Freetown is still under threat one year after a devastating mudslide killed an estimated 1,000 people and left thousands homeless. It must tackle deforestation, poor housing and decrepit drainage if it is to prevent the next disaster, but insufficient funding remains a major obstacle to upgrading the city's infrastructure.
UNDP Liberia
Liberia's Environmental Protection Agency will launch the National Policy & Response Strategy on Climate Change. The climate change policy will ensure that a qualitative, effective and coherent climate change adaptation process takes place. It will serve as the pillar for comprehensive sectoral strategies and action plans.
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The NHS England reported that during the July 2018 heatwave, 2.176 million people visited a hospital A&E unit, walk-in centre, or urgent treatment centre, putting emergency departments under much pressure to cope with the influx of patients. Wards and waiting rooms had gotten unbearably hot during the heatwave, making longer waiting times hard to cope with.
