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The Number of People Affected by Floods Will Double by 2030
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New WRI geospatial analysis finds that the number of people affected by river and coastal floods worldwide will double worldwide by 2030, while urban property damaged by coastal storm surges and sea level rise will increased tenfold to $177 billion. Flood risk is increasing dramatically due to heavier rains and storms fueled by climate change, socioeconomic factors such as population growth and increased development near coasts and rivers, and land subsidence driven by overdrawing groundwater. But much of the damage can be avoided with better planning and well-placed flood protection. Investing in flood protection saves lives, creates jobs, and helps economies grow. Samantha Kuzma and Tianyi Luo show how WRI’s new Aqueduct Floods can guide these high-return investments. Read More
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In 2011, a flooded street in Thailand became a river, forcing some residents to use boats to travel. Photo by ebvImages/Flickr
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Safer, More Sustainable Transport in a Post-COVID-19 World
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The COVID-19 crisis has shown that effective public transport is vital to keeping cities running. By serving essential workers in health care, emergency services, food services, and other sectors, public transport has become a service not just for some people but for all urban residents. But coronavirus pandemic lockdowns are also putting an incredible strain on public transit systems worldwide. Ben Welle and Sergio Avelleda write that public transport can be a powerful job engine and they list five ways that governments, development banks and agencies can include it in stimulus packages for post-COVID economic recovery. Read more.
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Investments That Build Resilience to Pandemics and Climate Change
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To manage the twin threats of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change, building resilience against both is imperative and urgent. How to do this in the face of a recession, falling government revenues and huge pressure on public budgets? Investments in COVID-19 response and in climate change resilience must work together and reinforce each other. Leonardo Martinez-Diaz and Lauren Sidner offer three solutions that can fix problems today and prepare for tomorrow. Read more
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Effective COVID-19 tests? Thank the Ocean
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Enzymes from a remarkable hydrothermal vent bacterium are crucial to virus test kits, including those that diagnose COVID-19. This surprising fact has focused fresh attention on threats to the ocean genome and the unbalanced relationship between low- and middle-income countries—home most marine biodiversity—and the higher-income countries that have the research capacity, technology, infrastructure and finances to develop marine biotech. Two new research papers commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy point to solutions. Read more
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