to action.

Read the full post: https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/three-continents-youth-one-health-climate-resilience?r=6l8ed8

#OneHealth #ClimateResilience #YouthEmpowerment #GreenSkills #DINARAWELWET #Climatechange

Three Continents, One Question: Youth, One Health and Climate Resilience

DINARA-WELWET workshops across Europe, Africa and Asia explored what young people need to protect communities, ecosystems and health in a changing climate.

REDefine // Civic Intelligence

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Jun 9

Study Highlights Growing Importance Of Multi-Day Storms In Future U.S. Flood Risk
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https://news.okstate.edu/articles/engineering-architecture-technology/2026/study-highlights-growing-importance-of-multi-day-storms-in-future-u.s.-flood-risk <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/ae4f14 <-- shared paper
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“Extreme rainfall is projected to intensify as the climate warms, yet whether the greatest increases will occur in multi-day or single-day events remains uncertain. This knowledge gap is particularly pressing given recent catastrophic floods triggered by multi-day rainfall events, prompting the question of whether multi-day events could, in fact, intensify more than their daily counterparts, and by how much. This study addresses this question using an ensemble of 34 downscaled Earth System Models under two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP2-4.5 and SSP5-8.5), focusing on changes in extreme rainfall by the end of the century across ten regions of the contiguous United States. [Their] statistical framework evaluates model agreement, ensemble-mean changes, and the significance of these changes for both daily and multi-day rainfall extremes. Results show that extreme rainfall amounts are expected to increase for most regions and durations. The degree of intensification, however, depends strongly on event rarity and regional climate characteristics. Notably, in the U.S. western Gulf Coast region, very rare multi-day events (e.g., 500 year return period) are projected to intensify more than their daily counterparts, a phenomenon that could be explained by increased stalling of tropical cyclones, which can prolong heavy rainfall over multiple days. These results challenge the assumption that daily extremes dominate future risk and highlight the need to consider event duration when updating flood-hazard maps, design standards, and adaptation planning…”
#Flooding #FloodRisk #FloodInsurance #FloodAwareness #Explore #FloodPreparedness #FlashFlooding #ClimateResilience #climatechange #extremeweather #DisasterPreparedness #StormwaterManagement #FloodSafety #CommunityResilience #risk #hazard #model #modeling #floodrisk #multiday #rainfall #precipitation #storm #water #hydrology #hydrography #planning #policy #regulations #climatemodel #CONUS #USA #publicsafety #cost #economics #damage #loss #infrastructure #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #earthsystemmodels #forecasting #meteorology #designstandards #floodmapping #mitigation #flood

CBC Technology Science Jun 9

Satellite images show mangrove forests are now expanding after decades of decline
After decades of decline from human development and extreme weather, the world's mangroves are growing again, according to a surprising new study looking at satellite images of coastal forests.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/mangrove-regeneration-climate-resilience-9.7227443?cmp=rss

Leo Gaggl Jun 9

During the 2022 Lismore floods, official warnings didn't reach the people who needed them. During the Central Victorian fires, power failed and the mobile network collapsed with it. Centralised communications infrastructure fails exactly when you need it most — and we keep building more of it. New post on how LoRa mesh networks and Reticulum can build community comms that survive when everything else doesn't.

https://gaggl.com/blogs/2026-01-26-when-the-grid-fails/

#EmergencyComms #LoRa #Reticulum #ClimateResilience #CommunityNetworks

When the Grid Fails: Building Resilient Comms for a Changing Climate

In an emergency, information is as vital as water. The official advice is clear: “leave early.” But how do you act on that advice when the power is out, the mobile network is congested to the point of failure, and the emergency broadcaster’s tower has been consumed by the very fire you’re trying to flee? This isn’t a hypothetical. As Fiannuala Morgan chillingly documented in her article, “No power, no phone, no radio: why comms dropped out during the Central Victorian fires{target="_blank”}", this is the reality for communities across Australia. The wholesale replacement of resilient copper landlines with power-dependent NBN connections, coupled with the shutdown of the 3G network, has created a communications infrastructure that is dangerously brittle in the face of climate-fuelled disasters.

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