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UK and U.S study shrinking Antarctic glacier to crack sea level risks

sea levels – May 1, 2018

via Reuters

New York takes lead on UN global goals reporting

SDGs – May 2, 2018

People enjoy the warm weather in Central Park in New York City, U.S., October 18, 2016.

Migrant workers sent $256 billion home to Asia-Pacific last year - UN

Remittances – May 7, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: An employee checks dollar bills at a money changer in Manila March 28, 2012

California becomes first U.S. state to require solar panels on new homes

Renewable energy – May 9, 2018

Multiple homes with solar panels are shown in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 5, 2016. Picture taken October 5, 2016.

U.S. cities losing 36 million trees a year - researchers

Urban forestry – May 11, 2018

via The Guardian

U.S. insurers unprepared for climate change disasters - study

Climate change – May 15, 2018

Connor Phillips rests on a sofa as he cleans up debris from his heavily damaged house following Hurricane Irma in Little Torch Key, Florida, U.S., September 21, 2017.

Solar microgrids bolster Puerto Rico resilience ahead of hurricane season

Solar – May 22, 2018

via PV Magazine

Is rewarding water conservation more effective than charging consumption?

Water – May 22, 2018

via City Lab

Investing in hope - the U.S. billionaire seeking to combat joblessness

Unemployment – May 28, 2018

Carla Javits, president and CEO of REDF, which invests in employment-focused social enterprises.

Regrets and relief one year after U.S. ditched global climate deal

Climate change – May 31, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump greets the crowd as he holds a Make America Great Again rally at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., May 29, 2018.

Former New York mayor invests $42 million in city data

Smart technology – Jun 1, 2018

via Cities Today

Global progress on tackling climate displacement despite U.S. spurning Paris pact

Climate change – Jun 5, 2018

via Refugees International

Desert city Phoenix mulls ways to quench thirst of sprawling suburbs

Water – Jun 7, 2018

A road abruptly ends next to a sign for a cattle ranch near Douglas, Arizona, United States, October 10, 2016.

U.S. cities team up to buy renewable energy

Renewable energy – Jun 11, 2018

via Boston Globe

Project drawing on recovery lessons from Hurricane Sandy to improve U.S. resilience

Disaster recovery – Feb 9, 2017

via Phys Org

Overlooked U.S. border shantytowns face threat of gathering storms

Climate change – Jun 12, 2018

Victoria Morales poses for a photo in a shantytown known as a colonia called Bent Tree near San Benito, Texas. April 6, 2018.

Can 'land banks' help rebuild post-industrial U.S. cities?

Housing – Jun 13, 2018

Workers prepare to put together a single-family modular home in Depew, N.Y., in February 2017

Puerto Rico land ownership system hampering rebuilding - resilience commission

Land rights – Jun 20, 2018

A contractor of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers carries cables as the island's fragile power system is still reeling from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, in Utuado, Puerto Rico, May 17, 2018

US capital sued over gentrification 'pattern' seeking young, well-educated residents

Urban (re)development – Jun 28, 2018

ARCHIVE PHOTO: A man at the head of a line receives food at the Southeast Neighborhood House food bank in Anacostia in Ward 8 of Washington November 20, 2012.

'Gentrification on trial' as U.S. city's bid to shut trailer park fails

Urban (re)development – Jul 5, 2018

Views of the Oak Hill Mobile Home Park in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, June 2018.