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Drought, Famine & Wildfires

Home›Climate Impacts & Adaptation›Category: "Drought, Famine & Wildfires" (Page 5)
  • BrazilDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentForests & DeforestationLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited StatesWater

    Drought Forces Puerto Rico to Limit Water Access During Pandemic Response

    July 5, 2020
     
    July 5, 2020
    Still far from recovered from its ravaging by Hurricane María in 2017, Puerto Rico is now struggling under drought conditions, with water woes made ...
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    AustraliaBuildingsCarbon-Free TransitionClimate Denial & GreenwashingCoalDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridEnergy PoliticsJobs & TrainingMedia, Messaging, & Public OpinionOil & GasSolarSupply Chains & ConsumptionWind

    Australian Lobby Group Points to One Million Jobs in Green Recovery Plan

    July 2, 2020
     
    July 2, 2020
    Countering Canberra’s fossil-backed call for a gas-powered pandemic recovery plan, the Australian lobby group Beyond Zero Emissions has mapped a solar- and wind-powered path ...
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  • Drive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresHuman Rights & MigrationInternationalInternational Security & War

    Climate and Conflict Could Displace One Billion by 2050

    June 23, 2020
     
    June 23, 2020
    While data remains scarce on the multiple causes driving current and future migrants to flee their homes, a new report points to the frightening ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments

    B.C. Dramatically Overestimates Old Growth Forest, Faces Climate Impacts Without Better Protection

    June 21, 2020
     
    Primary Author David Thomas
    June 21, 2020
    British Columbia is dramatically overestimating the size of productive old growth forests that have all but vanished across the province, according to an independent ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHeat & Temperature

    Extreme Arctic Temperatures, Siberian Wildfires Driving Up CO2 Emissions

    June 18, 2020
     
    June 18, 2020
    Last week’s 30°C temperatures in the Arctic Circle have observers fearing a repeat of 2019’s devastating summer of apocalyptic wildfires. 
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  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHealth & SafetyLegal & RegulatorySub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    PG&E Pleads Guilty to 84 Deaths in 2018 Camp Fire

    June 16, 2020
     
    June 16, 2020
    Mammoth California utility PG&E pleaded guilty yesterday to 84 charges of involuntary manslaughter, and was expected to acknowledge each victim by name, after sparks ...
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  • AfricaAsiaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIndia

    Locust-Driven Famine Threatens Millions as COVID-19 Rages

    June 4, 2020
     
    June 4, 2020
    Experts are urging policy-makers in Africa and Asia to fight the escalating locust plague at the same time as they combat the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
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  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingUnited States

    ‘Patchwork’ Wildfire Safety Protocols Increase COVID-19 Outbreak Risk

    June 2, 2020
     
    June 2, 2020
    In the face of another hot, dry season, western U.S. wildfire fighters are worried that unwieldy pandemic protocols for fire camps—paired with the hard ...
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  • AfricaAsiaBiodiversity & HabitatBrazilCarbon Levels & MeasurementDrought, Famine & WildfiresForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesSouth & Central America

    New Study Shows Forests Growing Shorter, Dying Younger, Storing Less Carbon

    May 31, 2020
     
    May 31, 2020
    The world’s forests are growing shorter, dying younger, and storing drastically less carbon due to the combined effects of climate change and illegal logging, ...
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  • CanadaDrive to 1.5Drought, Famine & WildfiresFood SecurityInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesWater

    New Study Reveals Shrinking Snow Mass Across North America

    May 28, 2020
     
    May 28, 2020
    Across all the non-alpine regions of North America, more than 46 billion tonnes of snow has “gone missing” this decade—and the same has happened ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseLegal & RegulatoryOil & GasUnited States

    Courts Rule Against Fossils in California Climate Disclosure Case, Reject Montana Oil and Gas Leases Over Sage Grouse Protection

