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Urgency for climate adaptation

As the world’s top carbon emitters, China, US, and India, delay slashing carbon emissions, climate damages in the coastal areas of the world continue to soar. A new study [1] shows that sea level rise ...
While parts of New York and New Jersey were "building back better" after Superstorm Sandy, residents of flood-prone public ...
It is one of the most critical global challenges because it affects natural systems, economies, and societies worldwide.
One quarter of a trillion dollars. This is AccuWeather’s estimate of the cost of damages and economic loss from the L.A. wildfires, which continue to rage as I write. If this estimate turns out to be ...
For decades, ever since biologists recognized the potential environmental harms from climate change, they have worried that ...
The world faces escalating and uneven costs from climate adaptation as rising temperatures, extreme weather events and sea-level rise strain public finances and economic productivity, according to ...
Climate adaptation finance models have led to measurable results in Benin, Namibia and Ethiopia, AU report finds.[YAOUNDE, SciDev.Net] A climate change adaptation financing model implemented in Benin ...
Africa is particularly hard-hit by the ongoing climate crisis – from increased climate-related losses to more insurance ...
For the United States to address the global health risks posed by accelerating climate change, it will need to reframe climate adaptation as a pragmatic policy that can bridge partisan divides and ...
Professor Priti Parikh and Dr Margarita Garfias Royo explain why adapting to climate change benefits everyone.