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4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Cities across the globe pledged on Monday to use their post-pandemic recovery plans to bolster ways to adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change. The 1000 Cities Adapt Now initiative, launched by several non-governmental organizations and a U.N. agency, will initially start operating in 100 urban areas but eventually expand to 1,000, organizers said at the opening of the two-day virtual Climate Adaptation Summit. The project was developed amid concern that adaptation had received relatively weaker attention in the international cli...

4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month was traumatic for people across the country who watched the events unfold on TV and social media. But for homeless communities in Washington D.C., it played out where they live - and raised concerns about what was to come with Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. On the sidelines of the Jan. 6 riot, some among the city’s homeless reported being harassed and verbally abused by the mob. “Some clients had demonstrators literally walking through their living rooms,” sai...

3 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Increased use of surveillance technologies by landlords across the United States could worsen a looming eviction crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, researchers and renters warned on Monday. Speaking on a webinar, tenants and tech experts detailed the use of cameras, facial-recognition scanners and license plate readers, which they said were routinely deployed without residents’ consent or any explanation as to how their data is used. Few laws govern the use of these systems, mandate disclosure of their deployment or offer tenants much ...

7 Min Read WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When teacher Ashley Johnson arrived in Atlanta after a cross-country move last year, she was quickly confronted with the city’s affordable housing shortage, one of the worst in the country. Eventually, a friend told her about a service called PadSplit, which connects tenants with shared housing options, similar to boarding houses, that are quickly growing in popularity across the United States. For $145 a week, including utilities - far less than an apartment would have cost her - Johnson found a room in a house with four other housemates...