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Nov 12, 2024

What Trump’s return as president means for COP29

By Jorge Gastelumendi

If the United States ends critical climate-related policies and investments, then even more Americans’ health, finances, and safety will be at risk.

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Extreme heat

Extreme heat kills more people per year than any other climate disaster and negatively affects nearly every human activity and society worldwide. The magnitude of the danger cannot be overstated and the number of people exposed to extreme heat only rises as the world urbanizes. The Atlantic Council’s Climate Resilience Center brings together deep expertise to mobilize innovative and replicable solutions to build resilience to extreme heat, protecting and improving the lives of millions of people.

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With an increasing urgency to address the impacts of climate change, we need innovative solutions addressing the impacts of climate change to reach many people at once, as soon as possible, equipping them with the tools to build resilient communities.  The Climate Resilience Center uses gaming technologies to educate and equip players of all ages with the skills they need to protect themselves and their community from climate change.

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Inaction on climate change is not always the absence of action but the lack of informed, purposeful, and effective action.  Policy and finance solutions to the climate challenge require an understanding of the conditions and anticipating the needs of decision-makers, communities, and individuals. The Climate Resilience Center is deploying impactful and sustainable solutions by putting policy into action and paving the way for new climate resilience finance and innovative insurance approaches for people, cities, and countries. 

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New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2025

The US pullout from the climate loss and damage fund will prove costlier in the long run

By Jorge Gastelumendi

The Trump administration has an opportunity and obligation to reconsider its climate policies and to fully recognize the economic costs.

Climate Change & Climate Action Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jan 21, 2025

The US retreat on climate comes with steep costs for the economy and the American people

By Jorge Gastelumendi

Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement will not only hamper global efforts to combat climate change, but also harm Americans' lives and livelihoods.

Climate Change & Climate Action International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 3, 2025

The Atlantic Council’s greatest hits of 2024

By Frederick Kempe

These articles, reports, initiatives, and convenings represent the best of the Atlantic Council’s work in 2024 to shape the global future together with allies and partners.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Nov 12, 2024

What Trump’s return as president means for COP29

By Jorge Gastelumendi

If the United States ends critical climate-related policies and investments, then even more Americans’ health, finances, and safety will be at risk.

Climate Change & Climate Action Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2024

Donald Trump just won the presidency. Our experts answer the big questions about what that means for America’s role in the world.

By Atlantic Council experts

When Trump returns to the presidency on January 20 next year, a number of global challenges will be awaiting him. Our experts outline what to expect.

Conflict Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2024

The private sector is stepping up on climate resilience. Now governments need to be willing partners.

By Jorge Gastelumendi

To increase financing for climate adaptation, governments must ease the regulatory burden on private sector climate initiatives.

Central Asia Climate Change & Climate Action

New Atlanticist

Jul 25, 2024

The world is sleepwalking into an era of extreme heat. The UN just issued a wake-up call. 

By Eleni Myrivili

The UN secretary-general‘s Global Call to Action on Extreme Heat underscores the urgent need for actionable heat-related policies worldwide.

Climate Change & Climate Action Resilience

New Atlanticist

Jul 3, 2024

Feeling the heat? Biden’s proposed protections for workers are a welcome start.

By Catherine Wallace, Owen Gow

The federal proposals are a step in the right direction, but state and local efforts are also needed to protect workers from extreme heat.

Climate Change & Climate Action Resilience

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2023

The Atlantic Council’s greatest hits of 2023

By Frederick Kempe

Here's the best of our efforts to further our mission to shape the global future together with allies and partners in 2023.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment

Press Release

Dec 19, 2023

The Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Unveils Hadrian Aqueduct Cooling District: Heat Risk Reduction Guidelines

Project Lead and Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili's Impactful Contributions Recognized on Nature's "Ten People Who Helped Shape Science in 2023" List