#climate-resilience — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #climate-resilience, aggregated by home.social.
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What if a country measured success by happiness, not GDP?
Bhutan does. And in a world running on AI hype, climate chaos, and social-media outrage, it might be the only honest scoreboard left.
Five things wrong with the world — and how ordinary people push back ↓
#GrossNationalHappiness #ClimateResilience #Solarpunk #Aerouant
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If a riverfront looks beautiful but cannot function ecologically anymore,
👉 it is not restoration — it is ecological replacement.
Because cities do not survive on concrete alone.
They survive on functioning ecosystems.
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Pocket gardens: The tiny urban oases with surprisingly big benefits https://www.allforgardening.com/1750278/pocket-gardens-the-tiny-urban-oases-with-surprisingly-big-benefits-2/ ##pocketGardens #ClimateResilience #garden #UrbanGreenSpaces
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#MOFGA Webinar - #ClimateSmart #GardenDesign (Part 3)
May 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pmFree
* The April 30th webinar has been postponed. Part 2 will now take place on May 14th. A new date for part 3 is forthcoming.
**You can still register even if you missed part 1! Registering at the link below will give you limited-time access to all three recorded classes in the series.
"#ClimateChange has noticeable impacts on gardeners, from more #ExtremeWeather events, to the increased presence of ticks and other pests. Climate change also has many gardeners looking for ways to support their local ecosystem through garden design.
In this three-part webinar series, Dr. Annie White will provide some concrete strategies for climate-smart garden design, on a whole landscape level.
Schedule:
- Webinar 1 | Landscape Design Strategies for a Changing Climate | April 16th, 12:00 pm
- Webinar 2 | Designing Vegetable & Edible Gardens for #ClimateResilience | May 14, 12:00 pm
- Webinar 3 | Planting Design for People, Nature, and a Changing Climate | New Date ForthcomingRegistering at the above link gives you access to all three parts in the webinar series."
FMI and to register:
https://www.mofga.org/event-calendar/climate-smart-garden-design-3/#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateChange #ClmateChangeGardening #MaineGardening #GardenDesign #OnlineWorkshops #FoodSecurity #GrowYourOwnFood
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Texas: Energy, the Grid, and the Price of Denial
By Cliff Potts, CSO
Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsBaybay City, Leyte, Philippines — May 1, 2026, 9:15 p.m. PHT
Texas likes to think of itself as an energy state. Oil, gas, wind, solar — we have all of it. And yet, when the lights go out, when the heat becomes deadly, or when a winter storm knocks the grid flat on its back, we suddenly act surprised. As if this all came out of nowhere. It didn’t. These failures were forecast years in advance. We just chose not to listen.
Energy is not ideology. It is engineering. It is planning. It is maintenance. And in Texas, we have spent far too long confusing political posture with physical reality.
The Grid Didn’t Fail by Accident
Texas’s electric grid failures were not acts of God. They were acts of policy. Decisions were made to isolate the grid, minimize regulation, and prioritize short-term profit over long-term resilience. Those decisions had consequences. People froze in their homes. People died. Businesses collapsed. Entire communities were thrown into chaos.
What made those events worse was not just the outage itself, but the refusal to take responsibility afterward. Blame was scattered everywhere except where it belonged: on governance that treated critical infrastructure as a political talking point instead of a public obligation.
A grid is not strong because it is cheap. It is strong because it works when conditions are bad.
Energy Abundance Is Not the Same as Energy Security
Texas produces enormous amounts of energy. That fact has lulled policymakers into complacency. Production does not equal reliability. Abundance does not equal resilience. A state can produce all the energy in the world and still fail its people if distribution, storage, and backup systems are weak.
Wind turbines freezing was not the problem. Natural gas infrastructure failing was not the problem. Solar underperforming during storms was not the problem. The problem was that Texas built an energy system without redundancy and then pretended that redundancy was unnecessary.
Every serious energy system plans for failure. Texas planned for profit.
