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The Flood Hub @thefloodhub.bsky.social · 7d

With heavy rain & strong winds expected from Friday 3 October, Storm Amy could bring localised flooding to rivers, roads & low-lying areas.

🌧️Sign up for flood alerts
🌧️Check your local forecast & updates regularly
🌧️Avoid driving or walking through floodwater, it’s deeper & faster than it looks

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · 8d

Join the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Games Lab for "Gaming Rail Flood Resilience" in Glasgow on the 10th October. For playtesting the latest version of their discussion-based CO-GREAT rail flood resilience game. The event includes lunch. Contact them by email to sign-up at: [email protected]

Image shows a photo of a busy train station platform in Scotland with departure boards and lots of people walking about.

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · 8d

The Ferret’s article gives a sobering look at the lived experiences of communities like Brechin, which are still grappling with the aftermath of Storm Babet and inputs from Carol Raeburn from the Scottish Flood Forum & @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Prof Larissa Naylor.
theferret.scot/communities-...

How communities are struggling to recover after flooding and coastal erosion – The Ferret

theferret.scot

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Scottish Ecological Design Association @scotecodesign.bsky.social · 18d

Look at this lineup! There's a shift in the sustainability world, and we are excited about it.
Are you ready to move beyond "sustainable" to "regenerative"?
📌 Edinburgh & ONLINE
📆 Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th October
🎟 seda.scot/seda-conference-2025

Thanks to sponsors @eco.cocon & @wikihouseproject

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · 13d

🔊You have just 4 days left to comment on the Scottish Government's Draft Environment Strategy. This strategy outlines a framework for Scotland to play its part in addressing the global crises of nature loss, climate change, and pollution. ▶️Comment here: consult.gov.scot/environment-...

Image shows an aerial photograph of green fields and a river estuary running out to the sea. Overlaid is the text 'Just 4 days left to have your say on Scotland's draft environment strategy'

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World Meteorological Organization @wmo-global.bsky.social · 16d

🌍 75 Years of Science for Action

Ian Lisk, President of the WMO Commission for Weather, Climate, Hydrological, Marine and Related Environmental Services and Applications, highlights one of WMO’s most important deliverables over the past decades.

🔗 https://bit.ly/4n3aOf5

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · 15d

We have a new article in the latest edition of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's 'The Geographer'. Looking at why interactive tools, hands-on learning, and storytelling are key to helping explore what resilience means in the face of climate change. (Page 41)
issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...

The Geographer: Voices of the Earth (Autumn 2025)

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Worst wildfire year on record after crews respond to nearly 1,000 so far www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home...

Worst wildfire year on record after crews respond to nearly 1,000 so far

Meanwhile the number of firefighters is down 25% since 2008, the equivalent of around 11,000 wholetime crew members, the NFCC said.

www.the-independent.com

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Sep 5

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join the Failure Modes of Engineering: Network Launch Event next week. This network on a mission is to create an inclusive, resilient, and adaptable engineering to better confront climate change and biodiversity loss. www.eventbrite.com/e/welcome-to...

Welcome to Failure Modes of Engineering : Network Launch Event

Come celebrate the launch of the new Failure Mode of Engineering network

www.eventbrite.com

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our team are at the UK Alliance for Disaster Research (UKADR) 2025 Conference is at the @ihrr.bsky.social at the University of Durham today. Looking forward to connecting with many of you and the conversations throughout the day. #drr

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Sep 3

For September, the Highland Council, Moray Council, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council are partnering for 'Get Set September' to help the public consider how to respond to an emergency or severe weather incident in their communities. Details: www.highland.gov.uk/news/article...

Image shows an illustration of a rucksack, a torch, a warning sign and rising water with clouds above. Overlaid are the words: Get Set September - Get prepared for an emergency.

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 29

What is the difference between disaster risk reduction and management?
This brilliant graphic video from @UNDRR helps explain the difference. youtu.be/nKkzLx7vEco?...

What is the difference between disaster risk reduction and management? | UNDRR

YouTube video by United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 29

Learn more about the brilliant campus we are based on in this article and the other vital work that is undertaken in the School of Social and Environmental Sustainability.

UofG Dumfries Campus @uofgdumfries.bsky.social · Aug 28

“The campus is my comfort zone...”

Delighted that our beautiful campus and community are featured in @heraldscotland.bsky.social 'The Future of Dumfries & Galloway' series.

