Climate Adaptation

A beloved natural historian explores how climate change is driving evolution In Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid, biologist Thor Hanson tells the remarkable story of how plants and animals are responding to climate change: adjusting, evolving, and sometimes dying out. Anole lizards have...

Floods, heat, and drought become recurring crises when public responsibilities, essential services, and investment decisions fail to keep pace with changing risks. How can local institutions turn adaptation commitments into lasting protection? Written for local leaders, planners, infrastructure managers, and community practitioners, Local Climate Adaptation connects risk assessment with governance, finance, and delivery. It offers a structured approach to difficult choices about land, housing, water, ecosystems, public health, and interconnected services. Explore how unequal vulnerability ...

Heat, flooding, and service failures become citywide crises when risks cross institutional boundaries. How can cities turn adaptation commitments into decisions that protect people over time? Urban Climate Adaptation helps municipal leaders, planners, infrastructure managers, and policy researchers connect evidence with implementation. Robert C. Brears examines how risk assessment, public responsibilities, and investment choices can make adaptation a continuing city function. Learn to assess dependencies across essential services, weigh land use and housing choices, and evaluate nature-...

Why past climate change tells us it's almost too late. A warning and a rallying-cry. 'Read it and weep, or read it and win' Chris Packham A global refugee crisis. Extreme storms. Agriculture devastated. Economic ruin. Societal collapse. These are not just possibilities but likely outcomes of our...

Now a National Bestseller! Climate change is real but it’s not the end of the world. It is not even our most serious environmental problem. Michael Shellenberger has been fighting for a greener planet for decades. He helped save the world’s last unprotected redwoods. He co-created the...

Book Description Agriculture is no longer operating under predictable conditions. Irregular rainfall, prolonged droughts, sudden floods, temperature extremes, and shifting pest pressures are redefining how farms must function. Climate-Resilient Farming Strategies – Volume 1 provides a comprehensive, field-ready roadmap for organic and sustainable farmers who want to protect their productivity, profitability, and ecological balance in a changing climate. This book begins by helping farmers understand the magnitude of the challenge. Rather than presenting abstract climate theory, it ...

From national bestselling author and retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson comes the essential guide for surviving today’s emergencies—from navigating in the wild to staying alive in any disaster. These 100 skills, adapted for civilians from actual field experiences of special forces operations...

A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving planet Scientist Kate Marvel has seen the world end before, sometimes several times a day. In the computer models she uses to study climate change...

Climate commitments can pull in different directions. A project may cut emissions while shifting costs onto vulnerable households, or protect one service while leaving another exposed. How can decision-makers judge the whole picture? Written for policymakers, development planners, and public investment teams, Climate-Resilient Development connects adaptation, mitigation, and equity within a shared decision framework. It helps readers assess tradeoffs, compare portfolios, and connect strategic commitments with accountable delivery. Robert C. Brears examines how institutions coordinate across...

Climate change is reshaping the water systems that societies depend on, turning warming into failed rains, falling aquifers, and rising floods. This book connects the physical science of a changing water cycle to the management, governance, and finance decisions that determine whether water remains secure. - Understand how a warming atmosphere intensifies and reorganizes the global water cycle - Analyze the detection, attribution, and projection of hydrological change under deep uncertainty - Discover why water scarcity, drought, and groundwater depletion are accelerating worldwide - ...

Urban water resilience is the defining infrastructure challenge of the climate era. Cities worldwide face accelerating flood risk, chronic drought, and governance fragmentation that leaves water systems underprepared. - Understand the three interdependent pillars of urban water resilience: infrastructure, governance, and climate risk management - Analyze grey and green infrastructure design standards against climate-adjusted hydrological conditions - Evaluate flood risk governance frameworks across municipal, regional, and national institutional tiers - Examine water security, groundwater ...

Climate change food security risks are escalating across every agricultural region on Earth. Rising temperatures, precipitation extremes, and market volatility are combining to threaten the nutrition, livelihoods, and institutional stability of the global food system. - Understand the biophysical mechanisms through which rising temperatures and precipitation variability reduce yields of staple crops globally - Analyze how climate-driven production shocks propagate through global supply chains to amplify commodity price volatility and food access crises - Discover the range of agricultural ...

In the tradition of Elizabeth Kolbert and Michael Pollan, The Nature of Our Cities is a stirring exploration of how innovators from around the world are combining urban nature with emerging technologies, protecting the planet’s cities from the effects of climate change and safeguarding the...

From the author of The Bone Witch, the thrilling sequel to The Never Tilting World spins elemental magic, fierce sisterhood, and vast, incredible landscapes into a YA fantasy epic perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir. After a treacherous journey and a life-shattering introduction to...

Water security and climate resilience now decide whether economies grow, cities function, and communities withstand drought and flood. This authoritative analysis explains how a warming climate is reshaping the water cycle and what it takes to build resilient water systems. - Understand water security as a risk-based, systems property rather than a question of supply alone - Analyze how warming intensifies the hydrological cycle, driving scarcity, drought, and flooding - Examine water governance, institutions, and the policies that allocate water and distribute risk - Evaluate gray, green, ...

Welcome to a thrilling expedition into the mysterious and fascinating realm of the Fungal Kingdom! Prepare yourself for the unleashed power of mycosis, revealed in "From Spores to Spreading." This riveting eBook delves into the intricate macrocosm of fungi, taking the reader on an unforgettable journey from an introductory guide to an in-depth analysis of the molecular marvels of this oft-underestimated kingdom. Navigate the fungal biome, from shared characteristics to the unique, with such gripping precision that will leave you yearning for more. The complex structure of fungal anatomy, ...

“A work of art. In each of the pages, you will feel the flow of a powerful energy which will murmur to each of your cells that it is time to come out of hiding, to open the windows, to breathe freely, to dress colorfully… to fly.”—Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate A...

Unlock the secrets of urban complexity with Navigating Complexity, an illuminating guide that bridges the gap between theory and practical application in the realm of urban climate resilience. This groundbreaking eBook dives deep into the dynamics of cities, offering unique insights into the power of computational models for predicting and explaining urban phenomena. Explore cities as complex systems, where socio-ecological coupling plays a pivotal role. Learn how computational models can forecast environmental challenges and aid decision-making. Discover diverse modeling paradigms, from ...

Learning from ancestral wisdom to save our challenging global environment. In this follow-up to his bestselling Fire Country, Victor Steffensen offers a positive pathway for healing the planet based on traditional Indigenous knowledge systems. Catastrophic wildfires have overwhelmed countries...

Climate-resilient cities are no longer an aspiration but a survival requirement as heat, flooding, and storms intensify across urban regions worldwide. This analytical framework shows how planners, officials, and infrastructure professionals can turn exposure into durable resilience. - Understand the conceptual foundations that separate genuine urban resilience from incremental adaptation and coping. - Analyze climate hazards and urban risk assessment methods that reveal where exposure and vulnerability concentrate. - Discover how resilient infrastructure and safe-to-fail design keep ...