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Displaying 3000 of about 9440 resultsInternationally subsidised agricultural insurance is intended to protect farmers in developing countries from the effects of climate change. However, it can also lead to undesirable ecological and social side effects, as UFZ researchers and their US colleagues at the University of Oregon have explained in a review article in the latest issue of Global E…
James Painter and Peter Walton of Oxford University interviewed 50 policy-makers and development practitioners to find out how they are using the ‘growing’ science that links extreme weather events to human-made climate change. Here, they report on the findings.
First it was Hurricane Harvey. Then Hurricane Irma. Now Hurricane Maria. On the other side…
By Nitya Chanana and Shehnab Sahin
A new study attempts to map "hotspots" where gender-targeted climate change adaptation measures can be implemented.
In a recently published paper, "Woman in agriculture, and climate risks: hotspots for development," by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), "hotsp…
The United Republic of Tanzania has launched a National Framework for Climate Services to improve the availability and use of tailored weather and climate services necessary to strengthen resilience to climate change and extreme weather.
The new national framework is spearheaded by the Tanzania Meteorological Agency and embraces different sectors of go…
By Jane McAdam and John Church
Sea-level rise is already threatening some communities around the world, particularly small island states, as it exacerbates disasters resulting from storm surges and flooding.
If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, by 2100 the world could see sea-level rise of a metre – or even more if there is a…
By Max Moritz, Naomi Tague, and Sarah Anderson
Wildfire has been an integral part of California ecosystems for centuries. Now, however, nearly a third of homes in California are in wildland urban interface areas where houses intermingling with wildlands and fire is a natural phenomenon. Just as Californians must live with earthquake risk…
The hottest period on record has been officially confirmed, with the world experiencing its hottest five-years from 2013 through 2017, according to new climate data released today.
The Climate Council’s ‘2017: Record-breaking Year for Heat and Extreme Weather’ report coincides with this morning’s release of climate data from peak climate observation bo…
With 90% of Hull standing below the high-tide line, its devastating recent floods were a sign of things to come. Can the UK’s 2017 city of culture be retrofitted against disaster – or should its people think about moving on?
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“Water comes from all directions in Hull – it makes it uniquely vulnerable to flooding,” says emeritus professor of geogra…
By AIDMI team
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) is dynamic and evolving. After COP 23 in Bonn, Germany, what are the best ways to keep the GCF relevant and responsive? Three new and updated policies of GCF have been put up for public comments, viz. Environmental and Social Management System; Indigenous People's Policy; and Gender Equality and Social Inclusi…
By Lin Taylor
SOUTH RIVER, Vanuatu - Villagers in South River, a palm-fringed coastal community in the low-lying South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, are used to battling cyclones, floods and tsunamis but are now facing a new threat - rising seas.
Worldwide, seas have risen 26 cm (10 inches) since the late 19th century, driven by melting ice and th…
The 2017 global land and ocean temperature will likely end among the three warmest years on record, and is expected to be the warmest year without a warming El Niño.
The first 11 months of the year were the third warmest on record, behind 2016 and 2015, with much-warmer-than-average conditions engulfing much of the world's land and ocean surf…
Financing integration of disaster and climate risk governance ought to be on COP 23 Bonn agenda.
Financing for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation cannot be two separate activities anymore. They need to be integrated with each other now. India initiated such integration in its INDCs and after the COP 21 Paris Agreement. This int…
On the occasion of the International Day for Disaster Reduction, celebrated on 13 October on the initiative of the United Nations Office for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), ACTED Tajikistan teams shared some thoughts to relate about their activities in the country to prevent water-related disasters.
On the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR),…
Peru is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change. As extreme weather events such as droughts and floods increase in frequency and intensity as a result of climate change, so do climate-related disasters. The agricultural sector is particularly affected by these, owing to its intrinsic dependency on environmental parameters. Given t…
As U.S. cities begin to plan to adapt to impacts from climate change, local decision makers face difficult choices about how to even get started.
A new study led by a University of Kansas urban planning researcher sheds light on tradeoffs between taking a narrow approach focused on connections between climate change adaptation and reducing risks from h…