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The report finds that while global warming is generally ranked lower than immediate issues like terrorism and healthcare, its importance as a voting priority varies significantly by political affiliation and geography. Liberal Democrats rank it as the fourth most important issue, whereas conservative Republicans rank it as the least important of 28 issues. Regional differences are evident, with high priority in states like New York and Hawaii, and lower priority in states like Alabama and West Virginia. However, the broader issue of environmental protection is a higher priority for about half of registered voters.

The report highlights that while Africa has contributed minimally to global warming, it is disproportionately vulnerable due to high levels of extreme poverty and low state capacity. It projects that without significant intervention, the number of people in extreme poverty will rise until 2040, peaking at 590 million. The document argues that prioritizing human development—specifically education, healthcare, and water infrastructure—is essential to increasing adaptive capacity. It contrasts the 'Current Path' with a 'Green Road' scenario where inclusive, sustainable growth effectively eliminates extreme poverty by mid-century and significantly reduces the population lacking access to improved water.

The document describes Colombia's National Adaptation Plan (NAP) as a dynamic process rather than a static document, designed to integrate climate risk management into sectoral and regional planning. It identifies priority sectors for adaptation, including health, housing, industry, finance, agriculture, mines and energy, and transportation, while tracking milestones from 2011 to 2018, such as the approval of the Climate Change Law and the submission of the NAP document to the UNFCCC.

The 2018 Ocean Scorecard by WWF-SA highlights a mixed state for South African marine resources, noting a decrease in over-exploited species but an increase in those with unknown status. While hake stocks show positive trajectories, African penguins and West Coast rock lobsters continue to decline. Globally, overfished stocks increased by 2% between 2016 and 2018. The report also notes positive shifts in marine spatial planning legislation and the first allocation of fishing rights to small-scale fishing communities in the Northern Cape.

The private sector in Southeast Asia faces significant risks from climate change, including warming temperatures and sea-level rise, which can impact business strategy, finance, and operations. While there is momentum to reduce emissions, there is a lack of equivalent effort to build resilience, necessitating urgent action to increase adaptive capacity.

The document asserts that natural infrastructure is an underutilized tool for mitigating flood risk in Canada. It highlights that flood risks are increasing from fluvial, pluvial, and coastal sources and calls for a framework to guide the assessment and selection of natural infrastructure over traditional grey infrastructure.

The document is a formal letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren from 33 organizations supporting the Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2018. The signatories argue that standardized climate risk disclosure by the Securities and Exchange Commission is essential for investors to assess physical, financial, and legal risks, such as stranded assets and refinery flooding, thereby accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy and maintaining financial stability.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium investigated the possibility of analyzing the effect of climate change on Super Typhoon Mangkhut's rainfall but determined an analysis was not feasible. The decision was based on three primary constraints: the availability of only one high-resolution model for the region, poor quality of public observational data in the affected area (with 50% missing data in most stations), and a lack of manpower and stable funding. The document notes that while greenhouse gases are expected to increase the precipitation of the strongest storms globally, region-specific projections have low confidence. Additionally, the WWA stated that while sea level rise affects storm surges, such impacts are not currently part of their attribution assessments.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) consortium states it is unable to conduct a formal analysis of climate change's effect on Hurricane Florence's rainfall due to observational challenges, a lack of high-resolution models, and insufficient funding and manpower. While acknowledging a separate study by Reed et al. and the general scientific consensus that global warming increases precipitation, the WWA notes that storm surges—affected by sea level rise—are also expected but are not part of their current attribution assessment.

The document analyzes how climate change increases the frequency and intensity of 'billion-dollar' disasters, straining national budgets and widening the 'protection gap'—the difference between total economic losses and insured losses. It details the transition from traditional actuarial science to forward-looking 'cat models' and geospatial modeling to price risk. To address 'tail risks' and the lack of insurability in vulnerable regions, the text highlights alternative mechanisms: catastrophe bonds for capital market risk transfer, microinsurance (parametric insurance) for low-income populations, and sovereign risk pools for multi-country coverage. It also notes the codification of insurance in international frameworks like the Paris Agreement's 'Loss and Damage' pillar and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

Climate change is causing record-breaking wildfires, ocean acidification, and declining snowpack in Washington, threatening the state's shellfish, forestry, and hydroelectric industries. Projections suggest temperatures could rise by 5°F to 8.5°F by the end of the century, with significant risks to coastal property and forest health. The document advocates for carbon pricing, cleaner transportation fuels, and a transition to zero-carbon electricity to mitigate these risks.

