The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

One reader, Katrina Amaral, shared a response that struck at this balance: As part of the resources for dealing with extreme heat, I would love to see examples of heat-adaptation and climate-change mitigation ordinances or laws that have passed at municipal / state / federal levels.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 10, 2023

This summer the Northern Hemisphere has been so hot with record temperatures — including at sea — that discussions have turned to the limits of human survival. Even in the Antarctic, sea ice is failing to re-form, a drastic departure.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis. Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more.

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