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How Do Farmers Think about Climate Risk? *In this study, Vermont farmers identified many site-specific risks that they associate with extreme weather and climate change. From their standpoint, these risks are not new. Rather, they represent familiar risks that are being intensified by recent climate changes.What do farmers worry about? Flooding and erosion. They were especially…

Farmers Believe In Climate Change But Don’t Think Humans Are The Cause, New Poll Shows A new poll shows American farmers overwhelmingly believe climate change is real and will create significant weather problems. …but they do not think it’s caused by human actions. 80% of farmers* believe climate change is occurring, and more than half are concerned…

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HSBC Launches $100 Million Climate Finance InitiativeGlobal banking and financial services company HSBC announced the launch of a Climate Solutions Partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF, aimed at unlocking barriers to finance for companies and projects that tackle climate change, and to bring emerging climate solutions to commercial viability and scale.The global initiative…

Which industry is most vulnerable to climate change? The $100 billion coffee industry is one of the world’s most vulnerable to climate change. The plants that grow arabica beans thrive in cool regions with distinct rainy and dry seasons. But global warming is causing those regions to shrink. Within the next seven decades, arabica is…