PreventionWeb editors' picks
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The PreventionWeb editors have selected four articles that look some troubling long-term trends: the growing gap in adaptation capacity between the richest and poorest; the damaging impact of extreme weather events on the world's children; the high cost of disasters for island nations; and the projected exposure of city-dwellers to extreme heat.
But we also bring some much-needed optimism: a collection of new solutions to reduce tsunami risks; positive examples of adaptation successes; how social protection systems can help women and girls reduce their vulnerability to climate or economic shocks; and some examples of urban resilience in the Global South:
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Serious situations
We need to help the world's poorest adapt to a harsher climate:
Our children are being hit hard by extreme weather:
Island nations are paying a heavy price:
Urban dwellers are going to feel the heat:
Salient solutions
Smart tech to tackle tsunami risk:
Climate adaptation success stories:
Empowering women and girls through agrifood and social protection:
Urban resilience in the Global South:
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