    May 28, 2020
     
    May 28, 2020
    Five of the world’s most colossal fossils will have to face a pair of lawsuits from California cities and counties in state court, rather ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesHydropowerSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited States

    Canada’s ‘Rich Carbon Sink’ Peatlands Need Urgent Protection, Story Map Shows

    May 6, 2020
     
    Primary Author Gaye Taylor
    May 6, 2020
    Northern peatlands—the richest carbon sinks on the planet and epicentres of biodiversity—are in urgent need of protection from human development, the Wildlife Conservation Society ...
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  • Wildfire
    Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyInternational Agencies & StudiesJobs & TrainingUnited States

    Wildfire Crews Must Change Tactics, Rethink Camp Hygiene to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

    April 22, 2020
     
    April 22, 2020
    With wildfire smoke putting firefighters at greater risk of dangerous complications from coronavirus infection, experts are urging multiple changes in firefighting procedures, including improved ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatBrazilDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationHealth & SafetyUnited States

    Brazilian Deforestation Plants the Seeds for Future Pandemics

    April 19, 2020
     
    April 19, 2020
    As Brazil’s current leader continues to champion the deforestation of the Amazon, experts are warning that such destruction is planting the seeds for the ...
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  • CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyJobs & TrainingSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments

    In Conversation: Pandemic Experience Puts Spotlight on Local Resilience, Self-Sufficiency, Logtenberg Says

    April 12, 2020
     
    Primary Author Mitchell Beer @mitchellbeer
    April 12, 2020
    Rik Logtenberg is a city councillor in Nelson, British Columbia, founder of Climate Caucus, a national network of mayors and councillors, and the developer ...
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  • Carbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionDemand & EfficiencyDrought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridHydropowerICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergyUnited StatesWater

    Changing Water Supplies Affect Hydro Output in U.S. Pacific Northwest

    August 4, 2020
     
    August 4, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIJurisdictionsUnited States

    North California Wildfire Leaves Two Firefighters Injured

    July 28, 2020
     
    July 28, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresHeat & TemperatureICYMIWater

    Amphibians’ Climate Vulnerability Compounded by Heat, Water Shortages

    July 28, 2020
     
    July 28, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridICYMISub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    California Explores Microgrids as Wildfire Management Tool

    July 21, 2020
     
    July 21, 2020
  • AfricaClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMI

    Women Play Key Role in Averting COVID Famine in Sub-Saharan Africa

    July 7, 2020
     
    July 7, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIUnited States

    Trump’s Mount Rushmore Fireworks Plan Risks Virus Spread, Wildfire

    July 2, 2020
     
    July 2, 2020
  • AfricaDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIWater

    Families Line Up for Water Overnight as Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Faces Drought

    July 2, 2020
     
    July 2, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIUnited States

    Arizona Blaze Approaches Mega-Fire Status

    June 28, 2020
     
    June 28, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresElectricity GridICYMISub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    California Scrambles to Add Microgrids Before Wildfire Season

    June 23, 2020
     
    June 23, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMISolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Firefighters Douse Flames Near South California Solar Plant

    June 18, 2020
     
    June 18, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresHealth & SafetyICYMIUnited States

    Western U.S. Sees Rise in COVID Cases as Wildfire Season Looms

    June 16, 2020
     
    June 16, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeFood SecurityHeat & TemperatureICYMI

    Dry Weather Could Bring ‘Challenging’ Season for UK Farmers

    June 7, 2020
     
    June 7, 2020
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIUnited States

    Western U.S. Gears for Above-Normal Wildfire Risk This Summer

    June 2, 2020
     
    June 2, 2020
  • Drought, Famine & WildfiresICYMIUnited States

    Massive Missouri River Records Driest Decade in 1,200 Years

    May 26, 2020
     
    May 26, 2020
  • AsiaDrought, Famine & WildfiresEuropeHealth & SafetyICYMI

    Siberian Wildfires Scorch Area Three Times the Size of Delaware

    May 24, 2020
     
    May 24, 2020
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