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Climate vulnerable residents in Nigeria are creating makeshift adaptation systems

Residents in informal settlements in Lagos—who are among the most vulnerable to climate change—have developed sophisticated, multi-scale climate adaptation systems and are earning a living from climate action, a new study by Brianna Castro, assistant professor of urban sustainability at the Yale Sch...

Climate vulnerable residents in Nigeria are creating makeshift adaptation systems
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Residents in informal settlements in Lagos—who are among the most vulnerable to climate change—have developed sophisticated, multi-scale climate adaptation systems and are earning a living from climate action, a new study by Brianna Castro, assistant professor of urban sustainability at the Yale School of the Environment, found.

Originally published at Phys.org

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