The WACA ResIP-CCA is a proposed project targeting Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Senegal, and Togo to address vulnerabilities to sea-level rise, flooding, and coastal erosion. With a total indicative cost of USD 382 million, the project aims to protect critical infrastructure and ecosystems in the transport, urban, and natural resources sectors. It combines national-level policy strengthening and capacity building with local-level physical interventions, such as nature-based and hard infrastructure, to benefit approximately 12 million indirect beneficiaries.

The project aims to support 40,000 to 60,000 people in the Brazilian Amazon by replacing diesel-based energy with solar power and implementing adaptation strategies to combat floods, droughts, and sea-level rise.

The brief contends that the environmental impact analysis (ANDAL) for the PLTU Celukan Bawang expansion in Bali is legally insufficient under Law no. 32/2009 because it omits a comprehensive climate change assessment. The authors argue that such assessments must include the project's direct and life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions, the project's vulnerability to climate-driven sea level rise and storm surges, and how climate change exacerbates the project's local environmental harms. Drawing on international legal precedents from South Africa, Australia, and the United States, as well as guidance from the European Union and Canada, the brief asserts that climate considerations are essential for meeting Indonesia's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Paris Agreement commitments. Specifically, the expansion is projected to release over 200 million tons of CO2 over 30 years and faces physical risks due to its low-lying coastal location and the degradation of protective coral reefs.

Senegal has implemented a sectoral approach to its National Adaptation Plan (NAP), utilizing a hierarchy of committees to link local and national planning. The fisheries and aquaculture sector served as the pilot for this process, integrating six existing local adaptation plans into a national strategy. Key to this success was the involvement of Local Artisanal Fishing Councils (CLPA) and the coordination between the National Committee on Climate Change (COMNACC) and 14 Regional Committees on Climate Change (COMRECCs).

The document outlines the development of 'climate attribution' science, which allows researchers to quantify the role of human-caused climate change in extreme weather. It identifies that evidence is strongest for heat waves, coastal flooding, and extreme precipitation, while remaining less conclusive for tornadoes and thunderstorms. The text provides specific examples of US events, such as Hurricane Harvey and the February 2017 heat wave, where climate change significantly increased likelihood or intensity.

The report warns that sea level rise puts hundreds of thousands of US coastal properties at risk of chronic inundation, potentially leading to a collapse in real estate values and a significant erosion of local tax bases. Using a high sea level rise scenario, the analysis projects that by 2100, nearly 2.5 million properties valued at $1.07 trillion today will be at risk. The authors argue that current financial markets and government policies mask these risks, creating a 'narrowing window of opportunity' for communities to adapt. The report highlights particular vulnerabilities for low-income populations, the elderly, and specific states like Florida and New Jersey, while advocating for updated flood maps, transparent risk disclosure, and a shift away from subsidized insurance and disaster aid that encourages rebuilding in high-risk areas.

The Union of Concerned Scientists used a combination of NOAA elevation data, tide gauge records, and Zillow's ZTRAX database to identify coastal properties at risk of chronic inundation. The analysis defines chronic inundation as areas flooded at least 26 times per year and evaluates three sea-level-rise scenarios: high (6.6 feet), intermediate (4.0 feet), and low (1.6 feet) by the end of the century. Key caveats include the assumption of constant population and demographics, the exclusion of local coastal defenses like sea walls, and the lack of consideration for future adaptation measures.

The report presents a series of expert testimonies and external research findings regarding the economic vulnerability of U.S. coastal properties to sea level rise. Experts from insurance, credit rating, and real estate sectors highlight a disconnect between long-term climate risks and short-term investment horizons. Key concerns include the potential for a collapse in property values, the failure of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to provide accurate risk signals due to subsidies, and the likelihood of credit downgrades for coastal municipalities. The document identifies critical tipping points, such as the loss of 30-year mortgages and the transition to risk-based insurance pricing, which could trigger a disorderly retreat from vulnerable areas.

The document outlines projected climate impacts for Latin America and the Caribbean, including temperature increases of up to 4.5 °C, rising sea levels, and glacier loss. These changes are expected to disrupt water runoff, reduce agricultural and livestock yields, and threaten biodiversity, specifically coral reefs and the Amazon rainforest. The paper concludes that the region faces severe risks to human health, infrastructure, and livelihoods due to the potential for simultaneous and compounding impacts.