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"Beginning in the summer, El Niño typically peaks around December or the following January." 🧵 " #ElNiño can contribute to severe droughts in one part of the world & heavy rainfall in others — both of which can disrupt growing seasons in key breadbaskets of the world." Read @fridagarza.bsky.social:

Indigenous cultural practices are a climate solution, report finds (via Grist.org): dlvr.it/TTBm8w

"A new report found that environmental defenders are increasingly encountering overlapping networks of government officials, corporations, criminal groups and private security forces." By @katiesurma.bsky.social for Inside Climate News: archive.is/KSGQ1

"The health of Indigenous lands and their ability to store vast quantities of #carbon stem from the stewardship of the people who inhabit them." "Respondents from a wide range of countries […] mentioned using community monitoring or patrols to protect their land." via @josephvlee.bsky.social

… "Super El Niño to hit major cities across Asia and Africa, disrupting livelihoods, economies and global supply chains, new WaterAid research warns" www.wateraid.org/ca/super-el-...

'At least 5.5 M people in Borneo and Sumatra have been directly exposed to smoke.' “When landscapes that have long been safeguarded by indigenous communities are transformed into industrial-scale production zones, the ecological function of these areas as a buffer against fire is also weakened”.