Global climate change is a reality. In Europe the most vulnerable regions are the Arctic, mountain areas, coastal zones and the Mediterranean. Key economic sectors, which will need to adapt include energy supply, health, water management, agriculture, forestry, tourism and transport.

A multitude of new scientific findings and empirical evidence show the rate of climate change is surpassing the International Panel on Climate Change

Coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to climate change. They are affected by changes in sea-level and wave height, as well as changes in weather patterns. Some families with home gardens were better able to recover from the tsunami in Sri Lanka than others. Such resilience often depended on how well the home gardens were protected by trees.

This UN report adopts the concept of "harmonious cities" as a theoretical framework in order to understand today

Scientific evidence accumulating since the IPCC

The totality of climate change

california gov. Arnold schwarzenegger on friday ordered preparations for rising sea levels from global warming, a startling prospect for the most populous us state with a pacific ocean coastline stretching more than 800 miles (1,290 km).

Visakhapatnam, Nov. 9: Coastal erosion caused by rising sea levels is making the beaches in Vizag more dangerous, says a GSI study. Sand along the beaches are being washed away every year. Last year, three lamp posts went down and a 100-metre stretch of sand at Ramakrishna Beach went missing.

This document analyzes the implications for land tenure and land policy of climate change.

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