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January 2024

The IPCC set to respond to growing demand for climate science to inform policy

Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Uta Klönne, Dr Alexander Nauels

Last week in Istanbul, climate scientists and governments met in the sixtieth session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to agree a plan for its seventh, and potentially most consequential report cycle. The outcome means the IPCC will most probably take a more streamlined approach to its seventh cycle.

November 2023

COP28: social and economic metrics could serve as stepping stone for Global Goal on Adaptation

Dr Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

As work on shaping the Global Goal on Adaptation culminates this week at COP28, we explore if social and economic metrics could be used as proxies for a country’s ability to adapt.

October 2023

From droughts to floods: how Eastern African countries are responding to the rising El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole

Winnie Khaemba

The Horn of Africa looks set to go from one disaster to another as floods intensified by a rising El Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole are predicted to follow a prolonged drought. We take a look at climate policies in the region and what countries are doing to prepare for compound extreme events.

Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption, Meteorological Satellite Center,Japan Meteorological Agency

February 2022

From volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones - adaptation and disaster risk reduction are still a question of finance for small islands

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are incredibly vulnerable to intensifying hazards from climate change. But the challenges that SIDS face in adapting can only be understood by looking at how these impacts interact with other risks – not all of them environmental.

December 2021

Global Goal for Adaptation must be locally driven

Adaptation to climate change got more attention than ever during COP26. How countries and communities adapt to the inevitable climate change impacts is very context-specific which needs to be reflected in the Paris Agreement’s Global Goal on Adaptation.

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August 2021

Climate change is here now – we need to talk about adaptation

So far, 2021 has seen a summer of climate extremes in the Northern Hemisphere, bringing even the most developed and seemingly well-prepared nations to their knees. It has been clear for years that science underestimates the scope of increasing extremes, as climate models perform better for the mean. An immediate question follows: how can we prepare?

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The IPCC set to respond to growing demand for climate science to inform policy

COP28: social and economic metrics could serve as stepping stone for Global Goal on Adaptation

From droughts to floods: how Eastern African countries are responding to the rising El Niño and Indian Ocean Dipole

From volcanic eruptions to tropical cyclones - adaptation and disaster risk reduction are still a question of finance for small islands

Global Goal for Adaptation must be locally driven

Climate change is here now – we need to talk about adaptation