Heart-stopping symbolism in this tragic yet inspiring #ClimateCrisis tale.

Via @rivertravel

#Climate #ClimateAdaptation #Ocean #Sea #Indonesia #Forests #Wetlands

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/4/24/indonesian-woman-turns-to-mangroves-to-fend-off-rising-tides

More than half of European cities have climate adaptation plans. Local action is leading the way. #ClimateAdaptation #UrbanResilience

"Last year, heat waves forced millions of children in the #Philippines out of #school. It was the first time that soaring temperatures had caused widespread class suspensions, prompting a series of changes.

This school year started two months earlier than usual, so the term ends before peak heat in May. Classes have been rearranged to keep children out of the midday heat, and schools are equipped with fans and water stations."

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-early-holiday-fans-philippines-schools.html
#ClimateAdaptation

Snapshot Seychelles No. 7
Encroaching seas are a constant threat along the coasts. Traditionally, houses in the Seychelles are therefore built on stilts. But in recent days, more and more responsibility is transferred to government, replacing many of the traditional practices and individual initiatives to improve resilience, reports climate adaptation expert Beate Ratter.

This year's gardening gambit: establishing grapevines, in hopes that they will be resistant to future heatwaves (at least for a little while). They seem to be able to grow in Fresno... so thinking that will be a plus here near the California coast, even with increasing heatwave conditions. #gardening #California #heatwaves #climateadaptation

England: 4.6million properties are at risk of surface water flooding, through rainfall.

This is climate change, but also just paving over too much surface, and having limited drainage capacity.

Too much drainage capacity, like the Netherlands, can be bad too: NL now suffers droughts, so we need more *natural* storage capacity, not just flush water to the sea ASAP.

https://www.ft.com/content/ff3bb769-9339-4015-80bc-4a3ea446504e

“The 2025 UN world water development report finds that receding snow and ice cover in mountain regions could have “severe” consequences for people and nature.

Up to 60% of the world’s freshwater originates in mountain regions, which are home to 1.1bn people and 85% of species of birds, amphibians and mammals.”

https://www.carbonbrief.org/glacier-melt-threatens-water-supplies-for-two-billion-people-un-warns/

You know what should be the norm?
That electricity for maintaining drinking water supply becomes independent of fuel supply at least for a few hours per day.

I'd want to see this accomplished by 2030. So that, when the going gets tough in the 2030s, this existential need can be serviced despite all the potential upheaval.
Fuel-independent electricity = solar or wind energy.
Biomass requires fuel shipments. That's not fuel-supply independent.
Hydro and nuclear are unreliable in climate change.

I don't know how this can be done in mega cities like Mexico which already today can't reliably provide water daily.
But wherever daily provision of tap water is achieved today, it should become fuel-independent immediately for a few hours per day.

St. Louis is well poised to adapt to global warming through sensible urban design. For the wrong reasons, our comfortable biking season is lengthening. Reducing car lanes, adding bike lanes, and heat-absorbing greenery is both urbanism and climate adaptation.

Climate change demands a long-overdue reform of the property tax system https://www.byteseu.com/660947/ #Article #CenterForEffectivePublicManagement #Climate #Climate&Energy #ClimateAction&Justice #ClimateAdaptation&Resilience #ClimateChange #ClimateDisasters&Environment #Commentary #FixGov #GlobalWarming #GovernanceStudies #GovernmentReform #NorthAmerica #U.S.Government&Politics #U.S.StatesAndTerritories

Finally read this stunning article by Mike Davis, on how California is tipping into an increasingly pyrogenic ecological equilibrium.

Also, I knew American urban planning isn’t widely respected, but building “a majority of new housing in the state” since 2000 in “high and extreme fire-danger areas” seems next level dumb

https://rosalux.nyc/california-fires/

Expect to see an increasing amount of this sort of thing over the coming years. Especially “Aorta do something”.

#climateChange #seaLevel #climateAdaptation #erosion

https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/113772449135909131

Loads of #flooding near us in the UK today, which has reminded me of this article from @TheConversationClimate about why we should all install waterbutts at home!

A small change a lot of us can make that will impact our collective #ClimateResilience

The #ClimateEmergency is here, and we need to be looking for ways to help our local communities wiith #ClimateAdaptation

https://theconversation.com/if-more-houses-had-water-butts-it-could-help-with-drought-flooding-and-water-pollution-191469

Zooming into this (present day) worst case scenario for a storm surge in #Copenhagen to check if I'm going to become proud owner of a beach front property...

Nice work from my DMI #NCKF colleagues on how to plan for #seaLevelRise and #ClimateAdaptation

The hidden structure that makes modern life bearable. And indeed possible.

And how to #climateproof it from Copenhagen's utility on managing urban sewers at DMI's #NCKF symposium today

This is what #ClimateAdaptation looks like.

Ecosystem Restoration Critical for Water Security
Green water (in soils, plants) is integral for stable rainfall, carbon capture, and food production. Protecting these systems could be key to mitigating future droughts and floods. #GreenWater #ClimateAdaptation https://buff.ly/4f4C4FI

#Mangrove restoration projects would seem to be the perfect thing to encourage to deal with the #ClimateEmergency. They sequester carbon (so good for aiming for #NetZero), they fortify coastlines (so provide #ClimateAdaptation in parts of the world most affected by rising sea levels), they support a huge range of wildlife (so present a chance to slow the #MassExtinction due to #HabitatLoss), and offer shade for humans too.

Any other contenders that would be as impactful? #PlantMoreMangroves