State of the climate in Asia 2023
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Asia remained the world’s most disaster-hit region from weather, climate and water-related hazards in 2023. Floods and storms caused the highest number of reported casualties and economic losses, whilst
Climate change creates risks and opportunities for the private sector in emerging markets, and may impact the performance of financial institutions and the companies they invest in.
If Accord not revised, 4.2 {+o} C rise will happen by 2100 Many developed nations have set their aims very low If national targets are not revised in the Copenhagen Accord, the international pledge which was agreed at last year's Copenhagen's COP15 climate change conference, a global temperature increase of up to 4.2
<p>One of the main consequences of climate change will be rising seas, which will cause tens to hundreds of millions of people to be flooded out of their homes in coastal areas and in many low-lying atoll nations, some of which will become untenable as states or entirely disappear.
Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has melted. U.S. government scientists say this massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States. But it has happened at least twice before, in 2007 and 2009.
New York City just had its hottest June-to-August stretch on record. Moscow, suffering from a once-in-a-millennium heat wave, tallied thousands of deaths, a toll that included hundreds of inebriated, overheated citizens who stumbled into rivers and lakes and didn
New Delhi: India particularly the Northeastern region is going to be affected seriously by the ongoing climate change which impacts the flow of water in the region, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent Pala on Wednesday said. Addressing the world water week at Stockholm in Sweden where Mr Pala is representing India, the Minister said climate change had already been affecting rain
In his popular 2008 book Climate Wars, the US journalist and military historian Gwynne Dyer laid out a daunting scenario. Climate change would put growing pressure on fresh water and food over the coming century, he wrote, triggering social disorder, mass migration and violent conflict.
COIMBATORE: Climate change and climate variability have major impact on food production systems. In the face of challenges and opportunities arising out of these threats, there is an urgent need to introduce multi-disciplinary approaches to maximise resources and develop
Vocal actors within policy and practice contend that environmental variability and shocks, such as drought and prolonged heat waves, drive civil wars in Africa. Recently, a widely publicized scientific article appears to substantiate this claim. This paper investigates the empirical foundation for the claimed relationship in detail.