Dr. Victoria Herrmann
@VSHerrmann
Climate change researcher & advocate. Previously Director @Arcticinstitute. Explorer @Natgeo. Assistant Research Professor @Georgetownsfs.
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“If you want to see climate change impacts in front of your face, come to Petra.” A new National Geographic Society project led by Dr. Victoria Herrmann is helping local communities save heritage sites threatened by climate change–including Jordan's iconic desert ruins: nationalgeographic.com/premium/articl…
Exciting News! Preserving Legacies Adds Eleven New Heritage Sites to Global Climate Adaptation Program.
National Geographic National Geographic Society Press Release. news.nationalgeographic.org/preserving-leg…
What does extreme weather mean for us?
Dr. Victoria Herrmann, @SongqiaoYao and Ramit Debnath along with host Catherine Galloway, delve into this critical topic and its profound impact on communities in the latest episode of the 'So, now what?' podcast from Gates Cambridge.
Listen now 👇
Members of the National Geographic Society funded #PreservingLegacies team are at COP28 UAE this week where they will be sharing results from the Petra climate risk assessment.
Download the summaries in EN/FR below 👇 #Adaptation #CultureAtCOP28
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🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks:
1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week.
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Love to see our National Geographic Society Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Past initiative logo out in the wild with one of our amazing Scientific Steering Committee members Adam Markham! #climateheritage #preservinglegacies #natgeo
Incredible talk by Marlon Martin about the #Ifugao Rice Terraces in the #Philippines . Government decisions to introduce rice species created gender imbalance, taking away from women their sacred roles in managing the landscapes #preservinglegaciesproject #heritageadaptstoclimate
Thrilled to have Office of Public Works and Sceilg Mhichíl as part of the National Geographic Society Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past initiative to safeguard sites from climate change impacts!
Such incredible discussions and knowledge exchange across communities, cultures, and continents as part of our National Geographic Society initiative on #ClimateChange & #CulturalHeritage -- Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past 🌎
📢ICOMOS announces global initiative 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝘼 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 with National Geographic Society and the ClimateHeritage Network.
The goal? Safeguard heritage sites from #ClimateChange impacts 🌡️🧊
🧐Find out more: buff.ly/3SWRySd
My short reflection on the 50th anniversary of the #WorldHeritageConvention & what it means to care for cultural heritage in a #ClimateCrisis for Union of Concerned Scientists
Don't miss this conversation with National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler & fellow Nat Geo Explorer Maria Fadiman on the future of food in New York November 18!
