Wildfires, drought, flooding, disappearing shorelines — these are the climate change impacts people living in communities across Newfoundland and Labrador are grappling with. Today on The Signal we start our third annual Climate Week with a look at how communities are trying to adapt to our climate reality. We start the show in Brazil with CBC International Climate Producer Jill English who gives us an update from UN climate negotiations at COP 30.

Guests: Jill English, CBC international climate producer; Kathleen Parewick, the lead for Climate-Ready N.L. with Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador; Ashley Smith, managing director, Fundamental Inc.; Triffie Parsons, town clerk/manager, Hare Bay; Marsha Crocker, deputy mayor, Trout River

Show about the play Braiding Peonies, written by Sobia Shaheen Shaikh and directed by Santiago Guzmán.

It’s a play revolving around a Muslim family in St. John’s after they faced a racist incident. It’s about why art and sharing those kind of stories matter - to make a difference, to build connections, for representation.

Josh Smee, CEO of Food First N.L.; Russell Williams, MUN political science professor; David Macdonald, senior economist with Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives; Darrelle Bennett, whose family owns a couple of convenience stores in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Alan Doyle stops in to talk about his new book 'The Smiling Land: All around the circle in my Newfoundland and Labrador'.

We check-in with Adam Walsh about the Remembrance day events at the War Memorial, and Terry Roberts reports a radio documentary from last year, that included areas just off the shores of our own province.

Today's show brings you coverage from CBN and speaks with residents about rebuilding efforts after a devastating summer of wildfires. The main question we ask- what does rebuilding a community look like?

Today on the show we have an economist, a business professor, a political scientist and the head of the Board of Trade all weighing in on the federal budget and what it means for you.

Guests: Tom Cooper, MUN business professor; Lynn Gambin, economist; AnnMarie Boudreau, CEO, Board of Trade; Scott Matthews, MUN political science professor.

We are talking to students at MUN who want to raise the alarm on the importance of mental health supports and resources - especially for students - we will talk about academic stress, financial stress, food, and being far from home. They are part of MUN Minds which is a student peer support resource.

GUESTS: Matt Wheeler, trained peer-supporter and is currently doing a masters in experimental psychology; Haley Bonnell, first year PhD student researching peer-support, and co-chair of MUN minds; Tariq Al-Sidawi, social work student and the outreach co-ordinator with MUN Minds; and Kelly Neville, wellness Lead at MUN’s Student Wellness and Counselling Centre.