Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A climate technology advisor, investor and educator. For years we rarely talked about adaptation because it would constitute ...

Demonstrators hold banners during a national protest for climate justice in Bern, on September 30, 2023. Recently a climate scientist named Patrick Brown posted on Twitter, and then in an op-ed, and ...

This article was originally featured on OpenMind. On the central Pacific island of Kiribati, the national government built a seawall to protect people from storm surges and sea-level rise—but ended up ...

Picture a mangrove at low tide, its roots holding the shoreline together, sifting silt, breaking waves, and making a home for life that most of us will never see. From a distance, it reads as one ...

Anna's Hummingbird is one of many species shifting its range north and its breeding earlier in the year. (Photo credit: Will Sweet) As global temperatures rise, many species are scrambling to adapt–or ...

With governments around the world falling short on their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the goal of the 2015 Paris agreement to limit the rise in global temperatures is slipping further ...

The COP30 logo is seen in front of the central building ahead of the COP30 Brazil Amazonia 2025 on Nov. 3, 2025.Wagner Meier—Getty Images There are plenty of forces trying to slow the transition to ...

Last month, we heard yet again about the need to stop global warming at about 1.5 degrees centigrade above preindustrial levels. The International Energy Agency outlined a plan to meet that goal, and ...

Examining how human culture evolves in response to a changing environment may help with creating more effective climate change adaptation efforts. Using farming data from across the U.S., a team of ...