The new Financing the Climate-Health Nexus Tool from the Adaptation Thought Leadership and Assessment (ATLAS) project summarizes available sources of...
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Global environmental changes such as landscape conversions alter natural systems and can increase contact between humans and other species. Under...
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adaptation, climate change integration, climate science, health, partnership, resilience, sustainable landscapesGeography:
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Droughts are slow-onset disasters that trigger significant environmental impacts, including loss in agricultural productivity across the globe. The...
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adaptation, agriculture, climate science, food securityGeography:
Asia
Samantabai is a happy woman. The first 'super-champion' farmer in her village, she has been involved in the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) project under...
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adaptation, agriculture, climate policy, climate science, governance, health, private-sector engagement, weather & climate servicesGeography:
Asia
In November, I took a canoe trip down a rural western Madagascar river expecting to see a lot of lemurs, but instead I saw thousands of hectares of...
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agriculture, biodiversity, forest/forestry, health, infrastructure, urbanGeography:
Africa
Children with dirty hands. Long lines at public water points. Cholera sweeping through a densely populated settlement. In the short-term, these...
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adaptation, health, resilience, WASH, waterGeography:
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Women in Nepal used to walk to the forest to collect loads of heavy firewood for cooking. The task itself was burdensome, and the resulting smoke...
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adaptation, disaster, forest/forestry, gender, health, resilienceGeography:
Asia
The 2015 Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on planetary health final report, “ Safeguarding Human Health in the Anthropocene Epoch ,” begins...
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climate science, governance, health, partnership, private-sector engagementGeography:
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Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease, yet malaria kills one child every 30 seconds, or about 3000 children every day . Nearly 92 percent of...
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adaptation, Climate Risk Management, health, resilienceGeography:
Africa
The countries that share the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan – frequently...
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adaptation, agriculture, food security, governance, weather & climate servicesGeography:
Asia
This year’s World Environment Day theme focuses on a global challenge with pressing implications on human health and the environment: air pollution...
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adaptation, Climate Risk Management, climate science, health, resilience, weather & climate servicesGeography:
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This month saw the release of a dire UN report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)...
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adaptation, climate change integration, climate science, food security, forest/forestry, health, resilienceGeography:
Global