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  • After cyclone Fani, women in a migrant fishing community start resilience fund

    November 12, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Penthakatha, Odisha

    After an unexpected summer cyclone in the Indian state of Odisha, hundreds of women from slums across the region formed a community fund for disaster preparedness. The women all try to contribute 10 rupees per month to the fund, slowly building their security net in case of another natural disaster.

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  • Galvanized by disaster

    November 11, 2019 |

    Indiana Environmental Reporter |

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    Response Location: United States, Goshen, Indiana

    After devastating floods hit the town of Goshen, the small town in Indiana used the experience as an opportunity to work towards disaster preparedness. Focusing not just on what would work best against environmental change and the subsequent severe weather created by it but also what would move the city forward, the mayor has been able to implement a series of changes including partnerships to increase awareness as well as community youth involvement.

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  • The Next Pandemic Is Out There. Is the Private Sector Ready?

    November 08, 2019 |

    Freethink |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    In 2019, a Pandemic Response Board made up of international leaders was created to determine a course of action should a contagious outbreak such as SARS occur. Although the director general of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control was not able to join, the region's response to Lassa virus offered lessons to the team, such as the benefits of private-public partnerships and eliminating the spread of misinformation by joining forces with social media outlets.

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  • Multnomah County Trees Are Doing Much More Than We Think

    November 01, 2019 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Friends of Trees, a nonprofit organization in the Portland area, are not just planting trees because they help combat climate change and improve air quality, but because they also help stop major flooding and avoid erosion. While it can be expensive to maintain the trees and clean up the leaves from storm drains, these trees could prevent millions of gallons of rainfall from flooding neighborhoods as extreme weather events are expected to increase in the future.

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  • Wildfires and blackouts mean Californians need solar panels and microgrids

    October 28, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Localized, distributed energy systems are popping up around California. As the larger electricity system becomes less reliable in the face of wildfires, more individuals are turning to microgrids and solar energy with help from organizations like Clean Coalition and Stone Edge Farm Microgrid. While still happening on a small scale, such energy systems may become more popular as its sustainability in a changing climate shows to be more resilient.

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  • As fires rage, California refines an important skill: Evacuating

    October 28, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, California

    With wildfires becoming more and more common, Californians have become improved their evacuation procedures. Alerting residents earlier via cellphone and then ongoing door-to-door notices have made a difference, along with residents trusting the evacuation calls more than before. Notable improvements have been made in hospitals, with staff making arrangements with other hospitals as soon as they receive the evacuation notice.

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  • Sonoma and Butte counties see natural lessons in wake of megafires

    October 25, 2019 |

    The Press Democrat |

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    Response Location: United States, Sonoma, California

    California’s Sonoma and Butte counties have been taking new approaches to wildfires – rather than preventing them, they’re hoping to support the ecosystem to withstand them and bounce back. This resilience-centered approach includes controlled burns, fuel breaks, cross-organizational collaboration, and educating the public – especially homeowners – about how they can help.

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  • Sprawling Las Animas County, like many rural areas, badly needs emergency responders. But it's a teachable moment.

    September 24, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Hoehne, Colorado

    Las Animas County in Colorado is a large rural and remote area which makes it difficult for emergency responders to access people in a timely manner. To address this, emergency medical responder (EMR) classes are being taught in high schools in order to relieve the burden and offer a possibility for a career path to students in the area.

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  • Meteorology authority improves climate forecast systems

    September 18, 2019 |

    The Observer |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Early warning systems allow communities to implement effective disaster preparedness. The Uganda National Integrated Early Warning System (U-NIEWS), disseminates forecasts—ranging from weather patterns to market prices for crops—in a bulletin. Data is collected across the country and bulletins go out on a national level, disseminated by local stakeholders through WhatsApp, radio, and other media.

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  • Ideas from Oklahoma can help NC plan for future of increased flooding

    September 17, 2019 |

    WRAL-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Eastern North Carolina -- an area increasingly affected by flooding from hurricanes -- looks to Tulsa for long-term, financially sustainable solutions to routine flooding. Tulsa's comprehensive approach includes regulating building in floodplains as well as building vast drainage systems in all high-risk flood areas. The city implemented a storm water mitigation fee to residents' water bills in order to make flood insurance among the cheapest in the country.

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