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How Frankfurt Harnesses Local Wind Currents for Urban Cooling

Jana Randow Laura Millan

August 03, 2024 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Germany, Frankfurt

Frankfurt is changing the way it designs its buildings to adapt to extreme heat. The city works with urban climatology researchers to ensure new housing and skyscrapers won’t impact the wind corridors that keep residents cool, and it promotes practices like installing green roofs.

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Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

Phil Galewitz

August 02, 2024 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

In collaboration with Intuitive Health, UF Health has opened three centers that offer both ER and urgent care 24/7, at the same facility so patients don’t have to decide themselves which care they need. Instead, doctors at the center make that decision and then the system bills the patient accordingly. This helps them avoid taking on expensive ER bills when that level of care may not have been necessary.

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Niger tries a new refugee model as Nigerians flee bandit attacks

Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim

August 01, 2024 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Niger

To help settle and integrate Nigerian refugees, Niger's government and the UNHCR have collaborated on "Opportunity Villages," which provide not only security and survival resources for refugees, but also long-term economic independence through farming opportunities, marketplaces for trading goods, and other business initiatives. To date, these Villages have supported thousands of refugees while benefiting the local communities alike.

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After historic floods, the safety net failed small farmers

Sarah Trent

August 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: United States, California

Two-thirds of California’s farms are considered small, cultivating less than 50 acres, and they play a critical role in food security and climate resilience for the whole country. As climate change makes extreme weather more unpredictable, these farms have to rely on government disaster relief and crop insurance to get back on their feet.

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The Last Line of Care

Dan Gorenstein Ryan Levi

August 01, 2024 |

Tradeoffs |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

An alternative response team in Durham, North Carolina, responds to certain 911 calls instead of the police to help people in crisis. Now, it’s working to improve the ways it connects those people with social services afterward.

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“This is where I belong now”: Niger tries a new refugee model as Nigerians flee bandit attacks

Zubaida Baba-Ibrahim

August 01, 2024 |

Minority Africa |

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Response Location: Niger

“Opportunity Villages," a collaborative initiative between the Niger government and the UNHCR, help refugees from Nigeria become economically self-sufficient by living and working alongside their host communities, developing a more sustainable alternative to traditional refugee settlements. In the five years since their founding, these Villages have supported tens of thousands of refugees.

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How Chicago's DanceChance is reimagining the artist grant

Makeda Easter

July 31, 2024 |

The Art Rebellion |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

A bi-monthly gathering in Chicago called DanceChance showcases local choreographers and provides a $4,500 grant to an audience member by random draw to fund their work and perform at the next session. It’s part of a push to democratize funding in the arts and reach more artists.

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Alaska's Tribal Health Organizations Are Essential, and Powerful

Peter Heckendorn

July 31, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: Copper River, United States, Alaska

Tribal health organizations deliver culturally competent healthcare, tailoring care to meet specific needs and overcome obstacles to access. These medical centers integrate traditional practices with modern medicine, and this approach to care has led to improved health outcomes for both Native and non-Native patients.

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Agroforestry offers Thai rubber farmers a pathway to profit and sustainability

Carolyn Cowan

July 31, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Thailand

Government agencies, trade groups, and businesses are working together to provide agroforestry training and environmental education to rubber farmers in Thailand. Cultivating rubber alongside other useful trees and crops is better for the environment than monoculture farms and increases farmers’ profits.

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How an international effort is keeping North America free of a deadly amphibian disease

Mike Digirolamo

July 30, 2024 |

Mongabay |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Bsal is a fungal pathogen that causes a deadly disease in salamanders. Experts from Mexico, Canada, and the United States came together to create the volunteer-based North American Bsal Task Force to prevent it from spreading further and prepare a plan of action for when the pathogen reaches the continent.

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