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Deaths from disasters have fallen, but we need to build even more resilience to ensure this progress doesn’t reverse.
Our World in Data (OWID)
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Flash flooding has been described as the main environmental risk to people living in the capital by the Greater London Authority (GLA). One solution put forward is that London should become a "sponge city".
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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As Kazakhstan and parts of Russia grapple with severe flooding due to rapid and unusually early snowmelt and heavy rainfall, the stark reality of climate change impacts becomes increasingly undeniable.
Modern Diplomacy
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Heat-related deaths will jump more than 60 per cent by 2050 in the city of Perth if temperatures continue to climb, according to modelling done for the WA Department of Health.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Documents and publications
This study proposes a high tide flood (HTF) thresholding system that leverages machine learning (ML) techniques to estimate SLR and HTF thresholds at a relatively fine spatial resolution (10 km) along the United States’ coastlines.
Wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, California, 2013
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A European team of experts is taking part in an on-site mission to Italy. Their objective is to assist local authorities through a Thematic Peer Review focused on the wildfire risk management system in the country.
Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
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Documents and publications
This report, the abridged public version of an internal report commissioned by Malteser International (MI) in 2023, presents the key results of a feasibility study on Anticipatory Action (AA) for the organization.
Irrigation system on a field
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The world needs effective strategies to adapt to climate change, and how the world grapples with its effects can turn to Israel's innovative water management technologies and desert farming techniques as an efficient climate adaptation solution.
Climate Adaptation Platform

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