Climate-change adaptation encompasses a broad range of human policies and activities primarily intended to reduce the risks posed by climate change. It includes both realised and expected risks.

Cities are critical to accelerating climate action and are where the mitigation and adaptation agendas intersect. While over 80 percent of global economic activity is concentrated in cities, they are ...

Refugees and other forcibly displaced people, regardless of the reason for flight, often reside in places prone to hazardous weather events and in harsh environmental conditions. Climate-related ...

Climate change has the potential to become the most significant threat to public health in the coming decades. Dr. Colin Carlson argues that new initiatives, including greater adaptation financing ...

Moreover, for some people and in some places, it is too late to attempt to adapt to the impacts of climate change ... IPCC’s 2022 report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, and the ...

Other countries will likely follow Trump’s lead. The world has long struggled to mitigate climate change. Dealing with the consequences will likely be even harder. Climate adaptation will involve ...

Things are likely to worsen in the coming decades, but scientists argue urgent action can still limit the worst effects of climate change. Climate change is the long-term shift in the Earth's ...

Climate change refers to the shift in the Earth’s usual weather conditions over many years. Our world has been getting hotter due to things humans are doing, like burning huge amounts of fossil ...