IMPACT Blogs
IMPACT partners and scientists have written a number of blogs and opinion pieces as part of the project. A list of these can be found below.
2020
- COVID-19 another shock for vulnerable countries facing multiple crises, 29 May 2020
- Facing Covid and climate, Pacific island capacity stretched, 27 May 2020
- Coronavirus underscores small islands’ climate vulnerability, 17 April 2020
- Responding to a global crisis – the coronavirus pandemic and the climate emergency, 13 March 2020
- Power structures over gender make women more vulnerable to climate change, 8 March 2020
2019
- Home by the sea: new science shows more sea-level rise impacts on small islands, 28 November 2019
- Troubled land: a call for sustainable land use and rapid climate action, 28 August 2019
- The building blocks for vital climate adaptation in small islands, 28 May 2019
- Centred on science – how the IPCC can guide mitigation action, 12 April 2019
- Where action on climate change, sustainable development and oceans intersects – Belize’s vision for AOSIS, 11 March 2019
- Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs, 25 February 2019
2018
- En route to Katowice: Negotiators from Least Developed Countries prepare for COP24, 27 October 2018
- Good news! Loss & damage in the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C, 25 October 2018
- Loss and damage in the Paris Agreement rule book – state of play, 14 September 2018
- Hot, dry or flooded – more weather extremes beyond 1.5°C warming, 27 August 2018
- Stayin’ alive: heatwave makes searing case for 1.5°C, 15 August 2018
- Making use of latest science in adaptation planning, 27 July 2018
- Climate change loss & damage – an urgent, cross-cutting issue, 18 July 2018
- Adaptation Futures – a spotlight on climate adaptation in developing countries, 10 July 2018
- Don’t shift the goalposts of Paris Agreement’s temperature limits, 22 May 2018
- Credit ratings and climate risk: a financial trap for small island states, 09 May 2018
- Taking stock of the Global Stocktake, 08 May 2018
- Authors from vulnerable nations in IPCC reports, 07 May 2018
- How to ensure solutions really work – key questions for the Suva Expert Dialogue on Loss and Damage, 02 May 2018
- The Suva Expert Dialogue: pushing the conversation on Loss and Damage, 11 April 2018
- How to identify suitable climate adaptation measures?, 01 March 2018
- Preparing for the Suva Expert Dialogue – getting Loss and Damage right, 26 January 2018
- US report brings warnings for island nations, 03 December 2018
- Key Messages for Small Island Developing States from the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report, 06 December 2018
- Beyond offsets? Market mechanisms under the Paris agreement, 07 December 2018
- The role of finance and investment in meeting the 1.5°C goal, 10 December 2018
- Setting the rules: can COP24 deliver on 1.5°C?, 11 December 2018
- Progress on Loss and Damage in Katowice, 17 December 2018
2016-2017
- Loss and Damage at COP23 – goals, roadblocks and detours, 20 November 2017
- A year of climate extremes: a case for Loss & Damage at COP23, 01 November 2017
- Big change after the big storm: Post-disaster transformative adaptation in Small Island Developing States, 02 November 2017
- “It’s complicated” – loss and damage in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, 16 May 2017
- IPCC special reports on land, oceans and ice, 07 May 2017
- What’s on the science agenda for the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C in agriculture, 16 January 2017
- Piecing together the adaptation puzzle for small island states, 15 August 2016
- Challenges in climate adaptation planning, 30 May 2016
- The IPCC’s 1.5°C Special Report, 02 November 2016
- Moving forward with implementing climate plans under the Paris Agreement, 19 May 2016