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Climate has changed significantly. Adaptation to the new climate, and the climate that will emerge over the next few decades, is utmost urgent. The CoP in this VCC is aiming to identify the most urgent social and economic transformations required to share the increasing climate-related risks in a just and equitable way, change processes so that communities are prepared for the increasing disasters caused by a changed spectrum of extreme weather events, and prepare the built environment for the current and future climate. We aim to identify the transformations required in climate adaptation of communities, their built environment, their social processes, and their economy, and we work to develop pathways for these transformations.

If you are concerned about the preparedness of your community for the next unprecedented extreme weather event then join us here and work with us to find ways to increase the preparedness.

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[Apr. 09, 2026] Heatwaves are Much Worth Than Previously Thought: In the article titled “‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds” published in The Guardian, Graham Readfearn reports on a new study published in Nature. In this study, a new model of human survivability was used to study the impacts of extreme heatwaves. The research found that humans are more sensitive to heatwaves than previously thought. For older people, mortality under extreme heat is much higher then believed before. This underlines the necessity of heat shelters in regions with extreme heatwaves. Another study also published in Nature found that deadly heatwaves are already occurring.

[Mar. 10, 2026] Extreme Heat Requires Extreme Adaptation: The article by Jonathan Watts titled “‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds” underlines that already now the rising temperatures are making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions rapidly growing in size. Watts comments are based on the study by Parson et al. published in the journal Environmental Research: Health.

[Mar. 04, 2026] Sea Levels are Already Higher Than Previously Estimated: In an article in The Guardian titled “Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests&rdquo, Tara Russell discusses a new study “ Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments” by Katharina Seeger Philip S. J. Minderhoud published in Nature. The authors reach the conclusion that average sea levels are 30 cm higher than thought globally, and up to 150 cm in south-east Asia and the Indo-Pacific. This establishes an urgent need to revise many risk assessments and efforts to develop coastal resilience.

[Mar. 04, 2026] Carbon dioxide overload: Potentially Toxic Atmosphere Within 50 Years: A study by Alexander N. Larcombe and Phil N. Bierwirth titled “Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years” published in The Lancet indicates that the anthropogenic activities increasing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere could lead to a toxic atmosphere already in 50 years from now. “There is mounting experimental evidence that lifetime exposure to these increasing atmospheric CO2 levels can negatively impact the normal physiology of organisms.”