Climate Reality Doesn’t Care What We Believe
Texas politics often treats climate change as a debate. Texas weather treats it as a fact. Hotter summers, more intense storms, longer droughts, and greater strain on water and power systems are already here. Insurance markets are reacting. Agriculture is reacting. Public health systems are reacting.
The only thing lagging behind is policy.
Refusing to acknowledge climate reality does not protect the economy. It destabilizes it. Energy demand spikes during extreme heat. Infrastructure ages faster. Maintenance costs rise. Emergency responses become routine. This is not hypothetical. It is already happening.
The Cost of Cheap Power
Texans are often told that deregulation keeps energy prices low. What rarely gets mentioned is the hidden cost of that cheap power. Grid failures destroy food, medicine, and equipment. Businesses lose revenue. Families incur repair costs. Emergency services are stretched thin. Lives are lost.
When those costs are added up, “cheap” power turns out to be very expensive.
A serious state calculates total cost, not just monthly bills.
Renewable Energy Is Not the Enemy
Texas has become a national leader in wind energy, and solar capacity continues to grow. This is not a threat to Texas identity. It is an extension of it. Texans have always used what the land gives them. Wind and sun are no different from oil and gas in that respect.
The mistake is framing energy transition as replacement instead of integration. A resilient Texas energy system uses multiple sources, backed by storage, upgraded transmission, and modern grid management. It does not pit one sector against another for political points.
Energy workers deserve stability, retraining opportunities, and respect. Transition does not mean abandonment. It means planning.
Infrastructure Is a Public Responsibility
Energy infrastructure is not a luxury. It is as fundamental as roads, bridges, and water systems. Treating it as a private gamble rather than a public responsibility invites failure. Other states, and other countries, understand this. Texas should too.
That means enforcing standards. It means requiring weatherization. It means investing in grid upgrades and transmission capacity. It means planning for peak demand instead of reacting to collapse.
None of this is radical. It is basic competence.
Energy, Water, and the Future
Energy policy does not exist in isolation. It intersects directly with water use, agriculture, and urban growth. Power plants require water. Water systems require power. Drought strains both. Planning them separately guarantees inefficiency and conflict.
A forward-looking Texas coordinates energy and water policy, anticipates growth, and prepares for stress instead of denying it.
What Leadership Looks Like Here
Leadership on energy does not mean promising impossible outcomes. It means telling people the truth. It means acknowledging tradeoffs. It means investing now to avoid catastrophe later.
Texans can handle hard truths. What they cannot handle is being treated like fools.
The Price of Denial
Every year Texas delays serious energy reform, the bill grows larger. The cost shows up in emergency spending, insurance premiums, lost productivity, and human suffering. Denial does not make problems cheaper. It makes them compound.
Texas has the resources, talent, and experience to build an energy system that works under pressure. What it lacks is the will to stop pretending that the current approach is good enough.
Why This Matters Going Forward
Energy underpins everything else this series will discuss: work, health, education, public safety, and economic stability. Without reliable power, none of those systems function. Energy policy is not a niche issue. It is foundational governance.
Texas can lead on energy, not just in production, but in reliability and responsibility. Or it can continue to gamble and hope the next crisis is survivable.
Hope is not a plan.
This essay will be archived as part of the ongoing WPS News Monthly Brief Series available through Amazon.
References (APA)
#climateResilience #electricGrid #infrastructure #powerReliability #publicUtilities #renewables #TexasEnergy #TexasPolicy #WPSNews
U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2025). Texas energy production, capacity, and reliability data.
Public Utility Commission of Texas. (2025). Electric grid performance and weatherization reports.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2025). Grid resilience and renewable integration studies.
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. (2025). Economic impacts of energy disruptions.
NOAA. (2025). Climate trends and extreme weather impacts in Texas. -
☀️ Albedo vs. Surface Temperature: Why a "Bright" City Isn't Always Cooler
❗ Key findings from the current stage of research:
🔹 Vegetation (NDVI): Based on modeling results, biomass health accounted for approximately 40% of the variance in Calgary’s temperature regime in 2025.
