Community Solutions for Sea Turtle and Coastal Protection

By Eliot Levine, WWF-US Junquillal Beach in the north Pacific of Costa Rica is a representative example of many places in Latin American and the Caribbean where wildlife and communities are already feeling the impacts of climate change. In 2005, with the support of the community, WWF started the project “Conservation of Pacific Leatherbacks” (in Spanish, [...]

Saving Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches in a Changing Climate: Junquillal, Costa Rica

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, restoration of [...]

From Analogy to Chronology

Mekong in October 2009, during the boat races in Vientiane ©WWF-US, Nikolai Sindorf

By Nikolai Sindorf, WWF-US My job is to help conservation scientists and economic development professionals get ready for the impacts of climate change related to water. And today, I want to write about how we imagine a climate change warning label: “Use before 2050.” Reading current discussions on climate change based on global climate models, or [...]