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Flood defences erected by Environment Agency.

Guest post: How adaptation has cut flood deaths and losses in Europe

When flooding strikes, it can devastate vast areas, taking lives, homes and possessions with it. Multiple factors affect the scale of the social a... Read More

Risk and adaptation | Sep 9. 2025.
Workers sitting in a deforested and burned area of the Brazilian Amazon.

Warming due to tropical deforestation linked to 28,000 ‘excess’ deaths per year

Warming driven by deforestation caused an extra 28,000 heat-related deaths per year across Africa, South America and Asia over 2001-20, new research ... Read More

Plants and forests | Aug 27. 2025.
A cyclist goes through heavy rain and flooding in Mumbai, India.

Scientists are ‘most trusted’ source of climate information in global-south survey

Scientists are the most trusted source of information for climate change in some of the largest global-south countries, ranking above newspapers, fri... Read More

Public opinion | Aug 22. 2025.
Submerged trees along the Danube River after storm 'Boris' in Budapest Hungary. Credit: Aleksei Gorovoi / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: 2Y75CHR.

Guest post: More than 70% of adaptation plans for European cities are ‘inconsistent’

More than 70% of European cities are not adapting to climate change in a consistent and coherent way. That is the headline finding of our new stud... Read More

Guest posts | May 14. 2025.
Smallholder farmer irrigating their field using cooperative infrastructure. Zambia. Credit: Eitan Simanor / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: CXWRPB.

Guest post: How climate science is – and is not – shaping adaptation planning in southern Africa

Climate science is a key tool for governments tasked with preparing citizens and infrastructure for the impacts of global warming.  But trans... Read More

Guest posts | May 1. 2025.
People gather to watch a cycling race in Muhanga, Rwanda.

Survey: ‘Very few’ Africans place responsibility for climate action on ‘rich nations’

A new survey reveals that "very few" Africans place responsibility for climate action on “rich countries” – despite the long history of carbon ... Read More

Public opinion | Apr 10. 2025.
Women drinking water in the street during a heat wave in Rajasthan, India.

Guest post: Why action on extreme heat in Indian cities is falling short

Local governments face the difficult task of preparing communities and infrastructure for a warmer world – all while urbanisation accelerates and e... Read More

Guest posts | Mar 19. 2025.
Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change hero image.

Interactive: How the world is already adapting to climate change

People around the world are already living with the impacts of climate change. Faced with record-breaking heatwaves, storms and f... Read More

Risk and adaptation | Jan 7. 2025.
Ash covered Skaftafell glacier in Iceland.

Guest post: What 1.5C overshoot would mean for climate impacts and adaptation

With average global temperatures set to see another record high this year, the chances of holding warming to no more than 1.5C continue to dwindle. ... Read More

Guest posts | Nov 11. 2024.
The Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus.

Guest post: The growing threat of climate-sensitive infectious diseases

Ahead of the Paris Olympic Games this summer, the organising committee was concerned about two principal diseases: Covid, which Europe is fully famil... Read More

Guest posts | Oct 15. 2024.
A delivery truck driving through flooded streets during a storm, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA. Credit: Norma Jean Gargasz / Alamy Stock Photo. Image ID: H28H7P

US supply chains face biggest jump in ‘weather shocks’ due to climate change

The US will face a bigger rise in weather-induced supply disruption over the next 15 years than any other country, a new study suggests – although ... Read More

Risk and adaptation | Sep 13. 2024.
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