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"Crushed By Heatwaves, More Cities Are Hiring ‘Chief Heat Officers’" [1]

"This week, another heat wave is scorching parts of the South and the southern Plains. Across the Atlantic, the United Kingdom is bracing for dangerously high temperatures as a crippling heat sweeps across Europe. Drought and wildfires have again battered parts of the West, even as much of the summer lies ahead."

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Source: Washington Post [8], 07/20/2022
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Grim Warnings Issued As Oppressive US Heat Wave Shows No Signs Of Slowing [9]

"As an oppressive heat wave spreads across the United States -- and shows no sign of slowing until at least through the weekend -- local leaders across the country are urging extreme caution."

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Source: CNN [10], 07/20/2022
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"Biden Could Declare Climate Emergency As Soon As This Week, Sources Say" [11]

"President Biden is considering declaring a national climate emergency as soon as this week as he seeks to salvage his environmental agenda in the wake of stalled talks on Capitol Hill, according to three people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private deliberations."

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Source: Washington Post [13], 07/19/2022
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"UK Breaks Its Record For Highest Temperature As Heat Builds" [14]

"Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday, with a provisional reading of 39.1 degrees Celsius (102.4 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the country’s weather office — and the heat was only expected to rise."

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Europe [15]
Source: AP [16], 07/19/2022
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"Without Land, Bangladesh's Manta People Live - And Die - On Boats" [17]

"Eroding Bangladeshi rivers stole their land - and now climate change and overfishing threaten the life they have built on water".

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Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [21], 07/18/2022
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"Pacific Islands Demand Climate Action As China, US Woo Region" [22]

"Pacific island nations, courted by China and the United States, put the superpowers on notice, telling the world’s two biggest carbon emitters to take more action on climate change while pledging unity in the face of a growing geopolitical contest."

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Source: Aljazeera [25], 07/18/2022
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"France, Spain Fight Spreading Wildfires As Europe Swelters" [26]

"France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there."

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Source: AP [28], 07/18/2022
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"As Europe Bakes In Heatwave, Wildfires Rage From Portugal To Croatia" [29]

"Wildfires raged across tinder-dry country in Portugal, Spain, France and Croatia on Thursday, burning homes and threatening livelihoods, as much of Europe baked in a heatwave that has pushed temperatures into the mid-40Cs in some parts."

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Source: Reuters [30], 07/15/2022
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"Officials Suggest Pipeline Company Hid Problems After Spill" [31]

"U.S. prosecutors suspect a Wyoming company of potentially concealing problems with a pipeline that broke in 2015 and spilled more than 50,000 gallons (240,000 liters) of crude into Montana’s Yellowstone River, fouling a small city’s drinking water supply, court filings show."

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Source: AP [36], 07/15/2022
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July 27, 2022

Dishing the Truth: How Conflict, Climate & COVID-19 Impact Food Systems [37]

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