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Rowena Hill receives funding from Research Councils and Local Authorities to complete work on the impacts of climate change. She is affiliated with the Climate Security National Foresight Group. When ...

Many Australians will have been reading up recently on whether they are likely to be among the 1.5 million reported to be at risk of sea level rise or the 190% increase in heat-related deaths in ...

Global sustainability strategies are entering a more politically complex phase in 2026 as governments and companies balance immediate economic pressures against long-term climate risks. In a report ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A climate technology advisor, investor and educator. For years we rarely talked about adaptation because it would constitute ...

For decades, climate adaptation lived on the fringes of corporate strategy. It was typically addressed through insurance ...

Stone pillars in the surge tank area of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Japan has financed enormously ...

Anna's Hummingbird is one of many species shifting its range north and its breeding earlier in the year. (Photo credit: Will Sweet) As global temperatures rise, many species are scrambling to adapt–or ...

What stands out is its candid reminder that India’s progress will depend on how effectively it balances economic expansion ...