In the 1980s Boston converted mud flats into prized land for its Seaport area. Even then, thoughts of sea level rise hovered in the back of developers’ minds, but the opportunity for growth and prime assets won out. Safeguards such as elevating the whole neighborhood or building sea walls around … [continued]
At the high-level meet of the Singapore International Energy Week, Philippine Energy Secretary Sharon Garin explains how in the Philippines, the energy generation section is deregulated. (Photo for Cleantechnica by author)
Sets the stage for ASEAN Chairmanship in 2026 SINGAPORE — As the curtain closed on Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2025, a clear message resonated from the Philippine delegation: the archipelago is not just participating in the global energy transition, but actively positioning itself as a leader, particularly with its … [continued]
Graphic supplied by LAGI 2025 Fiji Project -- The energy design site area can be
seen in the clearing between Marou Village and the mountains of Naviti Island.
Can a small island community—through art, innovation, and co-design—demonstrate what’s possible for sustainable infrastructure across the Pacific and beyond? Coastal island communities are especially vulnerable to climate change. Stronger cyclones, rising sea levels, warming waters, biodiversity loss, prolonged droughts, and major flood events threaten their existence. Marou Village in the … [continued]
Farmers and ranchers are finding themselves immersed in a battle over the way they choose their words as they hope to maintain US federal funding. An internal USDA spreadsheet obtained by The Washington Post shows that more than $400 million of climate resilient projects administered through the Natural Resources and … [continued]
After Hurricane Ian, we discovered that a sustainable, cleantech-loving community down right in the brunt of the destruction held up superbly when communities around it did not. Now, another horrific hurricane has plowed through Florida a bit further north (right where I live, in fact) and another cleantech-focused community has … [continued]
Along the Gulf and South Atlantic coasts, sea levels have risen at least 6 inches since 2010. You wouldn’t think that’s a big problem in the scheme of things, but it is forcing groundwater to rise, which leads to elevated risks of overflowing septic tanks. The impacts of climate hazards … [continued]
Scientists take cues from beaver dams to better provide livestock with water. USDA Forest Service photo by Erwin Weston.
Beavers and their habitat increase ecosystem health and help people and wildlife adapt to a warmer planet.
Lyndsay Shand, pictured here with ship tracks, left, is a Sandia statistician and the project lead for studying ship tracks to inform climate intervention decision-makers. Photo by Craig Fritz. Courtesy of Sandia Labs.
Sandia scientists develop computer tools to study inadvertent marine cloud brightening.
Over here in the US, much of the climate adaptation talk has to do with the familiar topic of infrastructure. Massive structures of concrete and steel are only part of the solution, though. CleanTechnica caught wind of a United Nations project that leverages virtual reality to communicate the nuances of … [continued]
Last week’s heat dome may be just the beginning of a new normal as the Earth’s climate tips over into a new age that will no longer support human life.
