Climate change

Climate adaptation for disaster resilience and climate change as a risk driver.

Climate adaptation relates is the process of adjusting in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climate hazards, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Climate change adaptation is closely related to disaster risk management as they both aim to reduce vulnerability and build resilience to disasters. Climate change as a risk driver refers to how changes in the global climate drive extreme weather events and disaster risk.


Latest Climate change additions in the Knowledge Base

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Cover and source: Government of the United Kingdom
Documents and publications

The increasing impacts of climate change are clear, both globally and in the UK. This report assesses the extent to which the UK’s Third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) and its implementation are preparing the UK for climate change.

United Kingdom - government
Flames light up the night sky for miles around as the CalWood fire rages through the mountains in Colorado, USA
Research briefs

In March 2025, southeastern Korea experienced its largest and most destructive wildfires on record. Analysis suggests that the unusual combination of weather conditions that fueled the fires is attributable to human-induced climate change.

World Weather Attribution
Update

The Trump Administration has dismissed the scientists working on the country's flagship climate report, a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public.

NPR
Documents and publications

This policy brief proposes several recommendations to enhance collaboration for resilience and sustainability in Bangladesh to address climate change-related challenges.

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Bangkok residents wade floods after heavy rains left the city inundated
Research briefs

A new study shows that experiencing repeated disasters leads to more severe and sustained effects on mental health compared to experiencing a single disaster.

Conversation Media Group, the
A cyclist waits at a crosswalk under heavy rain in Tokyo
Research briefs

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heatwaves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can damage human health.

University of Leeds
A helicopter drops water on a raging bushfire
Research briefs

Increasing overlap of fire weather between Australia and North America complicates international firefighting efforts.

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH
Aerial view of a fishing vessel catching fish using a net in the ocean.
Update

New research involving Rutgers professors has revealed that expected, extreme changes in India's summer monsoon could drastically hamper the Bay of Bengal's ability to support a crucial element of the region's food supply: marine life.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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