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Climate Change's Compounding Pressures on Rural North Carolina

Original: Climate Change’s Compounding Pressures on Rural N.C.

Climate change is placing layered stresses on rural North Carolina communities, where economic fragility and environmental hazards compound one another. Reporting highlights how farms, coastal areas and small towns face repeated flooding, warming temperatures and shifting livelihoods, leaving residents with fewer resources to adapt than their urban counterparts.

Why now: Renewed attention on rural communities facing simultaneous climate and economic pressures in North Carolina.

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