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  • The 'frying pan of Spain' shows how cities can deal with extreme heat

    August 08, 2025 |

    CBC |

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    Response Location: Spain, Seville

    Seville has implemented three innovative water-based cooling solutions—ancient Persian qanat technology, adiabatic cooling systems in 450+ schools, and urban evapotranspiration projects—that collectively reduce temperatures by 6-12°C in public spaces and buildings while using minimal energy and attracting international attention as replicable models for heat adaptation.

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  • Tanzania's 'holela holela' campaign uses a friendly pill mascot to combat antimicrobial resistance

    August 07, 2025 |

    IPP Media |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    Tanzania launched the "Holela Holela Itakukosti" public awareness campaign from May to September 2024 to address the large number of deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance. By working with USAID, local government and Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, the campaign deployed three national radio stations to promote responsible antimicrobial use and infection prevention, reaching 24.7 million listeners.

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  • Lost your USAID funding? These aid matchmakers have a solution.

    August 06, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Vinikilang

    Following the closure of USAID and the loss of funding for its projects around the world, Project Resource Optimization was formed to help match projects in need of support with potential funders. Though the organization is not able to make sure every USAID-funded project is able to continue, it has helped secure roughly $26 million for 24 projects so far.

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  • Okyanusların yükü mavi karbonla azaltılabilir mi?

    August 05, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Turkey

    Mavi karbon ekosistemleri (deniz çayırları, gelgit/tuzlu bataklıkları ve mangrov ormanları) okyanusların yalnızca küçük bir kısmını kaplamasına rağmen küresel karbonun yaklaşık yarısını depolayarak iklim değişikliğiyle mücadelede güçlü bir doğal çözüm sunuyor. Türkiye’de ise deniz çayırlarının haritalanması, korunması ve restorasyonu gibi çalışmalar bu çözümün nasıl işleyeceğini ortaya koyarken, aynı zamanda ekosistem tahribatının önlenmesi ve kapsamlı iklim politikalarıyla birlikte yürütülmesi gerektiğini gösteriyor.

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  • Güneş tepede, gölge nerede?

    August 05, 2025 |

    Teyit |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Dünyanın farklı şehirlerinde uygulanan yeşil alan artırımı, gölgelendirme projeleri, serinleme merkezleri ve sıcaklıkla mücadele ekipleri, şehirlerdeki ölümcül sıcaklıkların etkisini azaltarak insanların yaşam kalitesini doğrudan iyileştiriyor. Bu çözümler; ağaçlandırma, yeşil koridor oluşturma, kamusal serinleme noktaları yaratma, saha ekipleriyle kırılgan gruplara destek sağlama ve yansıtıcı yüzey gibi yenilikçi uygulamalarla kent ısısını düşürmeye çalışan çok araçlı bir yaklaşım üzerinden işliyor.

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  • How an NYC Suburb Is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down

    August 05, 2025 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New Rochelle, New York

    To help increase housing stock, New Rochelle, NY streamlined the development approval process and made it easier to approve many housing units at once, allowing the city to add roughly 4,500 new housing units over the last decade. However, local residents worry about being priced out of the area as people move from Manhattan in search of more affordable housing.

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  • Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

    August 03, 2025 |

    El Turbión |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

    Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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  • Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

    August 02, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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  • Can rainwater-fed ponds revive Bangladesh's hilly streams?

    August 01, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Khagrachhari

    In Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts, conservationist Mahfuz Ahmed Russel is reviving dying streams by building artificial ponds that harvest rainwater to use in streambeds during dry seasons. Over seven years, aquatic life and vegetation have begun to repopulate and streambeds have remained wet throughout the dry season.

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  • How one California community is turning an old oil field into protected habitat

    August 01, 2025 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Fullerton, California

    The Friends of Coyote Hills led a 30-year community campaign that successfully protected 24 acres of threatened habitat from development. Alongside voter mobilization, strategic fundraising, and federal wildlife protections, they secured $70 million toward the purchase of land.

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