Update

A new survey explores the operational bottlenecks preventing local organisations from accessing climate adaptation funding.

Asunción hosted on 6 August the presentation of the initial results of the project ‘Design and implementation of the Risk Management Plan for the Jesuit Missions of Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangüe, World Heritage site in Paraguay’.

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.

A vicious cycle of climate change, wildfires and air pollution is having a spiralling negative impact on human health, ecosystems and agriculture, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

In the face of growing challenges from climate change, extreme weather and environmental hazards in Southeast Asia, a regional conference is exploring how to strengthen adaptation and resilience.

When climate change impacts women’s food production and income, it also means less food for men and children. It is long past time for women’s voices to inform strategies for climate adaptation and crisis-response planning.

Climate change will increase the risk and severity of droughts in parts of Canada that already struggle with water shortages, like the southern Prairies and the interior of British Columbia.

Relying first on local and women-owned businesses has been a key strategy of UN Women’s response to disasters. This helps reinvigorate local economies and directly supports small and medium enterprise owners as they restore their livelihoods.”

Though the country has lowered its overall malaria cases, studies show climate change may lead to more favourable conditions for mosquito breeding in vulnerable forested areas

The first leaves and blooms of spring are arriving days to weeks early in parts of the U.S., according to the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN).