Increasing risk from natural hazards under climate change complicates strategic planning across a range of sectors. Global losses from climate-driven hazard events are projected to increase to US $460 ...

Adapting to a changing climate will require greater co-operation and co-ordination across various orders of government.

Adil Najam (center). Photo courtesy of UNEP-WCMC. Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations and of Earth and Environment, Adil Najam of Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of ...

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On Monday, March 9, the Commonwealth Honors College and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society sponsored the annual Daffodil Lecture on Sustainability and the Environment at the University of Massachusetts. This ...

Climate-change adaptation encompasses a broad range of human policies and activities primarily intended to reduce the risks posed by climate change. It includes both realised and expected risks. This ...

When climate change is discussed, whether at UN climate summits, in company boardrooms or in the media, the focus is often on mitigation (cutting greenhouse gas emissions to achieve net zero).

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A climate technology advisor, investor and educator. For years we rarely talked about adaptation because it would constitute ...

Many Australians will have been reading up recently on whether they are likely to be among the 1.5 million reported to be at risk of sea level rise or the 190% increase in heat-related deaths in ...

Adaptation is too small, slow and scattered to address the enormity of the climate crisis. But behavioral science could help spur action on a larger scale. Farmers are on the frontlines of the climate ...

At the 2025 global climate summit, COP30, held in Belém, Brazil, one decision stood out with major consequences for Africa: countries agreed on a new set of progress indicators. The "Belém Adaptation ...