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 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 @ R.Isotti, A.Cambone – Homo Ambiens / WWF-Canon 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 [...] LEARNING FROM THE PAST WHILE PROMOTING INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING FOR THE FUTURE: THE CASE OF BOLIVIA By Carina Bachofen and Edward Cameron Indigenous farmer in Bolivia describes recent experiences with climate variability in the dry Altiplano region of Bolivia © Ana Bucher Speaking at the UN Climate Conference in Bali in December 2007, Al Gore quoted the Spanish poet Antonio Machado telling the assembled delegates, “Pathwalker, there is no path. [...]  By Carina Bachofen and Edward Cameron "Simply recognizing what constitutes good adaptation and how to avoid maladaptive practices can significantly reduce overall costs and go a long way towards ensuring long-term resilience." © Kate Holt Assessments of the global cost of adaptation have varied drastically, ranging from $4-109 billion per year. The World [...]  By Anne Schrag, WWF-US Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan ©Troy Fleece In April, I was stymied by a late-season blizzard; in mid-June, extreme flooding washed out a section of Trans-Canada Highway. Finally, in late June I was able to make the drive from our Bozeman, Montana field office to Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan to lead a planning [...]  By Eliot Levine, WWF-US The information, graphics, and quotes found in the article below were repurposed from an earlier report on this subject by Scientific American. The original article, with additional pictures can be found here. The artificial glacier stores water for the drier sowing season © Nick Pattinson for Scientific American In [...]  By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Marine turtles and their nesting beaches are threatened by sea-level rise and nest overheating resulting from climate change. A WWF project in Junquillal beach, Costa Rica, joined forces with the community to lead the implementation of adaptation measures such as coastal planning in consideration of sea-level rise, flood risk reduction, [...]  This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Brazilian Amazon. Figure 1. Location of the community of Igarape do Costa © WWF-Brazil Located in the lower Amazon floodplain of Brazil, the Santarém region harbors important fisheries that many people depend on for employment, food security, government tax revenues, and items to [...] 
This story is part of a series on adaptation in the Danube-Carpathian region. “For this freshwater strategy meeting, we should invite someone from the climate group, you know, to see what they have got to say.” “Ok, let’s see who [...] |
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