Adaptation is basically what societies need to do in order to live with the climate change that we already have. There real evidence that having more green spaces in urban areas will noticeably decrease local temperatures. Painting the roof white can make a real difference, but ul ately, it's limited in scope.
Vast stretches of the temperate world are baking or burning, and as climate change marches on widespread heatwaves will
only grow more intense and more common. After a half-century of insurgency, some rebels of Colombia’s disbanded FARC group needed a new calling: they have become
tour guides. And a look at where Ukraine can
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