Governments must stop treating climate action as merely an aspirational goal. It is an absolute imperative.
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Climate risk assessments guide how much funding is available to support climate impacts and need to work out which women are worst affected.
Post-disaster reviews show NZ repeats the same warnings. Breaking the cycle means stronger laws, clearer responsibilities and greater funding.
The most important thing to do is to lower the cost of capital for African countries.
The latest report from Australia’s tropical marine research agency shows hard corals on the Great Barrier Reef have been hit hard by an extreme marine heatwave.
Winemakers need to understand the full extent of climate change impacts on the industry, including how changes in temperature and humidity may affect the microbes that ferment grapes.
The result shows climate change education in schools must become more holistic and empowering, and children should be allowed to shape the future they will inherit.
Tourists flock to see coral reefs in Gili Matra, near Bali, which are at growing risk from warming seas. Locals are working to restore coral, while coming up with new income sources – like fish floss.
Preliminary findings show that managed retreat, structural flood protection and climate-resilient development projects are most at risk of maladaptation.
A heatwave isn’t just about the temperature.
Already, climate change plays out in all parts of the world. Every further increment of warming will bring rapidly escalating hazards, including more intense heatwaves and heavier rainfall.
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Professor of Microbiology, Lincoln University, New Zealand
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Research Fellow in Climate Change and Health, University of Bristol
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Research Assistant, University of Canterbury
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Research Associate in Climate Science, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of Tasmania
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Senior Researcher in Molecular Ecology, Bioeconomy Science Institute
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Politics, University of Canterbury
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Professor, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies and Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology, UTAS, University of Tasmania
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PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI) Consortium, Memorial University, Canada, and Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow in Climate Science Communication, Climate Futures Program, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer of Human Geography, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Bristol
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Research Program Director – Reef Ecology and Monitoring, Australian Institute of Marine Science