🔹 Albedo (Reflectance): While it is commonly assumed that high surface reflectance reduces heat absorption, satellite data (broadband shortwave albedo) reveals a far more nuanced picture.🔥 The Seton Anomaly
The scatter plot clearly shows a wide distribution of values. The community of Seton is a particularly striking example: despite its high average albedo (likely due to light-colored soils at construction sites and new roofing materials), the area remains in a "heat zone" (classified as Warm Background in my model).❗ Albedo plays a role, but it is not the dominant factor in Calgary’s environment.
#Calgary #UrbanHeat #DataScience #ClimateResilience #YYC #Geoscience #CityPlanning #RemoteSensing #RStats #APEGA #GreennesOfCalgary
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📣 Benedikt Gräler discusses how co-designed interoperable geospatial information tools support Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management during the Climate Resilience and Disaster Management session at the upcoming Geospatial World Forum 2026 in Amsterdam.
📅 Friday, May 1, 2026
🕓 1415 – 1500
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Climate change impacts are hitting the Caribbean hardest 🌊
The WorldPop FCDO Caribbean project delivered high-resolution population data to support better planning, stronger census systems, and more resilient communities.
Because understanding where people live is critical for protecting lives.
https://www.worldpop.org/current-projects/completed-projects/fcdo-caribbean/
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Record heat 🔥 has caused an early snowmelt in the West, setting the stage for a potentially brutal fire season.
🔥 Mamas, it’s time to advocate for clean air filters in schools
and resilient local infrastructure.
#FireSeason #ClimateResilience #ProtectOurKidshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/04/11/california-storm-snow-pack-fire-season/
https://bsky.app/profile/momscleanairforce.org/post/3mjcse7pv4226
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🌿 Can crops help fight climate change?
The EU-funded @Crop4Clima project is developing rapeseed that absorbs up to 60 % more CO2 and thrives under drought. A glimpse of climate-smart farming.
👉 https://link.europa.eu/fBBbcX#PlantBreeding #ClimateResilience
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The person with 2 years of food storage and no relationships is less resilient than the person with 2 months of storage and a neighborhood that gives a shit about each other.
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To distinguish between "normal" and anomalous surface temperatures in Calgary in 2025, I applied Tukey’s method. The statistical distribution shows a negative skewness (coefficient ≈−0.59).
This highlights a critical phenomenon: the vast majority of the urban area is densely clustered in the warmer temperature range. In contrast, cool refuges (the rivers, reservoir, and dense parks) are statistically scarce, forming a long "tail" on the left side of the plot. In essence, Calgary’s baseline is shifted toward higher temperatures, making Urban Cool Islands a rare and vital resource.
I would like to remind my readers and followers that I am currently preparing a comprehensive article based on these research results. In it, I will explore the ecological and geochemical implications of this thermal distribution. Stay tuned for further updates!
#YYC #Calgary #ClimateResilience #UrbanHeatIsland #DataAnalytics #RemoteSensing #Landsat #OpenData #CitizenScience #LST #ClimateOfCalgary #Landsat #Rstats
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🥔 Heat & drought are shrinking potato yields across Europe.
Combining sensor data, drones & field trials, the EU-funded @eu_adapt project tested 50+ potato varieties to guide future stress-tolerant breeding.
👉 https://link.europa.eu/rqfMTM#FoodSecurity #ClimateResilience
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Giving back to Calgary: an article was published today about my satellite research of the city!
It is important to me to use my knowledge as a geoscientist and environmental data scientist to help make our new home better and greener. Thanks to LiveWire Calgary for the interest in this topic!
https://livewirecalgary.com/2026/03/17/new-satellite-study-shows-calgarys-uneven-urban-greenery/
#DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #RemoteSensing #Calgary #PublicEngagement #GIS #Sustainability #RStats #MDEM #yycPlanning #UrbanPlanning #ClimateResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanEcology #GreenInfrastructure #SmartCities #CalgaryUrbanism #GreennessOfCalgary
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RT by @EUPublications: There are over 1 200 olive varieties, but only 5 % are used commercially. The @Gen4Olive characterized 500+ olive varieties, conserved wild populations and developed user-friendly tools for olive cultivation. 🌿🫒
👉 https://link.europa.eu/rYDkwN#PlantScience #ClimateResilience
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@MyWildlifeAllotment As far as I can remember, it was Sally Morgan, author of The Climate Change Garden, who said (roughly) on Gardeners' World:
"We are the first generation of gardeners who cannot rely on the experience of the previous generations."
