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Day 3 of COP31.
Cultural heritage is more than something to preserve. It carries knowledge that can help communities adapt to a changing climate.
What do we carry forward?
#COP31 #UNFCCC #ClimateOperaHaus
COP31 is underway in Antalya.
Climate decisions are negotiated in rooms. Their consequences are lived far beyond them.
What changes when art and culture become part of the climate conversation?
#COP31 #ClimateOperaHaus
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As sea ice retreats, marine ecosystems are reshaped. Species move, habitats change, and ecological relationships shift.
A changing ocean does not simply lose its scenery. It changes who can live there.
#ClimateOperaHaus #Climate #Climatechange #Biodiversity
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Science gives us hard numbers on melting ice, but storytelling through art breaks the noise, turning passive consumers into active voices. We need binding policies, and art wakes policymakers up before it's too late. 🎭🧊🌍
CRYOSPHERE REPORT ON MELTDOWN ABOVE 1.5°C, 1.7°C IS CERTAIN
Overshooting 1.5°C will bring large-scale, in many cases, irreversible, impacts from melting ice sheets, permafrost, glaciers, sea ice and polar oceans.
iccinet.org/wp-content/uploa…
#arctic #climatechange #globalwarming
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Food fraud is about trust, traceability and accountability across the food system.
Technology can strengthen verification, but resilience depends on systems we can trust.
🎥 Full conversation:
youtube.com/watch?v=P-qcYDpP…
#FoodSystems
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If the ocean could compose its own opera, what key would it be in? A minor for its depth, or F sharp for its rising storms? Let us know what you hear. 🎻🌊#ClimateAction #Opera #Ocean
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Trees aren't just flood barriers, they are part of a living ecosystem and cultural memory. Connecting localism with ecological restoration through art and storytelling is how we turn climate policy into community action. 🌳🎭 #ClimateOpera #ClimateAction #UKPolitics
Angela Eagle tells Labour Party conf tree planting and localism key to protecting UK from coming extreme weather under #climatecrisis
theguardian.com/environment/…
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The data is alarming, but behind these record temperatures are human stories and vulnerable communities. Facing this reality requires transforming scientific warnings into urgent cultural awareness and collective action. 🌍
2026-27 SUPER EL NIÑO ON TRACK TO BE HISTORIC
All latest data indicate the strongest El Niño in over 100 years.
Subsurface heat up to 10 °C above normal will be a big boost to record global warming. Berkeley Earth puts August 2026 at a record 1.7°C
2027 will be the hottest ever by a wide margin- globally disastrous. It's all fossil-fuelled superheat
(Severe Weather Europe, 28 Sept. 2026)
#ElNino #climatechange #globalwarming
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Climate Week NYC connects policy, finance, nature & culture.Tomorrow, Genevieve attends "The Nexus Between Climate, Conflict & Natural Resources" in NY.What changes when climate conversations stop happening in isolation?
#ClimateWeekNYC #UNGA
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Peace is not simply the absence of war. It depends on the ability of societies to confront disagreement without violence, protect human rights and dignity, and keep dialogue open when tensions rise.
Today, conflict, displacement, discrimination, hate speech, backsliding on rights and polarization are fracturing communities and eroding trust.
On this #InternationalDayOfPeace, @UNESCO calls for greater investment in the institutions, skills and relationships that allow societies to address tensions before they turn into violence.
unesco.org/en/days/peace?hub… #ForThePeople
Peace is shaped by the conditions in which people live.
Climate, resources, resilience and security are increasingly connected.
What does lasting peace require in a changing climate?
#InternationalDayOfPeace #ClimateOperaHaus
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Peace with nature isn’t just a policy goal, it’s a profound cultural shift. Art and storytelling give us the emotional language to listen to the Earth and rebuild our bond with ecosystems. 🕊️🌍🎭 #PeaceDay #MakePeaceWithNature
From the air we breathe, to the water we drink, to the soil that grows our food – a healthy planet is the foundation of peace.
On #PeaceDay, this is a reminder to reflect on this vital bond & work towards making peace with nature: unep.org/topics/nature-actio…
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Outstanding data visualizations. Making the crisis visible is step one, translating these metrics into cultural narratives that drive human action is step two. Great resource by @ZLabe.
Looking for polar climate visualizations? Start here: 📈📉
+ Arctic sea-ice extent: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-…
+ Arctic sea-ice thickness/volume: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-…
+ Arctic temperatures: zacklabe.com/arctic-temperat…
+ Antarctic sea ice: zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-i…
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Data tells us how hot it’s getting, but narrative is what gets communities to actually adapt. We need to bridge scientific warnings with cultural reality fast.
Will Sept Set a Record Too?
August was the hottest month on record but September may also be a record setter as the extreme El Nino kicks in.
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Navigating overshoot requires more than technical targets, it demands shifting how societies internalize urgency.We view narrative systems & acoustic ecology as core mechanisms to bridge @UNEP's warnings with policy action.#LimitingOvershoot #ClimateAction
UNEP, IMMEDIATE POLICIES AND MEASURES OR UNPRECEDENTED DAMAGED WORLD
2 Sept. UNEP Limiting Overshoot Report
unep.org/resources/limiting-…
#climatechange #globalwarming #ClimateEmergency
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Clean air is not a side issue. It is cultural infrastructure.
The ability to gather, perform, learn and create depends on the shared conditions that make public life possible.
What does clean air make possible where you live?
#ClimateOperaHaus #CleanAirDay
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The confirmation of an operational overshoot beyond 1.5°C makes systemic climate adaptation an immediate priority.Managing overshoot duration requires moving beyond rhetoric to align climate finance with real-world resilience in land and food systems.
#ClimateFinance #Adaptation
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Action follows imagination. Replacing climate fatalism with agency requires new cultural narratives,ones that move people from passive anxiety to collective stewardship. Bridging scientific rigor with transformative art is how we reshape those societal norms. 🎼🌿
The headlines this summer make it easy to feel as if nothing can be done: record heat and wildfires continue, while fossil fuel companies rake in billions. But feeling powerless is exactly the trap, and this week there's new science on how to avoid it. Read on!
🧠 Good news: Watching a short "prebunking" video helps people across the political spectrum spot debilitating climate doom for what it is, and share it less.
🛢️ Not-so-good news: The same fossil fuel emissions driving this summer's heat and wildfires are making their producers richer than ever, with Oxfam projecting that six major oil companies will earn a combined $45 billion in Q2 of 2026, nearly double their Q1 earnings.
🗣️ What you can do: Use your voice: talk about the unfairness at the heart of this story, where a handful of companies earn billions while families pay through higher bills, lost work, and worse health.
When we change social norms, we activate societal tipping points. Your voice is more powerful than you think 💚 talkingclimate.ca/p/polluter…
ALT Image of a man standing in a smokey room, wearing a mask and holding stacks of money. Text that reads: "Resisting climate doom, Big Oil's $45 billion quarter, and how you can make polluters pay"
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Every new world arrives before its instructions.
The first manual is never written.
It is assembled through observation, trial, error and repair.
Climate adaptation is not only the work of infrastructure.
It is also the work of culture.
#ClimateOperaHaus
Preparedness takes on a whole new meaning when the same weather engine drives opposite extremes across one continent. The key question now is how we support local adaptation when climate patterns keep returning, but never in a familiar way.
A “Super El Niño” is an exceptionally warm weather pattern across the Pacific Ocean, and it is developing earlier than expected. On a planet already warmed by climate change, it could mean even more extreme heat, droughts, and flooding. nytimes.com/2026/08/12/clima…
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