Climate Change Adaptation and Impact in Asia Pacific Forests
The study shows that climate change's impacts differ in each region; adaptation strategies and policies should be appropriated and contextualised.
Climate Adaptation Challenges in India and the Least Developed Countries
An interesting paper on the Academia website discusses the challenges that India faces in designing and implementing climate adaptation plans.
Climate Adaptation Engineering Strategies for Managing Infrastructure
The study investigates the impacts of climate change on infrastructures and people. It applies climate adaptation engineering to address these issues.
Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Tirana, Albania
The study, "Climate Change Adaptation Actions in Tirana," discusses the changing weather patterns in Tirana, its effects, and the city’s responses.
Venice Has Constructed a Flood Barrier as an Adaptation to Flooding
The Moses Dam is a wise investment for Venice to build resilience and protect its residents and tourism industry from damages that frequent flooding causes.
Climate Adaptation Examples in these Coastal Management Case Studies
The USA National Park Service has 24 case studies of coastal adaptation, giving excellent examples of infrastructure and coastal adaptation strategies.
Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in the Developing World’s Drylands
The paper presents research results and case studies on the use of innovative techniques to cope with drought and contribute to food security in dry areas.
Effect of the Pandemic to Climate Change Explained
This interesting article published on Bloomberg discusses the benefits of the COVID-19 to the environment and whether it has slowed down climate change.
E-learning Courses for Hazard Warning Launched
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has developed E-learning courses for the Common Alerting Protocol used in warning the public of hazards.
Managing Impacts of El Niño and Climate-Related Droughts
The summary report, "Early warning systems and managing the effects of El Niño" discusses the dominant role of El Niño in driving drought globally.
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Implementation Report
This report outlines how the Member States are monitoring their implementation of the Sendai Framework that has seven targets and 38 indicators.
Climate Adaptation in Urban Drainage Systems
The researchers conducted the Somerville, Mass. drainage system case study to reflect the many attributes of an effective climate adaptation and planning.
Learning the Carbon Cycle and Anthropogenic Climate Change
The Economist's short film explains the Carbon Cycle, how its equilibrium works, and how human activities became one of the causes of climate change.
Should Financiers Do Green Investing to Avert Climate Change?
Can financiers and hedge funds use their investments as leverage to make companies reduce their carbon emissions? The Economist article explains more.
Climate Adaptation, Interconnectedness, and Socio-Technical Systems
The study, "Adaptation of interconnected infrastructures to climate change: A socio-technical systems perspective," examined literature on climate adaptation of infrastructures.
ASCE Report Urges Climate Change Adaptation in Infrastructure and Engineering Practice
The paper will benefit the engineering sector – students, practitioners, and educators, professionals, infrastructure asset managers, development planners.
Climate Change Adaptation of Infrastructure
The Motu Note No. 11 study looks into how to design and implement climate change adaptation policies in infrastructure investments optimally.
Adapting to Floods by Creating “Sponge Cities” in China
Prof Kongjian Yu, after graduating from Harvard Univ. came back to China to create and design a "sponge city," an ecologically-based adaptation to flooding.
Climate Change, Water, and Wastewater Challenges in Cities Need Urgent Action
The study describes the tremendous challenges that cities are facing from rapid urbanisation, climate change, poor maintenance of water, wastewater infrastructure and management.
Experts Say that Climate Adaptation in the Transport Sector is Needed Now
The UN article says that transport industry experts agreed that adapting infrastructure to extreme weather events due to climate change is a high priority.
Study of Vietnam’s Roads Shows Climate Adaptation Cost Benefits
The study on Vietnam roads showed climate adaptation would be significantly cheaper over time, due to maintenance savings, roads deterioration reduction.
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