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The report by Climate Action Against Disinformation (CAAD) analyzes the persistence of climate disinformation across digital platforms, highlighting how Big Tech infrastructure enables the spread of false narratives regarding renewable energy, extreme weather events, and fossil fuel industry claims. It details a growing crisis in researcher access to platform data and provides a set of policy recommendations to dismantle the 'economy of disinformation'.

The document details Alberta's heavy reliance on coal for electricity, noting that in 2014, 68% of the province's electricity came from coal, with six plants emitting approximately 43 megatonnes of greenhouse gases in 2011. It links these emissions to broader climate trends in Canada, where average temperatures rose by 1.7°C between 1948 and 2012. The text outlines severe global health risks, including an expected 250,000 additional annual deaths between 2030 and 2050 due to heat, malnutrition, and disease. Specifically for Albertans, it predicts increased heat waves, smog, and extreme weather, citing the 2013 floods that displaced over 100,000 people and cost over $5 billion.

The survey indicates high levels of public concern regarding disinformation and hate speech on social media, with strong support for government and corporate interventions to ensure accuracy during extreme weather events and increase algorithmic transparency.

The document outlines how climate change increases health risks in Canada, including heat-related illness, respiratory diseases, and mental health issues, while detailing specific regional threats from the North to British Columbia.

The document encourages journalists to link extreme weather events to human-caused climate change, arguing that omitting this connection results in incomplete or inaccurate reporting. It provides specific phrasing for attributing heatwaves and hurricanes to a warming planet and suggests analogies, such as climate change 'stacking the deck' or acting like 'steroids' for weather patterns. The guide addresses common journalistic hesitations regarding activism, deadlines, and scientific attribution, noting that while direct attribution to a single event is complex, the fact that climate change creates conditions making such events more likely is a verifiable fact. It further emphasizes that extreme weather coverage is a key opportunity to educate the public on the urgency of the crisis, particularly in the US, and to highlight how marginalized groups, including Indigenous people and communities of color, are impacted first and worst.

The document outlines the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report's findings on the physical science of climate change, emphasizing that global warming is primarily caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases. It details observed changes in surface temperatures, the water cycle, sea levels, and ocean acidification, while noting that many climate impacts will persist for centuries even if greenhouse gas concentrations are stabilized.

The document details how Zimbabwe's education sector managed the aftermath of tropical cyclone Idai through a multi-stakeholder cluster system and SMS-based needs assessment. It highlights the necessity of mental health support, the role of school clusters in resource sharing, and the challenges of using schools as emergency shelters. Long-term efforts include 'building back better' with resilient infrastructure and implementing inclusive education tools like solar radios to minimize future disruptions.

A pilot project in Gangles, Ladakh, successfully implemented an insulated piped water network to overcome freezing temperatures of -30 degrees Celsius, providing 75 litres of water per person per day. The initiative relied on a partnership between the Public Health Engineering Department, NGOs, and the local community, who contributed to costs and maintenance to ensure ownership. The project's success, characterized by the use of ultrasonic meters and telescopic tariffs, has led to its replication across 11 Indian mountain states and the planning of a city-wide system for Leh.

The case study finds that while Malawi has a Climate Change Policy and priority areas in its Growth and Development Strategy, ministries are not yet using long-term climate projections in decision-making. Barriers include a perceived lack of sub-national and sector-specific data, timing mismatches with planning cycles, and difficulties in accessing technical information. Planners identified a need for multi-year forecasts (up to five years) and information on extreme events like floods and droughts to inform medium- and long-term planning.

The Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project in Mongolia provides financial security to herders by triggering payouts based on aggregated livestock mortality rates rather than individual losses. This mechanism addresses the challenges of traditional insurance in sparsely populated areas and helps protect the livestock sector, which accounts for roughly 80% of the value added in Mongolia's agriculture sector. The program is designed as part of a broader risk management strategy to encourage sustainable grazing and adaptation to climate change, which has increased the intensity of droughts and dzuds.

The document explains the step-by-step process for navigating the IPCC's Interactive Atlas to analyze climate variables and presents specific projections for Africa, noting that the continent is likely to warm faster than the global average with varying impacts on rainfall and extreme weather.

The briefing evaluates the pre-zero draft of the Post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, praising its commitment to quantified targets and inclusion of vulnerable groups, but criticising its structural logic and insufficient integration of climate change, finance, and conflict-affected states.

The document highlights a gap in policy attention toward slow-onset climate processes in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite the region's experience with extreme weather. It calls for integrated risk-management approaches and international cooperation to address loss and damage, noting similar challenges in Asia and the Pacific.

The document outlines the high cost of natural disasters in the Caribbean, noting $33bn in damages from 2000-2009. It identifies sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and changing rainfall patterns as primary threats to the tourism and agriculture sectors, while suggesting micro-insurance, irrigation, and spatial planning as adaptation strategies.

The report estimates that ensuring climate-resilient infrastructure in Uganda will cost between US$52-66 million (2015-2020) and US$638-1,157 million (2045-2050), with total costs by 2050 reaching up to US$3 billion under the RCP 8.5 scenario. Residential buildings are identified as the most affected sector, accounting for approximately half of all resilience costs. Regarding extreme events, the report projects that a doubling of event frequency every 25 years could lead to damages of US$738-3,294 million by 2050, representing 0.1-0.3% of GDP. Key adaptation priorities include climate-proofing public buildings and integrating resilient standards into infrastructure planning and risk assessment guidelines.

The document estimates that ensuring climate-resilient infrastructure in Uganda will cost between US$60-76 million in 2025 and US$347-621 million by 2050, with buildings accounting for 96% of these costs. Under a less favorable climate scenario (RCP 8.5), total costs to 2050 could reach US$4.4 billion. Additionally, the report warns that a doubling of the frequency of extreme events every 25 years could lead to damages of US$938-3,236 million by 2050, representing 0.1-0.4% of GDP. Key adaptation priorities include climate-proofing public buildings and integrating resilient standards into infrastructure planning.

The paper examines the application of probabilistic event attribution (PEA) to extreme weather in Africa, highlighting that different methodological framings—such as comparing single years versus decades—lead to significantly different risk quantifications. It argues that defining the 'right' attribution question is a stakeholder-driven process rather than a purely scientific one, which is critical for the effective implementation of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage. The authors emphasize that relying solely on predictable slow-onset events in loss and damage frameworks would exclude many vulnerable African communities affected by unpredictable extremes.

The document outlines how climate-driven events like sea level rise, temperature increases, and extreme weather lead to human consequences such as dislocation, disease, and infrastructure damage, which in turn violate rights to life, health, water, and housing.

The Common Position of Latin America and the Caribbean on Climate Change and Health identifies the region's high vulnerability to extreme weather and climate-sensitive diseases, exacerbated by structural inequalities. It argues for the integration of health into national climate policies (NDCs and NAPs), the strengthening of primary care, and the application of climate justice for marginalized communities. The document highlights significant gaps in health sector adaptation planning and a lack of health-specific indicators in climate finance, specifically noting that only 11.6% of Green Climate Fund projects in the region include explicit health benefits. It calls for a fair transition to a fossil-fuel-free economy and increased international support for regional health capacities.

The document argues that climate change severely impacts the physical and mental health of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean, exacerbating existing socioeconomic and structural inequalities. It identifies critical gaps in health system resilience, a lack of climate-health integration in professional education, and insufficient financing, noting that only 11.6% of Green Climate Fund projects in the region explicitly include health benefits. To address these, the Common Position advocates for the full application of climate justice principles, the strengthening of primary healthcare, and the inclusion of health indicators in the Global Adaptation Goal at COP30 and the Belém Health Action Plan.