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Interesting opinion piece on why we need to prevent climate change, not just plan for it. The Global Seed Vault in Norway’s Svalbard, designed to safeguard our food future, faces its own climate-related challenges. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eDF5JADr #Climate #Climatechange

Your climate journey doesn't have to be linear! Read more in our latest interview with Nicole DeNamur in the last edition of the planetary lawyer project, available on LinkedIn & Substack, and look out for this week’s edition!

This counter- intuitive article challenges the orthodoxy of climate adaptation. It articulates an unease I've felt ever since "climate adaptation" was co-joined with the term "climate mitigation" as a single action. Aren't efforts towards " climate adaptation" simply a comforting distraction from efforts towards genuine "climate mitigation"? Isn't it easier to " defend ourselves" within the myth of " we're all in this together" than to actually reform the economic and political system that is causing human made climate change? The same system that promotes the profiteering which drives out-of-date technologies forward due to "vested interests". Oil, for example. Cement as another example. https://lnkd.in/dwrsaaa8 ##climateaction #economics #profit #technology #policyreform

Aspects of this circumvention are already underway since 2021, with misreading of emergency acts that utilize loopholes generated by concerted strategic saturation of agencies with proposals, and then selecting project bounds in areas that have a legacy of unrectified tribal displacement, further reinforced through selective industrial-political rackets (cf SE Michigan, Northern Illinois), and emboldened by Federal and local redevelopment programs. Future fines are levied against risks of current penalties and delays on building. The housing crisis and environmental-climate policy are now ruses for irresponsible and immoral building practices that are purely investment coups.

Please read the Society for American Archaeology’s response to the federal ACHP program comment proposal. This is critical to understanding what the impact will be to cultural resource management. #archaeology #historicpreservation #culturalresources #environmentalstreamlining #tribes #tribalheritage #heritage #chevrondeference #regulations

Day 3 of the #arcticcongress at the final plenary session on Climate and the Environment looking through Arctic research and policy approaches. Here are the key strands that have stuck with me today, strengthening the case for our government to press on with truly progressive modes of governance starting at the local level: 🌁Need for representation of islands at infrastructure and national strategy decision making tables. Every. Single. Time. 🌍 Strengthening consideration of climate change across all decisions at every level. 📄 Stronger evaluation of the policies and plans on an iterative basis or we cannot understand the impacts they may or may not be having. 🗂️Organisational cooperation is the foundation for good governance, agreement is not. Who does what is important. 🗣️Communities and changing landscapes hold the answers about the trajectory of their Fate Control. That is where you while find the solutions to the issues that national and international policies have identified. #climatechange #goodgovernance #communitypolicy #local

#TheSchumanFiles | What is the deal with the European Green Deal? Will it save Europe from Climate Change? Join host Kelly Agathos in a new Schuman File, where she breaks down the behemoth that is ... *drumroll* The European Green Deal! Climate change has been increasingly on everyone's minds as a result of catastrophic floods, fires, and rising sea levels. Enter the EU's Green Deal: a source of contention ever since its unveiling, for multiple actors across civil society and the political spectrum. In our newest #SchumanFile, we'll delve deep into what the EU Green Deal is, who supports it, and what shape it has taken on since it was first proposed. Featured in this investigative file are Member of the European Parliament, Christine Schneider, and lobbyist Ellen Hof from #SustainablePublicAffairs#SustainablePublicAffairs #TheSchumanShow | #ClimateChange | #EUGreenDeal

Did you know that more than half of the countries most vulnerable to climate change are also contaminated by explosive ordnance? Environmental and climate considerations are gaining greater focus in mine action, but how will these aspects be funded in the future? While there’s no silver bullet, the integration of environmental and climate considerations into mine action can secure additional funding and contribute to global sustainability efforts, says Christelle Mestre, GICHD Strategic Planning Advisor in new Center for International Stabilization and Recovery Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction article. Find out more about the current funding practices for environmental considerations within the sector and beyond. 🔻 https://lnkd.in/eeNyNbvR

Extreme weather events have undermined stability and development around the world. This is particularly the case in the most vulnerable regions, where competition over increasingly scarce resources leads to tensions, conflict and population displacement. In his book, our Executive Director Andrew Gilmour explores a number of historical and contemporary links between #ClimateChange, conflict and security. He also examines how we can ensure that our efforts to address the climate crisis advance sustainable peace. The book also contains in-depth analysis of the security implications of climate migration, the energy transition and environmental peacebuilding. 📕: https://lnkd.in/gtASTFhN

Do you know about the #Copernicus Polar Roadmap❓    Presented at the EU Polar Science Week, this roadmap has been developed to advance the #Copernicus 🇪🇺🛰️ services in the polar regions.   The roadmap will support climate resilience, environmental protection, and safe navigation in the #Arctic and #Antarctic 🐻❄️ as well as align with key policies such as the #EUArctic Policy.   Read more about the ongoing efforts to safeguard polar regions 👇  https://lnkd.in/esDPMxxj