COP26 summit urged to prioritise adaptation as ‘climate emergency’ surges
MEGAN ROWLING ON the heels of last month's warning from the U.N. climate science panel that extreme weather and rising seas are hitting faster than expected, leaders called on Monday for more money and political will to help people adapt to the new reality. At a dialogue in Rotterdam convened by the Global Center on Adaptation, more than 50 ministers and heads of climate organisations and development banks called for November's COP26 climate talks to treat adaptation as "urgent". In a communique, they said adaptation - which ranges from building higher flood defences to growing more drought-tolerant crops and relocating…