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Climate change amplified the risk of record-breaking wildfires in 2023-2024
Climate change amplified the risk of record-breaking wildfires in 2023-2024Climate

Climate change amplified the risk of record-breaking wildfires in 2023-2024

By University of East Anglia Unprecedented wildfires in Canada and parts of Amazonia last year were at least three times more likely due to climate…
SourceSourceAugust 14, 2024 Full article
Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters
Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disastersClimate

Disaster plant pathology: solutions to combat agricultural threats from disasters

By American Phytopathological Society An often-overlooked component of natural and human-driven disasters is their potential to affect plant health and thus food security at domestic…
SourceSourceAugust 7, 2024 Full article
Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirms
Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirmsClimateScience

Nature-based solutions to disaster risk from climate change are cost effective, study confirms

By University of Massachusetts Amherst A new global assessment of scientific literature led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst finds that nature-based solutions…
SourceSourceJuly 17, 2024 Full article
Launch of Academy to Transform the Knowledge Agenda at the World Bank Group
Launch of Academy to Transform the Knowledge Agenda at the World Bank GroupNews

Launch of Academy to Transform the Knowledge Agenda at the World Bank Group

By World Bank Group A new World Bank Group (WBG) platform – the WBG Academy – aims to equip future leaders with development expertise that…
SourceSourceJune 20, 2024 Full article