What to make on a 24C day in October? Pumpkin milkshakes of course. #climate #adapt

Sometimes I feel life is, or should be, 2% jazz, and 98% funky stuff. So glad this rural white kid got turned on to funk in the 90s and to see it still going strong today. Make it funky, y’all. nytimes.com/interactive/20… via ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩

This is going from numbers to neighbors, far away to family. And fast. It’s real. Please do your part. #StayHome #coronavirus #COVID19

“It’s not just a hippy way of looking at the world.” that’s right, it’s the most responsible way of looking at rebuilding in a way that avoids the traps that are exacerbating the devastation from #covid19 ⁦The Guardian⁩ ⁦Kate Raworth⁩ theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

Our stuff is essential, your lives are not. Not just during #COVID19 unfortunately nytimes.com/2020/04/30/wor…

Hello! A lot of you have started following me in the last couple of months, so let me introduce you to some people I respect, who've created some of the pandemic writing that's really stuck with me.

Leave it to the Swiss to find a #COVID__19 tracing app that respects privacy. Open source, Bluetooth not gps, local data, voluntary actions, auto deletion. Curious to see how it goes #SwissCovid ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…

#BlackLivesMatter stay strong for justice and true equality America

"This is a not an either/or. This is a both/and. To bring about real change, we both have to highlight a problem and make people in power uncomfortable. But we also have to translate that into practical solutions and laws.” —Barack Obama on taking action and creating change

Marching in the rain w thousands of people in #Geneva for #BlackLivesMatter felt good. Proud of the turnout in this international town and the global outcry for justice.

Young people always find new ways to give me hope

In #Antananarivo #Madagascar this week meeting w/ govt & UN partners to discuss support to people #displaced by drought, food insecurity & cyclones. Internal #disaster displacement = issue of increasing importance that will require integrated data & policy efforts. IDMC

"Our children eat [leaves] and go to bed with nothing else in their stomachs" Our latest blog explains how devastating conflict, displacement and #foodinsecurity have overlapped in #BurkinaFaso. Read now: internal-displacement.org

Research indicates that as few as 1 in 3 girls in countries affected by crises will have completed secondary education by 2030. #Internaldisplacement can have a huge impact on children’s access to quality and consistent education. Read more👇 internal-displacement.org/publications/i…

"One of the myths that we have been able to bust thanks to data and global analysis is that #disasterdisplacement is not just an issue that hits the Global South, it also affects high-income countries" - Alexandra Bilak today GFMD hosted by AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 and DisasterDisplacement

Save the date - Our 4th interdisciplinary conference on #internaldisplacement will be 2 October in Geneva and online. It will examine how 25 yrs of progress can inform action today for solutions to internal displacement. Hope to see you at #IDPcon23 internal-displacement.org/events/interna…

There have been over 2 million internal displacements in Sudan in the first ten weeks after conflict erupted on 15 April 2023, nearly the same number as the previous 10 years combined. Read more in our expert analysis: internal-displacement.org/expert-opinion…

Join Jan Egeland Robert Piper Paula Gaviria Trygve Nordby Sumbul Rizvi @wakaelin and H.E. Mr. Luke Daunivalu at the IDMC Internal Displacement Conference 2 Oct - in Geneva or online. Learn more: internal-displacement.org/events/interna…

NEW REPORT: 35.8 million women and girls were living in #internaldisplacement at the end of 2022. Our latest report shows how #gender shapes a person’s displacement experience, the risks they face & their ability to access support: tinyurl.com/bmmpykeh