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From The Atlantic's CityLabHow a Low-Income San Francisco Neighborhood Is Building a Culture of Disaster Preparedness:
The partnerships being formed now could save the Bayview area when an earthquake strikes.Atlas Lens, a freelance-supported online publication started by graduates of UMKC, is dedicated to educating readers about the complex and diverse urban, social, and environmental issues that face our society today.
- From The Atlantic's CityLab
Coastal cities are critical components of the global economy, but their location also makes them especially susceptible to natural disasters. Richard Florida discusses the future of Coastal Cities, and what potential solutions the study of climate resilience has to offer.
- United Nations Conference on Climate Change
France will chair and host the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), from 30 November to 11 December 2015. The conference is crucial because the expected outcome is a new international agreement on climate change, applicable to all, to keep global warming below 2°C.
- From The White House:
The United States is leading global efforts to address the threat of climate change. President Obama is taking the biggest step yet to combat climate change by finalizing America's clean power plan, which sets the first-ever carbon pollution standards for power plants.