Climate change

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

Latest Climate change additions in the Knowledge Base

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According to National Weather Service data, 37 tornado warnings have been issued in Erdner’s area since 1986, and 27 of them occurred after 2010. Data on tornadoes in Pennsylvania dating back to the 1950s seems to show a slight increase.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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Documents and publications
This Country Climate and Development Report captures the interplay between development challenges and climate change and climate policies in Ecuador, with the objective of identifying synergies and tradeoffs.
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In a 6-part series, 99% Invisible explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.
99% Invisible
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Warm ocean currents weaken the base of Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, whose demise could raise sea levels by 7 feet. To separate the ice from those warmer ocean waters, scientists have put forward an audacious plan to erect a massive underwater curtain.
Yale Environment 360
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The extreme heat felt across Japan in July was "almost impossible" without global warming, a joint analysis by the Meteorological Agency and the education ministry has found.
Japan Times Ltd., the
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This report examines the impacts of labour migration on children in the context of climate change.
Green Globe with Network connection and stack of silver coins with seedlings growing on top
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A new survey explores the operational bottlenecks preventing local organisations from accessing climate adaptation funding.
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Children and Youth as Agents of Change
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One way to make teaching about climate adaptation less potentially daunting for teachers is to draw on personal experience, particularly when conveyed through the creative arts.
Conversation Media Group, the
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