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COP27: New Global Adaptation Agenda aims to establish climate resilience goals

Business Green

Agenda is billed as 'first comprehensive global plan' to rally companies, governments, and NGOs behind a shared set of adaptation best practices. This agenda will accelerate the Race to Resilience [campaign's] global goal of making four billion vulnerable people more resilient by 2030.".

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Alok Sharma: 'We must also follow the best scientific advice on climate change'

Business Green

COP26 President steps up calls for 'clean, inclusive and resilient recovery' that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement, as polling reveals huge support for accelerate climate action. Whether we live in the South or the North, the East or the West, we share one planet," they said. "It

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State of the nation

Envirotec Magazine

The approach must be a core part of the UK’s defence against flooding and climate change, he said. million m3 of water storage and increased flood resilience to 15,000 homes, said a statement. The Government has a target of doubling the number of natural flood management projects over the next five years.”.

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Environment Agency chair: 'We must build climate resilience into everything we do'

Business Green

Emma Howard Boyd concedes flood defences 'cannot prevent flooding everywhere, all of the time' and calls instead for more resilient infrastructure. It is likely that we will see similar events, in more places across the country, due to climate change.".

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Climate change re-emerges from the Covid smog

Business Green

Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black. For those who've been nervous that the UK government's climate ambition would wither in the harsh light of Covid-19, there was plenty of relief. So - job done?

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At COP28, Family Farmers Who Feed the World Went Unheard

DeSmogBlog

For these communities, climate change is existential. We can see this in Indonesia , where the government has fallen back on digital methods to compensate for underinvestment in adapting farming to climate change. Helping smallholders to adapt and respond to climate change is fundamental for climate justice.

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Former energy ministers urge government to demand equal representation on COP26 negotiating teams

Business Green

Amber Rudd and Claire O'Neill have called on the government to take steps boost the number of women participating in the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this year. At the 2019 Bonn COP there were 27 delegations with no women, the highest it has been in 12 years," they wrote.