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FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🌱 Kenyan startup MazaoHub raises $2mn to scale AI-driven, climate-smart farming.

PLUS: Climate loans to poor nations add to debt burden, UN adaptation indicators meeting, Connecticut debuts free climate risk platform

Climate Week NYC Interview Series: The Co-Founder & CEO of a new parametric insurance start-up shares his insights on the future of insurance in a world plagued by extreme weather-driven power outages

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Mike Gulla On Why Insurance Needs a Makeover for a Changed Climate

FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🛰️ Connecticut launches first free climate risk map for all homes & businesses in partnership with First Street.

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📊 Serbia, Albania & North Macedonia launch 3-year disaster resilience project, with a focus on early warning and real-time data systems.

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People Moves: IDB Invest's New Blended Finance Chief, Ex-Fed Official Joins Think-Tank, FireTech Hiring Spree

FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🌾 $22.8mn from African Development Bank Group allocated to boost climate-smart rice farming in Mozambique. Target: quadruple yields, help 30,000 smallholders adapt to climate risks.

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FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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💸 Oxfam & CARE: Rich nations give $5 in climate loans, take back $7. Only 33% goes to adaptation. Debt traps disguised as aid?

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FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🏠 US government shutdown halts the National Flood Insurance Program, jamming up housing markets — especially in Florida & Texas.

PLUS: Climate loans to poor nations add to debt burden, UN adaptation indicators meeting, Connecticut debuts free climate risk platform

FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🌡️ LA street vendors to get parametric heat insurance and direct cash support through new partnership with California Insurance Department and non-profits.

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FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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📉 Trump admin slashes $72mn in global food resilience funding. Hits US universities working on agriculture adaptation projects worldwide.

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FEMA Holds Emergency Preparedness Grants Hostage, Shutdown Threat to US Flood Insurance Program, African Climate Tech Start-up Raise, and More

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🚨 FEMA freezes $300mn in emergency grants. States must now prove population counts, or risk losing critical disaster prep funding.

PLUS: Climate loans to poor nations add to debt burden, UN adaptation indicators meeting, Connecticut debuts free climate risk platform

PLUS: Climate loans to poor nations add to debt burden, UN adaptation indicators meeting, Connecticut debuts free climate risk platform

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Andrew Lala On Democratizing Weather Intelligence

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IDB Debuts New Climate Finance Initiative, UN Official Calls for Real-World Action, AI-Driven Weather Forecaster, and More

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This month, Adaptation10 unpacks how electric utilities are grappling with climate risks and taking steps to adapt

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Adaptation10: Powering Through the Storm — How Utilities Are Adapting to Climate Risks

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