Climate change researcher & advocate. Previously Director @Arcticinstitute. Explorer @Natgeo. Assistant Research Professor @Georgetownsfs.
Washington, DC
Joined November 2016
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I am beyond excited to share what I have been up to since leaving @ArcticInstitute in August! I'm honored to have been selected as a White House Fellow & humbled that I get to spend this year learning alongside my 18 extraordinary fellow Fellows 🎉
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“If you want to see climate change impacts in front of your face, come to Petra.” A new @NatGeo Society project led by @VSHerrmann is helping local communities save heritage sites threatened by climate change–including Jordan's iconic desert ruins: nationalgeographic.com/premi…
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Exciting News! Preserving Legacies Adds Eleven New Heritage Sites to Global Climate Adaptation Program.
@NatGeo @InsideNatGeo Press Release. news.nationalgeographic.org/…
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What does extreme weather mean for us?
@VSHerrmann, @SongqiaoYao and @RamitDebnath 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 👇
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Plus d'informations sur les risques climatiques et la résilience de Petra ici: buff.ly/3R8SZwn
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Read about the climate risk and resilience of Petra in English here: buff.ly/417Vgwl
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Members of the @InsideNatGeo 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
📷Michael O. Snyder
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🐬Sortie en mer dans le Sanctuaire Pelagos pour le Re.Generation Future Leaders Program.
Une immersion à la découverte de la biodiversité, suivie par Justin Adell et Hugo Komasa.
@FPA2
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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 @InsideNatGeo Preserving Legacies: A Future for our Past initiative logo out in the wild with one of our amazing Scientific Steering Committee members @AdamCMarkham! #climateheritage #preservinglegacies #natgeo
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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
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Taher Falahat sharing about the incredible and disappearing intangible practices in #Petra #Jordan.
Most of the practices in #Petra were conducted by women, e.g "Um el Ghaith" which involved songs to ask for rain.
#preservinglegaciesproject
#heritageadaptstoclimate
Thrilled to have @opwireland and Sceilg Mhichíl as part of the @InsideNatGeo Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past initiative to safeguard sites from climate change impacts!
Along with the @NationalMons at @DeptHousingIRL, we are delighted to announce that Sceilg Mhichíl has joined a new global initiative to safeguard sites of cultural significance from the impacts of #ClimateChange.
Read More: cutt.ly/E84fiTT
@InsideNatGeo #WorldHeritage
ALT Aerial image of Sceilg Mhichíl
Such incredible discussions and knowledge exchange across communities, cultures, and continents as part of our @InsideNatGeo initiative on #ClimateChange & #CulturalHeritage -- Preserving Legacies: A Future for Our Past 🌎
Really excited to be starting the first #preservinglegacies workshop in @uofsandiego exploring values.
Heritage managers joining from the Philippines, Colombia, Jordan, Togo, Benin and Ireland.
#heritageadaptstoclimate
@ICOMOS @ClimateHeritage @InsideNatGeo @NatGeo @Manulife
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📢ICOMOS announces global initiative 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨: 𝘼 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩 with @InsideNatGeo and the @ClimateHeritage Network.
The goal? Safeguard heritage sites from #ClimateChange impacts 🌡️🧊
🧐Find out more: buff.ly/3SWRySd
Excited to be joining the @ArcticResearch Board of Directors! Looking forward to advancing Arctic research collaboration & inclusion with these amazing women ❄️
Congratulations to our newly elected ARCUS Board Members: Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon (@ChildTrends), Alexis Will (@WWF_Arctic), Cheryl Rosa (@US_ARC), & Victoria Herrmann (@ArcticInstitute)! Learn more about them at: arcus.org/arcus/board-of-dir…
My short reflection on the 50th anniversary of the #WorldHeritageConvention & what it means to care for cultural heritage in a #ClimateCrisis for @UCSUSA
"Climate impacts threaten far more than the tangible integrity of redwoods and Rapa Nui megaliths. They also disrupt the transmission of cultural knowledge essential to community resilience." @VSHerrmann blog.ucsusa.org/science-blog…
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Today is the D-day. Please join us using this link: cop-resilience-hub.org/ to hear the #AfricanHeritageVoices27 at the #COP27
Don't miss this conversation with @InsideNatGeo CEO Jill Tiefenthaler & fellow Nat Geo Explorer @MariaFadiman on the future of food in New York November 18!
#Geography2050 Featured Speaker:
Dr. Victoria Herrmann is a National Geographic Explorer and Assistant Research Professor at Georgetown University. Victoria also does work as a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute.
Don't miss her talk! Register now at geography2050.org/registrati…
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Climate conferences are about promises. Here’s some great work tracking whether countries are keeping the promises they made last year at COP26 👇🏽
