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Community members in Malawi discuss climate change impacts.

Millions in Africa at Risk of Famine; Climate Change Impacts Thai Fishing Industry

December 1, 2016
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
The Guardian (11/26) said severe drought has left communities in Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and elsewhere on the brink...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, clean energy, coastal, development donors, disaster, food security, forest/forestry, land use, mitigation, water
Geography: 
Africa, Asia, Europe & Eurasia
Kevin Green

Does Climate Change Need Behavior Change?

November 7, 2016
Flora Lindsay-Herrera
Blog Post
The October Adaptation Community Meeting featured behavior change specialist Kevin Green from Rare , a non-governmental organization that focuses on...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, biodiversity, disaster, forest/forestry, resilience
Geography: 
Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean
Farmer in Okavango River Delta, USAID Southern Africa

New Climate Change Guidance for U.S. Agencies; Severe Drought Impacts Southern Africa, Honduras

August 4, 2016
Katherine Cunningham
News Summary
The Washington Post (8/2) said the White House Council on Environmental Quality released new guidance that will require all federal agencies to...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, climate change integration, climate policy, climate science, disaster, food security, forest/forestry, poverty, resilience
Geography: 
Asia, Global, Latin America & Caribbean, Africa
Dani Newcomb on top of one of the 15 volcanoes she has hiked in Guatemala

Climatelinks Champion Newcomb Assists Communities, Explores Far-Flung Places

July 6, 2016
Anne Usher
Climatelinks Champions
Video games didn’t feature large in Dani Newcomb’s childhood. “I played a boardgame called Save the Whales,” she says with a laugh over coffee. It’s...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, climate change integration, Climate Risk Management, climate screening, disaster, forest/forestry, water
Geography: 
Asia, Latin America & Caribbean
Fire destruction on peatlands.

Helping Indonesia Fight Catastrophic Forest Fires

April 27, 2016
Cassandra Graham
Erik Streed
Blog Post
When the most recent Indonesian dry season was at its peak in September and October 2015, smoke from peatland and forest fires cloaked large areas of...
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Keywords: 
biodiversity, disaster, forest/forestry, health, land use, sustainable landscapes
Geography: 
Asia