Human survival has been based on unrivaled adaptation to the environment, but plants and animals will and are inevitably succumbing to subtle changes in the climate.

CNN: Climate change: Time is running out

Sandwatch is a climate change and coastal monitoring programme which encourages the development of sustainable approaches to address beach environment challenges, while also stimulating local climate change adaptation measures.

UNESCO: Small Island Developing States

The African Development Bank has also become an implementing partner for the Adaptation Fund, and has considerably expanded work under the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

CNN: Sponsors

Using a holistic approach, pedagogical approaches and techniques in their own school environment, teachers can develop the capacities to facilitate climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk reduction learning.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

The report was commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), which is responsible for climate adaptation.

BBC: Preparing for climate change 'will boost economy'

Operating in an environment where the local rules are so different from global norms, where executives have made their mark by local market adaptation, and where irrational competition requires massive focus on the home market, Chinese firms face real organizational and capability constraints to going global.

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