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 Gema Rodriguez, Climate Change Adaptation & Biodiversity Program Officer, WWF Spain © Juan Carlos DEL OLMO / WWF-Spain I have worked for WWF Spain for over 3 years. In that time I have seen the organization achieve numerous successes despite great challenges. However, we have quickly come to realize that our work is facing [...]  Shaun Martin, WWF-US Hurricane Sandy on October 25, 2012, with winds of 90 mph and a pressure of 954 mbar It’s Monday morning, October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy is strengthening as she approaches the US east coast. In Washington, DC the US federal government is closed, public transport has ceased operations, and WWF staff [...] 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 [...]  By Shaun Martin, WWF-US Oak Street Beach in Chicago, IL © Jrissman via Wikipedia 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 [...]  By Eliot Levine, WWF-US ©Martin Harvey, WWF “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 [...] |
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