Samina Islam

Grad Student @CUBoulderENVS | Climate change research w/ focus on climate adaptation, informal settlements, migration and displacement | Love for nature🌿

[Kees van der Geest @keesvdgeest]

It is hard to explain what Non-Economic #LossAndDamage (NELD) is in 40 seconds. What i would have added is that it is a key #ClimateJustice issue, and that it is important to take #NELD into account in policy to address Loss & Damage.
https://t.co/sAOWG4rTB0
#LossAndDamageFund

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

The list of terms that experts use on climate change can be daunting.

We believe everyone should have access to basic information. That's why we prepared the Climate Dictionary: https://t.co/HKC4deuLoQ

We will keep updating this thread, so remember to save it🧵

[Laurie Goering @lauriegoering]

What does loss and damage from climate change look like? Like Bangladesh's Manta people, who now live their lives on boats after their land eroded away #LossAndDamage #Bangladesh #ClimateEmergency https://t.co/09VKRbnBsg

[IIED @IIED]

ICYMI: Climate-induced migration and health issues: a toolkit for policymakers --> https://t.co/1doNOsCqsr

This paper explores how climate change-induced #migration is creating physical & mental health and wellbeing issues, both for migrants and the families they leave behind.

[Loss and Damage Collaboration (L&DC) @LossandDamage]

1/2. In this blog @SamHuckstep and @ThomasGinnDC highlight, amongst other things, the links made between #LossAndDamage and #ClimateInducedMigration at #COP27.

🔗https://t.co/i8BNPQZg0C

[Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets]

#IndigenousPeoples & forest communities are critical to sustaining the diversity of life on our planet. We must respect & uphold their #HumanRights.

The #Climate & #Biodiversity crises need system change, not false solutions such as carbon offsetting.
https://t.co/4bn2144QNC

[WRI Climate @WRIClimate]

How could funding directly help people facing #LossAndDamage from climate change?
🏗️ Rebuild infrastructure
🌾Weather-indexed crop insurance
👥Enable social protection systems
🏥Immediate humanitarian aid
🌏Migration & relocation

…and much more ⬇️
https://t.co/Gq5WtQsvew

[Rafiqul Montu 🇧🇩 @ri_montu]

I spend a lot of time listening to stories of #change from elders on the #coast of #Bangladesh. Every elderly person is like a big archive. Information from senior citizens helps me write #ClimateCrisis stories. I connect the present with the #stories I hear from them.

[Global Center on Adaptation @GCAdaptation]

The historic #COP27 loss & damage deal is an important step towards justice—but we also need to make good on the promise of $100bn/year in climate finance for developing countries incl. doubling adaptation finance, GCA CEO @PVV_GCA explains to @AJEnglish: https://t.co/YfwiEUjtBf

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Recommended read: The story behind the loss and damage fund at COP27 | @SaleemulHuq @dailystarnews

https://t.co/UpGsVCRIVG

[TheEcoCommunity @OurEcoCommunity]

What are climate summits actually for, and how can we make them work?

https://t.co/F1QADK03nF

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

In Somalia🇸🇴, dams built with support from @UNDP @theGEF are providing water to camel herders and local communities. The project is also helping camel herders in Puntland to protect their land and livestock from soil erosion and flash floods https://t.co/9cZVV7AGXD #GEFcouncil63

[Saleemul Huq @SaleemulHuq2]

Cop27: Draft loss and damage text says countries will set up fund https://t.co/NDaCLiB9kj

[Down To Earth @down2earthindia]

Finally, there is some hope at the end of the tunnel for #COP27. The COP27 Presidency released a draft text November 19, 2022, in which it proposed to create a loss and damage finance facility at Sharm El-Sheikh, with the details to be worked out later

https://t.co/ukNwmbxBz6

[Native Red Cloud🪶Maȟpíya Lúta~Hińhan Wakangli⚡️🦉 @Native3rd]

"Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi Nation 🪶✨

[BBC Science News @BBCScienceNews]

COP27: Oil pollution in Egypt threatens one of world's few thriving coral reefs https://t.co/XQb1xEwwRC

[Samina Islam @SaminaIslam_]

"Key to building climate resilience are integrated, holistic solutions which connect the dots between land-use, agriculture, and livelihoods as well as natural resources, economic growth, and social development."
https://t.co/MWF5HA7H2o

[Samina Islam @SaminaIslam_]

"The time we spent to get water, we can now spend that in taking care of our children or income-generating activities like weaving cloth." - impact of locally-led adaptation. #ENVS5000 #COP27 https://t.co/U0y2UyD0Nr

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

Bhutan does not contribute to global warming. In fact, it is the first carbon-negative country in the world.

Yet, as its glaciers are melting fast, it must bear the consequences.

Why the world’s major emitters must accelerate action: https://t.co/dAw1dfx44u #COP27

[Samina Islam @SaminaIslam_]

Happy to see such an amazing documentary on Bangladesh which perfectly visualized the climate vulnerability and climate resilience of the country through local water stories. Highly recommended to watch #ClimateEmergency #ENVS5000
https://t.co/xUNj365NRP