adaptation

The Gore synthesis: where we are now, where we are heading, and what we need to do

by Gareth January 22, 2013

This is the five minute condensed version of the talk I gave in Gore at the Coal Action Network Aotearoa Summerfest (a somewhat optimistic title, given the chilly and wet weather last weekend). It’s too late to avoid damaging climate change, because it’s already happening. Weather extremes — floods, droughts, heatwaves, wildfires, and storms — [...]

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A challenge to the dream of reason

by Gareth March 13, 2012

This article by David Schlosberg, professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney was first published earlier today at The Conversation. It’s an excellent and forthright overview of the challenges we will face in coming to terms with the reality of climate change. When thinking of the challenges we face in responding [...]

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Vidal’s voyage to Durban

by Bryan Walker November 28, 2011
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The Climate Show #22: Durban doubts & Renwick on extremes

by Gareth November 25, 2011

A crisp and crunchy show this week, as Gareth and Glenn interview Dr James Renwick about the IPCC’s cautious new report on extreme weather and the riskier future we all face. With added ruminations on the potential slowdown in international action at the Durban conference, record greenhouse gas levels reached in 2010, the prospect of [...]

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Hotspots hit poor hardest

by Bryan Walker June 4, 2011
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Listener gets serious about sea level

by Bryan Walker May 15, 2011
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Adapting to climate change in Vietnam and the Philippines

by Bryan Walker April 27, 2011
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Bangladesh: lessons in adaptation

by Bryan Walker March 25, 2011
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Adapting to Climate Change

by Bryan Walker March 1, 2011

Adapting to Climate Change is a reassuring sounding title, but the content of this book makes it clear that there will be nothing straightforward or easy as human communities try to ready themselves for the coming climate crisis. Editors Neil Adger, Irene Lorenzoni and Karen O’Brien have been doing on research in the area for [...]

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Heart of the city

by Bryan Walker January 27, 2011
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