One of world’s favourite drinks is under threat from global warming. The world’s top coffee producing nations all lie at similar tropical latitudes, where even small rises in temperature are forecast to have severe consequences for people and agriculture. But as the FT’s Nic Fildes reports, in Australia, scientists are …
Read More »Americans Moving To Places More Resistant To Climate Change
A growing number of Americans say fires, floods, drought and climate change are making them rethink where they want to live. Most people move for a new job, better opportunity but some are packing up in search of a sense of relief. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for Saturday TODAY. » …
Read More »Building a Crisis Resistant Economy
Globalisation is a system put under crisis by the Coronavirus epidemic and with an incoming recession, it is time we take a look at building a more resilient economy to prepare for future crises. The local economy is one way to build a system that though less efficient, is less …
Read More »Cross-laminated timber makes this Scottish home climate resistant
[ad_1] Scottish firm Mary Arnold Foster Architects has unveiled a stunning home made out of several timber “pods” and tucked into the idyllic landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Clad in cross-laminated timber (CLT) and covered with slats of charred larch, which provide the home with resilience, the Nedd home was …
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