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American Cities Tapped Spur 'Climate Resiliency' Action Worldwide
2013-12-18 10:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: American cities on the frontline of climate action are quietly but dramatically shifting their approachfrom primarily trying to limit global warming to coping with its impacts. They're building forested buffers to shelter homes from wildfires, considering concrete sea walls to restrain ocean waters and developing software to conserve water during drought. Now, a new global initiative aims to make nearly a dozen of those cities into models that can spur urban resiliency around the world. The Rockefeller...
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