Risk and adaptation
Rural land cover surrounding a city has the potential to reduce the “urban heat island” (UHI) effect and cool the city centre by more than 0.5C, ... Read More
Long-abolished discriminatory lending practices in the US are still having an impact on the inequality of climate risks facing urban populations toda... Read More
From flooding in New Zealand and wildfires in Canada through to drought in the Middle East and extreme heat across the northern hemisphere, last year... Read More
Loss of labour caused by heat stress wiped out the equivalent of 4% of Africa's GDP in 2022, warns a new report from the Lancet Countdown on Health a... Read More
Every area of UK society will feel the effects of climate change and, as global emissions continue to rise, preparing for life in a warmer world is c... Read More
Climate change will make it harder for the world’s poorest people to migrate – leaving them “extremely vulnerable” to continued impacts and i... Read More
How ambitious climate policy will be in the future is key to understanding the scale of climate change impacts we can expect. Yet, the question of ho... Read More
Three times as many sites of sacred value, scientific wonder and natural splendour across Africa could face risks from human-caused climate change by... Read More
Climate change and population growth could drive a 26% rise in US flood risk by 2050 – disproportionately impacting black and low-income groups –... Read More
Many countries in Africa and those experiencing armed conflict are struggling to access money set aside to prepare them for climate change, according... Read More
The already perilous desert crossing from Mexico to the US will become more dangerous as the climate warms, new research says. The research, publi... Read More
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