A new report on 859 of Europe's largest companies finds that 47 percent reward their C-suites or boards for managing climate topics, with 1 in 4 tying incentives to climate targets. By 2020, 72 percent of companies will use different warming scenarios to inform their business strategies, and 9 in 10 see business opportunities resulting from climate change.
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Many adaptation measures focus on domestic solutions, but the risks associated with climate change do not stop at national borders. An independent regional forum could ensure national and transnational integration by coordinating responses for risk pathways. The forum would also facilitate cross-border adaptation plans and enforce policy compliance.
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A new study shows how approaches using crowdsourced citizen science – in which farmers themselves are involved in scientific studies – improve and accelerate crop variety recommendations. Better farmer involvement diminishes climate risk by generating solutions that are both scalable and representative of the environments and conditions under which crops grow.
