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How a board game can help vulnerable communities prepare for catastrophic wildfires

Wildfire season is here, with several blazes already burning across the country. Climate change is increasing their frequency and intensity, and experts are struggling to prepare vulnerable communities. But some are trying a new approach - a board game.
NPR
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Integrating Virtual Reality technology in locust survey for sustainable locust control and management

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in collaboration with Georgia State University, is developing a novel training approach using Virtual Reality (VR) to teach teams about locust surveys and controls during breeding and invasion.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters
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Schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions.

As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.
Washington Post, the
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Hell or high water: Filipino schools lashed by climate extremes

Schools were closed for several days as temperatures soared to over 40 degrees Celsius in April and May. Now they are due to reopen after the holidays in July, rather than August, as authorities rework the education calendar to adapt to extreme weather.
Context
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AUCC students develop early warning system to improve flood resilience in Odawna Sahara community

The endeavour culminated in the "Odawna Flood Resilience Project," a multifaceted approach aimed at mitigating the devastating impact of recurrent floods.
Modern Ghana.com
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Documents and publications

Climate-related disaster and human capital investment in the Global South — household heterogeneity and growth

This study develops a dynamic model of climate-related disaster impacts, considering multidimensional household heterogeneity, for analyzing changes in growth and inequality in low-income countries.
Documents and publications

Improving school readiness in the Sahel: The role of adaptive social protection programmes

This document discusses the importance of integrating school readiness measures into social protection programs to improve educational outcomes and strengthen human capital in the Sahel.
Sun above a city
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English schools face ‘overheating’ for one-third of year under 2C warming

English schools could exceed an “overheating” threshold of 26C for one-third of the academic year if global warming reaches 2C above pre-industrial temperatures, a new study finds.
Carbon Brief

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