According to the Environment Ministry of India, 2,405 people lost their lives as a result of extreme weather related events in the country in 2018-19. Babul Supriyo, Minister of State…
Natural Disasters
Mami Mizutori, the UN secretary-general’s special representative on disaster risk reduction, has warned that climate disasters are now happening at a higher frequency than ever before. Speaking with The Guardian,…
In Sweden, forest fires have been reported as far north as the Arctic Circle, prompting Norway and Italy to dispatch firefighting aircraft to Sweden to help contain them. A record…
According to the UN World Water Development Report 2017, more than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 as a result of climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies….
The lower eastern shore of Maryland has been home to some of America’s oldest farms, however the area is now under threat. Rising sea-levels near Chesapeake Bay, combined with the…
Norfolk, Virginia has become one of America’s cities most threatened by rising sea levels. As a result, new regulations have come into force in the area which mean all new…
Carol Brighton on Twitter ClimateWise #SignalofChange: At @OnePlanetParis, @richardbranson announces new Caribbean coalition plan to build #coastalresilience w #cleanenergy & smart infrastructure investment https://t.co/oI79zljf89 via @Futurism
Chinese scientists have successfully developed numerous types of rice that have the ability to grow in areas of high salinity such as seawater. The scientists expected that they would produce…
Some 2000-odd women are protecting the biosphere in the Gulf of Mannar. The thing to note is that these are backward communities, which is why it’s a big deal that women…
Carol Brighton on Twitter SeaLevelWise #SignalofChange: @FLGovScott Budget request includes $3.6 million for the Department of Environmental Protection to assist local governments in #sealevelrise planning and #coastalresilience projects. https://t.co/vuQBQ1rMn2
Carol Brighton on Twitter ChesapeakeBay #SignalofChange: “Waters of the Chesapeake region have risen a foot in the past century. As global sea levels continue to climb, the bay water could…
giulio quaggiotto on Twitter New Zealand minister proposes to create #climate change refugee visas https://t.co/BWJVm7GD5J cc @FuturesCentre @RCClimate
