Stories by Heather McGray

This piece was written with Polly Ghazi, Writer/Editor for the World Resources Report.

The Cancun Adaptation Framework agreed during COP16 provides potential for a new action orientation to adaptation under the UNFCCC.

Making Adaptation Count

WRI’s new report, Making Adaptation Count, proposes a framework for monitoring and evaluating adaptat

Famine in the Horn of Africa

As the climate changes, the global community and national governments both need to take action to prevent the kind of humanitarian disaster underway In parts of the Horn of Africa.

How can national policies support communities to adapt to climate change?

An update on climate adaptation efforts in the international climate negotiations.

WRI examines current insurance proposals under discussion in the UNFCCC and considers options for a global agreement in promoting insurance as a climate change solution.

Examining the role of adaptation in U.S. climate legislation and an international climate agreement.

Heather McGray, WRI senior associate, explains what a successful deal on adaptation in December would look like, and how countries should follow through at the national level.

Hungary becomes the 8th country to pledge better access to information, justice and participation in environmental decision-making.