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This Caribbean nation is preparing for the ravages of climate change by selling citizenship

Dominica is using revenue from its citizenship-by-investment program to fund its ambitious plans to become more resilient against hurricanes in the Caribbean.
Washington Post, the
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From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers

Sri Lanka's capital is transforming floating garbage patches into biodiverse wetlands which are teeming with life.
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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Steering Committee evaluates first-year success of the master's programme in Locust Management Science

A Steering Committee has been established to guide the implementation of the recently launched master's (MSc) programme on Locust Management Science.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
Flood response in times of COVID-19.
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Should I stay or should I go? Actionable early warnings for floods in Kenya

WHH Kenya, PACIDA and other stakeholders carried out a simulation exercise to test the readiness and effectiveness of their anticipatory action plan for floods – including the early warning messages that will be disseminated when a flood is forecast.
Anticipation Hub
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Climate emergencies threaten our collective security, but governments are flying blind into the storm

The COVID-19 pandemic affected everything. Its impact was so severe that it created what the UK government calls a “whole-system civil emergency”. Now, a new report finds worrying similarities to an even greater threat: climate change.
Conversation Media Group, the
Colorful half-timbered houses in Miltenberg historical medieval Old Town, Bavaria, Germany
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Germany’s “Blauer Kompass” award: prize for outstanding projects for climate change precautions and adaptation

Projects from Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate received the “Blauer Kompass” in 2024
Umweltbundesamt (German Environment Agency)
Suppression of forest fire.
Research briefs

UC Irvine scientists track and analyze lofted embers that cause spot fires

Live field experiments in Sierra Nevada mountains are first of their kind
University of California, Irvine
A women farmer in Zimbabwe walking along her field checking the crops
Research briefs

How extreme weather is fuelling violence against women

Extreme weather events linked to climate change are fuelling violence against women long after they occur, say researchers, prompting calls for more gender-focused climate action.
Science and Development Network

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