ClimatePrep

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond  is a world-renowned expert on ancient societies. His now  famous book, Collapse, is a study of the choices societies have made throughout history in the face of change – climate change,  as well as others — and the consequences of such choices. In early 2011, my colleague, [...]

By Shaun Martin, WWF-US Among US cities, it appears that Chicago is among the most advanced on introducing climate adaptive measures into their planning, according to this New York Times article. If current emissions trends continue, by 2070 Chicago could have a climate that resembles that of today’s southern states of Alabama and Louisiana, with [...]

By Eric Perez, Queensland Seafood Industry Association Like all citizens of the world, Australians will face the impacts of climate change. In an iconic area such as the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) the impacts will be felt on both an ecosystem and a human level. There is near saturation in the print and television media [...]

By Regie Junio, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Philippines       Three years ago, I had the opportunity to work with a non-government organization in implementing development projects funded by official development assistance. One of the main objectives of the project was to establish marine protected areas (MPAs) through a participatory coastal resources management approach (PCRM) in the [...]

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Last August I found myself in a dark room at a conference facility outside of Delhi, listening to what was meant to be an adaptation talk.  The speaker was supposed to be walking us through adaptation options for conservationists and natural resource planners in India, but with only 15 minutes left [...]

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US “How is climate adaptation work different than what I have been doing?” This is the number one question I hear as a member of the adaptation team here at WWF-US. From San Francisco to Nairobi to Hanoi, it’s everyone’s first question at the beginning of a meeting or at a start of [...]