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Call to ramp up joint action to get London’s rivers ‘climate-ready’

Envirotec Magazine

Dave Webb, a biodiversity specialist at the Environment Agency and chair of the London Rivers Restoration Group, said: “Restoring and rewilding London’s rivers is a no-regret action that we can take now to reduce the impact of extreme events and the long-term effect of the climate change.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

The last report, which the Trump administration tried to bury when it came out in 2018, was the most dire since the first assessment was published in 2000. Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Its cities have gobbled up more than 1.3