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Climate Resiliency — When a Disaster Becomes a Cascade [1]

It sometimes feels like journalists lurch from one catastrophe (or hurricane, flood, wildfire, heat wave) to the next. But that can mean missing the bigger story: Disasters, increasingly linked to climate extremes, are often interlocking events, in which one system failure causes the next and the next. The latest Backgrounder explores three case studies, and how news media can focus attention on steps toward resilience.

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Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Government [8]
Health [9]
Infrastructure [10]
Journalism & Media [11]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [12]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Technology [15]
Water & Oceans [16]
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National (U.S.) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
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How Climate Attribution Science Went Mainstream, and What It Means [24]

A growing body of research shows the links between global warming and extreme weather. And that knowledge can help communities prepare, and assign responsibility for damages. Veteran climate journalist Bob Berwyn lays out the science of climate attribution — for heat waves, flooding, wildfires and, ironically, crop-killing freezes — and discusses its implications for future climate change policy.

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Activism [26]
Agriculture [27]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [28]
Environmental Justice [6]
Environmental Politics [7]
Environmental Studies [29]
Food [30]
Government [8]
Infrastructure [10]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Planning & Growth [14]
Policy [32]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [16]
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October 7, 2021

An Indigenous Perspective on the Rights of Nature – 2021 Doug Walker Lecture [35]

You're invited to the 2021 Doug Walker Lecture exporing an Indigenous perspective on nature’s fundamental rights and the health and wellness of all with Paulette Jordan (pictured), founder and chairwoman of Save the American Salmon and proud member of the Coeur d'Alene tribe. 8:30 p.m. ET.

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March 30, 2022 to April 3, 2022

#SEJ2022 Annual Conference, Houston, TX [38]

Online registration closes Mar 24 at Noon for SEJ's 31st Annual Conference in Houston, hosted by Rice University. The #SEJ2022 conference will focus on environmental health and justice, energy and climate change, and oceans and coasts. Check out the agenda and register asap to get your choice of our all-day Wednesday workshops and Thursday tours.

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For Bangladesh Climate Migrants, Pandemic Job Cuts Fuel 'Multiple Crises' [40]

"Bangladesh is one of the world's largest exporters of labour, but thousands have been left without work as the pandemic slows economies around the world".

Climate Change [3]
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Economy & Business [28]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [16]
Public [23]
Asia [21]
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn. [41], 10/04/2021
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"Global Natural Gas Crunch Roils Consumers and Industry" [42]

"Much of the world is suddenly worried about running short of natural gas, and the impact is being felt in surging utility bills, shuttered factories and a rising desperation as winter approaches."

Economy & Business [28]
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International [20]
Source: NYTimes [43], 10/04/2021
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"Trams, Cable Cars, Electric Ferries: How Cities Are Rethinking Transit" [44]

"Urban transportation is central to the effort to slow climate change. It can’t be done by just switching to electric cars. Several cities are starting to electrify mass transit."

Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Transportation [45]
Public [23]
International [20]
Source: NYTimes [46], 10/04/2021
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"Great Wall of Lights: China's Sea Power On Darwin's Doorstep" [47]

"It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through the high seas, the Ocean Warrior is surrounded by an atoll of blazing lights that overtakes the nighttime sky."

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Source: AP [49], 10/04/2021
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"An 'Attack On American Cities' Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks" [50]

"The natural gas industry was losing in cities across the US. Then came an obscure partisan tactic called preemption."

Climate Change [3]
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Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [7]
Infrastructure [10]
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Source: Vox [52], 10/04/2021
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Op-Ed: "Migration Will Soon Be The Biggest Climate Challenge Of Our Time" [53]

As heat, rising seas and drought render swaths of the planet uninhabitable, millions, if not billions of people may eventually have to relocate to terrain in the latitudes best suited to survival. The toughest challenge that lies before us isn’t reducing emissions, it’s relocating people. Neither the IPCC nor any other agency is currently empowered to address this fundamental question of human geography."

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Source: Financial Times [55], 10/04/2021
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