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Bangladesh will have to adapt to its changing climate as the threat of severe damage to the nuclear power plant increases potentially devastating millions.

How do scientists determine if sea level is rising? Since 1992, satellite altimeters are the primary source of information. More locally, tide gauges can be helpful too.

A team of researchers from the French École Normale Supérieure (ENS) recently announced the discovery of an AI algorithm to predict seismic events.

This Report underpins the impacts of climate change with solid scientific data, in Germany, at the same time as providing the public as well as decision-makers in all sectors of society with information on tangible impacts of climate change. The 2019 Monitoring Report represents an update of the 2015 Monitoring Report.Indicators and measured data selected...

The Academy of Information Communications Technology (ICT) Essentials for Government Leaders module series has been developed by the Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (APCICT) for: Policymakers at the national and local government level who are responsible for ICT policymaking; Government...

This study uncovers the potential of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from the perspective of indigenous communities in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, and explores how TEK helps them to observe and respond to local climate change. The results indicated that these communities have observed a significant increase in temperature, with uncertain weather...

This paper presents a framework that guides the application of urban planning to nature-based solutions’ implementation, by addressing key trade-offs across temporal, spatial, functional and social equity aspects. The framework highlights the key questions, and the supporting information required to address these questions, to underpin the...

Pioneering research has dedicated efforts to optimize the design of Nature-based Solutions (NBS), to evaluate their wider co-benefits and to understand promoting and/or hampering governance conditions for the uptake of NBS. This article aims to complement this research by conducting a comprehensive literature review of factors shaping people’s...

Understanding spatial dependence is of the utmost importance when large areas, such as England and Wales, are considered. Flooding is unlikely to be extreme simultaneously at all gauges but can occur in more than one place at a time. Furthermore, historical flooding shows us that as events become more extreme they also become more localised.The researchers...

The modules are specifically written for bushfire risk and its mitigation through land management activities, with the focus being Indigenous peoples’ burning practices. This reflects where most of the collaborations are occurring in southern Australia, and also our research activities. The modules nonetheless offer support for other natural...