Afsana Yasmeen, PhD
🎓 PhD (Environment & Resource Studies) | MSS & BSS Hons' (Anthropology)| 🛠️ Nature-based Solutions, Climate Resilient Development, Green Finance, Coastal Management, Gender–Environment | X: @Gender_Env
- Peatlands also regulate hydrology, therefore protecting them means fewer floods and stronger climate resilience.
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- Fascinating breakthrough! Harnessing microbes for iron extraction not only advances soil remediation but also opens new pathways for tackling persistent pollutants like microplastics and antibiotics. A promising step toward scalable, nature-based clean tech solutions!
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- Reposted by Afsana Yasmeen, PhDA moment for reflection... literally. New research shows how the albedo effect (Earth’s reflectivity) influences how well forest restoration projects can help cool the Earth.
- 1,100+ lives lost across SE Asia show how cyclones intensify monsoon rain to chain disasters! Strengthening multi‑hazard early warning, resilience measures, infrastructures, emission reduction efforts r critical & #Adaptation must rise to match the scale of risk. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
- Cyclone #Ditwah sparked chain disaster in #SriLanka. Landfall @Trincomalee brought torrential rain, triggering #landslides in Badulla, Nuwara Eliya, Floods drowned Colombo & Gampaha. 69 dead, 34 missing, 18k displaced. Warnings came late too narrow, too little. Multi‑hazard forecasting must evolve.
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- #Thailand #Flood Emergency: #HatYai #Songkhla submerged, 25 dead, 440k+ affected. Hospitals face blackouts & boat evacuations, power poles collapse. Urgent action underway. Extreme rainfall shows systemic fragility, long‑term #CCA needed. #ThailandFLood #ClimateAction @firehorse249791.bsky.social
- #COP30 delivered some steps forward, but resilience for vulnerable communities remains the real test. As GNDR’s Climate Change Lead Adessou Kossivi highlights, commitments must now turn into concrete action! @globalnetworkdr.bsky.social #GNDRatCOP30
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- Scientific‑empirical evidence shows #NatureBasedSolutions like oyster reefs enhance #muddy coastal resilience by attenuating hydrodynamic energy, stabilizing soft‑sediment shorelines, supporting biodiversity, a powerful dimension of #CoastalProtection relevant to archipelagic state Fiji. @iisd.org
- #ClimateChange disrupts lives and livelihoods, and small island nations like Fiji are especially vulnerable. #NatureBasedSolutions, like oyster farming, offer hope by benefiting people, nature, and local economies.
- Hoping that the upcoming #UNEA7 will shade light on the critical intersections of #NatureBasedSolutions and #muddy coastal protection, given the fragility of soft‑sediment shorelines and their importance for climate‑resilient coastal development! @unep.org
- Mainstreaming gender into hydrometeorological services is more than inclusion..it’s a pathway to integrated and targeted actions for climate and disaster resilience! @wmo-global.bsky.social
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- Encouraging that #COP30 finally brings minerals into the climate agenda. Echoing decades of calls from Indigenous peoples and communities for justice in the energy transition!
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- Reposted by Afsana Yasmeen, PhDNever forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead. Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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- A tremendous win for nature & communities!! Protecting 12,000+ acres of forest and freshwater habitat strengthens adaptation, resilience & biodiversity. #NatureBasedSolutions @nature.org
- #NatureBasedSolutions are key for adaptation & resilient #coastal ecosystems. Great to see WWF scaling this work in their new report. ow.ly/FBb650XpwgW @wwf.org.uk @orraanews.bsky.social
- #NatureBasedSolutions are essential for adaptation and climate resilience, but not the whole net zero answer. Deep emission cuts must also happen. @mackayim.bsky.social
- Community-led recovery after #HurricaneMelissa must be inclusive. Gendered data on casualties, needs & livelihoods is vital so rebuilding truly serves all. @petchary.bsky.social @lossanddamage.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Afsana Yasmeen, PhDHere, we show that deep below, corals and feather stars don’t just share space – they share microbes. Endozoicomonadaceae + Nitrosopumilaceae inhabit both hosts in a “promiscuous” symbiosis that may fuel nitrogen cycling in the deep sea. doi.org/10.1186/s401... 🌊🪸🧪 #Bioinformatics 🧬💻 #SymbioSky
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- Reposted by Afsana Yasmeen, PhDWhat's happening to our northern forests? 🌳 @calbergel.bsky.social explains how satellite data revealed unexpected changes in forest carbon storage and what this means for our climate. Check it out! 👇 #COP30
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- World still heading for 2.6 °C rise, far beyond Paris goals, science warns. @theguardian.com
- Absolutely right, @ingerandersen.bsky.social without reliable climate data, countries can’t predict extreme events or access climate finance. The SOFF Action Report at #COP30 shows closing data gaps is key to protecting lives & driving adaptation. @unep.org @wmo-global.bsky.social @undp.org
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- #Blue ecosystems face compound stressors, #climatechange, #biodiversity loss, & #anthropogenic degradation converge. Safeguarding them is foundational to resilient futures. #BlueCarbon #NatureBasedSolutions #CoastalResilience #OceanAction #OceanClimateAction @unep.org
- #CoastalSqueeze intensifies under #Climate stress, #SLR, land-use shifts, & human actions converge. #NbS must be contextually grounded. #ClimateAction #ClimateActionNow #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateResilientDevelopment #CoastalProtection @myzerocarbon.org @unep.org
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- The study shows a strategic blind spot. EU land-based CDR may marginalize contextual #NbS in #GlobalSouth contexts, where diverse coastal ecosystems contribute significantly to #bluecarbon #adaptation dynamics, yet insufficiently reflected into climate policy frameworks. #ClimateResilientDevelopment
- In the race for clean air, no one should be left behind.’ Nature-based solutions improve air quality through pollutant capture, microclimate regulation, and emission reduction critical for safeguarding vulnerable populations. #CleanAirDay @UNEP #NatureBasedSolutions #AirPollution #ClimateResilience
