8 June 2021
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Chief closed the annual Insurance Development Forum with a call for insurance companies to align $35 trillion in assets with net zero, and to extend markets to underserved countries and businesses. Read more.
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.