Today in climate change (19 June 2020)

Please find below links to recent climate change news…

Economics of climate adaptation: Identifying cost-effective adaptation measures to climate change http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72235

Cost of extreme weather due to climate change is severely underestimated http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72267

Adapting to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72251

Financing for climate adaptation – an overview of current regimes http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72221

Scaling local and community-based adaptation http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72263

Recurring floods in Eastern Africa amidst projections of frequent and extreme climatic events for the region http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72274

Innovation in climate change adaptation: does it reach those who need it most? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72272

Island ‘drowning’ is not inevitable as sea levels rise http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72279

A journey into Antarctica: the unavoidable signs of global heating https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/jun/11/a-journey-into-antarctica-the-unavoidable-signs-of-global-heating?CMP=share_btn_tw

Climate worst-case scenarios may not go far enough, cloud data shows https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/13/climate-worst-case-scenarios-clouds-scientists-global-heating

Ocean Wave Interactions with Sea Ice: A Reappraisal https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-fluid-010719-060301

Why Southern Ocean’s monster waves will get even bigger https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12339103

2020 likely to be the warmest year on record globally https://www.cbsnews.com/news/warmest-year-on-record-2020-likely/

Tuvalu wields new data in the fight against climate change http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72281

Tropical cyclone motion in a changing climate https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/17/eaaz7610.full

Free course: Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact https://sdgacademy.org/course/climate-change-the-science-and-global-impact/

Research Roundup: Depicting Change Across Earth’s Frozen Places https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/earthmatters/2020/06/15/research-roundup-depicting-change-across-earths-frozen-places/

Equity investors must pay more attention to climate change physical risk http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72321

Coordinating climate finance in Kenya: technical measures or political change? http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72313

Adapting to the uncertain: a different climate strategy https://www-mottmac-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.mottmac.com/amp/views/adapting-to-the-uncertain-a-different-climate-strategy

Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jun/17/climate-crisis-alarm-at-record-breaking-heatwave-in-siberia

Cost of extreme weather due to climate change is severely underestimated https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-cost-of-extreme-weather-due-to-climate-change-is-severely-underestimated

Climate change: Oil and gas sector ‘to halve emissions by 2030’ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-53051850

Risk of massive wildfires continues to grow in California https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/risk-of-massive-wildfires-continues-to-grow

Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region http://www.preventionweb.net/english/email/url.php?eid=72343

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I am a Principal at Water Technology Pty Ltd, an Australian-based coastal, environment and natural hazards company - see https://www.watertech.com.au/. I specialise in the community aspects of disaster risk reduction and emergency management. Samples of my research and projects can be accessed at https://works.bepress.com/neil_dufty/ Check out my latest book 'Disaster Education, Communication and Engagement' at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119569796/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6 I am also a published fiction writer specialising in short stories and poems - see https://neilduftyfiction.com/

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