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Five years on from the 2010 earthquake, Gideon Long revisits the city flattened by a tsunami to find out how a unique collaboration between local residents, businesses and government is driving Constitución’s recovery, reports the Guardian...

Experts described the inclusion in the agreement of seven targets to measure progress on protecting people and assets as a leap forward, reports Megan Rowling for the Guardian. Some were disappointed that earlier proposals for percentage goals were rejected...

Londoners have a lot to thank the Thames’s flood defences for, chief among these being the Thames Barrier, reports The Guardian. The increasing number of times the Barrier has had to be closed in the past year to prevent flooding however, highlights the need for flood preparedness...

A new study has found that while the economies of rich countries continue to grow well in a warmer world, the economic growth of poor countries is significantly impaired, reports The Guardian. According to the article, this research is the first to incorporate empirical estimates of climate change impacts on economic growth in models...

Citing UNDP estimates stating that more than 70% of climate change reduction measures and up to 90% of climate change adaptation measures are implemented by local government, Annabelle Jaeger, a member of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur regional council and the EU's Committee of the Regions, asserts that local authorities are ultimately responsible for making policy a reality ahead of the UN climate talks in Paris in 2015...

Small-scale farmers in developing countries are among those most affected by the impacts of climate change. Unpredictable and extreme weather including higher temperatures, reduced rainfall, floods and droughts can dramatically reduce yields and may lead to some regions becoming unsuitable for crops that have grown there for many years, reports The Guardian...

Experts warn that Peruvian production of the vegetable, which has soared in the past decade, is likely to be hit by extreme weather that scientists say will become more common due to global warming, reports The Guardian...

As evidence of climate change mounts, businesses across all sectors of the economy are developing strategies for identifying and avoiding the risks it poses. Given the important role of freshwater in powering economic development and growth, and the vulnerability of our water resources, efforts have focused on the links between climate change, water and the corporate sector...