Simply Put: Adaptation Fund siphoned
African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation
The book discusses current thinking and presents the main issues and challenges associated with climate change in Africa.
Climate Risk in Africa: Adaptation and Resilience
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience
Is ‘climate anxiety’ a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?
In the absence of official diagnoses or recognised treatments, collective action against climate change may therefore be an effective solution to …
Simply Put: Who should foot the bill?
Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa: Food Security in a Changing Environment
A changing climate is likely to have a drastic impact on crop yields in Africa.
Climate resilience
Realising that climate change actions are good investments, communities and institutions are working towards adapting to it
Simply Put: All talk, no walk
Heat stress more dangerous to corals than ocean acidification. Here‘s why
A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms that enable corals to tolerate heat can significantly improve coral reef conservation and …
Green Climate Fund and other updates in climate finance
Progress on climate finance remains slow with insuficient funds and delay in implementation
New policy to help Indian communities displaced by annual river & coastal erosion drafted
Union home ministry had directed NDMA to draft a policy based on the 15th Finance Commission’s report
Invest $1.7 trillion in nature-based solutions to adapt to climate change: UNCCD report
The investment would give four times the return on investment, it said
Global health systems receive only 4.9% international funds to adapt to climate change: Study
Funds required in early warnings, climate-resilient health infrastructure, say researchers
Bangladesh minister talks about the country's national adaptation plan
The special assistant to the chief advisor in charge of ministry of forest and environment from Bangladesh, Raja Devashish Roy, told participants …
News: China pushes back on adaptation finance
Rejects EU's $3 billion pledge as a paltry sum
Darjeeling tea faces climate risk
The West Bengal State Climate Action Plan expressed concern over reduced productivity of Darjeeling tea due to increase in extended drought periods
Are Gujarat’s climate change actions ‘superficial’?
There are conflicting views on the status of implementation for the state action plan on climate change (SAPCC) in Gujarat
Species speed up adaptation to beat effects of warmer oceans
Species threatened by climate change may find ways to adapt far quicker than through changes in DNA
Climate call
Communities are embracing measures to adapt to extreme weather events. Here are some important practices for each of the five agro-climatic zones …
Climate adaptation projects sometimes exacerbate the problems they try to solve — a new tool hopes to correct that
To be just, climate adaptation requires a counter-intuitive approach
Elephant teeth: How they evolved to cope with climate change-driven dietary shifts
20 million years ago, proboscidean teeth looked completely different
Modified by climate
Global warming has resulted in genetic alternations among living beings
Climate change: 490 million children in Africa most vulnerable
Of the 750 million children in 45 countries likely to be most affected by climate risk, 210 million are in three South Asian nations — …
Global warming in an unequal world
The answer to the current dilemma in negotiations is to make emissions from every citizen of the world count equally
Crab fattening: a business opportunity through climate change adaptation
The cyclone-affected in Bangladesh have found a lucrative source of income in crab farming