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Category: Climate Resilience

Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019China Goes Global

Hanoi Flood Map under 4 and 2 C Warming Scenarios

Hanoi Flood Map in 4 and 2 C warming scenarios. Hanoi will soon be largely underwater if urgent action is not taken now. Flooded beyond…

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Posted onDecember 2, 2019December 4, 2019climate finance

Vietnam: Climate Risk Map

View larger map The map shows the climate based risks facing Vietnam as well as some of the adaptation and resilience solutions in place. Click…

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Posted onJuly 2, 2019December 2, 2019climate finance

Putting a Price on Climate Risk

Last year in California new financial history was made when Pacific Gas & Electricity PG&E filed for bankruptcy. What made this event historic and unique…

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Posted onJune 25, 2019June 25, 2019Climate Resilience

Urban greening can save species, cool warming cities, and make us happy

  Olga Kashubin/Shutterstock Heather Alberro, Nottingham Trent University The current climate and ecological crisis demands a radical redesign of how we live and organise our…

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Posted onJune 5, 2019climate finance

Now is the time: Scaling up Climate Adaptation Finance

Climate finance is surging with investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency growing rapidly across the globe. Finance for climate adaptation however faces a huge…

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Posted onMay 20, 2019May 20, 2019China Goes Global

The Polar Silk Road and Arctic Geopolitics

Icelandic President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson made it clear, “The security of Shanghai in the future will be determined in the Arctic.” Shanghai is the world’s…

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Posted onMay 11, 2019May 13, 2019climate finance

How Disaster Risk Financing Can Improve Resiliency in Africa

Marie Jose in Buzi central Mozambique lost her grandparents and niece who were unable to hang on to trees in their village and were were…

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Posted onApril 16, 2019April 16, 2019Business Stories

Can Floating Cities be an Answer to Rising Sea Levels?

Shaped like a flower and covered in shiny petal like solar panels an amazing plan for a futuristic floating city was unveiled at a UN…

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Posted onApril 15, 2019China Goes Global

The Entrepreneurial Promise of Climate Change Adaptation

The rise of new sectors and industries is not always obvious or predictable, although hindsight often makes it seem that way. The onset of climate…

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Posted onMarch 26, 2019March 27, 2019Climate Resilience

Can Africa Become Climate Resilient?

The recent disaster in Beira, Mozambique where a devasting cyclone savaged the city and surrounding region is a harsh reminder that Africa along with the…

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