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Adaptation

Climate resilience, extreme weather, infrastructure

What we track

Adaptation coverage follows how communities, governments, and businesses prepare for climate impacts that are already occurring or can no longer be avoided.

Flood, heat, drought, wildfire, and coastal resilience
Infrastructure, health, housing, and public planning
Adaptation finance, equity, and loss and damage

Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures

Bangkok experienced severe flooding after recording 300mm of rainfall over 48 hours, with homes, shops, and roads waterlogged and residents wading through waist-deep water. The heavy rain swelled the city's canal network, sending murky water into surrounding areas and submerging some vehicles. Authorities declared a flood disaster across the Thai capital.

300 mm in 48hrs Life at ~1.5°C above preindustrial and ~427 ppm CO2. We are for the most part completely unprepared for what is to come…

Peter du Toit @peterdutoit.com

CoverageThe Guardian - Australia EnvironmentBBC News - Science & Environment

Adaptation

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Global Briefing: Climate-impacted flash floods a 'warning to world', says Nepal's PM

Nepal's Prime Minister has warned that climate-impacted flash floods represent a critical warning to the world, emphasizing the disproportionate burden smaller nations face from climate change. The High Seas Treaty has reached 100 ratifications, marking a milestone in global ocean protection. Australia's opposition leader has suggested that the country, as a COP31 co-host, has fulfilled its climate commitments.

'After a Deadly Flood, What Does Climate Justice for Nepal Look Like?' “A country responsible for less than 0.02 percent of global…

Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social

CoverageBusinessGreenInside Climate News

Policy Science Adaptation

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Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

El Niño is suppressing Atlantic hurricane formation by altering atmospheric and oceanic conditions that tropical cyclones need to develop. The phenomenon, which is driving record global temperatures, is simultaneously reducing the number of Atlantic hurricanes expected this season. This represents a complex interaction between climate patterns where one major weather system can inhibit another.

"The record-breaking oceanic phenomenon isn't just raising global temperatures — it's also canceling Atlantic tropical…

L. J. @leojos.bsky.social

CoverageGristNPR - Climate

Science Adaptation

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How has environmental governance changed in the UK since Brexit?

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UK environmental governance has shifted significantly since Brexit, with varying approaches across devolved administrations creating new challenges.

Policy Biodiversity Adaptation

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For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

Yale Environment 360

What we track

Adaptation coverage follows how communities, governments, and businesses prepare for climate impacts that are already occurring or can no longer be avoided.

Flood, heat, drought, wildfire, and coastal resilience

Infrastructure, health, housing, and public planning

Adaptation finance, equity, and loss and damage

What we track

Top stories

Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures

Global Briefing: Climate-impacted flash floods a 'warning to world', says Nepal's PM

Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

Latest

How has environmental governance changed in the UK since Brexit?

For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

What we track

Top stories

Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures

Global Briefing: Climate-impacted flash floods a 'warning to world', says Nepal's PM

Why haven’t we had an Atlantic hurricane yet? Thank El Niño.

Latest

How has environmental governance changed in the UK since Brexit?

For the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes

Data: Meat plants use more water than the population of Brighton

'A responsibility we take seriously': Carslberg Britvic launches 10-year Rivers Trust water replenishment partnership

See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California

World’s seas heated by a record 23 zettajoules last year

El Niño nears record levels as ocean conditions tilt in unfavourable direction for eastern Australia

'We have to act': Government unveils £79m funding for tree planting and local nature recovery

Dead animals found in canal where children row

Country diary: The land here is scarred from a year of hard weather – now what will winter hold? | Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead

Tern turnaround: colonies in England show signs of recovery after decline

Iwi and community-led effort return kiwi to Wellington for first time in over a century

Watch: Moment a government building collapses into a river in Nepal amid floods

Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’

Kelvin Wave In Pacific Ocean Heads Toward California

Uganda pastoralists turn to wild plants as food shortages bite, study finds

After two landfalls in Mexico, Hurricane Polo’s rainmaking journey has just begun

California on track to conserve 30% of its land, but is lagging on coastal waters

How can the same El Niño cause drought in one part of the world and floods in another?

Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees

Charity appeal sends solar equipment to flood-affected Nepal

Incoming El Niño Is so Extreme It Doesn’t Have a Scientific Name

Lives 'will be lost' unless UK does more to combat wildfires, committee chairwoman says

UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests

El Huracán Nolo da otro giro, mientras Polo llevará abundante humedad tropical al desierto del suroeste

Drones Are Already on the Front Lines of Wildfire Response. Robots and AI Could Be Next.

Watch: Bangkok locals create floating market during floods

UNGA: Guterres calls to triple climate adaptation finance

Hurricane Nolo takes another turn, Polo to bring deep tropical moisture to Southwest desert

Water is precious – this Swedish city separates different waste sources to reuse more of it

Mexico's Baja California braces for Hurricane Polo as Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii

Late September warmth before wind and rain return this week

Stop debating air conditioning and start planning for the cooling people already need

Hurricane Polo approaches Mexico as coastal storm grips Northeast, New England

Anatomy of an inferno: inside the push to map, predict and prevent spread of increasing UK wildfires

Nature spaces 'need to be next to where people live'

Ports Need More Capital As Their Bulk Cargo Base Shrinks

‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

Grizzly reality: US states grapple with uptick in encounters between bears and humans

Watch: Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket island during nor'easter storm