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Simon Cullen
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Now: comms at Asian Development Bank.
Past: journo at CNN, BBC, ABC Australia.
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At a time when the Trump administration wants to scrap FEMA, the data shows an undeniable reality: climate change is already affecting the United States and the government needs to help people adapt.

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As Trump works to cut FEMA, data shows there was a major disaster declaration every four days in 2024 | CNN
There were 90 declarations of “major disasters” in 2024, making it one of the worst years for disasters declarations in the last three decades.
edition.cnn.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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The International Institute for Environment and Development @iied.bsky.social crunched 30 years of FEMA data, and cross referenced it with census estimates for each affected county.

Read more here: www.iied.org/major-disast...
Major disaster in the US declared every four days in 2024, IIED analysis shows
The United States experienced a near record number of climate-related disasters last year, prompting FEMA to declare 90 major disasters - nearly double the annual average.
www.iied.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
simoncullen.bsky.social
interesting data Hannah. What do you mean by 'development awareness' spending?
March 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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yougov.co.uk
The British public has a very positive opinion of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and very negative opinions of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Volodymyr Zelenskyy: +48
Donald Trump: -51
Vladimir Putin: -85

yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
February 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM