Adaptation refers to efforts to reduce the risks of climate variability and change and make a system more resilient. Adapting agriculture to climate change can better prepare farmers and producers for ...

Yet most adaptation action does not go far enough to manage these effects of climate change. I am a researcher working on tracking progress on adaptation and author of Sink or Swim, a new book that ...

Plants help mitigate the effects of climate change in air and water by removing pollutants and sequestering carbon.

The IAEA is launching a new research project to integrate isotope tracers into hydrological and climate modelling systems for more robust simulations of water availability. Forecasting climate and ...

UNKNOWN to many is the existence of blue carbon ecosystems that can sequester up to five times more carbon dioxide than tropical rainforests. Reference is to mangroves, sea grasses and tidal marshes ...

Amid a rapidly warming world, concerns about the survival of polar bears are growing. However, a study provides initial evidence that certain populations of polar bears are adapting to a warmer ...

Tropical rainforests play a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity conservation. However, a major new study reveals that forests across the Americas are not adapting quickly enough ...

Susannah Fisher currently receives funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). She has received grant funding from DFID/FCDO, GIZ and the Mary Robinson Foundation. She has undertaken short-term ...