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Chile Canceling The Global Climate Summit Is A Dark Omen
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Chile Canceling The Global Climate Summit Is A Dark Omen

  • October 31, 2019

If political instability is throwing off United Nations climate talks now, what will the next

Hurricane Dorian crystallizes existential threat posed to small island developing states by climate emergency
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Hurricane Dorian crystallizes existential threat posed to small island developing states by climate emergency

  • September 10, 2019

September 2019 GENEVA, – The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mami Mizutori, today expressed

In the Midst of Catastrophe in the Bahamas, Heroic Zero-Order Responders (ZORs) Emerged
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In the Midst of Catastrophe in the Bahamas, Heroic Zero-Order Responders (ZORs) Emerged

  • September 5, 2019

September 5, 2019 As Hurricane Dorian sped toward the east coast of Florida at speeds

Arson in the Brazilian Amazon: no longer a stealth-like creeping environmental problem
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Arson in the Brazilian Amazon: no longer a stealth-like creeping environmental problem

  • August 29, 2019

M. H. Glantz August 29, 2019 For decades, observers have tried to call attention to

Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world
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Mapped: How climate change affects extreme weather around the world

  • August 26, 2019

March 2019 In the early 2000s, a new field of climate science research emerged that

The Ostrich Paradox ($.99)!!
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The Ostrich Paradox ($.99)!!

  • August 7, 2019

Why We Underprepare for Disasters Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther “The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a

The ‘war on coal’ myth
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The ‘war on coal’ myth

  • August 7, 2019

Environmental regulations aren’t the reason that coal is falling off the map. By Karin Kirk August,

The climate crisis, migration, and refugees
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The climate crisis, migration, and refugees

  • July 26, 2019

John Podesta, July, 2019 On March 14, 2019, Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the southeast coast

The Links between Climate Change, Disasters, Migration, and Social Resilience in Asia: A Literature Review
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The Links between Climate Change, Disasters, Migration, and Social Resilience in Asia: A Literature Review

  • July 23, 2019

Report from Asian Development Bank Published July 2019 —View Original This paper draws reviews relevant literature on

Bangladesh prepares to move Rohingya to island at risk of floods and cyclones
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Bangladesh prepares to move Rohingya to island at risk of floods and cyclones

  • July 19, 2019

Foreign affairs minister defends controversial proposal as ‘only solution’ despite misgivings of human rights campaigners

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