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  2. 2020s in environmental history - Wikipedia

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    The effects of climate change manifested in 2020 with a record 30 named Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes; the highest heat in 80-years recorded at 54.4 Celsius; massive wildfires in Australia, the Western United States, and the Arctic; and the second-lowest annual Arctic sea ice coverage.

  3. Redlining - Wikipedia

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    The documented history of redlining in the United States is a manifestation of the historical systemic racism that has had wide-ranging impacts on American society, two examples being educational and housing inequality across racial groups. [13] [14] Redlining is also an example of spatial inequality and economic inequality.

  4. Examples of civil disobedience - Wikipedia

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    [55] [56] Illegal protests against climate change occurred at the Chevron plant. [57] In December 2008, one of the most infamous acts of civil disobedience in modern times took place when Utah college student Tim DeChristopher bid on controversial land leases being auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management. Much of the controversial ...

  5. Effects of climate change - Wikipedia

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    Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...

  6. Climate change and cities - Wikipedia

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    Climate change has been observed to have caused impact on human health and livelihoods in urban settings. [38] Urbanization commonly occurs in cities with low and middle income communities that have high population density and a lack of understanding of how climate change, which degrades their environment, is affecting their health.

  7. As Trump retakes White House, climate-change experts ... - AOL

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    A 2022 survey of the nation's mayors found that 90% of them acknowledge human-caused climate change, and that 97% of mayors worried about the local impacts, from bigger or more frequent wildfires ...

  8. Redlining’s horrid impact on Fresno’s Tower District can end ...

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    The district, as we know it today, thrived because of systemic and continual acts of racism, and we are still prioritizing the comfort and security of one part of the redline over the prosperity ...

  9. List of climate change initiatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on climate change (global warming). A Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a set of strategies intended to guide efforts for climate change mitigation .