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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Documents and publications

This publication reports on activities of European Union missions empowering regions and local authorities to enhance climate resilience and risk management practices and safeguard livelihoods amid increasingly extreme weather events.

European Union
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In regions already stressed by environmental pressures, climate misinformation and disinformation can exacerbate existing tensions and undermine local peacebuilding efforts. The fight against this requires an international effort.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
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Research briefs

A new forecasting study by Chinese researchers suggests the long-term impacts of climate change could include higher global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) levels.

Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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