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Intervening in the climate is as scary as anything. But not talking about it doesn't mean it will never happen. At the ICFG, we aim to help policymakers with what they need to know to make better decisions.

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Resource Spotlight: Equitable Climate Adaptation for Local Governments Discover strategies for local governments to prioritize equity in climate adaptation efforts. This guide offers insights, case studies, and tools to foster community engagement. To read more click here: https://lnkd.in/dVA9H5tf #ClimateAction #Equity #Sustainability ICLEI Canada

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🌍 📆 📣 Earth Day + Root Capital Climate Resilience Annual Report 📣 📆 🌍 🖥️ 👀 Root Capital's annual Climate Resilience report is out today. 👨🏼‍🌾 💪 Small and growing agricultural businesses are critical agents of local climate action. 💰 📈 Through our lending Root Capital supports the success, growth, and resilience of agricultural enterprises on the front lines of climate change. ‼️ 👉 These enterprises provide invaluable support to small-scale farmers, including resources and training to invest in: 🌱 regenerative agriculture 🌈 natural climate solutions 🌞 renewable energy, and 🐝 ecosystem preservation. Since 2020, we have disbursed over $3.2 million in innovative climate financing to agricultural enterprises. Learn more about how small and growing agricultural businesses can play a key role in addressing climate change, and our work to help them realize their potential as solutions-providers at: https://lnkd.in/gaduH6aV #EarthDay #agriculture #smallholders #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #socialimpact #climatefinance

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The CCP labels are coming!! Here’s a quick explainer on the The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) process, criteria and what we’re doing to help build an effective, scaled and just carbon market that works for the planet and for people.

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Today’s budget announcement confirmed deep cuts to critical climate resilience programs, including funding for coastal resilience and sea level rise protections. There is still a way to make progress on equitable climate resilience if the legislature and governor agree to pass a #ClimateBondNow. Climate change won’t wait for better budget years, so we can’t afford to delay funding for wildfire, drought, heat, and flooding protections. We need Governor Gavin Newsom, Senator Mike McGuire, and Robert Rivas to lead on climate and put a climate bond on the November ballot.

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Meta-analysis shows that #EcologicalRestoration initiatives, such as afforestation, #reforestation, rewetting drained #wetlands, restoring degraded grasslands or converting croplands to grasslands can effectively mitigate #GreenhouseGas emissions. This is a great illustration of the interface between #conservation action and #ClimateAction, where restoring #nature, stemming (or reversing) #biodiversity loss and sustainably managing the #environment contributes to the fight against #ClimateChange and strengthens environmental resilience (both of which are good for people and planet!).

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15 policy levers to guide our societies toward well-being for all within planetary boundaries - Earth4All calls for a reconfiguration of the planet’s economies, energy, and food systems to achieve global well-being by 2050.

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Nice overview of the work we do to advance community-oriented CDR approaches at ClimateWorks Foundation.

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💡 Small Island Developing States are at the forefront of climate action and biodiversity protection, facing unique challenges but also presenting groundbreaking strategies. Ahead of next week's #SIDS4 conference, SEI's Karina Barquet explores how SIDS are combining nature based solutions with innovative technologies for multiuse and gridless services. These small, modular solutions are increasingly competitive and effective, offering robust responses to climate challenges. Supporting these efforts not only helps build more resilient societies and economies in these regions but also offers valuable insights and solutions for global climate resilience. Read the full guest article for more insights: https://buff.ly/3QVGvJj 🌊 Attending the SIDS4 Conference? Join our side event on 28 May to explore these innovative approaches and discuss emerging trends and opportunities for SIDS. cc International Institute for Sustainable Development #SmallIslandDevelopingStates #ClimateAdaptation #Biodiversity #Innovation #Resilience

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🇪🇺 Come find us and our poster at the 3rd forum of the Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (MIP4Adapt) (22-23 May). 🎯 CLIMATEFIT is a mission project. The mission projects are undertaking research and developing innovative approaches and options for #climateadaptation and associated guidance, tools, data, and case studies to help regional and local authorities deliver the #EUMission on Adaption to #ClimateChange. 💶 CLIMATEFIT focuses on adaptation financing and funding solutions. Our poster will highlight three international best practice of climate finance. We are researching many more, and are developing tools and methods to support public authorities and financing and investment entities, so don't hesitate to approach us. #EUmissions #HorizonEU #MissionClimateAdaptation

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💡#SEMPACT Project Spotlight 💡 Project Title: Transportation Risk and Resilience Metrics Principal Investigator: Catherine Lawson, University at Albany SEMPACT Priority Area: Inclusive Advanced Technology and  Climate Resilient Infrastructure ***Project Abstract*** This research, addressing the areas of Inclusive Advanced Technology Application and Climate Resilient Infrastructure, will evaluate a set of proof-of-concept transportation resilience measures to determine their utility and scalability as state and local performance measures. The research will review the latest scientific literature on risk and resilience measures to catalog methodologies scoring road network assets based on road segment attributes, hazard intersections, network centrality, and accessibility. Following the review, the research will test these measures utilizing a custom graph network composed of the OpenStreetMap (OSM), the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Road Inventory System (RIS), and the National Performance Management Research Dataset (NPMRDS) Traffic Messaging Channel (TMC) network. The research team will develop initial criticality measures by first intersecting the road network with floodplain maps, culvert and bridge locations, and other available road network metadata from RIS and OSM such as volume-to-capacity ratio and volume data. Next, the research team will run a variety of network centrality calculations as recommended by the literature. The initial criticality related attributes will then be added to the network centrality results to locate critical central segments. Finally, AVAIL aims to test the value of isochrone data for its use in transportation network resiliency measurement. AVAIL will create a baseline travel time matrix for a sub-network that can be quantified into accessibility measures. AVAIL will then run a series of facility failure scenarios where high risk critical segments are removed from the network to understand how differences between baseline and removal scenarios can be quantified and scaled for inclusion in a statewide resiliency measurement dataset. #TransportationResilience #ClimateResilientInfrastructure #OpenStreetMap (#OSM) #AVAIL

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Good piece by Eric Wilburn on scaling nature-based carbon removal. The question of durability (aka permanence) can be solved through insurance products and carbon buffer pools. The CA law requires that the removal last as long as a tonne of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (80% CO2 dissipated in 300 yrs). With modern monitoring technologies and predictive models this can now be handled easily through the purchase of buffers and carbon insurance. A 25% buffer gets you 100% removal in 300 yrs, and an insurance product can handle any disruptions in land use that might occur in the interim.

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Despite efforts to avert and minimize climate-induced #lossanddamage, progress has been too slow, under-financed, and ineffective. As a result, we are now facing significant losses and damages estimated to cost $38 trillion annually by 2050. This economic devastation is compounded by countless non-economic, psychological, and cultural losses and damages. As the world convened at #SB60 in Bonn, the most important dialogue before COP29, key issues like Loss and Damage as well as intersecting policy instruments such #climatefinance targets were on the agenda. It is critical to expedite actions and secure the necessary financing to address the escalating losses and damages. These actions must be guided by the wisdom and principles derived from years of practice, research, and learning. The STRENGTH team is pleased to share a Policy Perspective that outlines six principles for operationalizing the Loss and Damage fund from a #climatejustice lens. These principles emerged from our policy-engaged and participatory research in Bangladesh, Nepal, Senegal, and Vanuatu, listening to community voices and stakeholder opinions as part of our research and capacity-building efforts:    ✅ Principle 1: Equity in fund distribution  ✅ Principle 2: Governed by the voice of the vulnerable  ✅ Principle 3: Simplified funding access procedures  ✅ Principle 4: Flexible, agile and adaptive fund flow  ✅ Principle 5: Transparent and accountable in Fund utilization  ✅ Principle 6: Ensure additionality of funding These six principles can guide the design of a #transformative L&D Fund - one that supports the frontline communities facing the escalating and evolving impacts of the #climatecrisis. Read the full policy perspective here > https://lnkd.in/gUvddDrH Authors:  Hemant Ojha, Nusrat Naushin, Basundhara Bhattarai, Priyanka G., Purnima B., Christopher Bartlett, Florence Lautu, @Amadou Thierno Gaye, Raju Pandit Chhetri, Brian Maltera, Mizan Khan, Bhim Adhikari, Zenith khan, Kishor Aryal.

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"Today, NOAA is further embedding equity in its climate data, information, science, tools and decision support through the release of its Equitable Climate Services Action Plan [Accessible PDF]. The plan aims to expand the reach and accessibility of NOAA’s climate services, enabling the agency to better respond to the climate adaptation and resilience needs of all communities — with an emphasis on historically underserved populations." https://lnkd.in/gEcq3y-U

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New Payne Institute for Public Policy Financial Flow blog post! Observations from The World Bank about potential growth in #carboncredits demand to pay #carbontaxes or for #emissions allowances. (In other words, compliance demand growth may not have to wait for resolution of seemingly never-ending Article 6 negotiations.) #carbonoffsets #sustainablefinance #netzero #carbonemissions #carbonmarkets https://lnkd.in/eX8aQYbh

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