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How Improved Housing in Under-Served Communities Can Strengthen Climate Resilience

The City Fix

In the crowded slums of Zambia, Africa, members of the Zambia Youth Federation, a social movement of the urban poor, conducted climate change research and presented it in an emotional spoken word poem. Their message let policymakers know how climate.

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Can the first US 'chief heat officer' build a model for future resilience?

Business Green

The chief heat officer’s responsibilities include education, disaster response training and infrastructure that considers extreme heat alongside other public health safety considerations. Her work in that role encompassed a variety of issues that intersected with climate change issues such as extreme weather and sea-level rise.

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'Loss and damage is happening now': UN Secretary-General calls for action on climate finance at Petersberg Dialogue

Business Green

In a video address to more than 40 leaders and ministers assembled at the Berlin event this morning, Antonio Guterres slammed political leaders for failing to take adequate action on tackling climate change and mobilising finance to support poorer nations' efforts to decarbonise and bolster their climate resilience.

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Improving Climate Resilience with Satellite Data: A Conversation with US Government Leaders

Planet Pulse

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Department of State to share how their organizations are assessing climate risk and building climate resilience.

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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

Business Green

Over the past fortnight the coronavirus pandemic has triggered a surge in hot takes highlighting the unnerving similarities between the global public health emergency and the worsening climate emergency that runs alongside it. What happens if sea levels rise and five mega-storms make US landfall in the same year?

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'The next decade will determine our future': A business guide to IPCC's atlas of climate impacts and resilience

Business Green

An all you need to know guide for businesses to the IPCC’s guidebook on building climate resilience and adaptation. Coastal communities face habitat destruction and sea level rise. As such, there are plenty of key takeaways for businesses. The threats and impacts are myriad, interlinked, and deeply worrying.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. The month before, extreme rainfall and floods in South Africa killed more than 400 people. Last month, the worst heatwave ever recorded hit Japan. Keith Berry looks down into flooded streets searching for survivors.