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Climate adaptation goes mobile in Brazil
As extreme weather events become more common, the mobile phone is being recognised as an important tool for warnings that can save lives
Climate adaptation planning ‘could have prevented’ Uttarakhand deaths
Local expert tells RTCC lives could have been saved if government had enforced rules banning construction of buildings on flood plans
UN: business must take lead in climate adaptation
UNEP chief Achim Steiner says companies must factor in accelerating environmental change into their long-term planning
World Bank warns it’s time to focus on climate adaptation
New report assesses climate impacts for world’s most vulnerable regions, finds many unable to cope with even moderate warming
New York’s Bloomberg proposes $20bn climate adaptation plan
Morning Summary: New storm barriers, flood walls, levies and sand dunes proposed for NYC in response to damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012
Bangladesh pushes adaptation strategy as climate fears grow
Climate adaptation planning is likely to become a priority for Bangladesh’s leaders as the hopes of keeping global temperatures within safe limits decrease
Adaptation finance must top priorities at US ministerial summit
Bangladesh lead climate change negotiator Quamrul Chowdhury says urgent and increased levels of finance are needed
Rio’s favelas set climate adaptation example
Adapting to climate change often seems an earnest business, something needing steely determination and gritted teeth. But adaptation in some of Rio de Janeiro’s shantytowns is very different
Climate adaptation lessons from Philippines’ typhoon pain
Leonard Doyle from the International Organization for Migration explains how countries can prepare for future extreme weather events
Loss and damage: Doha deal signals adaptation is not enough
Magnus Benzie of the Stockholm Environment Institute explains why the survival of a loss and damage mechanism in Doha signals politicians are prepared to open the debate beyond adaptation.
Biodiversity can be a potent climate adaptation tool: SA Official
Ecosystem protection can make big contributions to fighting climate change but only if the value of healthy ecosystems is fully appreciated, says South Africa’s director of resource use.
The African youth group driving climate adaptation in rural communities
Youth Profile #17: Severin Apedjagbo from the Young Volunteers for the Environment (JVE) explains how one group meeting in a rural community in Togo has spread climate adaptation across Africa.
Mitigation and adaptation critical to guaranteeing food security
Ahead of the UN climate summit in Doha, two new studies highlight the impacts of climate change and the world’s food system on one another and their potential to impact our relationship with food.
Welcome to the UN’s secret climate adaptation summit
CBD COP11: UN biodiversity conference in Hyderabad highlights level of planning needed to cope with effects of anthropogenic climate change
Adaptation focus: Making the business case for living roofs
Caroline Nobel and Katy Obregon from the Urban Wild Project tell RTCC how they aim to get 30 businesses in South London to install green roofs.
Adaptation focus: Is sustainable drainage a cheap answer to inner city flooding?
Sustainable drainage systems cost little, is easy to install and makes the surrounding area look and feel better. One North London school tackling the challenge head on.
Christiana Figueres calls on Africa to drive adaptation agenda at COP18
UN climate chief admits convention has not done enough on adaptation but says continent must now take control of debate
Bangkok 2012 – Future of climate finance and adaptation trigger debate as LCA talks heat up
The Long Term Cooperative Action negotiations are top of the agenda in Bangkok as countries disagree over its future and the developing vs developed nations rift widens.
Adaptation focus: How ecosystem based solutions are bearing fruit in Xai Xai, Mozambique
Dr Richard Munang from the UNEP explains how Ecosystem-based Adaptation can help people and communities cope with the negative effects of climate change.
Adaptation to climate change will no longer be enough says report by CARE, WWF & ActionAid
Coalition of NGOs call for more action to tackle the irreversible impacts of climate change as adaptation and mitigation methods falls short.