A new report explores options for managing the period after global warming exceeds 1.5℃. This is called ‘climate overshoot’, because we’re pushing past the safe zone into dangerous climate change.
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Further research is needed in order to quantify the costs of extreme heat so we can reduce its damaging effects now and in the future.
Across the world, elderly people tend to be the most vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
No one plans a European holiday thinking of fleeing from fire or sheltering from intense heat. But the climate crisis is forcing a reckoning – tourism as we knew it will have to change.
A new climate adaptation plan leaves experts underwhelmed.
Hundreds of rivers are shared between two or more countries – this could be a source of cooperation or conflict.
Climate change is bringing heightened droughts, heat stress and floods. For our fruit trees, that means tougher conditions. To prepare means mining their genomes to hunt for resilience.
Storms, flooding and other climate-related events highlight the urgent need for a national managed retreat framework. Past experiences suggests it will involve many challenges.
Australian cities remain woefully unprepared for the more extreme weather we are already seeing with climate change. But some cities overseas stand out for having developed readymade solutions.
Europe’s recent heatwave was one of the most severe ever.
Residents are living with the impacts of climate change and know it’s happening. But leaving their homes would strike at the heart of their identity.
Australia must recognise the complex risks associated with cascading natural disasters, and draw on the knowledge and experience of all citizens.
As the costs of disasters climb, working out who will finance climate adaptation has become increasingly urgent for developing nations.
It has psychological consequences for those affected now, but also for those who expect to be in future.
In the absence of peace, efforts to address climate risks will be restrained, ineffective and counterproductive.
A new biodiversity index captures the climate risk for nearly 25,000 marine species and their ecosystems and lays the groundwork for climate-smart approaches to management and conservation.
The research reviewed the available evidence on microalgae as food supplements, livestock feeds, biofertilisers, biostimulants and biochar feedstocks.
New Zealand’s first adaptation plan gives local councils clearer guidelines, but it doesn’t tackle crucial questions about who should pay and how to future-proof major investments.
The people hardest hit by climate change are invariably those who are more vulnerable. We need to pay more attention to the root causes of vulnerability and address poverty and inequity.
Adapt to climate change with insulated walls, window shutters and reverse-cycle heat pumps.
Top contributors
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Associate professor of climate adaptation, University of Tasmania
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Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science and African Climate and Development Initiative Research Chair, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer, Climate Adaptation, Griffith University
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Emeritus Professor of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Canberra
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Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Director, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Senior Principal Research Scientist - Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Pyrogeography and Fire Science, University of Tasmania
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Emeritus Professor, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
