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Circle of Blue
DECEMBER 6, 2021
A new study shows the vulnerability of the world’s poorest nations even without climate breakdown, its authors say. Its authors say that the findings underscore the “moral imperative” to prepare vulnerable populations for extreme weather. Image © Heinonlein / Wikimedia Commons. Madagascar is in the grip of a deadly famine.
A Greener Life
JULY 15, 2021
One of the pioneers of this method is Friederike Otto, and she describes how it works in her book Angry Weather: Heat waves, floods, storms, and the new science of climate change. They allow governments and local authorities to plan ahead and understand environmental change. We can use them to manage risk.
A Greener Life
JUNE 11, 2023
As the climate crisis gathers pace, Heat Action Plans (HAPs) – sets of measures for authorities to take to reduce citizens’ exposure to dangerous heat – are becoming an urgent necessity across South and Southeast Asia. The effect of this appointment remains to be seen. Laos does not have a plan at all, he added. C by the end of the century.
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