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This paper studies how air quality around combustion power plants changes in response to hydrological droughts that affect hydropower generation.
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This report provides some of the first empirical documentation as to how LGBT people differentially experience the negative effects of climate change compared to non-LGBT people.
community members in Driza, Fier begin construction on the first phase of a new sewage system.
As climate-driven flooding becomes more common, policymakers and the public are more frequently confronted with whether to rebuild in flood-prone areas and who should be responsible for the cost repairing or replacing damaged homes and infrastructure.
University of Colorado Boulder
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This study documents the impacts of climate change on firm-level productivity by matching a globally comparable and standardized survey of nonagricultural firms covering 154 countries with climate data.
Disasters caused by climate change can adversely affect LGBTQ+ people already suffering from poverty and discrimination.
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
South Sudan man sweeping dry streets
Central Equatoria State in South Sudan is pioneering an initiative to bolster its resilience against potential hazards, through the development of hazard-specific contingency plans at the county level.
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
Population ageing is expected to lead to significant rises in climate risk because vulnerability rises sharply throughout people's later years. But what if we account for rising longevity? Does this change our understanding how ageing influences risk?
Science Media Centre (SMC) Spain

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