An interesting paper on the Academia website discusses the challenges that India faces in designing and implementing climate adaptation plans.
Category: Climate Articles and News
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rapid Deforestation in Brazil and Climate Change Implications
The Economist magazine reports a worrying trend in Brazil currently. Deforestation is happening because of aggressive deregulation, and lagging enforcement.
How the Marshall Islands’ Climate Actions Kept Covid-19 Away
The island’s bold early action against climate change has prevented COVID-19 from entering their shores. Read about the pandemic measures they put in place.
Excellent Climate Adaptation Examples from Around the World
The Global Commission on Adaptation published 12 examples of climate adaptation from countries around the world they deemed to be great adaptation models.
Landslip in Norway, Are Landslides a Climate Change Consequence?
A big landslide was caught on video at Kråknes in Alta, in the north of Norway. Two studies discuss the relationship between climate change and landslides.
Public Health Organization Urging a Green Recovery from Coronavirus
Public health organisations worldwide representing 40 million doctors, nurses, and other medical workers have urged G20 leaders to include climate change and pollution in its economic recovery plan.