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Climate Adaptation: Australia Feels the Heat

Climate Adaptation: Australia Feels the Heat

The Murray-Darling River Basin in southeast Australia is suffering its worst drought on record. The crisis has forced Australians to change how they use water.

 

Adapting to Climate Change: Can We Do It Again?

Adapting to Climate Change: Can We Do It Again?

Dangerous climate change will not be prevented by reduced emissions. The damage is already done. For many vulnerable societies, the priority must be adaptation.

 

Adapting Insurance to Climate Change

Adapting Insurance to Climate Change

More storms, less predictable weather, and higher temperatures - climate change creates new risks. Martin Gansneder from the Allianz Center of Competence for Climate Change explains how individuals and companies can protect themselves.

 

Adaptation: The Ultimate Challenge

Adaptation: The Ultimate Challenge

WWF climate change adaptation expert Kit Vaughan talks about the limits of adaptation, and how climate change will shake the very foundations of our society.

 

Climate Change at Allianz: Warming Up to Business

Climate Change at Allianz: Warming Up to Business

Climate change affects many aspects of life - and business. Last year, Allianz collected its expertise in insurance, investment, and banking to form Allianz Climate Solutions (ACS). Armin Sandhoevel, who heads the company, explains why fighting climate change is good business.

 

Green IT: Taking Bytes Out of Carbon Emissions

Green IT: Taking Bytes Out of Carbon Emissions

Modern communication technology reduces the need to travel, but it produces as much CO2 as aviation. Struggling to live up to its “clean” image, the IT industry explores new ways to go green.

 

Efficient Aviation: The Sky’s the Limit

Efficient Aviation: The Sky’s the Limit

The soaring growth of aviation means soaring greenhouse gas emissions. But with skyrocketing fuel prices, airlines are looking for smarter ways to fly to both stay in business and reduce their impact on the environment.

 

Heat from the Street

Heat from the Street

Engineers are experimenting with innovative systems that capture and recycle energy from the heat generated by human bodies packed into train stations or the solar energy absorbed by the asphalt on roads.

 

From Flood Waters to Capitol Hill: The Allianz-WWF Southeast Climate Witness Program

From Flood Waters to Capitol Hill: The Allianz-WWF Southeast Climate Witness Program

Twenty-five teenage students displaced by Hurricane Katrina will spend the spring working with scientists and learning about climate change. Then they will take this potent mix of first-hand experience and scientific knowledge to lawmakers in Washington DC.

 

Climate Solutions: How to Fight Global Warming

Climate Solutions: How to Fight Global Warming

There is no silver bullet to replace fossil fuels like oil or coal. Take a look at some encouraging examples, such as algae fuels, heat from crowded cities, and greener air travel.

 

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