Solutions
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Tangier Wastewater Treatment & Reuse Programme
Morocco faces structural water scarcity. Per capita water availability was reported at 606 cubic metres a year in 2024 reporting from Morocco’s Ministry of Equipment and Water, against the internationally recognised 1,000 cubic metre threshold that marks the onset of water scarcity. The country has experienced consecutive years…
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EW4Fthiotida: Smart Technology for Monitoring and Timely Response
Fthiotida is one of the five regional units of Central Greece. It includes seven municipalities and approximately 200 villages and small communities. Its geography combines mountains, rivers, fertile plains, forests and coastal areas. Its rural economy depends substantially on agriculture and livestock farming. This varied landscape creates exposure…
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Operational Plan to Prevent the Effects of Heatwaves on Health (POCS)
Rising temperatures and longer periods of extreme heat have significant implications for human health across mediterranean regions. These impacts are more acute in urban areas, and it is known that elevated and sustained heat for days causes excess mortality, which ranges from 12% to 40% in developed countries.
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California’s CalHeatScore
Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in California. Heat-health risks vary widely across California’s diverse climates and communities, and the same temperature can have different health impacts depending on local conditions and who is exposed.
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Drought Mental Health and Community Wellbeing Support
Disasters have a direct impact on mental health and a communities’ adaptive capacity and resilience. Rural and regional communities often rely on agriculture, water-intensive industries and nature-based tourism and therefore carry high exposure to drought. Livestock, cropping and much regional employment may depend directly on water.
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Désimperméabilisons les sols urbains!
Occitanie faces water stress, and the conversion of permeable surfaces into impermeable surfaces through development exacerbates water stress and the natural water cycle. This is referred to as ‘soil sealing’ the process of covering soil with materials such as concrete and asphalt. Occitanie is one of the regions…
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Increasing the delivery of Cultural Fire
Victoria is one of the most bushfire-prone regions in the world, and reducing fuel loads on public and private land is central to protecting life, property and the natural environment from bushfire. For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal peoples in Victoria managed fire-prone land through cultural burning,…
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Building Agreements to Streamline Wildfire Management Across Jurisdictions and Land Ownership
California is strengthening collaboration with state, local and tribal governments in carrying out fuel reduction projects on federal lands. Under Action 1.4 of California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan (January 2021), the US Forest Service (USFS) committed to expand its use of Good Neighbor Authority…
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Driving Integrated Water Management (IWM) Through Land Use Planning
The State of Victoria is harnessing Integrated Water Management (IWM), a holistic and collaborative framework to sustainably manage water resources. The IWM approach brings together government, water authorities and communities to ensure a secure and climate-resilient water future. IWM promotes a water-sensitive approach to urban development.…
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Programa Estatal para el Manejo de Fuego (State Forest Fire Prevention and Management Programme)
The Programa Estatal para el Manejo de Fuego is Baja California Sur’s (BCS) primary governance instrument for forest fire prevention, preparedness, and response. It is structured around annual seasonal activation (the fire season in BCS runs from March to August) and operates through a multi-agency coordination…