Resilience Youth Network

Thank you Max Sano for supporting the #RYNFellowship capstone projects ✍👨🎓! Over the next month, Fellows will work on individual writing pieces that combine their learnings about natural hazard resilience from the program with their personal experiences and future ideas to improve resilience capacity in Nepal. These capstone pieces will be published on The Greenzine and RYN websites. Sending cares to those of our Fellows currently experiencing major transportation and power outage impacts due to recent rainfall, landslides, and riverine flooding in Nepal. An important reminder of why #climateresilience is the ultimate sustainability! Resilience Action Fund

Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan, which aims to integrate climate adaptation into various aspects of its operations, focusing on partnerships and environmental justice. Key highlights include: - Developing Climate-Resilient #SupplyChains: The EPA incorporates climate hazard risk assessments into its Supply Chain Risk Management plan. By conducting thorough risk assessments under relevant federal acts, the agency aims to make its procurement processes resilient to climate-related disruptions, setting a standard for supply chain management. - Building Facility #Resilience: The EPA is conducting assessments to identify vulnerabilities in its facilities to climate change impacts. These evaluations focus on structural and operational weaknesses that may be affected by extreme weather, rising temperatures, and flooding. - Integrating Climate Adaptation into #Rulemaking Processes: To maintain the effectiveness of regulations under changing climate conditions, the EPA is integrating climate adaptation considerations into its rulemaking processes. New rules, for example, require facilities managing hazardous materials to prepare for extreme weather scenarios, ensuring that regulations remain robust and adaptive in the face of climate change. As mentioned previously in my posts, the federal government has set ambitious goals for net-zero emissions in federal buildings by 2045, supported by the EPA's Climate Adaptation Plan, President Biden's Executive Order 14057, and the Federal Sustainability Plan. Notable aspects of the plan include: Building for #NetZero Emission: By 2030, all new construction and major renovation projects over 25,000 square feet will be designed to reach net-zero emissions. This includes: - Prioritizing building electrification and replacing fossil-fuel equipment with carbon-free technologies. - Generating and storing clean energy on-site. - Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from operations. - Utilizing data analytics for efficient system management. Sustainable and #Equitable Siting: The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) (The White House) will issue guidance to ensure federal facilities enhance community vitality and livability. This involves: - Strategically placing federal workplaces to use local infrastructure efficiently. - Expanding access to public transportation. - Aligning federal real estate investments with local and regional planning and sustainability goals. Net-Zero Emissions Buildings Federal Leaders Working Group: This group has been established to drive strategy and implementation, providing reports to the National Climate Task Force every six months. For more details, you can explore the full EPA 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan or the Net-Zero Emissions Buildings Plan at the links in my comment section. #EPA

In today's 4th #RYNFellowship session we learned about building resilience through policy and finance from Sarang Mani of the RYN Board and had a group discussion of last week's homework assignment designed by Kira Clingen: Observe: Take or find five photos of a place that you are familiar with (your street or city).  Orient: Write a brief sentence or two for each photograph describing the climate hazards in each photo.  Decide: Write a brief sentence or two describing possible solutions to those hazards. Fellows, you are doing so awesome! We look forward to seeing you at next week's session on journalism and advocacy led by the amazing Max Sano of the The Greenzine!!!

Had our 3rd session of the #RYNFellowship today! We focused on design for landslides, floods, and other climate hazards in Nepal led by Board Member Kira Clingen from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Dane Carlson of Principia College. Thank you especially to Dane for sharing your community adaptation work in Nepal and for instigating a provocative and engaging discussion with our Fellows and Deepak Marahatta.

Awesome 2nd session of our #Summer2024 Nepal Fellowship 🇳🇵🌏👨🎓! Many thanks to our expert guest, Jiwnath Ghimire of Iowa State University, for his presentation on disasters, social vulnerabilities, and recovery planning in Nepal 🌊🔥. Thank you also to Laxman Kafle of MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering for sharing his research on big reservoirs, landslides, and their cascading effects, and to RYN's Deepak Marahatta for leading the session💡. For next week, Fellows will examine real examples of #DiasterRiskReduction and share their findings on strategies for mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery in groups. #Resilience #ClimateResilience #RYNFellowship

I am so glad to facilitate this training.

Great to share the knowledge with sustainability professionals that a building being Green (G) does not necessarily equate to it being Resilient (R). To be Sustainable (S) you need both: S = G + R Thank you Botswana Green Building Council and Tebogo 'Tebby' Modisagape

Today's kickoff of the RYN #Summer2024 Nepal Fellowship was a huge hit 🇳🇵🌏👨🎓! Many thanks to our expert guest, Aris Papadopoulos of the Resilience Action Fund and UNDRR ARISE, for his presentation on hazards, risks, and best practices for a sustainable built environment in Nepal, anchored by the founding principles of the Building Resilience Index 🏗🏢. For next week, our 11 Fellows will prepare maps using World Resources Institute Aqueduct and earthquake GEM Foundation tools in anticipation of our next session on disaster risk reduction 🚒🌊🔥. Shoutout our Board for their hard work Robert Fetell, Deepak Marahatta, Kira Clingen, Charles Aresty, Sarang Mani, Arunima Sircar, Paul Anthony Presendieu #Resilience #ClimateResilience #BuildingResilienceIndex

🎉 RYN FELLOWSHIP LAUNCH ALERT 🎉 We are pleased to announce the launch (and return) of the Resilience Youth Network Fellowship program! Running from June 12 to August 14, 2024, we invite you to apply to be a part of our cohort and learn all about what it means to build climate resilience, explore climate change solutions, and meet experts in the field! The Fellowship program is a ten-week summer Fellowship for incoming juniors and seniors in high school across the United States. Fifteen Fellows will be selected for the Fellowship program. For the first time ever, we are also expanding the Fellowship to be global, inviting students from Nepal to apply, with three Fellows being selected for the program. The application deadline is April 14, 11:59pm ET. While this is a competitive process, we encourage everyone to apply regardless of background or experience with the topic! You can find important links here: Fellowship Application Guide: https://lnkd.in/eQ5JHN7i RYN Fellowship Application USA: https://lnkd.in/eaXTzF_g RYN Fellowship Application Nepal: https://lnkd.in/eU-2iNds Please do not hesitate to reach out to us with any questions or concerns you might have by emailing us at [email protected].

🌟 Board of Directors Announcement 🌟 We are thrilled to introduce Arunima Sircar as the Head of Social Media at Resilience Youth Network. With a creative flair and understanding of social media platforms, she is set to elevate our digital presence and amplify our message to build climate resilience. Arunima is passionate about creating opportunities through harnessing the power of social media to connect, engage, and inspire change. Join us in extending a warm welcome to her as we embark on this digital journey to share our mission, stories, and impact.