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New data for strategic disaster philanthropy 

Candid

Hurricane Dorian caused catastrophic damage in the Bahamas and parts of the eastern United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) allocated $1 billion in recovery efforts in 2019 for disasters that took place in 2017; and the U.S. Wildfires plagued the Amazon, California and Australia. billion for U.S.

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Climate Warming and Palo Alto -> Miradi and the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

If a few dozen dead trees could cause so much grief, imagine living in a place where whole forests are being clearcut, coral reefs bleached, or entire species threatened. Rather, the incident demonstrated just how affected we are by something as simple as a chopped down tree (some citizens were so angry they threatened city officials).

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