Adaptation

'The fact that adaption projects are making people even worse off in the face of climate change than they were before is worrying'.

Some flowers have learned to bounce back after injury, new study finds.

'Adaptation is a last resort and only a testimony of mankind's inability to cooperate.'

Jonathan Franzen’s recent New Yorker article on ‘climate apocalypse’ has received a great deal of criticism. Is it deserved?

Facing up to climate crisis necessitates a process of deep, transformational adaptation.

Climate change is upon us. The Paris Agreement is an acknowledgement of the urgency and scale of the problem. But we must accelerate change if we are to have any hope of a solution. DR SANDRA PIESIK says traditional knowledge can provide further inspiration and ideas about how exactly this can be achieved

Natural disasters like flood and drought have cost the Australian government more than A$12 billion since 2009, write Tayanah O'Donnel & Josephine Mummery, with even harsher weather events predicted for coming decades. Clearly, it's just the time for Australia to eliminate funding for research on adapting to climate change.

Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change. Tom Levitt reports

Hoover accepted human society for what it was: rich in resources but nevertheless imperfect, unpigly. And he discovered that a solitary pig is a sad thing, almost as useless as a bee without a hive.