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  • The Indian Farmers Battling Climate Change With 10,000-year-old Emmer Wheat

    Sanket Jain

    April 21, 2023 |

    Food Unfolded |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: India

    Farmers in India are turning back to growing traditional, ancient grains like emmer wheat for reliable harvests because it can withstand extreme climate-related weather conditions.

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  • What could $1 billion do for Puerto Rico's energy resilience? Residents have ideas.

    Gabriela Aoun Angueira

    April 21, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Castañer

    Community-led energy projects are improving access to electricity for Puerto Ricans. One such project, led by a cooperative in Castañer, established two microgrids with backup batteries to keep the power running after an outage.

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  • The Push To Reimagine LA's Streets And Alleyways To Fight Both Drought And Floods

    Erin Stone

    April 21, 2023 |

    LAist |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles organizations and neighborhoods are teaming up to create Green Alleys that mitigate flooding. These alleys consist of permeable pavement and native plants and trees that all help direct water underground, as well as streetlights and murals that make them welcoming community spaces.

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  • Counterintuitive conservation: Fire boosts aquatic crustaceans in U.S. savannas

    Ashli Blow

    April 21, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States

    Prescribed burns remove shrubs and invasive plants from habitats that vernal pool fairy shrimp and different species of crayfish live in — making it easier for them to thrive and populations to increase.

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  • The quest to build wildfire-resistant homes

    Susie Cagle

    April 18, 2023 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, California

    The shelter-in-place approach is slowly becoming a more common way to survive wildfires that are too violent and fast to evacuate. People using this method congregate in “defensible” buildings created with wildfire resilience in mind that sit in an area clear of flammable vegetation and fuel.

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  • Are 'sponge cities' enough to curb climate-fuelled floods?

    Kim Harrisberg

    April 18, 2023 |

    Context |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The design firm Arup calculates cities' ability to retain water through nature and helps them implement other solutions to flooding, like building rain gardens or public messaging strategies, depending on individual needs.

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  • These Farmers Recharged their Groundwater by Catching California's Atmospheric Rivers

    Grey Moran

    April 17, 2023 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Farmers in California are taking advantage of recent heavy rainfall by intentionally flooding their fields to restore the underground aquifers after years of drought.

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  • Rice Insurance helping Rwandan Farmers Overcome Climate-Induced Losses

    Jeanne d’Arc Munezero

    April 15, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Rwanda’s National Agriculture Insurance Scheme helps farmers access financial protection for their crops to provide income security in the face of climate change events that can ruin harvests.

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  • How Recycling Wastewater Could Help Quench the West's Thirst

    Alexandra Ossola

    April 14, 2023 |

    Wall Street Journal |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Drought-stricken cities in California are turning to direct potable reuse of water to combat drinking water shortages. This process involves treating wastewater and returning it to the drinking water supply.

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  • How Water Pans are transforming food production in Siaya

    Kevine Omollo

    April 13, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Siaya

    Communities in Siaya are excavating water pans to store runoff from the rainy season for agricultural and household use during droughts. The pans are dug in clay soil, and their size and depth are determined based on community needs.

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