Cape Town's new climate strategy is a good start. But it falls short when it comes to nature.
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Auckland's extreme drought and the rapid retreat of glaciers in the Southern Alps both highlight how important long-term observations are for water management policy and planning.
The summit was supposed to get global climate action back on track. But despite a few bright spots, the urgent action needed to avoid a climate catastrophe looks a long way off.
Climate change has got to the point that communities around the world are having to contemplate moving. It's never an easy process, but good planning improves the prospects of successful relocation.
The Democratic candidates hoping to replace Trump in 2020 debated a host of critical issues but never brought up the equally important challenge of Americans' food security.
The usual way we calculate the economic damage of natural disasters underestimates their true toll – which is key to understanding the costs of climate change.
The latest report on the state of New Zealand's environment delivers a forceful official statement on climate change impacts.
Analysis of last summer's heatwave shows it killed farmed salmon and decimated kelp forests, as well as shifting grape harvests and fish spawning times forward by several weeks.
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Associate Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland
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Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
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Honorary Associate, Tasmanian Institute for Agriculture, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning, Griffith University
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Professor, Conservation Ecology & Entomology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Conservation Ecology and Head of the Department of Conservation Ecology & Entomology at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor in Applied Mathematics, Massey University
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Professor, Physical Geography (climate science), Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Principal Scientist & Programme Leader of Climate Observations and Processes, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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plant ecologist, Stellenbosch University
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Meteorologist/forecaster, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Postdoctoral researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Scientist, South African National Biodiversity Institute
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Research Fellow in the Antarctic Research Centre, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
