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

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

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

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