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Kyle Meng
@kylemeng.com

Our "Dodging Day Zero" paper is out in JEEA. We uncover how Cape Town avoided 2017's catastrophic drought. But in doing so, created longer term sustainability challenges and weakened the fiscal viability of public water. A lesson for the 1B living in drought vulnerable cities. #climatesky #econsky

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Forthcoming article "Dodging Day Zero: Drought, Adaptation, and Inequality in Cape Town" by Alexander Abajian, Cassandra Cole, B Kelsey Jack, @kylemeng.com and Martine Visser @eeanews.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

doi.orgDodging Day Zero: Drought, Adaptation, and Inequality in Cape TownAbstract. A near-catastrophic drought in Cape Town, South Africa, illustrates three implications of climate change for publicly provided utility services.

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