Short Overview: Faced with repeated droughts, Berlin is now focusing on what to do in order to save rainwater. Fear of a weak monsoon due to the El-Nino effect, it appears, have been washed away for now.

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Faced with repeated droughts, Berlin is now focusing on what to do in order to save rainwater. Fear of a weak monsoon due to the El-Nino effect, it appears, have been washed away for now. Although one city design certainly won't save us from the effects of climate change, “

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Urban flooding destroys homes, damages infrastructure, and costs billions annually. How can we work with water, rather than against it, to prevent flooding?

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  • Faced with repeated droughts, Berlin is now focusing on what to do in order to save rainwater.
  • Fear of a weak monsoon due to the El-Nino effect, it appears, have been washed away for now.
  • Although one city design certainly won't save us from the effects of climate change, “
  • Urban flooding destroys homes, damages infrastructure, and costs billions annually.
  • How can we work with water, rather than against it, to prevent flooding?

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