ADB Report Scores Asia’s Water Security
The report describes water security status in Asia and the Pacific and provides recommendations based on key dimensions established.
Climate Change is Affecting Asia’s Water Systems
Addressing Asia’s water supply threats from climate change will require the region to ramp up its climate adaptation.
Kāpiti Coast District Council is NZ’s Model for Carbon Reduction
Kāpiti Coast District Council’s sustainability and carbon reduction achievements are examples of good local government leadership.
Climate Adaptation Funds for Developing Countries
The urgency to address climate change has pushed governments, private institutions, and organisations to call for climate change funding.
Does Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Policies Lead to Concrete Actions?
Researchers examined whether climate adaptation policies in the mainstream resulted in concrete climate adaptation actions across sectors.
Psychological Distance and How It Can Hinder Climate Adaptation Support
Psychological distance from climate change issues will make people less likely to address them and support climate adaptation policies.
Report Shows Climate Emergency Factor in Displacement
Read the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees released a new data visualization, "Displaced on the frontlines of climate change."
WB’s Climate Action Plan Will Boost Adaptation and Mitigation Funding
The World Bank revealed its latest climate change action plan, saying that climate change is one of the defining challenges of our generation.
Lesotho’s Food Insecurity and the US AIM for Climate
AIM for Climate will set up a platform for best practices and science-based fixes to climate change effects, useful to countries like Lesotho.
Webinars on Growing Food Amid Increasing Dry Conditions
Together with other New Zealand science programs, the Deep South Challenge offers three webinars on growing kai (Maori word for "food").
Is Reducing Population a Key to Fight Climate Change?
The study suggests focusing on curbing population in the social justice context for its impacts on climate change and its mitigation.
Climate Adaptation is Key to Our Survival
Climate change is already happening based on all these extreme events that have already happened, which calls for urgent adaptation actions.
Who Has the Bigger Carbon Footprint, Rural or Urban Dwellers?
The answer might surprise you. Is it vast pasture lands against rows of high-rise apartments or fewer population than crowded city streets?
Carsharing Apps, Car Design and Emission Reduction
Do the threats of climate change and the need to reduce emissions influenced this shift and the increasing uptake of more electric vehicles?
How Can Governments Prepare for and Manage High Impact Risks
Governments need to adequately invest in pre-emptive measures to enhance resilience and prepare for extreme climate events and threats.
Nelson City NZ’s Long-term Plan Lauded for Climate Change Focus
The city's LTP climate change foci are: how people will live and work, transport themselves, reduce waste & consumption, and protect nature.
Climate Adaptation and Resilience-Building through Valuing Indigenous Knowledge in Fiji
A resilient house is sturdy, can withstand extreme events due to climate change and natural disasters, and adapts to extreme changes.
Kaikoura’s Post-Disaster Recovery and the Build Back Better Framework
The study finds that Kaikoura's psychosocial and economic post-disaster recovery aligned with the BBB Framework, relevant for its recovery.
Climate Resilience and Disaster Recovery in Kerala and the BBB Framework
By examining Kerala's post-flood recovery, the study determined to what extent Kerala's post-disaster recovery matched the BBB practices.
Climate Change Crises and Solutions Discussed in Kolbert’s Latest Book
In her new book, Elizabeth Kolbert looks at how human activities changed the climate and our struggle to find responses to fix the problem.
Post-Disaster Recovery Transition Lessons from the 2010 Floods in Pakistan
A better understanding of the smooth transition of the various phases of the PDR can help policymakers and disaster management practitioners.
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