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Don’t applaud the climate summit’s loss and damage fund deal just yet – it might not warrant that standing ovation

The deal itself leaves much undecided and has been met with criticism by climate justice advocates and front-line communities.

Conversation Media Group, the
Research briefs
Climate change will increase wildfire risk and lengthen fire seasons, study confirms

Scientists examined multiple fire danger indices for the contiguous U.S. to assess the impact of climate change on future wildfire risk and seasonality.

AGU Advancing Earth and Space Science
Wildfire in Stanislaus National Forest, California, 2013
Research briefs
Managing Megafires: an experiment in participatory governance yields new management strategies

This study explores participatory fire-management strategies, including landscape values from experts and local people, to strengthen wildfire-prone regions by creating resilient landscapes that protect ecological and social functions.

European Commission
Regional Launch of the Early Warnings for All Initiative (EW4ALL) for the Caribbean
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Early warning systems at the center of climate action: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean towards COP28

The accumulation of experience indicates that disaster risk management measures possess considerable catalytic potential in enhancing climate change adaptation.

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Climate, conflict, and COP28: The burden on unstable regions

In Dubai, leaders should focus their attention on policy solutions for vulnerable regions where climate change is amplifying the consequences of armed conflict and compounding failures of governance.

Council on Foreign Relations, The
Kenyan women standing in a field next to a goat
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The testing climate journey facing Kenya’s pastoralists

‘The fundamental question is not about the future of pastoralism – it will always be around – it’s about how we can do pastoralism more sustainably.’

The New Humanitarian
Research briefs
More accurate Oʻahu rainfall data supports extreme weather preparedness

Rainfall estimations on Oʻahu can be more accurate by combining Hawaiʻi’s two main types of rainfall observations, radar and rain gauge, according to a study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher

University of Hawai'i
This image shows an airplane in front of the bright yellow rising sun on the runway.
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Climate change is disrupting air travel

Air travel not only contributes to heat-trapping pollution — the resulting warming now poses new and growing challenges for air travel.

Climate Central

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