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To protect angel sharks, a Libyan biologist collaborates with fishing communities

Ibtisam Agfeer

November 03, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Libya

A Libyan marine biologist built trust with fishing communities through dialogue and education about endangered angel sharks. This led fishers to stop deliberately targeting the species and voluntarily release caught sharks, while researchers identified a vital breeding ground.

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Well Into the Future

Daniel Rothberg

November 03, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Smith Valley, Nevada

Nevada launched a $25 million pilot program in 2023 that pays farmers to voluntarily retire groundwater rights in over-pumped basins. The state-funded buyback purchases water rights at competitive rates and retires them to reduce unsustainable groundwater extraction, with the help of local organizations like the Walker Basin Conservancy. Since forming, the program retired approximately 22,500 acre-feet of groundwater rights, and the program's success led to unanimous bipartisan legislation to expand it.

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America's Rye Whiskey Resurgence Could Help the Climate, But Not By Itself

Emily Payne

October 25, 2025 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Colorado

The Rye Resurgence Project planted 4,000 acres of rye in Colorado's San Luis Valley, leading to a 30% reduction in soil nitrogen leaching, dramatically improved water infiltration, and reduced soil erosion and dust storms, while providing farmers with profitable markets that incentivize soil-protecting practices.

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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 |

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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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The Farmer Who Lets Nature Take the Lead

Karolina Chlumecka

October 20, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Czech Republic, Drahenice, Bohemia

Czech farmer Wenzel Lobkowicz adopted regenerative grazing on 200 hectares of degraded pastureland in Drahenice, moving cattle herds to fresh pasture sections daily to allow vegetation time to regenerate and soil to recover. After implementing this approach in 2019, Lobkowicz documented significant improvements, including a longer grazing season, deeper root systems, improved water retention and soil structure and increased biodiversity. Lobkowicz’s experience with regenerative farming has also inspired other area farmers to consider its feasibility.

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How one Minneapolis neighborhood reduced its carbon emissions by 1,600 metric tons

Kristoffer Tigue

October 16, 2025 |

Minnesota Star Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

One Minneapolis resident launched a grassroots education campaign to help her neighborhood reduce carbon emissions from home heating by upgrading her home insulation and using electric appliances. She then shared information about the energy-efficiency improvements and available rebates to fund them. Between 2019 and 2024, area residents using these strategies reduced natural gas use by 29%, and is now being replicated in other neighborhoods throughout the city.

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Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam

Alison F. Takemura

October 14, 2025 |

Canary Media |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Collins, Colorado

AtmosZero's modular electric heat pump technology replaces gas-fired industrial boilers to produce steam at up to 165°C, demonstrated at New Belgium brewery where it provides 30-40% of steam needs with 200% efficiency, though at higher installation costs and lower efficiency than waste-heat systems.

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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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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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Are Low-Emission Zones Freeing European Cities from Smog?

Elyse Hauser

October 10, 2025 |

Triple Pundit |

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Response Location: Belgium, Brussels

European cities have implemented low-emission zones that gradually restrict older, polluting vehicles from entering designated urban areas, in an effort to reduce air pollution. While effectiveness varies by region, since implementing these zones, Brussels has seen a 36% reduction in nitrogen oxide levels over five years, and air quality improvements extending up to five kilometers beyond the zone boundaries.

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Otuabagi Women Farmers Replant Bayelsa's Future with Raffia Palms

Timkat Nanbol Victor

October 06, 2025 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Otuabagi, Bayelsa

The Otuabagi Women Farmers Association's initiative to replant 7,200 raffia palm trees has not only begun restoring their oil-damaged swamp forest but also created a cooperative financial safety net for members and sparked community-wide conversations about environmental protection.

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