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As New Zealanders face the increasing effects of climate change, citizens want the government to act on adaptation now. The CAT and Bill Hare show the importance of urgent action for the well-being of coastal communities.

There are several possibilities as to the reason why the heat wave in South Asia this spring did not cause a higher recorded number of deaths. Speaking with the New York Times, Fahad Saeed points out that there are other measures of suffering when evaluating the impact of heat.

In this Associated Press article, our Regional Lead for Caribbean Science, Dr Adelle Thomas is interviewed for her opinion on a new study from Dartmouth, UK, which calculated the economic impacts on other nations due to climate change caused by richer nations.

Richard Klein and our Head of Adaptation and Vulnerability, Tabea Lissner, emphasise the cascading consequences of extreme weather around the world, and the lack of finance to build resilience.

CEO Bill Hare warns of the impacts of a three-degree world, a possible reality the world is already experiencing: "...we’ve seen horrific impacts, like the heatwave in India and Pakistan, and floods in the same region. This is just the beginning.”

In this article from Die Zeit, CA Regional Climate Scientist Fahad Saeed, based in Islamabad, is interviewed on the consequences of climate change and extreme heat in the South Asia region. Article in German.

In this Guardian piece on the attribution of the extreme Indian heatwave to human-caused climate change, our regional climate scientist Dr. Fahad Saeed is quoted on the dangers of exceeding 1.5 C warming.

Pakistan is one of the countries most affected by climate change, yet one of the worst in terms of adaptability. Fahad Saeed suggests a multi-pronged approach as a solution to this "double whammy" in this piece from The New Humanitarian

Known as the "lucky country" partly due to its wealth of coal and gas, Australia sits on the frontier of a climate crisis. This CNN piece features our analysis of political party climate targets as it outlines the urgency of Saturday's election for climate action.

Our analysis of political parties' climate goals is used to elaborate on actions that must be taken by the government to save the Great Barrier Reef. Current reduction targets. Policies offered by the two major parties will be devastating for the reef.