With parts of Vanuatu suffering significant damage from cat 5 TC Lola, our ⁦Respond Global⁩ team is straight to work with central and provincial government to coordinate response activities aboard our HELPR-1 vessel. #disastermanagement #vanuatu fb.watch/nW3vAW7nIy/?mi…

In the wake of #tclola in #Vanuatu HELPR-1 has been assisting #Cyclone assessment and response teams to quickly reach impacted communities with our crew clearing the way for them.

Breaking News! Well humanity, we did it, even if just for one day. Yesterday, Nov. 18, was the first time in recorded history that the global 2m surface temperature breached 2.0°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC baseline. The long-term average remains below 1.5°C. But not for long.

This COP is being made a mockery of. #climatechange #climateemergency bbc.com/news/science-e…

Halt the Logging - Save the Kangaroo Island Koalas - Sign the Petition! chng.it/m4kLvpRm via Change.org Australia The world watched in 2019-20 as rescuers raced to save KI koalas from burn injuries. Now logging is decimating the bushfire survivors! Shame!

As crazy as it may sound, Global sea surface temperatures have now been at all-time record warm levels for an entire year. This is perhaps one of the most absurd and alarming graphs I have ever plotted.

For 5 or 6 hours people drove around this eastern grey kangaroo without stopping to check her pouch. Her joey’s chance of survival reduces quickly without warmth and milk. Please stop to check. A pair of gloves and a pillow case is all that’s needed.

In December 2023, this reef in the northern Great Barrier Reef was 100% coral cover. In March 2024, after ~6 weeks of prolonged heat stress, coral bleaching was extensive and mortality underway, with 80% bleached and 20% recently dead colonies.

Fighting fires and gender stereotypes 👩‍🚒🔥🚒🧯 These Rohingya refugee women are among the first responders protecting their community.

Delays in disaster response in 🇻🇺 occur when there is no trust in the local needs assessment, local response plan and local leadership. We need to change this. #LocalResponse #LocalLeadership Respond Global Nicolette Brent MBE 🇬🇧 Ralph Regenvanu Max Willis Nicci Simmonds

I’ll be heading to Heron for a field trip in a month and now expecting it to be a devastating trip. This bleaching event is widespread and significant and with a local media and government largely ignoring whats happened I appreciate Terry Hughes’s honesty and tenacity 🙏.

Merelava island. One of the remotest communities in Vanuatu. Locals build homes and gardens dug into the steep slopes of the dormant volcano. Tricky sea landings and any approach is timed with the swells. They have not had a trained health worker posted here for the last 6 years.

Squeezed a quick frog walk in before the cooler weather starts. A few Great Barred and Green Tree frogs around. #frogs #NoosaNP

The 2024 mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef in numbers (preliminary analysis): - 46% of reefs experienced record high DHW - new record of 17.7 DHW from the southern GBR - 37% of the GBR has been exposed to three or more >6DHW events in the past decade (1/n)

In 2022 we showed from WA Government records that their prescribed burning program was creating a more fire-prone landscape. They dismissed the findings, but their reasons turned out to massively *strengthen* our conclusions (new paper here). iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… 1/🧵

Last month NOAA confirmed that the world’s fourth global coral bleaching event on record was underway. See how the current event (which began last year) compares to the previous three events in terms of extent and severity. Read more: climate.gov/news-features/…

Our Respond Global Green Energy team continues to support rural facilities in remote areas. On the island of Maewo, two health facilities that had been without power for over 3 years, are now lit up to the joy of our Village Health Workers and nurses. #GoGreen #ServiceDelivery

Terrific to visit Malampa Province today with 5 🇦🇺 MPs visiting 🇻🇺with Save the Children Australia News Australian Regional Leadership Initiative #ARLI. Tankyu tumas to partners for showcasing #climate, #health, #gender, #education & #resilience initiatives in 🇻🇺 funded through the 🇻🇺🇦🇺 partnership.

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