Our heart is local 💚 but our vision is global 🌍

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541070...

Inside Glasgow University's 'model UN' campus in Dumfries

“This year, we’re expecting people from Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, China, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Italy, Kazakhstan, Malawi, and more,”…

www.heraldscotland.com

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 21

▶️Did you miss our August newsletter?

If so, it is now available to read online: mailchi.mp/597a5f143139...

To make sure you don't miss another edition subsribe here: ncr.glasgow.ac.uk?page_id=130

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 18

You can catch out PI Prof. Fabrice Renaud at the @WigtownBookFest talking about 'The Blue Economy’ and looking at new thinking about how ocean and coastal environments are changing ideas about sustainability. Find out more: tickets.wigtownbookfestival.com/sales/events...

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CommuniGALLANT @communigallant.bsky.social · Aug 15

From puddles to foxes — mapping Glasgow together. 🌳🚲💧
🎥 Watch the new 10-minute film youtu.be/5nnr5pxEur4
- download communiMap and start spotting today! 📱 App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/commu... 📱 Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#Glasgow #ClimateAction #CommunityMapping

From Puddles to Foxes: Your Glasgow, On the Map, Spot It, Snap It, Map It!

YouTube video by GALLANT (UofG)

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢On 18th August join the @UNDRR launch of the UNDRR–ISC Hazard Information Profiles update. Defining 281 hazards, from floods and wildfires to pandemics and cyber threats, including new insights on how hazards interact, cascade, and compound. ➡️Register: undrr.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Image shows ground covered in thick sloppy mud, people in protective gear and sweeping up debris.

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 5

📰As the worst of Storm Floris has moved away on from Scotland, today we're reading 'Storm Floris: the weather is rarely this windy in August – which makes it more dangerous' from Dr Colin Manning @newcastleuni.bsky.social.

theconversation.com/storm-floris...

Storm Floris: the weather is rarely this windy in August – which makes it more dangerous

Trees in full leaf are more likely to fall, which is why summer storms can be particularly disruptive.

theconversation.com

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Aug 1

📰Today we're reading: Subsidence risk rises as Scotland’s weather wreaks havoc projectscot.com/2025/07/subs... from Project Scotland

Subsidence risk rises as Scotland’s weather wreaks havoc | Project Scotland

David Hedley, commercial & infrastructure lead at ground engineering specialist Mainmark UK, warns that as weather remains erratic, the construction sec ...

projectscot.com

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Farming & Water Scotland @farmwaterscot.bsky.social · Jul 21

We visited the River Spey Catchment to hear how organisations are working together during this period of water scarcity to support the River, wildlife, agriculture and businesses that rely on it. Watch at shorturl.at/Kul3K
Cairngormsnews.bsky.social
scottishepa.bsky.social

Water Scarcity: Impact and mitigation measures in Scotland - Farming and Water Scotland

Learn from experience and expertise from SEPA and Cairngorms National Park on how land managers can cope with water scarcity in Scotland.

www.farmingandwaterscotland.org

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · Jul 22

🌍 What are the costs of action & inaction in a changing climate? 🌿

Find out in our recent SEFARI Gateway fellowship report - 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xcstxh5

@srucnews.bsky.social @sacconsulting.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
#NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateChange

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National Centre for Resilience @nationalresilience.bsky.social · Jul 22

The team behind @uofglasgow.bsky.social 's GALLANT
@communigallant.bsky.social project has launched a new community science tool. The app supports place-based, community-led observation in Glasgow across themes like composting, nature, flooding, trees, and energy. ncr.glasgow.ac.uk?p=2394

communiMap: A New Way to Connect People, Place and Climate Action in Glasgow

What if noticing a puddle, a tree, or a compost bin in your neighbourhood could help build climate resilience? That’s the idea behind communiMap, a new community science tool developed through the Uni...

ncr.glasgow.ac.uk

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Jul 17

Say hello to #communiMap - a new community science app that helps you notice, share & map what matters in your neighbourhood - trees, wildlife, flooding & more.
Co-designed by UofG's @communigallant.bsky.social & local communities — it's everyday noticing turned into climate action. gla.ac/4eVwYMU

An urban garden with planters and shingle. A garden table sits next to a poly tunnel with a plant pot on top. In the background are tenement flats and colourful bunting

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Matt Jones @mattwjones.bsky.social · Jun 26

Journal of #Pyrogeography has launched this week - we warmly welcome your submissions!

We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.

www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...

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