Climate Risks Travel Across Geographic Boundaries and Across Sectors – Can Europe’s Economy Be Shook Up By Climate Impacts, Both Within Europe and Outside? Given the reality of globalisation, climate risk is in many cases “borderless” in nature. Climate impacts in one country will create risks and opportunities in other countries, due to cross-border connectivity Read More
Taking Stock of Adaptation Progress: Are We Adapting to Climate Change? – PlanAdapt Members Exchange with Prof. Berrang-Ford, Lead of the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative, in the PlanAdapt Forum Topic
Taking Stock of Adaptation Progress: Are We Adapting to Climate Change? – PlanAdapt Members Exchange with Prof. Berrang-Ford, Lead of the Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative, in the PlanAdapt Forum Topic Are societies, cities or communities adapting to climate change? That is perhaps one of the most complex questions of the recent decades yet to be Read More
Outcomes of COP25 – What Happened in View of Adaptation and Loss & Damage?
Outcomes of COP25 – What Happened in View of Adaptation and Loss & Damage? The 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held from 2 to 13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain. Key objectives were agreeing on the modalities that govern carbon markets, and increasing Read More
Lost in translation – Japan and Germany among the top 3 most affected countries according to the Climate Risk Index 2020. Really?
Lost in translation – Japan and Germany among the top 3 most affected countries according to the Climate Risk Index 2020. Really, ahead of Haiti, Myanmar or similar countries in the Global South?…or… The story about how difficult it is to communicate the consequences of climate change well? The recently published Climate Risk Index 2020 Read More