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Climate Adaptation and Social Capital Can Reduce Conflict Risk

Climate change compounds risks when they interact with existing vulnerabilities. Climate adaptation can help mitigate.

Climate tipping points (CTPs) are a source of growing scientific, policy, and public concern. Are we heading beyond the warming threshold?

Can this year's sequence of extreme events be blamed on climate change? Are climate predictions accurate? Read the article to know more.

The report presents the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities process to assist Philippine rural communities' resilience to floods.

Countries could effectively lobby for more climate change loss and damage aid by detailing scale and nature in the plans submitted to the UN.

Rising coal demands in Europe to replace natural gas and coal from Russia have increased coal mining and shipments in African countries.

Improved water management can create opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation and build water supply resilience in the community.

Yearly floods in West Africa's cities are causing misery to its residents - claiming lives and damaging infrastructure and properties.

The Middle East and North Africa Climate Week was held in Dubai from 28 to 31 March 2022. It featured climate change and resilience building.

Nepal is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Read how the country prepares for climate and disaster resilience.

The PIARC Disaster Management Manual provides advice on effective and efficient disaster management strategies.

The review article looks at the threats and impacts of sea-level rise on groundwater and infrastructure in coastal cities and settlements.

Climate change impacts fall heavily on the world’s poorest. Thus, a multi-dimensional vulnerability index is needed for climate adaptation.

There is a need for harmonised procedures for wildfire risk assessment at the Pan-European scale to mitigate the impacts of wildfires.

In her book, Gaia Vincent paints a 4-degree Celsius warmer world, what would happen, how it would force the world on how and where to live.

China's heat waves and drought have caused rivers to run dry, affecting food production, their economy, and climate change goals.

The cataclysmic flooding in Pakistan highlights the issue of climate justice. Should top GHG-emitting countries be held accountable?

On 30 June, the US Supreme court, with its 6-3 votes, ruled in favour of West Virginia vs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

China's efforts to improve its risk management and prevention system and disaster preparedness reduce death tolls from floods and landslides.

Pakistan’s abnormal monsoon season in June 2022 caused deadly floods, with death tolls reaching 1,033, its worst since 2010.

UNESCO aims to help improve coastal communities' preparedness for tsunamis and minimize the loss of life, livelihoods, and properties.