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COP21’s Outcome: Adapt or Bust

As the Paris climate negotiations closed Saturday, you heard a great deal of hope and optimism as well as congratulations for vision and progress emanating from COP21. Indeed, important commitments have been made – but they’re pledges, not actions, and...

The Paris Agreement: A Not Bad Outcome Compels Corporate Action

This post originally appeared on December 9, 2015 on the RANE Network As the Paris Climate Talks enter the final frenzied hours attempting to come to an agreement about…

Responding to climate change

Originally published by Napoleon Navarro at www.phnompenhpost.com As…

Where Is the Private Sector in #COP21 Talk?

Newswise — As Paris climate talks enter the final frenzied hours, Joyce …

Why Latin America Worries about Climate Change

Originally published by Carin Zissis at www.as-coa.org California and Arizona combined could fit into the amount of forest cut down in Brazil over the past four decades. Since 1970,…

COP21: A Chance in Paris to Save Lives and Improve Livelihoods through Climate Adaptation

I wouldn’t miss the United Nations conference on climate change that begins Monday in Paris, even though it’s the event’s 21st birthday and there’s little to toast from past events. Why is COP21 a must-attend confab for me? This is...

The countries most likely to survive climate change in one infographic

Originally published by Erin Brodwin & Matt Johnston at www.businessinsider.com Climate change is real, and it's coming. The leaders of 150 nations, along with thousands…

These Countries Have The Most To Lose If Paris Climate Talks Fail

Warming-fueled droughts and storms imperil populations, industries and even the existence of some countries. Originally published by Lydia O’Connor at www.huffingtonpost.com…

Solomon Islands coping better with climate change

Solomon Islands is among ten countries around the world which have made marked progress in their ability to cope with climate …

The Vicious Cycle Emerging Between War and Severe Weather Will Be Hard To Stop

Originally published by Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan at gizmodo.com The world has changed a lot in the past 12 months, with political conflict focusing the world on immediate crises, not…

Countries on the rebound making significant climate adaptation progress

Originally published at news.nd.edu and…

Conflict makes countries more vulnerable to climate change - index

Originally published by Megan Rowling at trust.org Redistributed by allafrica.com, themalaysianinsider.com, …

Countries on the rebound making significant climate adaptation progress, ND-GAIN data show

Contact: Joyce Coffee, managing director, Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, 312-894-9028, jcoffee@nd.edu Countries…

Buffering Against Climate Risk: Lessons for the Refugee Crisis

This blog was initially published by our partner, the RANE network. As the world watches countless economic migrants and war refugees journey perilously from their volatile homelands…

South Africa’s adaptation plan inspires hope

We live in a time of apprehension, prevalent poverty, and a changing planet, but this can also be a time of hope. Pope Francis finds hope in COP21. This is the upcoming 21st annual gathering of 1961 nations to discuss the urgent...

ND-GAIN Prize Winners 2015

This year's winners are DADTCO and AECOM & IBM! The winners were honored at an event in connection with Climate Week NYC and the United Nations Sustainability Summit. View brochure of 2015…

AECOM Wins 2015 ND-GAIN Corporate Adaptation Prize for UN Disaster Resilient Scorecard

AECOM Wins 2015 ND-GAIN Corporate …

Climate change projects win Notre Dame prizes

Posted in the South Bend Tribune: Climate …

Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index honors innovative climate adaptation projects

Contact: Joyce Coffee, ND-GAIN, 574-807-9322, jcoffee@nd.edu Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index honors innovative…

Climate organizations call for renewed efforts to communicate climate change knowledge and spur action

Contact: Joyce Coffee, managing director, Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, 312 894 9028, jcoffee@nd.edu This year marked the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which swept through America’s Gulf coast, wreaking a staggering USD…

The Pope, the Encyclical and Notre Dame

“Young people demand change.” This line grabbed our attention the most when reading the papal encyclical released over the summer. ‘Laudato si’ is the latest and most drastic move taken by the Vatican to address the worldwide climate crisis. As...

Readiness in Rwanda: How ND-GAIN’s Index Reflects Reality

In the last few years, one country on ND-GAIN’s matrix has moved up in the readiness rankings faster than any other: Rwanda. This quick shift is mostly attributable to rapid increases in its economic readiness for the country, measured by...

Think coal will help lift people out of poverty? Think again.

In May 2015, Pope Francis released an encyclical concerning sustainable development called “Laudato Si’.” In the encyclical, Pope Francis says, “The same mindset which stands in the way of making radical decisions to reverse the trend of global warming also stands in the...

Corey Robinson pursues his passion during summer internship with ND-GAIN

What do football and climate change research have in common? For Notre Dame wide receiver Corey Robinson, the two involve…

The need for eco-evolutionary biology in adaptive management under climate change

This is the talk that I gave at the 2015 Ecological Society of America Annual meeting in Baltimore, MD. (Will add images/graphs soon.) Thank you to Jesse Lasky for including me in the special session he organized, The Effects of...

Which Countries have adapted the most to climate change over the last decade? And why is this change occurring?

The ND-GAIN Country Index is an assessment, which allows users to look at how prepared a country is for global climate change, over time. This enables us to look at an incredible amount of information about the global landscape of climate change....

The Urban Adaptation Assessment (UAA) Framework: Three Levels of Analysis

Continuing its effort at the country level to measure climate vulnerability and measure readiness to accept adaptation investment, Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index (ND-GAIN) now starts down-scaling the…

Brazil Case Study

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ND-GAIN joins researchers examining weather extremes and city infrastructure

Contact: Joyce Coffee, 574-807-9322, jcoffee@nd.edu ND-GAIN joins researchers examining weather extremes and city…

Top 5 Climate Statistics that Should Shock Us

The threat of climate change has inspired people all over the world to study our environment, and it has yielded some interesting information. In an attempt to understand what the future could look like these five statistics have arisen, and...