Deaf community builds sign language corpus for climate change vocabulary


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Rappler— Project SIGND aims to collect signs for climate change terms to make the issue understandable for the Filipino deaf community.

WNYC—Higher Ground: Community Science Unifies Us Around Climate Change. Climate change can feel apocalyptic and unsolvable. Yet, communities across our region are finding ways to adapt and build resilience to its impacts. Higher Ground tells the stories of people engaging in community science to take control and find understanding in changes to their environment. Empowered with information, these communities are able to keep cool heads in the face of global warming. Find more Higher Ground stories from our colleagues at WSHU public radio in Fairfield, CT.

Economy Middle East—COP28 President urges parties to 'build on progress', help those most vulnerable to climate change. COP28 President Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed the first board meeting for the Loss and Damage Fund on Tuesday, where he urged parties to 'build on progress' and deliver 'lasting, positive, socio-economic impact' to help the most vulnerable to climate change. During his participation at the meeting, Al Jaber stated that while delivering an agreement to operationalize the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28 was a breakthrough for climate progress, more effort is crucial. "While it took over three...

www.lowellsun.com—‘One with the Whale’ review: Climate change and animal activists threaten an Indigenous Alaskan community. The PBS series Independent Lens shows life in Gambell, a small island village where centuries-old hunting traditions are attacked by outsiders.