Unfortunately, that is so true.
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🛰️ 242 Million Pixels: Calgary’s Urban Heat Pulse
To model Calgary’s #UHI with precision, I processed 242,376,352 pixels from Sentinel-2 & Landsat 8/9 (Summer 2025).
Using multi-temporal composites in #RStats on #Debian, I’ve revealed the persistent link between greenery & heat. Data shows that NDVI > 0.35 triggers a sharp drop in surface temp.
This is a foundational layer for my Multi-Dimensional Environmental Matrix (#MDEM) framework for #UrbanHealth.
#Calgary #GIS #RemoteSensing #Sustainability #yyc #ClimateResilience #GreennessOfCalgary
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EU’s agri-food system requires systemic transition to become climate-resilient – science advisors
https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/eus-agri-food-system-requires-systemic-transition-become-climate-resilient-science-advisors photo: EU #CAP #climatechange #climateresilience #adaptation
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Rewild to deter invasion. Why not just rewild?
To be fair the two places mentioned, Finland and Poland, have stunning environments right on the borders they share with Russia and her allies and are already rewilding so perhaps all these geo-politics aren't so bad if they come with nice side effects for everyone.
#rewilding #eu #europe #openborders #Biodiversity #NatureRestoration #ClimateResilience #GeoPolitics #ClimatePolicy
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Saturday Data Dive: Mapping Calgary’s Thermal Fingerprint 🛰️📊
Spent some quality time with GEE, R and Landsat-8/9 data today.
I’ve just finished processing a Median Land Surface Temperature (LST) model for Calgary, covering the entire Summer of 2025. This isn't just a single-day snapshot—it’s a robust composite of many satellite scenes, filtered to show the true intra-urban thermal zones.
Quick Takeaways:
🔹 Surface temperature in some busines area and "heat traps" peaked at over 51.3°C.
🔹 The contrast between our "Cool Islands" and "Extreme Heat Zones" is striking.
🔹 This automated workflow in R allows for a granular look at urban climate resilience that standard reports often miss.I’m currently finalizing a full breakdown and a community-by-community analysis.
Stay tuned—the detailed article is coming soon!#Calgary #DataScience #UrbanHeatIsland #RemoteSensing #ClimateResilience #Landsat #RStats #GIS #Sustainability #GEE #EnvironmentalData #Summer2025 #YYC #GreennessOfCalgary #Alberta #Canada
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There are over 1 200 olive varieties, but only 5 % are used commercially. The @Gen4Olive characterized 500+ olive varieties, conserved wild populations and developed user-friendly tools for olive cultivation. 🌿🫒
👉 https://link.europa.eu/rYDkwN#PlantScience #ClimateResilience
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Beyond their nutritional value, school meal programs support agricultural and food transition toward sustainability by creating multi-sectoral values in France https://www.diningandcooking.com/2523971/beyond-their-nutritional-value-school-meal-programs-support-agricultural-and-food-transition-toward-sustainability-by-creating-multi-sectoral-values-in-france/ #ClimateResilience #EconomicValue #equity #FoodEducation #francais #france #French #FrenchMeals #meals #nutrition #OrganicFarming #PublicPolicies #VegetarianMeals
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The brief details how #SSE entities – including #cooperatives, #mutualsocieties and #socialenterprises – contribute to #decentwork, care, more equitable #resourcedistribution, #workplaceparticipation and #genderequity, and #climateresilience. It identifies practical policy levers that governments, development partners and multilateral institutions can mobilise to support the #SSE and move beyond growth-centred models.
