The chief heat officer’s responsibilities include education, disaster response training and infrastructure that considers extreme heat alongside other public health safety considerations
Government ramps up funding for England’s flood and coastal resilience, alongside reforms to flood insurance for home owners and stricter planning guidance for developers
There are many urgent takeaways from the Climate Change Committee's stark UK climate preparedness assessment - here are the top five
Government's failure to prioritise climate resilience risks undermining UK's ability to meet net zero and biodiversity goals, CCC warns
A new group bringing together businesses with revenues totaling over $3tr and around 10 million employees has pledged to work to build resilience to the climate crisis and other potential economic shocks
UK, Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands and Saint Lucia among nations endorsing new principles for climate adaptation as world leaders gather for first ever summit focused solely on issue today
Calls come as Global Climate Risk Index estimates climate change has taken 475, 000 lives and incurred $2.56tr of economic damages between 2000 and 2019
While clean tech progress narratives dominate, less attention is being given to adaptation, resilience and finance for climate vulnerable countries, writes lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin
New analysis summarising latest thinking on climate attribution, reveals increasingly clear evidence climate change is leading to increased extreme weather risks
Appointment of Conservative MP as international champion on adaptation and resilience for COP26 set to improve gender balance of government’s previously all-male team