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  • Can bringing back nature save our cities from floods?

    August 26, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: China

    Cities and neighborhoods around the world are trying to transform into sponge cities to soak up enough rainwater to prevent flooding. They’re doing so by ripping up asphalt and concrete, replacing it with nature-based solutions like native plants and parks.

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  • Jos Nigeria: How residents fight cold

    August 24, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau

    To help locals survive through the area’s cold climate, one local began selling boiling water to residents so they can use it for bathing, cooking and whatever else they may need it for, to save them time and reduce the health risks associated with using cold water.

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  • An air conditioning law, the first in its region, changed tenants' rights in this Maryland county

    August 22, 2024 |

    Smart Cities Dive |

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    Response Location: United States, Maryland

    To protect tenants from extreme heat, lawmakers in Montgomery County, Maryland, passed a policy requiring landlords to provide air conditioning capable of cooling units to at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit from June through September.

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  • Puerto Rico parish aims to be climate resilience hub to respond to extreme storms

    August 19, 2024 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Cataño

    Nuestra Señora del Carmen Parish in Cataño, Puerto Rico, received funding from a nonprofit to install solar panels to provide a stable source of power for the community during outages and extreme storms. It’s a key part of a budding community-led climate resilience hub.

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  • A Firewood Lot is Helping This Timber Town Recover

    August 12, 2024 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakridge, Oregon

    A locally-owned wood lot in Oakridge, Oregon, collects piles of debris from the surrounding forest that could become fuel for wildfires and turns it into firewood for the community. Alongside wildfire mitigation, the business reduces the air pollution residents create when their only option is to burn wet wood for heat.

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  • How are Afghans fighting climate change?

    August 12, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Afghanistan

    Amid droughts fueled by climate change, communities in Afghanistan are building irrigation pools, miniature dams, and systems of pipes to capture rain, flood, and spring water for agricultural use. Afghans who live abroad are sending them donations to help make it possible.

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  • New air quality alert system works to combat risks of wildfire smoke

    August 10, 2024 |

    CBS News |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency monitors the air quality during wildfires to notify residents about whether it’s safe to go outside. The air quality alert system sends messages to residents in areas impacted by smoke to warn them of the conditions outside in an effort to prevent respiratory illnesses.

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  • How Asia's 5,000-year-old rice terraces are inspiring modern flood control

    August 06, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Thailand, Bangkok

    Architects across Asia are taking inspiration from a traditional form of agriculture called rice terraces to create flood-resilient infrastructure in cities that lack places for excess water to go. In Bangkok, for example, a university’s roof mimics the step-like design, and the water it holds is used to grow rice.

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  • Sundarbans Adopts 'Rooftop Farming' to Thrive Amid Cyclone Challenges

    August 05, 2024 |

    News Sense |

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    Response Location: India

    Farmers living near the coast in India are turning to rooftop farming as cyclones lead to flooding that makes agricultural fields unusable. The Association for Social and Humanitarian Action taught local women how to grow food in tubs or sacks with compost, and those farmers trained others.

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  • How Frankfurt Harnesses Local Wind Currents for Urban Cooling

    August 03, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Germany, Frankfurt

    Frankfurt is changing the way it designs its buildings to adapt to extreme heat. The city works with urban climatology researchers to ensure new housing and skyscrapers won’t impact the wind corridors that keep residents cool, and it promotes practices like installing green roofs.

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