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Climate adaptation of industry and infrastructure is a matter of national concern after extreme weather battered China’s manufacturing centres this summer
The heatwaves China has suffered this summer will become more frequent and deadly, finds research from Pusan National University, but mitigation avenues remain open
Climate risks need to be understood in terms of their interaction with social, political and environmental vulnerabilities on the ground.
By emphasising the need for urgent action to support the world’s most vulnerable countries, the LDC Group has a critical role to play in climate talks, particularly in access to finance, adaptive capacity building and technological support.
The government had done its job by investing billions in levees and other infrastructure to protect New Orleans.
Climate change doesn’t have to be the focus of articles on natural disasters but it can provide an important new angle.
Data suggests an Amazon fire season worse than 2019’s that shocked the world. So what are international investors doing about it?
Recent floods in Southern China highlight the need to incorporate climate resilience into infrastructure and supply chains.
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