Upcoming research shows that without intervention, heavy flooding could occur in Venice within 50 years with nearly every high tide. The city’s solution to the problem, an unfinished scheme of 78 storm gates, is likely to cause damage to the ecological health of the surrounding lagoon and, in the long run, could have no effect on Venice’s preservation.
Acclimatise
In a move that was branded “disappointing” by the Environmental Audit Committee, the UK government has resisted calls to make it compulsory for large companies to report their climate risk exposure. Companies are facing increasing pressure from investors and shareholders to report their exposure, which is likely to have a significant bearing on future performance.
WHO-AFRO
In Africa, epidemics are reported more frequently than before, placing huge socio-economic burdens on vulnerable populations and possibly compromising attainment of the SDGs. There is evidence that the changing weather patterns associated with climate change are shifting the geographic range, seasonality, and intensity of transmission of climate-sensitive diseases.
