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Trump leaves Paris climate agreement, but all is not lost

On Thursday, June 1st of 2017, President Trump pulled the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate Accord that included 195 countries. This agreement was a global effort to battle climate change and keep the global surface temperature from...

Viewpoint: Changing climate demands that we adapt

This post originally appeared the South Bend Tribune Opinions The dramatic floods in West Virginia and the recent wildfires in California provide a reminder that climate change can bring sudden and catastrophic hardships to communities. To some degree, the extent 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....

Does wealth result in increased climate change preparedness?

With tools like the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index these kinds of questions can be answered. In attempting to answer this question wealth is measured in GDP per capita, overall GDP, and economic freedom. This yields three very interesting results: Firstly, the...