Tonga's complex, compounding, and cascading disasters offer future lessons in building better resilience to natural hazards and disasters.
Year: 2022
Studying Cyclones for Better Disaster Response in Bangladesh
A study on cyclones in Bangladesh seeks to know the hazards, probability and intensity and determine risks to life and infrastructure.
Climate Adaptation Spending is Up in African Countries
The report shows the climate change impacts these countries are suffering and how much they are spending on climate adaptation.
Coastal Cities and Settlements’ Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerabilities
IPCC WGII AR6 Cross-Chapter Paper 2 is on climate change impacts and risks to coastal cities by the sea, our key climate adaptation areas.
Essential Insights from the IPCC WGII Report
This post presents the essential insights from the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group II contribution. Read to know more.
Climate Adaptation is Often Overlooked in Government Policies and Efforts
Even if climate mitigation can reduce the impacts of climate change, the consequences are inevitable. Climate adaptation focus is needed.
NZ Invests in Sustainable Lithium Extraction
The New Zealand government invested in a sustainable technology that extracts lithium from a geothermal liquid.
Whanganui’s Climate Change Action Wins 2022 Smart21 Communities Listing
Whanganui City, New Zealand, has every reason to be proud of being selected as one of the world's Smart21 Communities of 2022.
NOAA Predicts Sea Level Rise in the USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and six other federal agencies say that sea levels in the US coastline will rise in 30 years.
Carbon Offset Problems We Need to Know
How can we ensure these carbon offsets are effective that the carbon markets work. What problems and controversies do we need to know?