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Articles on Climate change risk
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The climate is changing and extreme weather disasters are becoming increasingly frequent and severe. It’s more important than ever to examine who is bearing the brunt of this change.
As the climate changes and heatwaves become more frequent and severe, it’s vital we do more to understand who is most vulnerable and how we can reduce their risk.
The groundbreaking legal case has changed the game for how Australia’s $3 trillion superannuation industry invests, and how members are protected from climate risk.
Few white evangelicals in the U.S. say they believe in human-made climate change. This strand of science denial seems to have as much to do with conservative politics as the Bible’s teachings.
New research suggests investors expect cities will have to prioritize funding for efforts to combat and adapt to climate change in the future.
Hundreds of millions more people will now be at risk from rising seas in the coming decades - with Asia and island nations most vulnerable. How we react to the climate crisis is now even more crucial.
A scathing report about the Murray Darling Basin Authority highlights the importance of climate change risks to public sector companies.
Top contributors
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Honorary Professor of Hazards and Disaster Risk Sciences, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Monash University
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Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute, EDHEC Business School
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Principal Investigator FiRES Project (SNSF Consolidator Grant), ETH Zürich, Switzerland // Honorary Associate Professor, University of Wollongong, Australia.
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Academic Director Living Lab Northern Rivers, University of Technology Sydney
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Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
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Assistant Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professeur de finance, EDHEC Business School
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Associate Professor of Climate Adaptation, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Geophysics, Columbia University
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Directeur de l'EDHEC Infrastructure Institute, EDHEC Business School
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
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Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Federation University Australia
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Full Professor of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland