The world must cut fossil fuel production by 6 per cent per year to avoid the worst of global warming. Instead, countries are projecting an average annual increase of 2 per cent. Those are among the sobering findings of the latest Production Gap Report. The report urges making COVID-19 recovery a turning point, where countries should steer investments into changing course to avoid “locking in” dependence on polluting coal, oil and gas.
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn the country into one of the world’s leading rice exporters.
A new Kenyan initiative, the Soil Mapping for Resilient Agrifood systems (SoilFER) programme, is helping farmers better understand their soils in a bid to improve crop yields amid intensifying climate shocks.
New York is raising East River Park by up to 10 feet as part of a major coastal resilience project designed to protect more than 110,000 residents from rising seas and future storms, offering a model for how cities can adapt to climate change.