Very happy to join this forum with other focused climate activists. Please see our international video connecting and activating communities in 79 countries using art as the vehicle for change and sustainable actions.

Cyclones, floods, locust swarms, and desertification of the Sahel are just some of the devastating effects of climate change on sub-Saharan Africa, impacting food security, livelihoods and economic stability. More than anywhere else in the world, sub-Saharan Africa’s hard-earned gains in living standards and advances in health and education are at risk of stalling or reversing.

This news article outlines how infrastructure plays a key role in adaptation and resilience to climate change. Given the region’s dearth of industrial and energy infrastructure, this suggests an opportunity to establish new infrastructure that is both resilient and green. In the meantime the authors underline the need for investments to support near-term viability of existing infrastructure.

Land and property rights are crucial in delivering strengthened food security and lower rates of deforestation, among many. Securing women's land rights to promote gender equality and an inclusive transition is often met with significant challenges. How can we recognise gender equality through sub-Saharan Africa's land tenure systems?

The theme for International Women's Day, 8 March, 2022 is "Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow."

What are some gaps you see in the discussions around gender and sustainability? How does your work help promote women's empowerment?

Climate Resilient Water Resources Management

Ukraine Crisis Is Terrible News For Climate Policy

I don't necessarily agree with everything said in this article, but I think it triggers important points of discussions such as:

1. Should we start mining key minerals for the renewable energy sector?
2. Should we reconsider nuclear power? And most importantly
3. How do we transition to a sustainable society without spiralling down into a war logic?

As a person born after 89, working and fully supporting multilateralism and cooperation, this is a (brutal) call to reality.

World spends $1.8tn a year on subsidies that harm environment, study finds.

Are we financing our own extinction?

United Nations + Sustainable Forestry

Forests are good for our physical and mental well being. Spending time around trees helps boost our immune system, lowers blood pressure and promotes relaxation. From cleaner air to providing natural cooling and the freshwater we drink, forests support our health in ways that may not be visible (UN, 2021).

I have known (and loved) the Menominee Tribe and many of the tribal members of NE Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region all my life, and to this day, have not found better forest managers and stewards of our forested lands. The proof – they've been doing it for more than 150 years.

Forest lands of the Menominee Tribe of NE Wisconsin have survived as an island of timber in an ocean of cleared land (note graphic). Their forest lands have been sustainably managed for more than 150 years, and allow the Tribe to experience a traditional quality of life from an intact, diverse, productive, and healthy forest ecosystem on the reservation.

Responsible harvesting is at the heart of their sustainable forestry program and currently, there is more standing saw timber volume (1.7 billion board feet) than there was in 1854 (estimated at 1.2 billion board feet). During this same period, over 2.25 billion board feet have been harvested from the same acreage (MTE, 2020).
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Greetings to all.
Am glad to join this wonderful team to help restore,preserve and conserve our universe

COP26 was described as "our last chance saloon" to save the planet. More than 35,000 delegates from 197 countries descended on host-city Glasgow over two weeks last November, and at the end we had a new climate agreement – the Glasgow Climate Pact, which will set the global climate agenda to 2030 ?

But in the months that have passed since, the response to COP26 and the Pact has been predictably cool. So what did all the talks and meetings mean? Post-Glasgow, are we really better placed to tackle the climate crisis? And is it time to give young people more of a say in their own climate futures? ✊

In this final episode of #TheGreenRenaissance podcast, we ask what the real legacy of Glasgow will be. Featuring interviews with Angus Mackay (United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), Jayati Ghosh (University of Massachusetts), Marie-Claire Graf and Heeta Lakhani (both YOUNGO).

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