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Spotlight on 'Climate change adaptation' |
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Adaptation refers to the adjustments needed by individuals, communities and countries in response to changes to our planet’s climate. This could be making changes to home and other buildings, providing more green spaces which has a range of benefits, or building flood defences to protect against sea level rise.
 Climate change adaptation in cities and towns can have direct benefits to the local population as well as indirect benefits to those connected to the region. As well as providing some protection against a changing climate, many of these measures have additional benefits such as improved wellbeing thanks to an increase in green spaces.
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An analysis based on data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Service has found that ocean temperatures have broken records every single day over the past year, with the margin being ‘huge’ on some days. According to Copernicus data, the sea surface temperature also reached a new global average daily high of 21.09°C in February and March this year.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream, moves heat northwards in the Atlantic and means that Europe is milder than it would otherwise be. Potential climate change-induced collapse of the system has been suggested, but what have scientists discovered with two decades of monitoring? Find out more in our recent blog post.
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Later today, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will publish the latest State of the Climate report for Latin America and the Caribbean. Follow WMO on X (formerly Twitter) or visit their website to see the report.
Later this month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will publish the latest decadal forecast, which includes the latest likelihood of recording record-breaking global temperatures within the next five years. The ‘near-term’ climate predictions are produced on behalf of WMO by the Met Office on an annual basis
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