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  1. A ‘crisis communication gap’ threatens #IndigenousPeoples

    Dionne Phillips
    Updated Tue, July 14, 2026

    Excerpt: "Sara Wilson, a graduate communications researcher from Simon Fraser University in Canada, calls this a 'crisis communication gap' — something she highlighted in a submission to EMRIP's conflict study. Wilson previously worked in communications for the province of British Columbia's forest, land, and natural resources department, and also serves as a senior communications associate with Canada's National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Her research spotlights underfunding, language erasure from public systems, and exclusion from decision-making during crisis situations. Wilson cites devastating #wildfires and #floods as examples of dangerous communication failures.

    "In a report analyzing its response to 2023 wildfires, the government of the #NorthwestTerritories listed numerous concerns about how authorities communicated during the fire with #Indigenous individuals whose first language is not English. Its Official Languages Act recognizes 11 languages, but the government's alerts are issued only in English and French.

    "On its website, the government highlights its working relationship with Indigenous governments, organizations, and communities to 'co-develop and establish bilateral emergency and communications protocols, as requested, before the 2026 wildfire season.' Government officials did not respond to emails asking what stage of the process they are in. Its website notes that in the interim they have 'developed an Emergency Response Event Communication Protocol with Indigenous Governments to ensure clear communication between Indigenous Governments and the GNWT during emergency events.'

    "A paper published earlier this year by #ClimateCardinals, a youth-led climate organization, revealed that the overwhelming majority of the world's scientific publications are written in English. It argues that without more inclusive language, 'up to 6.5 billion people risk exclusion from climate policy, disaster preparedness, and access to critical information.'

    "In #Aotearoa #NewZealand, #Māori communities have been hit by increasingly devastating storms, like #CycloneGabrielle, which hit the country in February 2023, causing 11 deaths and billions of dollars in damage.

    "The cyclone exposed some key barriers to effective communication, according to a study released by Te Whāriki Manawāhine O Hauraki, a community resource center. It also praised the Māori-led mobilization to assist those impacted by the storm, which included setting up community centers. 'A truly effective response requires more than collaboration, it demands a #Tiriti-based framework [based on the Treaty of Waitangi] where Māori exercise decision-making authority over disaster preparedness and response in their own communities,' it reads.

    "Throughout Monday's session in Geneva, Indigenous delegates highlighted the potential of Indigenous knowledge and argued that better resources and communication would benefit the entire world."

    Read more:
    yahoo.com/news/world/articles/

    #IndigenousPeoples #LanguageBarriers #EnglishOnly? #EmergencyAlerts #WorldPol #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  2. "Beginning in the summer, El Niño typically peaks around December or the following January." 🧵

    "#ElNiño can contribute to severe droughts in one part of the world and heavy rainfall in others — both of which can disrupt growing seasons in key breadbaskets of the world."

    Frida Garza for Grist.org: grist.org/food-and-agriculture

    In 1877, one of the strongest El Niños ever recorded was associated with historic droughts across Asia, as well as in parts of Brazil and northern Africa. These droughts, “along with colonial policies, contributed to famines in many regions which were really devastating,” said Deepti Singh @climatechirper.bsky.social.

    The fatalities associated with these famines were upward of 50 million people. Study: journals.ametsoc.org/view/jour

    #colonies #BritishEmpire #India #food #agriculture #droughts #famine #floods #farming

  3. "Beginning in the summer, El Niño typically peaks around December or the following January." 🧵

    "#ElNiño can contribute to severe droughts in one part of the world and heavy rainfall in others — both of which can disrupt growing seasons in key breadbaskets of the world."

    Frida Garza for Grist.org: grist.org/food-and-agriculture

    In 1877, one of the strongest El Niños ever recorded was associated with historic droughts across Asia, as well as in parts of Brazil and northern Africa. These droughts, “along with colonial policies, contributed to famines in many regions which were really devastating,” said Deepti Singh @climatechirper.bsky.social.

    The fatalities associated with these famines were upward of 50 million people. Study: journals.ametsoc.org/view/jour

    #colonies #BritishEmpire #India #food #agriculture #droughts #famine #floods #farming

  4. Beavers "can deliver a wide range of advantages. By building dams they create new wetland habitats that benefit a host of other species ranging from fish to fungi. Dams can also reduce flood risk, increase water storage and improve water quality."
    woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

    #SolarPunkSunday #WoodLandTrust #Beavers #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #UK #Floods #Nature #Flooding #ReWilding

  5. Beavers "can deliver a wide range of advantages. By building dams they create new wetland habitats that benefit a host of other species ranging from fish to fungi. Dams can also reduce flood risk, increase water storage and improve water quality."
    woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

    #SolarPunkSunday #WoodLandTrust #Beavers #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #UK #Floods #Nature #Flooding #ReWilding

  6. Beavers "can deliver a wide range of advantages. By building dams they create new wetland habitats that benefit a host of other species ranging from fish to fungi. Dams can also reduce flood risk, increase water storage and improve water quality."
    woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

    #SolarPunkSunday #WoodLandTrust #Beavers #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #UK #Floods #Nature #Flooding #ReWilding

  7. Beavers "can deliver a wide range of advantages. By building dams they create new wetland habitats that benefit a host of other species ranging from fish to fungi. Dams can also reduce flood risk, increase water storage and improve water quality."
    woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

    #SolarPunkSunday #WoodLandTrust #Beavers #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #UK #Floods #Nature #Flooding #ReWilding

  8. Beavers "can deliver a wide range of advantages. By building dams they create new wetland habitats that benefit a host of other species ranging from fish to fungi. Dams can also reduce flood risk, increase water storage and improve water quality."
    woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woo

    #SolarPunkSunday #WoodLandTrust #Beavers #WetLands #WildLife #BioDiversity #UK #Floods #Nature #Flooding #ReWilding

  9. alojapan.com/1504459/2-tropica 2 tropical storms pound Japan with floods and landslides, killing 1 #ClimateAndEnvironment #floods #GeneralNews #HurricanesAndTyphoons #Kyoto #KyotoNews #LandslidesAndMudslides #NaturalDisasters #news #storms #weather #WorldNews #京都 #京都府 TOKYO — TOKYO (AP) — Two major storm systems pounded Japan on Saturday, causing landslides and floods and leaving one dead and several injured, media and officials said. The storms, Mekkhala and Higos, have d

  10. When your adversaries are no longer “those people” or nation states and proxies but #ExtremeHeat, #CropFailures, #Fires, #Floods,
    #Hurricanes, #Earthquakes, #Tsunamis, #Volcanoes, formerly preventable #Diseases and associated #Pandemics watcha gonna do ?
    “ Negotiate with bombs “ ? This is not leadership. This is illness

  11. alojapan.com/1494468/typhoon-j Typhoon Jangmi moves toward Japan’s Kyushu after lashing Okinawa #floods #HeavyRainfall #Japan #landslides #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #TyphoonJangmi #沖縄 Typhoon Jangmi is advancing toward Japan’s Kyushu region after impacting Okinawa, injuring several people and forcing widespread travel disruptions. Authorities warn of strong winds, floods and landslides as airlines cancel flights and possible Shinkansen train delays affect western Japan Pu

  12. #Heatwaves , #droughts and #floods , land degradation, species #extinction and #pollution all undermine human well-being. Any measure of #sustainability must assess and account for changes in #naturalresources . Destroying them to manufacture goods and produce services will hamper, not boost, growth and prosperity” nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    Here in the US, policy makers are locked into zero sum thinking. All that matters in their eyes is unhampered endless growth (measured by nationally by #GDP) and compound interest. This is the house that Milton Friedman’s market fundamentalism built.

    You don’t have to be an expert to look around and see that this perspective is driving the interrelated polycrises going on in the world today. Any hope of change requires a break from that mentality. Unfortunately, far too many people profit from the status quo.

    Short term thinking is an existential crisis for humanity.

  13. #Heatwaves , #droughts and #floods , land degradation, species #extinction and #pollution all undermine human well-being. Any measure of #sustainability must assess and account for changes in #naturalresources . Destroying them to manufacture goods and produce services will hamper, not boost, growth and prosperity” nature.com/articles/d41586-026

    Here in the US, policy makers are locked into zero sum thinking. All that matters in their eyes is unhampered endless growth (measured by nationally by #GDP) and compound interest. This is the house that Milton Friedman’s market fundamentalism built.

