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Mapping a fairer future: The open-source movement that's mobilising for climate resilience

David Lyons

October 21, 2025 |

Pioneers Post |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) trains local communities to create and use open-source maps with low-cost tools like drones and mobile apps, enabling them to prepare for and respond to climate disasters. Firefighters used the maps to prevent casualties during a 2021 wildfire in Argentina, and in Kenya maps were used to secure World Bank funding for flood infrastructure improvements.

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A Wall of Trees is Reversing Desertification and Empowering Communities in Nigeria

Chinonso Kenneth

October 12, 2025 |

Triple Pundit |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Makoda, Kano

The Wall of Trees initiative in Nigeria's Makoda village created a four-tiered barrier of windbreak, orchard, woodlot, and economic trees that tripled crop yields and provided income opportunities for 200 women, successfully reversing desertification on 15 hectares over two decades.

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From Risk to Rescue: Keeping Girls Safe In The Climate-Hit Sundarbans

Safina Nabi, Kanika Gupta

October 05, 2025 |

upBeat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, West Bengal

BIRD's community-based anti-trafficking network has used vigilance hubs, local partnerships, and survivor-focused rehabilitation to rescue over 500 girls. Building community trust has made families turn to them first when children go missing, reducing trafficking rates in climate-vulnerable regions.

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The Nigerian Women Who Went from Labourers for Hire to Landowners

Yahuza Bawage

October 03, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

Twenty women in Kaduna, Nigeria formed a cooperative in 2015 that pooled their farm labor earnings to collectively purchase land, transforming them from hired laborers earning ₦2,000-₦10,000 per day into independent landowners who now harvest enough to support their families' education and healthcare while contributing food to their community.

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How to build a food sovereignty lab

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

September 15, 2025 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Humboldt County, California

Cal Poly Humboldt's Native American Studies Department created an Indigenous food sovereignty research lab through a student-led, community-driven process that now supports Indigenous students' cultural connections, advances traditional ecological knowledge research, and demonstrates how Indigenous knowledge can be valued in higher education.

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Puerto Ricans are devising the food system of tomorrow

Ayurella Horn-Muller

September 03, 2025 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Puerto Rico

Communities in Puerto Rico developed locally-run resilience hubs that combine community kitchens, food stockpiling, and disaster preparedness infrastructure, successfully serving thousands of meals during events like Hurricane Fiona and providing year-round food security while reducing dependence on delayed government aid.

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'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

Daniel Lampariello

August 22, 2025 |

WGME-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Maine

Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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The 'frying pan of Spain' shows how cities can deal with extreme heat

Romain Chauvet

August 08, 2025 |

CBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Seville

Seville has implemented three innovative water-based cooling solutions—ancient Persian qanat technology, adiabatic cooling systems in 450+ schools, and urban evapotranspiration projects—that collectively reduce temperatures by 6-12°C in public spaces and buildings while using minimal energy and attracting international attention as replicable models for heat adaptation.

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Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

Yereth Rosen

August 02, 2025 |

Alaska Beacon |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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La dignidad cruzó muros: la historia de Keren y las mujeres que abrieron paso a la menstruación libre en la prisión de Tlaxcala

Paola Chavely Torres Nahuatlato

June 23, 2025 |

Escenario Tlaxcala |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

En el Centro de Reinserción Social Femenil, un programa de intervención con muchas alianzas transformó la experiencia menstrual de mujeres privadas de la libertad: Voluntarias educadoras menstruales permitieron brindar conocimientos técnicos, perspectivas de género, y nuevos suministros para que las mujeres privadas de la libertad y las custodias que protegen su seguridad tuvieran mayor sensibilidad cuando se habla de gestión menstrual.

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