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Category: Climate Resilience
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Creating Climate-resilient Buildings and Communities
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) published a guide on constructing buildings and community spaces resilient to climate change.
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Climate Adaptation Strategy on Coastal Hazards at Hawke’s Bay New Zealand
NZ's Hawke's Bay Region developed the Clifton to Tangoio Coastal Hazard Strategy to create climate-resilient coastal communities up to 2120.
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Climate Change Adaptation Among Australian Farmers
Australian farmers have gone through water challenges and droughts for years and have changed farming methods to adapt to climate change.
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Climate Adaptation Needed as Wildfires and Extreme Events Hit Cities
Climate change is causing increased occurrence of wildfires and extreme weather events worldwide. Climate adaptation and mitigation needed.
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Starting Decarbonising the Most Expensive Sector Makes Economic Sense
A study shows that decarbonising the cheapest and easy sector over the most expensive and difficult one is not cost-effective.
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Supporting Pacific Islands Ecosystem-Based Climate Adaptation
Pacific Islands have implemented traditional ecosystem-based climate adaptation strategies that are often overlooked but must be supported.
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Climate Adaptation and Curbing Hunger by Investing in Agriculture R&D
Investing more in agricultural research can prevent the rise in hunger in Africa, the South of the Sahara and South Asia, according to a study by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The study says that climate change will push 78 million more people into chronic hunger by 2050. Increasing investments in international agriculture...
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Climate Change Vulnerability and Risks in Vietnam’s Agriculture Sectors
The assessments are used for an evidence-based and risk-informed national climate adaptation plan for Vietnam’s agriculture sector.
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Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture in Ethiopia
Ethiopia aims to be climate-neutral by 2025, create more jobs by applying sustainable agriculture and restoring hectares of degraded forests.