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The objective of the Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to assist decision-makers in Ethiopia with planning effective adaptation measures to address climate-related health risks.
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The objective of the Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to assist decision-makers in Pakistan with planning effective adaptation measures to address climate-related health risks.
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The objective of the Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) is to assist decision-makers in Cambodia with planning effective adaptation measures to address climate-related health risks.
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In a new study published in the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, researchers outlined a new metric to quantify the relative contributions of heat and humidity to humid heat - stickiness.
Eos - AGU
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In the USA, more than 160 million people in the West, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and parts of New England are living under a heat alert as record high temperatures are being broken.
USA Today - Gannet Co. Inc.
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The new rule will result in higher-elevated and better-fortified buildings, and could help break a cycle of destruction and reconstruction that has cost the government billions of dollars over the past few decades.
Grist Magazine
A storm ocean wave crashes over the road and floods coastal houses.
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Princeville, North Carolina, the oldest community in the United States founded by formerly enslaved people, has been trapped in a cycle of disaster and disinvestment for decades. It sits on a plain below the banks of the Tar River.
Grist Magazine
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There's mounting evidence that heat is detrimental for pregnant women and their unborn babies. What can be done to protect them?
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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