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Farmers are facing increasingly extreme weather—floods, droughts, and storms that threaten food production and livelihoods. In this episode, we spoke with Associate Professor Liu Juan from China Agricultural University about how small-scale farmers, large agribusinesses, and rural communities are ...
As the globe warms, communities across the world are providing examples of how to adapt. How to Adapt to Climate Change For want of amangrove, the village was lost. In fact, the loss ofcoastalmangroves made even a costlydykealong theVietnamese seashore inadequateto cope with a recenttyphoon...
As the climate crisis has made heatwaves more likely and more intense, cities are taking measures to mitigate the adverse effects of extreme temperatures.
EY MENA has developed the CCRI to track responses to climate change in Egypt, Jordan and the six members of the GCC, both now and in the future.
Research identifies 15 proven ways that urban areas around the world can adapt to climate risk.(49 pages)Cities are on the front lines of the growing physical risks associated with climate change.1 They are home to more than half of the world’s people, and by 2050, that figure is projec...
And while those people don't have the power to unilaterally solve the underlying problem of climate change, some communities are now grappling with how to adapt to sea level rise by constructing new defenses, restoring natural defenses, or just moving out of the way. ...
birds are migrating, lizards are getting blown away by hurricanes. the signs are everywhere. animals are changing because of climate change. but few people expected it to happen so fast. [voiceover] we asked biologists thor hanson to walk us through three animal adaptation experiments. we know...
How does climate change affect soil erosion? What is the impact of meteorology on farming practices? How do greenhouse gases contribute to climate change? How has climate change affected amphibians? How do people burn their crops in shifting agriculture?
There are consequences of living big. As middle-class houses have grown larger, two things have happened. First, large houses take time to maintain, so cleaners and other low-wage service workers are required to keep thes...