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The Mekong Delta's climate defences are failing

Nhung Nguyen

May 07, 2025 |

Dialogue Earth |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

Vietnam's Mekong Delta has invested heavily in large-scale infrastructure projects like sluice gates and irrigation schemes to prevent seawater intrusion and drought impacts, yet recurring mechanical failures, poor implementation, and unintended ecological consequences have rendered these interventions ineffective. Instead of protecting local agriculture, these flawed solutions have increased farmers' debts, prolonged environmental harm, and undermined community resilience.

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How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Anita Hofschneider, Jake Bittle

March 19, 2025 |

Grist |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

The coordinated response involved decades of persistent advocacy, strategic coalition-building among Indigenous nations, environmentalists, and government officials, sustained direct activism, and innovative legal and corporate negotiations, ultimately leading to the historic removal of four dams along the Klamath River. This effort successfully restored salmon habitat and ecosystem health, setting a groundbreaking precedent for addressing environmental justice, tribal sovereignty, and dam removal conflicts nationwide.

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Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds

Dalya Massachi

February 01, 2025 |

Everyday Climate Champions |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Watershed Project works with residents to protect and restore landscapes that drain into waterways—creeks, rivers and ultimately—around the San Francisco Bay. Strong community outreach aims to connect people, the environment, and government agencies, municipalities, legal firms, and private and public investors.

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This Outer Banks Resort Centered the Environment From the Start, and It Paid Off

Taylor Haelterman

December 12, 2024 |

Triple Pundit |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Corolla, North Carolina

Due to its sustainable design, the Corolla Light Resort has seen far less seawater intrusion and damage to properties compared to other Outer Banks resorts, plus much healthier dune structures. With 450 privately owned and managed homes, over half of which are dedicated to vacationon rentals, coordinated limited development has led to some of the tallest dunes on the island and minimal erosion.

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Resilience in the Sundarbans: How Shrimp Farming is Helping Communities Adapt to Climate Change

Joydeep Dasgupta

December 02, 2024 |

News Sense |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Sundarbans

Communities in the Sundarbans have adopted shrimp farming as a sustainable livelihood strategy; the approach has proven successful, with environmental benefits and many farmers earning a good income.

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Abandoned 'ghost gear' kills sea life. A Myanmar nonprofit is turning the tide.

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

November 13, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar

The nonprofit Myanmar Ocean Project is working to raise awareness of and remove ghost gear, abandoned fishing gear that kills marine life, from the country’s waters. Volunteer drivers remove the gear from the water and create public awareness campaigns.

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Your lawn could host an endangered ecosystem

Kylie Mohr

November 01, 2024 |

High Country News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pullman, Washington

The Phoenix Conservancy is restoring the critically endangered Palouse Prarie across Washington and Idaho one small plot of land at a time. Using native species, the group plants and maintains micro-prairies in yards, school parking lots, roadcuts, and any piece of land they can access.

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Can Fungi Save This Endangered Hawaiian Tree?

Shi En Kim

October 30, 2024 |

Smithsonian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

Conservationists in Hawaii are growing seedlings of the critically endangered na’u tree alongside mycorrhizal fungi instead of fertilizers and pesticides to mimic their natural growing process. The fungi support the plant in a variety of ways, like sucking up more water and providing mineral nutrients, which helps the seedlings grow at a rapid pace.

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Una manera radical de abordar las inundaciones en Inglaterra: inundaciones estratégicas

Rory Smith

October 23, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Steart Peninsula, Somerset

A los granjeros en la península de Steart se les pagaban unas 5000 libras por acre (unos 4000 metros cuadrados) para que cedieran sus tierras, permitiendo que aguas de las mareas inundaran la península. La marisma salada absorba el creciente volumen de agua que se hincha en las orillas del río Parrett y atrapa carbono.

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The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

Kiley Price

October 20, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Lobster is a crucial economic resource in New England, but entanglements with the fishing line from lobster traps are a major cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists and lobstermen are testing ropeless, on-demand gear that minimizes the risk for whales and allows fishing to continue in areas that would otherwise be closed for months as the whales pass through.

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