The forum came up with a proposal for the establishment of a special fund to mitigate the devastating effects of climate change to developing countries


The Citizen

Experts explain how climate change costs Tanzania trillions

The Scottish Government has recently published the Climate change adaptation programme: progress report for 2023. This blog reports on the expected impacts of climate change in Scotland and links to the recent posts on climate change targets, terminology, and net zero.



SPICe Spotlight

Climate change impacts in Scotland

Climate change can have a negative effect on sovereign balance sheets directly and indirectly

European Central Bank

Climate change and sovereign risk

Climate change affects every aspect of our lives. From heat waves that put our health at risk, to severe storms that damage our infrastructure and homes. From the stress of rising food insecurity to the disruptions of school closures when extreme weather hits.



The Hill

The bipartisan bill that could heal the mental health effects of climate change

A new study led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has provided clear evidence of a human “fingerprint” on climate change, showing that specific signals from human activities have altered the temperature structure of our planet’s atmosphere.



earth.com

New evidence that climate change is caused by human activities

As India’s already warm cities get warmer, the real danger of the climate crisis lurks in the form of a water and food crises for the country’s large urban population, and experts warn that only a systemic transformation can reverse the grim trajectory that we find ourselves on. 

Hindustan Times

Climate crisis not only urban, but also rural and developmental’, says Aromar Revi, IIHS director

Jordan, the second most water-scarce country in the world, is adapting to the consequences of an ever-changing climate.



Al Jazeera

Jordan’s Bedouins take on the struggles of climate change

The effect of climate change on society is broad and profound. Studies have shown that low-income countries face the greatest number of deaths due to disasters, with 33% of those deaths occurring in countries with the lowest human development indices

The Lancet 

Trauma care in the face of climate change in Pakistan

Over the years, climate change has caused an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. It has also been bringing about gradual changes in landscapes and ecosystems such as desertification, drought, and sea level rise that are detrimental, and in some cases existential threats, to certain countries.



Egyptian Streets

Making Nations Pay for Climate Change: 6 Questions on the Loss and Damage Fund

Super Typhoon Mawar is barreling toward the United States territory of Guam. It is pushing a wall of water in front of it, and packs winds powerful enough to snap power poles and uproot trees.



NPR 

Climate change makes Super Typhoon Mawar more dangerous

World Biodiversity Day reminds us that the profound crises we confront are just different sides of the same coin

Scientific American 

One Planet, Two Crises: Tackling Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Fight for Our Future

Six months’ worth of rain fell in 36 hours resulting in over 300 landslides and submerging fields and roads.



Euronews

Were Italy’s floods caused by climate change? Experts analyse what happened as 36,000 left homeless

The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy's northeast are another drenching dose of climate change's all-or-nothing weather extremes.

Italy's Floods Latest Example of Climate Change's All-or-Nothing Weather Extremes

In Iraq, Syria and Yemen, the effects of climate change are being amplified by the consequences of armed conflict. Communities that suffered the direct effects of conflict are disproportionately impacted, with the most vulnerable far from ready to adapt to climate change’s effects.

RCRCCC

Climate change and conflict combine to increase humanitarian needs in the Middle East

Climate mitigation can bring air quality and health co-benefits. How these health impacts might be distributed across countries remains unclear

Nature

Effects of global climate mitigation on regional air quality and health

Latin America and the Caribbean together form a hugely diverse global region where the impacts of climate change are widespread, intensifying, and interacting with ecological, socioeconomic and political factors to create unique challenges.

PLOS

Climate impacts and action in Latin America and the Caribbean

The increasing scale and frequency of climate-change-induced natural disasters and extreme weather events leave no room for doubt that climate change risks will need to be factored into the risk assessment frameworks of banks and financial institutions

Economic Times

Why climate change poses a significant challenge for banks

Most of us will be familiar with the impact climate change has on the environment – biodiversity loss, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and much more

EFSA

Climate change: what it means for food safety

Germany can testify that with climate change comes a great price. As extreme heat, droughts, and floods inflict Germany, damages are predicted to cost between 280 billion euros and 900 billion euros by 2050, according to a Government-commissioned study.

The Knight News

Can Germany Pay the Price of Climate Change?

Twice a year, billions of birds embark on incredible journeys across the globe, following specific routes which act as super-highways in the sky. Their journey takes them south for the winter and back north in the spring to breed. However, severe changes in migration patterns of these birds are seen due to global warming

Daily Sabah

Changing climate patterns affect migration of birds

Climate Change | Effects

The lack of regular rainfall and a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius would cause Spain to lose 7% of its GDP, according to the Spanish Committee of Farmers' and Stockbreeders' Organisations.



