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This study compares the May 2024 storm with geomagnetic data from the September 2017, October 2003, March 1989 as well as September 1859 Carrington event to demonstrate the differences in magnitude, timings and latitudinal extent between these events.

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
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Researchers say urgent action needed to inform people about risks of heatwave temperatures and adapt homes.

Guardian, the (UK)
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This report analyzes the degree of coherence between national policies and plans focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), disaster risk reduction (DRR), and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Europe and Central Asia.

UNDRR Bonn Office
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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This report focuses on the exploration of existing low-emission cooling solutions to extreme heat through the review of international and UK evidence, with a particular focus on London in addition to 14 case studies from around the world.

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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Researchers surveyed over 700 UK residents in a nationwide study to understand how access to flood prediction maps, which indicate the relative risk of flooding for areas based on factors like sea-level rise affected their housing preferences.

Conversation Media Group, the
The Thames flood barrier that protects the floodplains of Greater London
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How adaptive planning approaches are being used to prepare the Thames Estuary for rising sea levels and changing river flows.

United Kingdom - government
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A new report commissioned by RSA Insurance, an Intact company, and The Wildlife Trusts shows that every £1 invested in natural flood management (NFM) is expected to deliver £10 of benefits over 30 years.

The Wildlife Trusts
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A new report commissioned by RSA Insurance, an Intact company, and The Wildlife Trusts shows that every £1 invested in natural flood management (NFM) is expected to deliver £10 of benefits over 30 years.

The Wildlife Trusts

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