adaptation

A new study and companion policy brief together determine the impact of food systems on climate change, and conversely the impacts of climate change on food systems.

Across the Western Hemisphere, 9.2 percent of mammals on average will potentially be unable to keep pace with climate change, and in some areas this could be as high as 39 percent, according to a recent study published in PNAS.

Three new analyses on climate extremes together explain how extremes may change in the future, what’s driving them, their impacts on people and ecosystems, and how we can adapt. The most extensive report is from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and it details the current state of knowledge on climate extremes.

Posted by Melissa Lamberton | on February 09, 2012
On a remote mountaintop in the Sierra Nevada, as thunderheads gather in a dark mass above the peaks, a thin propane flame burns against the pale backdrop of snow. The generator, perched on top of a spindly tower, vaporizes a solution of silver iodide, wafting invisible particles upward into the clouds.

Co-hosted and convened by the University of Arizona in the southwestern United States, and by UNEP’s Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and

Event Date and Time: 

May 29, 2012 - May 31, 2012

Location: 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Delegates at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban ended negotiations last week with a new climate deal, committing countries to negotiating a new climate treaty by 2015.

Fish threatened by the severe drought in Texas have been rescued by wildlife biologists, according to the Associated Press and reported by the Washinton Post.

Posted by Betsy Woodhouse | on August 10, 2010
What is the most efficient and accurate way for people who authorize climate-change, adaptation-related actions and budgets to obtain the information they need to make their decisions? In late May, about 150 high-ranking users and providers of climate adaptation information gathered in Washington D.C. to discuss options.