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Report warns London is ill-prepared for risks posed by climate change

Report warns London is ill-prepared for risks posed by climate change

People watching the sunset during a London 2018 heatwave. By Anders Lorenzen An independent report commissioned by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, titled The London Climate Resilience Review and led by the former chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, has warned that the UK’s capital is unprepared for climate-fuelled risks.  As the world continues to warm in […]

Floods devastate parts of Congo

Floods devastate parts of Congo

Africa Flood damage in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Photo credit: MONUSCO. By Anders Lorenzen After devastating floods hit the region earlier this month, the full extent of damages and casualties is still to be determined in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo; so far at least 400 people have been killed.  This biodiversity-sensitive and […]

How climate change could sink the US real estate market

How climate change could sink the US real estate market

Flooding in the US Midwest. Photo credit: Don Becker, USGS – via Flickr. By Amanda Abrams Rising seas, fires, and outdated government policies threaten a repeat of the subprime mortgage meltdown. Liz Greene hadn’t originally intended to buy this house. She’d been looking at another one here in the River Haven subdivision, 20 miles northeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. […]