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  • In Appalachia, Helene's Water Crisis Taps a Global Christian Response

    October 09, 2024 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Water Mission is helping ensure Western North Carolina residents have access to safe water following Hurricane Helene. The group installed four of its proprietary mobile water treatment systems which produce 15,000 liters of clean water a day. The group has also distributed and gassed 400 generators for people to power their wells.

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  • Where Has Vienna's 'Coolness' Gone?

    October 07, 2024 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna’s cool streets provide a safe outdoor space to escape the heat in the summer. The city used a heat map and population data to select streets with high concentrations of residents who are particularly vulnerable to extreme heat, like children and the elderly. At the selected locations, traffic was limited and asphalt was covered with turf, benches, mist machines, and water fountains. When the city challenged the project, a citizen’s initiative in the Ottakring district worked with the local council to keep one cool street open last summer, saving a public safe outdoor space.

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  • How to build an AC that will get the world through hotter summers

    October 05, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: India, Thane

    Innovators are developing new air conditioning units to keep people cool as temperatures and humidity rise without contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside improved energy efficiency, the new tech focuses on sensing and reducing humidity in real-time and adjusting itself as humidity fluctuates throughout the day.

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  • Ocoee outfitter leading storm aid effort for victims in North Carolina

    October 04, 2024 |

    Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

    In response to Hurricane Helene's devastation, water rescue experts from Outdoor Adventure Rafting in Tennessee are volunteering to deliver essential supplies, medical aid and communication to isolated communities. They mobilized over 200 volunteers and used resources like excavation equipment and Starlink satellite internet to bridge communication gaps. Their efforts have reached several communities, helping to stabilize them with food, water and other critical resources.

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  • This Caribbean nation is preparing for the ravages of climate change by selling citizenship

    October 04, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Dominica

    Dominica is funding its climate change adaptation and resilience projects, like building storm-resilient housing, by selling citizenship to people who want a Dominica passport to travel in the West with less restriction.

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  • These Goats Graze an Acre a Day to Keep California's Wildfires Away

    October 02, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A herd of goats, directed by shepherds of the nonprofit Happy Goat, are eating weeds, shrubs, and low-hanging leaves for landowners in the Sierra Nevada to reduce wildfire risk. Managed carefully to ensure they don’t overgraze sections of the properties, the goats offer a safer option to reduce the fuel that can spark a fire than tools like lawnmowers and chainsaws.

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  • FEMA Is Going Door-to-Door to Help Vermont Flood Victims

    September 25, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are knocking on doors across Vermont to demystify the financial assistance process and help people impacted by flooding apply.

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  • From wastelands to wetlands: The fight to save Sri Lanka's natural flood buffers

    September 21, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Colombo

    Sections of the massive network of wetlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, went from being overwhelmed by garbage to biodiverse ecosystems that are a critical part of urban planning and flood prevention. The government and community groups worked to clean them up, and keep them clean, so the wetlands can do what they’re naturally good at.

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  • 'Our plan worked': How Vienna prepared itself for a 5,000-year flood

    September 20, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Austria, Vienna

    Vienna’s flood risk management strategy and flood defense system are critical to protecting the city as Europe experiences one of its most flood-plagued periods. They consist of a flood control channel that eases water pressure on the river and plenty of emergency drills.

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  • Sweet watermelon turns sour amid climate change

    September 14, 2024 |

    Bangladesh First |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Farmers in Bangladesh are switching from shrimp aquaculture to growing rice and watermelon during different seasons to increase their incomes and have more consistent harvests as they deal with the impacts of climate change.

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