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From the Ted Talk by Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new climate
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Second, preparing for heat and dgrouht. Farmers are fcinag challenges of drought from Asia to Africa, from Australia to Oklahoma, while heat waves linked with camilte change have killed tens of thousands of people in Western Europe in 2003, and again in Russia in 2010. In Ethiopia, 70 percent, that's 7-0 percent of the population, depends on rainfall for its loliieohvd. Oxfam and Swiss Re, together with Rockefeller foatoniudn, are helping farmers like this one build hillside terraces and find other ways to conresve water, but they're also providing for insurance when the droughts do come. The stability this provides is giivng the freamrs the confidence to ivesnt. It's giving them access to affordable credit. It's allowing them to become more putirdcove so that they can afford their own insurance over time, without assistance. It's a virtuous cycle, and one that could be replicated throughout the developing world. After a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator tkcrus from the popular Taste of cagihco festival into makeshift morgues, Chicago became a recognized leader, tamping down on the urban heat island impact through opening cooling ceernts, outreach to vulnerable neighborhoods, planting teres, creating cool white or vegetated green roofs. This is City Hall's geern roof, next to Cook County's [portion of the] roof, which is 77 degrees Fahrenheit htetor at the surface. wnsiatgohn, D.C., last year, actually led the nation in new green roofs illsnetad, and they're funding this in part thanks to a five-cent tax on pltisac bags. They're sliiptntg the cost of installing these green roofs with home and buniildg orenws. The roofs not only temper urban heat island impact but they save energy, and therefore money, the emissions that cause climate change, and they also reduce stormwater runoff. So some solutions to heat can provide for win-win-wins.
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Second, preparing for heat and _______. Farmers are ______ challenges of drought from Asia to Africa, from Australia to Oklahoma, while heat waves linked with _______ change have killed tens of thousands of people in Western Europe in 2003, and again in Russia in 2010. In Ethiopia, 70 percent, that's 7-0 percent of the population, depends on rainfall for its __________. Oxfam and Swiss Re, together with Rockefeller __________, are helping farmers like this one build hillside terraces and find other ways to ________ water, but they're also providing for insurance when the droughts do come. The stability this provides is ______ the _______ the confidence to ______. It's giving them access to affordable credit. It's allowing them to become more __________ so that they can afford their own insurance over time, without assistance. It's a virtuous cycle, and one that could be replicated throughout the developing world. After a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator ______ from the popular Taste of _______ festival into makeshift morgues, Chicago became a recognized leader, tamping down on the urban heat island impact through opening cooling _______, outreach to vulnerable neighborhoods, planting _____, creating cool white or vegetated green roofs. This is City Hall's _____ roof, next to Cook County's [portion of the] roof, which is 77 degrees Fahrenheit ______ at the surface. __________, D.C., last year, actually led the nation in new green roofs _________, and they're funding this in part thanks to a five-cent tax on _______ bags. They're _________ the cost of installing these green roofs with home and ________ ______. The roofs not only temper urban heat island impact but they save energy, and therefore money, the emissions that cause climate change, and they also reduce stormwater runoff. So some solutions to heat can provide for win-win-wins.
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Original Text
Second, preparing for heat and drought. Farmers are facing challenges of drought from Asia to Africa, from Australia to Oklahoma, while heat waves linked with climate change have killed tens of thousands of people in Western Europe in 2003, and again in Russia in 2010. In Ethiopia, 70 percent, that's 7-0 percent of the population, depends on rainfall for its livelihood. Oxfam and Swiss Re, together with Rockefeller Foundation, are helping farmers like this one build hillside terraces and find other ways to conserve water, but they're also providing for insurance when the droughts do come. The stability this provides is giving the farmers the confidence to invest. It's giving them access to affordable credit. It's allowing them to become more productive so that they can afford their own insurance over time, without assistance. It's a virtuous cycle, and one that could be replicated throughout the developing world. After a lethal 1995 heat wave turned refrigerator trucks from the popular Taste of Chicago festival into makeshift morgues, Chicago became a recognized leader, tamping down on the urban heat island impact through opening cooling centers, outreach to vulnerable neighborhoods, planting trees, creating cool white or vegetated green roofs. This is City Hall's green roof, next to Cook County's [portion of the] roof, which is 77 degrees Fahrenheit hotter at the surface. Washington, D.C., last year, actually led the nation in new green roofs installed, and they're funding this in part thanks to a five-cent tax on plastic bags. They're splitting the cost of installing these green roofs with home and building owners. The roofs not only temper urban heat island impact but they save energy, and therefore money, the emissions that cause climate change, and they also reduce stormwater runoff. So some solutions to heat can provide for win-win-wins.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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| climate change |
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| sea level |
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| green roofs |
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| san francisco |
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| storm surge |
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| urban heat |
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| heat island |
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| island impact |
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| level rise |
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| outfall pipes |
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| urban heat island |
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| heat island impact |
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| sea level rise |
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