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

Latest Climate change additions in the Knowledge Base

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Stepping up the fight against climate change

Climate change is real. As a global company that connects more than 3 billion people every month, Facebook understand its responsibility wants to make a real difference.
Facebook
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Climate change adaptation options for coastal communities and local governments

Extreme weather events and failure to adapt to the likely impacts of climate change are two of the most significant threats to humanity. Therefore, many local communities are preparing adaptation plans. Even so, much of what was done has not been

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SADC futures foresight training toolkit

A new e-learning course has been launched by the SADC Futures project* to promote climate-resilient agricultural development. The e-learning course comes after a 6-part webinar series, and is designed to be engaging, fun and convenient for your busy

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Slow-moving storms that deluge coasts may be latest hazard of climate change

A 2018 study found tropical cyclone speed has decreased globally by 10% since 1949 as atmosphere warms, which creates a chance for drenching rain to inundate coastlines.
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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Hurricane Sally’s fierce rain shows how climate change raises storm risks

Climate change likely made hurricane Sally more dangerous by slowing it down, setting it up to pummel the region with catastrophic rainfall.
New York Times, the
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Considering climate risk information in policy planning: Policy brief for Central Asian decision-makers

This policy brief aims specifically to provide structured guidance enriched with case studies to policy makers in Central Asia on how to analyze and integrate climate risk information in policy planning, in order to streamline adaptation efforts and

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Reporting on floods through a climate lens

Climate change doesn’t have to be the focus of articles on natural disasters but it can provide an important new angle.
China Dialogue
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Zambia: how smallholder farmers are adapting to climate change despite COVID 19

The impacts of climate change are threatening food security in Zambia. As farmers try to recover, they now must grapple with the compounding effects of the coronavirus.
InsuResilience Global Partnership

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