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Reflective roofs combat extreme heat in Sierra Leone
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Reflective roofs combat extreme heat in Sierra Leone

Reflective panels installed on homes in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are helping residents cope with extreme heat by reducing indoor temperatures by over 6°C.

Jake Wood reports for BBC.

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Sierra Leone's long road to clean cookstoves

In Sierra Leone, 99 percent of the population still uses polluting cooking methods, including fires and uninsulated cookstoves.
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Citizen scientists map urban heat down to the block level
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Citizen scientists map urban heat down to the block level

Thousands of volunteers have taken part in a federal agency-led initiative to better understand where US cities’ hot zones are. 
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How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers
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How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers

Heat-focused officials in these four cities are rolling out warning systems and drawing up green designs to create more heat-resistant metropolises.
Resilience
Scientists rediscover a climate-hardy coffee plant

Scientists rediscover a climate-hardy coffee plant

Coffea stenophylla possesses greater tolerance for higher temperatures than Arabica and robusta coffee that dominate the market, researchers say.
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Swallowed by the sea

While some communities brace for the future affects of climate change, the archipelago known as the Turtle Islands off Sierra Leone's coast is dealing with rising sea levels and disappearing land right now. People have had to relocate, which is not cheap for locals who earn just 10 cents a day.
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Sierra Leone mudslide survivors live in fear of fresh ...

Sierra Leone mudslide survivors live in fear of fresh ...

ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Alaska villages face soaring energy costs as GOP debate threatens clean energy tax credits

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Louisiana coastal restoration project faces new turmoil over hidden environmental report

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Satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere could worsen climate change and ozone depletion

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Regenerative agriculture drought resilience

As regenerative agriculture gains momentum, report warns of “greenwashing”

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Nuclear revival plan faces obstacles at Tennessee Valley Authority

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

CLIMATE
Dry, cracked soil in a desert landscape with a small weed growing out of a crack.

Scientists move forward with climate assessment work despite federal dismissals

A flooded basement with furniture and boxes floating in water.

Climate disaster survivors form nationwide movement to push for climate action and disaster reform