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Climate Adaptation Plans Needed as Extreme Rainfall and Floods

Devastating floods hit China, Bangladesh and India. Does climate change have a role, and what can people do to reduce impacts and losses?

The NZ Climate Adaptation Plan conveys the priorities for the next six years and puts in one place all actions to adapt to climate change.

Historic storm caused flooding in Kentucky. Wildfires ravage California. Experts are linking these disastrous events to climate change.

Despite the climate crisis and calls to reduce carbon emissions, the carbon footprint from the construction industry will double by 2050.

Property and business owners living along Norfolk county cost see how coastal erosion threatens their properties' existence.

An article from The Economist discusses how governments can tackle the present energy crisis without hindering the clean-energy transition.

Solving the climate crisis means getting rid of carbon dioxide, but what if carbon dioxide also becomes a solution to climate change?

Finland completed the last of five underground nuclear waste repositories on Olkiluoto island, off the southwest coast of Finland, this June.

A webinar by Tonkin+Taylor and Movac focuses on circular technologies, a tangible action relating to NZ's emission reduction plan.

Electronic engineering progress and the lowering cost of renewables serve to overcome the barriers of transitioning away from fossil fuels.

Education can create climate adaptive and resilient people. Illiteracy hinders progress as people tend to find it hard to change their ideas.

Coastal towns and Conservation International help communities build an innovative approach to climate resilience – green and grey solutions.

Mixed-species forests can be achieved by establishing certification schemes for tree plantings that meet minimum biodiversity standards.

Traditional climate adaptation strategies are not sufficient. New approaches that combine technology and nature-based solution are needed.

Climate change will be harder on the uneducated because illiteracy and lack of education prevent people from changing their ways.

Latin America's climate, such as rainfall patterns, rising temperatures, and weather storm severity, is changing. Farmers are adapting.

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have yet again reached a new high. Vietnam is developing more renewable energy sources.

The solar power industry makes it the most preferred renewable energy source. Scaling it up will decarbonise more the electricity sector.

Human activity impacts the oceans. Climate change will shift shipping routes, affecting the mixture of marine and transported species.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) is gaining ground in fighting climate change, especially in developing and vulnerable countries.

The study improves our learning of the global gap between current and potential carbon storage on land and offers a framework for action.