Investment Resilience Sea level rise Soil 
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Waves crashing against a sea wall (image credit: Ray-Bilcliff, available on Pexels) A seemingly pioneering research project that aims to strengthen the resilience of sea walls to increased coastal flooding has been launched by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.
EDF + Business
DECEMBER 16, 2021
Building more resilient supply chains is a business imperative, especially as the likelihood for more disruption increases. Businesses in response are making strategic, longer-term changes to become more resilient to increased climate impacts like drought, wildfire, extreme weather and sea level rise.
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Business Green
MAY 16, 2023
Only in recent years have governments recognised more funding will need to be provided to help developing economies adapt to worsening climate risks, and even then the question of how to mobilised increased investment remains highly contentious. This is a kind of mindset issue, as opposed to a huge investment issue," Limbert said.
The Environmental Blog
JULY 17, 2019
The number of cold fronts has decreased over the span of the last 20 years but at the same time, anomalous events have occurred more frequently.High-intensity Typhoons tend to occur more frequently as the mean sea level rose at a rate of 3 mm per year.Above is an overall image of climate change in Vietnam. Sea-Level Rise.
Business Green
JUNE 15, 2021
Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns. And indeed, some aspects of climate change, such as sea level rise, will go on well beyond that. The pandemic is a new context for that," Stark argued.
Business Green
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Stark new report argues governments and businesses risk coming to COP26 with 'grievously undercooked' climate resilience plans. Labour would tackle the crisis with a Green New Deal, investing £28bn a year on climate action until the end of the decade.". billion extra litres of water per day if no action is taken before 2050.
Unsustainable
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
In 2017 the city of Miami Beach dove into the second stage of its $400- to $500-million investment project, (which began in 2013), to raise roads and install pumps in response to annually rising sea-levels. Beneath the soil beds are pipes and water storage containers to manage the runoff.
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