Drought: Agriculture must 'adapt to climate change'

As climate change increasingly impacts the Horn of Africa, it is critical to identify and mitigate climate security risks at sub-regional, national, and local levels. This requires improved knowledge of potentially impactful adaptations that are showing positive results.

ReliefWeb

Mapping of climate security adaptations at community level in the Horn of Africa

With the frequency of extreme weather events on the rise, there is an increasing need for agriculture to build resilience against climate change, which has been the focus of research carried out by ADAS and the Met Office Hadley Centre to identify ways farmers can adapt their practices to the changing climate.



Farmers Guide

Collaborative research highlights practical ways farmers can adapt to climate change

The National Adaptation Strategy will help the health care sector anticipate and respond to the health risks of climate change.



Government of Canada

Government of Canada invests $42.9 million to support individuals and the health sector to adapt to our changing climate

A Rand Corp. study maps out the various ways climate change will impact the military's personnel, equipment, facilities, supply chain and ability to engage with allies and partners.


NBC News

Military must focus on short- and long-term challenges of climate change, report finds

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific was held from May 15th to 19th to discuss the climate change crisis in Asia and the Pacific Islands. The theme of UNESCAP this year was “Accelerating climate action in Asia and the Pacific for sustainable development,” according to the United Nations’ website. 

The Financial Repercussions Of Combating Climate Change In The Pacific

Blending physical risk modelling with social, financial and regulatory information will be the difference between prepared real estate investors, and those failing to adapt to climate threats.



Schroders

Climate change and cities: adapting real estate investment decisions

The climate crisis is a global issue. People, especially in some parts of the world, are feeling the impacts of the climate crisis much more intensively today than we do in Europe

Climate-KIC

Why should we care about climate adaptation in Europe?

Six views on how it and climate community can work better together


The Breakthrough Institute 

Taiwan and Climate Change

The National Parks Authority greeted a delegation from the Italian Government on a visit to Antigua and Barbuda on the 14th and 15th of May

Antigua Observer

Italian Government partners with Antigua’s National Park on Climate Change Adaptation & Heritage Site Preservation

What will happen when sea-level rise, wildfires, droughts, and floods begin to erode the tax base that cities and towns will use to pay for seawalls, firebreaks, and other expensive projects that could help them prepare for climate change?

Harvard Magazine

Financing Climate Adaptation—and Deciding What to Let Go

Climate change will have major ramifications for migration at every level, and is already impacting movement. Some policy responses are much more promising than others.



Devpolicy Blog

Maximising migration’s potential as a climate change response

It takes work. It takes planning. It takes time. It takes a bunch of people agreeing. It takes someone to recognize the problem, admit to themselves that they have to help solve them, and start moving the ball forward.

CleanTechnica

Adapting Existing Buildings To A Changing Climate

Climate change impacts countries aro-und the world, including Sri Lanka. The impacts of extreme weather events and slow-onset processes are felt from the local to the national level as they affect lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, and economic sectors.

Daily FT

Loss and damage and transboundary adaptation in the context of climate change

The Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts (PACCo) project which delivered large-scale adaptation across two countries has made its how-to guide available to all.

UK Government

The PACCo project's guide to successful climate adaptation

Over the last two decades, the wide concept of sustainability has seized the interest of businesses and trades, and several attempts have been made to build subsets of it, such as sustainable business. 

Graphic Business

Why sustainable business is critical

Climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, and the overall alteration of the environment constitute a major threat to the physical and mental health of the global population.

sdg iisd

Toward a Systemic Adaptation to Heat

Climate Change | Adaptation

Evidence of anthropogenic climate change is all around us. It’s found in natural elements like ice core samples, tree rings and ocean sediments, as well as in measurements of the planet’s surface temperature, ocean water temperatures, global sea levels and more.



Forbes

Creative Technologies Are Necessary To Combat Climate Change

Forests play a critical role in stabilizing Earth’s climate. Establishing protected areas (PAs) represents one approach to forest conservation, but PAs were rarely created to mitigate climate change.

The effectiveness of global protected areas for climate change mitigation

Researchers are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Seagrass and mangroves - known as blue carbon ecosystems - naturally capture carbon through photosynthesis, which converts carbon dioxide into living tissue.


Science Daily

Mitigating climate change through restoration of coastal ecosystems

The intensification of flash droughts, rapid and unexpected drought events, poses a significant threat to agricultural and ecological systems


Open Access Government

Global climate change amplifies risk of flash droughts and threatens croplands

The Nyeri County department of Water, Environment and Climate Change is working on a proposal which will see the county dedicate a percentage of its annual development budget to climate change mitigation.



Kenya News Agency

Nyeri Allocates Resources For Climate Change Mitigation

“Policies and farming practices have changed through the years and changes today focusing on creating wet grassland habitat on peat soils are encouraged to support biodiversity and climate mitigation plans.”



