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As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic factors as with a changing climate.
BY GAIA VINCE
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Jargon Watch: Is a Nation Climate-Fit or Climate-Weak?
TreeHugger —
... can have a lot to do with those boundaries. Some countries are climate-fit while others are climate-weak, argues a new piece by Gaia Vance in Yale Environment 360. Now, a number of factors deter... ...
Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best?
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... socio-political aspect of climate vulnerability in order to help climate-weak people tool up to climate fitness. And, importantly, to prevent climate-fit people, like the villagers in Laos, from becoming climate-weak. But it will require strong local action, good governance, and well-planned climate adaptation programs in the poor countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, where the climate-weak live — and the most deaths are likely to occur. This piece originally appeared on Yale Environment 360 . Image Credit: ...
Climate & environment - Nov 6
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... homepage Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Will Do Best? Gaia Vince, yale environment 360 Following the disastrous tsunami of December 2004, the government of Bangladesh embraced upgraded storm-alert systems that warn communities in a coordinated way and improved social support networks, resulting in a drastic reduction in typhoon deaths. In neighboring Myanmar, by contrast, deaths from natural disasters have risen in recent years. Indeed, the deaths that occurred there last year in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis cannot be separated from the fact that Myanmar has ...
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