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🌊 Climate change has driven $57bn in flood, storm & drought losses across small island states over 25 years, per new ODI Global research. Hurricane Melissa alone cost Jamaica $12.2bn — 57% of its GDP. www.climateproof.news/p/climate-ad...

Achieving food security, climate resilience, improved nutrition and economic development requires a #SystemsApproach. This @fao.org handbook provides policymakers with tools and methods needed to improve the design and implementation of agrifood systems policies. 👉 https://doi.org/10.4060/ce0584en

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On Thursday, I'm talking with Ramón Mendez Galain, the guy who helped Uruguay decarbonize (see story below). Got questions?

He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again?

Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonize its grid in just five years, with 98 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.

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Do you care what goes on your skin or in your hair? News: First precision-fermented lipid ingredient for hair and beauty use in personal care market launched by sustainable alternatives pioneer Melt&Marble – see full innovation story now up on SustMeme Magazine: buff.ly/UjGAAix #SustMemeFandA

Perspective: Food systems face numerous challenges such as biodiversity loss and undernourishment. This Perspective presents a systems-thinking approach rooted in agroecology that can guide transformative changes for the benefit of both people and the planet. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

An agroecological perspective on systems-level transformations to keep current food systems from degrading the global commons - Nature Food

Food systems face numerous challenges such as biodiversity loss and undernourishment. This Perspective presents a systems-thinking approach rooted in agroecology that can guide transformative changes ...

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Streams of Creativity is an online gallery celebrating Scotland's river woodlands 🌊🌳 These willow fish were created at the Kyle of Sutherland Rivers Trust's Tree Hatchery. Have you created something inspired by these special habitats? We'd love to feature it 👇 buff.ly/5JzLwXh

#RepairDay is our annual chance to celebrate repair 🔧⁠ ⁠ If you have something planned to mark the occasion, add it to the map now ⁠ And if you need some inspiration for how you could get involved, explore our toolkit ⁠ It's all at RepairDay.org 🚀⁠

Five days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level. Now it's at 6.35 m.

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Three Different Legal Tools, One Shared Purpose 🧵 In this month's blog, World Habitat's Patricia Latorre looks at three approaches from Jakarta, Puerto Rico and Czechia aiming to secure people’s right to remain safely and permanently housed. Read the blog ✏️ https://bit.ly/3TO9a7f

Building with bankability in mind: why quality assurance is now core to solar PV development #energysky -- via pv-tech:

Building with bankability in mind: why quality assurance is now core to solar PV development

Glenn Davis at Kiwa PI Berlin writes about why quality assurance has become one of the foundations for a solar PV project's bankability.

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"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."

London's first month without rain

Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?

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How Bogota offers a blueprint for climate-smart, resilient urban growth reut.rs/4fBhPCB

How Bogota offers a blueprint for climate-smart, resilient urban growth

Cities often treat housing, transport and climate policy as separate agendas. In practice, they are inseparable. A home determines water and energy demand, exposure to heat or scarcity, daily travel time, and whether climate action lowers household costs or remains a distant target.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales accounts for ~49% of all UK abandoned mine methane (AMM) emissions – with anthracite seams in South Wales being the most methane-rich coalfields in Britain, and host of four of the UK's ten highest-emitting mine areas.

The EU's R2R Directive was a big win for us! ✍ By 31 July, EU Member States are required to transpose the Directive into law ⏰ But with 1 day left, it’s clear that not everyone in Europe will enjoy the same R2R from August onwards So, what does the reality look like? 🔗 repair.eu/news/the-rig...

The Right to Repair Directive: what changes on 31 July?

The EU's R2R Directive was a big win for our campaign. By 31 July 2026, all EU Member States are required to transpose the Directive into national law. But what does the reality look like?

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Better headline: “SEPTA’s bus lane cameras improve transit service; deter illegal driver behavior” www.axios.com/local/philad...

Fire up a #LongWeekend morning coffee cup full of HOPE with this month’s episode of the Climate Lens Have a GREAT day! www.podcastics.com/episode/4282... #ClimateChange #NatureBasedSolutions #Indigenous #IndigenousRights #cdnpoli #abpoli #yyc #EnergyTransition #ClimateJustice #ClimateAction

Plug-in Solar for the People

The Energy Revolution On Your Balcony

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We designed cities for cars, and we wonder why nobody walks anymore. It’s like draining the lake and wondering where the fish went.