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Disasters caused by climate change can adversely affect LGBTQ+ people already suffering from poverty and discrimination.
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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
The way we communicate the issue has a different impact on different audiences.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Al-Khatam Desert Dubai
Faced with more severe and prolonged droughts, sandstorms and rising temperatures, finding ways to stop dry land from becoming desert, fresh water sources from evaporating, and fertile soil from turning to dust, is now crucial, say experts.
United Nations Environment Programme
Big wave beneath huge clouds
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is the first country in the North Pacific to recognize communities under the UNESCO-IOC Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society has activated its early action protocol for heatwave, enabling anticipatory actions in the capital, Dhaka, before the worst impacts of the current extreme heat were likely to be felt by people at heightened risk.
Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
SAR Region: Beneficiaries of agriculture and disaster risk reduction project in Bangladesh
As the country reels from a suffocating heatwave, Directorate General of Health Services, with UNICEF support, launch guidelines to respond to heat-related risks such as preterm birth and severe heat stress in young children.
United Nations Children's Fund (Global Headquarters, New York)
Record-setting storms in 2023 filled California’s major reservoirs to the brim, providing some relief in a decades-long drought, but how much of that record rain trickled underground?
Seismological Society of America
Oyster larvae were dying in their millions in the coastal hatcheries, and farmers and scientists initially believed they were being ravaged by a bacterial disease. It took a few months to discover the true culprit: ocean water acidification.
Dialogue Earth

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