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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 6d

Data is power — but only when it’s used.

At ITACA Connect, Hamlyn Holder shared how faster, smarter data use drives climate preparedness across SIDS.

▶️ Watch the full conversation on YouTube.

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 7d

Your best climate innovators already work for you. 🌍

Insight from Luis Felipe Quintero at ITACA Connect.

🎥 Watch the full conversation on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-cY...

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 14d

Resilience isn’t just surviving the storm — it’s evolving through it.

True resilience starts when belief meets justice and local agency.

🌎 Read more: itaca.solutions/climate-change/if-you-believe-in-climate-resilience/

#ClimateResilience #Adaptation #ITACASolutions

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 19d

Resilience isn’t about avoiding change; it’s about transforming through it.

Explore how belief becomes action in our latest blog.

🔗 itaca.solutions/climate-chan...

#ClimateResilience #ITACASolutions #ResilientFuture #Adaptation

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 22d

We all see the changes.
But do we believe we can adapt?
Believing in climate resilience means building it together.

🔗 Read here: bit.ly/47cADDR
#ClimateResilience #ITACASolutions

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · 25d

🌎💰 Climate Finance in Motion
ITACA attended Bogotá’s Climate Finance event and took away 3 key lessons:
1️⃣ Restoration = productive, social, biodiverse
2️⃣ Green banking must fit local realities
3️⃣ Financial innovation scales resilient solutions
#ClimateFinance #GreenBanking #Bioeconomy #Innovation

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 23

Sandra McLeish is showing us how women leaders are transforming climate resilience across the Caribbean.

Watch the full session: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBGi...

#ITACAConnect #WomenInClimate #ClimateLeadership #HealthResilience #CaribbeanClimate

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 11

“Effective climate action requires equity and inclusive governance.” – Chevanev Charles, SIDS policy development leader.

Discover more insights → bit.ly/3VyVxGB

#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 10

🌍 At @ucl.ac.uk #AccountableAdaptation Symposium, ITACA Solutions joined global experts to reflect on the politics of measuring adaptation, its power to both constrain & enable transformation. Measuring adaptation is never neutral. #ClimateAction

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 9

🌍 Despite $100B pledged, SIDS accessed just $1.5B in 2019.
Allanson Cruickshank stresses the need for flexible, sustained climate finance that reaches grassroots orgs.
More → bit.ly/46tZBhJ
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 8

🌎 According to Columbia Climate School & @rockefellerfdn.bsky.social , 8 LAC nations are in the Red Zone, 7 across all scenarios. 100M+ people face a high risk with the least access to climate finance. #ClimateVulnerability #LAC Read more here: bit.ly/45WGfSl

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 5

📊 Fragmented climate data limits adaptation in the Caribbean.
Experts Alecia Bennett-Bryan & Hamlyn Holder stress that better monitoring & data-sharing are key.
Read more → bit.ly/3I6soiX
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 3

Many sustainability directors are, in reality, directors of other areas. – Luis Felipe Quintero 🌱
LAC faces a critical skills gap in climate expertise.
Read how experts are building capacity →
itaca.solutions/climate-chan...
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions #ITACACollective

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Sep 1

🌊 New blog out now!
Climate leaders in LAC face rising seas, storms & ecosystem shifts with limited resources.
Five experts share the biggest barriers to action and the solutions shaping resilience.
Read more → bit.ly/3VyVxGB
#ClimateAction #SIDS #ITACASolutions

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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 26

💧 Wetlands = life.
They protect coasts, store carbon, provide food & clean water—yet 35% have been lost since 1970. 🌿

Mangroves are climate superheroes.
🌍 Protecting them means protecting our future.

👉 Learn more: itaca.solutions/wp-content/u...

#WorldWaterWeek #Mangroves

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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 25

How do we engage children & youth in climate action?
By giving them space to imagine, create & share their vision. 🌍
🎨 710 artworks from 60 schools in Panama showed how youth see climate change & resilience.
🏆 30 winners were showcased in galleries & a book by the Ministry of Environment in Panama.

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌍 Happy #InternationalYouthDay!
At ITACA, we believe the best climate solutions come from youth who know their communities. By blending science & local knowledge, they’re driving change—raising awareness, building networks, & creating adaptation strategies. 🌟

#ITACASolutions #YouthForClimate

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 11

🔍 How do we empower youth for climate action?
Through knowledge, mentorship & peer learning. ITACA’s Academy, Bootcamp & Alumni Program have supported 230+ young people in Panama to keep growing their impact. 👉 bit.ly/3Uo2Kck #ITACASolutions #ClimateEducation

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 6

📚 Climate education in action.
ITACA and the Ministry of Environment co-developed 8 modules and 4 teacher guides, now piloted in schools and shared via Panama’s Climate Knowledge Hub.

🔗 Explore here → transparencia-climatica.miambiente.gob.pa

#ITACASolutions #ClimateAction #KnowledgeForAction

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Aug 4

🌍 ITACA joined the #RESI initiative by @odi.global exploring how #SIDS are reshaping climate action.
🎬 From Barbados' financial reforms to Dominica's resilience - inspiring just transitions worldwide.
Learn more: bit.ly/3ITpaPZ
#SIDSLeadership #ClimateJustice

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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Jul 31

Disasters aren’t isolated; they’re ongoing pressures.

To strengthen the Caribbean & Central America, we must scale local solutions, fund long-term planning, and center communities in decision-making.

#GPDRR #ClimateJustice #CapacityToAct #ItacaSolutions #DisasterRiskReduction #ClimateAction

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Jul 25

During #ECCA2025, we followed key conversations on adaptation, citizen engagement, and local leadership.

ITACA believes climate action must be rooted in trusted knowledge, empowered communities, and locally driven solutions.

#ITACASolutions #ECCA2025 #OceanLeadership #ClimateAction

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Jul 15

❄️ #ArcticSeaIceDay reminds us: what melts in the Arctic ripples across the planet.

As @NovaraOnePlanet reaches the Arctic, we look back on ITACA’s journey with them, supporting coastal resilience.

🎥 This doc shows how climate action is a global voyage: youtu.be/XNFCJecg2Jo
#ITACASolutions

Supporting Community-Based Adaptation | ITACA Solutions Documentary

YouTube video by ITACA SOLUTIONS

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ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Jul 11

🌍 Today on #WorldPopulationDay2025, we’re reminded that sustainable development starts with people.

🌱 By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, intensifying the need for inclusive planning and environmental protection.

#ClimateJustice #PeopleAndPlanet

ITACA Solutions @itacasolutions.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌊 The ocean won’t be saved from above. It will be saved from the sea up.
At #UNOC2025, the message was clear: the blue economy must be inclusive.
#BlueEconomy #OceanClimate #ClimateJustice #CapacityToAct #ItacaSolutions