    You don’t have to be an expert to look around and see that this perspective is driving the interrelated polycrises going on in the world today. Any hope of change requires a break from that mentality. Unfortunately, far too many people profit from the status quo.

    Short term thinking is an existential crisis for humanity.

  14. Euphrates river floods homes and farmland in Syria

    Syria’s Civil Defense worked to help families grappling with floods in the east of the country after the Euphrates river burst its banks. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #MiddleEast #Syria #environment #Euphrates #floods 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters on Instagram:

    fllics.com/en/video/euphrates-

  15. Euphrates river floods homes and farmland in Syria

    Syria’s Civil Defense worked to help families grappling with floods in the east of the country after the Euphrates river burst its banks. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #MiddleEast #Syria #environment #Euphrates #floods 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters on Instagram:

    fllics.com/en/video/euphrates-

  16. EXTREME EARTH CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES. Chile Earthquake, Asian And European Heatwaves, Thirsty Meta AI, China Floods And More…

    Written and Posted By: Marlene* Thursday 28th May, 2026. Extreme weather events continue. Huge earthquake shakes Chile. Global weather patters and extreme weather events continue to intensify in may Nations. The Earth is going through labor pains. Something new is about to be born... M. https://youtu.be/eqBHCsMKSTA?si=wqwp5YjET3okBU1h Dangerous heatwave hits India with many casualties. Global Warming at play here.... Just a heads-up here. In the last days the temperatures will increase […]

    wordsbymarlene.blog/2026/05/28

  17. EXTREME EARTH CONDITIONS CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES. Chile Earthquake, Asian And European Heatwaves, Thirsty Meta AI, China Floods And More…

    Written and Posted By: Marlene* Thursday 28th May, 2026. Extreme weather events continue. Huge earthquake shakes Chile. Global weather patters and extreme weather events continue to intensify in may Nations. The Earth is going through labor pains. Something new is about to be born... M. https://youtu.be/eqBHCsMKSTA?si=wqwp5YjET3okBU1h Dangerous heatwave hits India with many casualties. Global Warming at play here.... Just a heads-up here. In the last days the temperatures will increase […]

    wordsbymarlene.blog/2026/05/28

  18. UC Santa Cruz: UC Santa Cruz Library publishes vast photo archive from iconic ‘Death of a Valley’. “Seventy years ago, residents of Monticello gathered to mark their last Memorial Day in their small, agricultural town. The spring gathering was always a chance for families and old friends to gather in community. By the time rains came the following year, 1957, Monticello was gone.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/28/uc-santa-cruz-uc-santa-cruz-library-publishes-vast-photo-archive-from-iconic-death-of-a-valley/
  19. UC Santa Cruz: UC Santa Cruz Library publishes vast photo archive from iconic ‘Death of a Valley’. “Seventy years ago, residents of Monticello gathered to mark their last Memorial Day in their small, agricultural town. The spring gathering was always a chance for families and old friends to gather in community. By the time rains came the following year, 1957, Monticello was gone.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/28/uc-santa-cruz-uc-santa-cruz-library-publishes-vast-photo-archive-from-iconic-death-of-a-valley/
  20. @BashStKid This is #Devon #rain #floods #fields #food there are roads narrow enough to surprise visitors partly due to the high banks, hedges etc.

    Too much rain for them.

    While one may stop the rain running out of the field, it forms a puddle, lake, unmanageable anaerobic mess, within the field, where crops were hoped for.

    Reducing the water landing in the field, whatever one does with it, is worth thinking about, I think.

    #rain #floods #food #solar #roof #drainage #gutters #farm #fields

  21. @BashStKid This is #Devon #rain #floods #fields #food there are roads narrow enough to surprise visitors partly due to the high banks, hedges etc.

    Too much rain for them.

    While one may stop the rain running out of the field, it forms a puddle, lake, unmanageable anaerobic mess, within the field, where crops were hoped for.

    Reducing the water landing in the field, whatever one does with it, is worth thinking about, I think.

    #rain #floods #food #solar #roof #drainage #gutters #farm #fields