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Growing plants on buildings can reduce heat and produce healthy food in African cities

Green spaces have the potential to reduce heat and, in turn, improve health, especially in vulnerable urban areas.

Why the capital of India is flush with mosquitoes

Why the capital of India is flush with mosquitoes

City residents have long resorted to low-cost, do-it-yourself remedies that may be harmful to human health.
For cities, climate adaptation has a new urgency

For cities, climate adaptation has a new urgency

A new report argues that cities must assume a wartime footing to protect critical infrastructure and prepare for a more dangerous future. 
In India's Chennai, river restoration lands hardest on the poor
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In India's Chennai, river restoration lands hardest on the poor

Efforts to restore the city's rivers weigh heavily on poor riverside residents, who are being forcibly moved.
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Where will everyone go?

Where will everyone go?

ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, with support from the Pulitzer Center, have for the first time modeled how climate refugees might move across international borders. This is what we found.
Jakarta’s trash mountain: 'When people are desperate for jobs, they come here'
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Jakarta’s trash mountain: 'When people are desperate for jobs, they come here'

The scavengers who make a living picking plastic, metal and even bones from a huge landfill face additional misery as the global economic slowdown closes the recycling centers they count on.
Flooding, climate change stir Bangkok to address poverty along canals
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Flooding, climate change stir Bangkok to address poverty along canals

Big cities like Bangkok are moving whole slums to mitigate effects of flooding and climate change – after gaining the trust of residents.

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