Verizon awards $500,000 to three start-ups in inaugural Climate Resilience Prize

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Prize winner Coral Vita aims to restore coral reefs
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Prize winner Coral Vita aims to restore coral reefs

Hyfi, the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, and Coral Vita share in the spoils of prize aimed at scaling solutions to reduce risks posed to communities from climate impacts

A clutch of US start-ups focused on climate disaster relief and prevention have snapped up more than $150k each from telecommunications giant Verizon, which unveiled the winners of its inaugural Climate...

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