AgriLand

Bogland biodiversity and how it can help mitigate climate change

The tiger conservation efforts in Asia have been so successful that they had an unintended -- and equally beneficial -- consequence of preventing further some greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere, a new study finds.



ABC News

How tiger conservation in India may be helping to mitigate climate change

In a ground-breaking study, Lund University researchers have revealed the astonishing ability of microorganisms in soil to adapt to climate change


Nature’s climate solution: Carbon storage in soil is shown to slow global warming

Network Rail’s latest five-year plan for the railway in England and Wales will see it invest heavily in earthworks as it more than doubles its funding for tackling the impacts of climate change compared to its previous plan.



Ground Engineering

Network Rail’s new £44bn CP7 plan to focus on climate change impacts

Activists disrupted the tourist hotspot to protest the government’s inaction on climate change.



Activists wade into Rome’s Trevi Fountain to warn of the ‘black future that awaits mankind

Billions of dollars are invested in green-technology, millions of government working-hours are spent on climate policy, we have libraries-full of books on the science and economics of climate action – yet barely any part of this vast strategy of climate responses even mentions culture. Until now, Just over a year ago the Nobel-prize winning scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finally acknowledged the cultural aspects of climate change.

Culture Eats Climate – And That Could Save Us

Over 85% of emissions of a potent greenhouse gas aren't being regulated. Bringing methane under control would help to mitigate against some of the worst effects of climate change, and bring down the world's temperature rise.

National History Museum

Lack of methane emissions control threatens climate change action

Many companies, from airlines to Big Tech, are betting on forest carbon capture to reach their net-zero pledges, but a new study shows this approach is flawed at its core


The Verge

Saving the forests won’t be enough to stop climate change — we need substantial emission cuts

Governments must regulate an end to all fossil fuel expansion and a rapid wind-down of all present fossil fuel production on the best carbon budget schedule.


The Hill Times

It’s time for responsible and effective climate mitigation

It is widely accepted that climate change is a multiplier threat in Africa, exacerbating existing socio-economic issues. Extreme weather events such as Tropical Cyclone Freddy cause widespread destruction, wiping out health clinics, schools and farms, leaving people without healthcare and education, and no means of earning a living. 

Mail & Guardian

Put African values at climate change mitigation efforts

Pakistan has learnt several lessons from its recent floods and the impact of floods on other countries, which it is now looking to implement

World Economic Forum

The Pakistan floods showed there's no turning back

Smallholder farmers in Kenya who fall victim to floods will soon be indemnified with recovery funds almost immediately after the disaster, according to officials.

Down to Earth

Climate change mitigation: Flood insurance scheme launched to protect small farmers in Kenya

In the aftermath of the damning IPCC assessment report, it becomes evidently clear that curtailing climate change is the biggest challenge for all realizing all sustainability parameters, and ensuring a renewable transition.

Geospatial World

Lack of Concrete Climate Mitigation Risks Sustainable Development

Climate Change | Mitigation

The UK’s largest opencast coal mine has ‘illegally’ extracted 300,000 tonnes of coal after being ordered to close

New Internationalist

Britain's Great Coal Scandal

The largest insurer in California said it would stop offering new coverage. It’s part of a broader trend of companies pulling back from dangerous areas

The New York Times

State Farm Stops Offering Insurance in California

The central Asian country has the worst rate of climate-heating ‘super-emitter’ events in the world

The Guardian

US deal could plug Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions

Lightweight design is essential for sustainable mobility

Tech Xplore

Reducing climate-damaging emissions with lightweight drive shafts

Breakthrough technologies, like thorium-based reactors, and SMRs, are gaining momentum due to their cost-effectiveness, reduced waste generation, and flexible deployment.

Innovation Fuels Nuclear Energy’s Revival, But Challenges Remain

Scientists are lugging sophisticated sensors into homes in 10 cities to measure and track the pollution from gas stoves as it drifts from room to room.

How Harmful Are Gas Stove Pollutants, Really?

Biden White House officials encountered climate protesters and frustrated Democratic lawmakers Wednesday.

Politico

Podesta takes debt deal to the Hill, hits Dem resistance

Three books — including a novel — overturn assumptions about how politics, economics and science should combat global warming

Financial Times

How to rethink climate change

A cohort of environmental groups have asked the Competition Bureau to reject Royal Bank of Canada’s proposed takeover of HSBC Canada, arguing the sale would limit green choices in the banking sector and expose Canada’s economy to more climate risks.



BNN Bloomberg

'Climate change is a competition issue': Enviro groups oppose RBC-HSBC sale

International environment days such as World Planting Day provide a platform for united action and can help like-minded partners align and achieve greater impact.


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