Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022
The report reveals that over half of companies in emerging economies have been impacted by extreme weather events over the last 12 months.The report shows that 58% of companies in Africa and South Asia
Drought
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Climate Change May Cost California Billions
Climate change may cost California tens of billions of dollars annually in coming years as sea levels rise and hot days cause people to turn up the air conditioning, a draft report from the state said on Wednesday.
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Small Islands Urge Deep CO2 Cuts, Fear Rising Seas
Small island states have sharpened their calls for the rich to make deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, saying low-lying atolls risk being washed off the map by rising ocean levels.
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Bangladesh wants fund to combat climate change
Bangladesh on Wednesday called for the creation of a rapid deployment fund to combat sudden climatic shocks across the globe.
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Underground Water Absorbs CO2 Emissions: Study
Water deep below ground has safely trapped carbon dioxide for millions of years and may one day help absorb emissions of the greenhouse gas to help slow climate change, researchers said Wednesday.
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A Thirsty World
Some of the most iconic images of the Great Depression come from the parched states of the American prairie, where arid land forced farm families to flee in search of jobs and sustenance. Their plight gave rise to LENS Woody Guthrie's L Dust Bowl ballads and John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." The Dust Bowl was brought on by destructive farming practices compounded by years of drought.
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CO2 Treaty Must Not spark "Trade War": U.S. Lawmaker
As the world tries to forge a new treaty to slow global warming, care must be taken not to spark trade conflicts between rich and developing countries, a key U.S. lawmaker said on Thursday. "We clearly we do not want to trigger a trade war," Ed Markey, a Democrat who heads the House climate change committee, told reporters in a teleconference.
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California's water crisis: Worse to come?
Perennially contentious issues of water management in California are being brought to a head by climate change and rising earthquake risks.
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U.N. Plans Guide To Fighting Climate-Change Disasters
A proposed U.N. study of climate extremes will be a practical guide for tackling natural disasters and fill a gap in past reports focused on the gradual effects of global warming, experts said.
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Global Warming 37 Percent To Blame For Droughts: Scientist
Global warming is more than a third to blame for a major drop in rainfall that includes a decade-long drought in Australia and a lengthy dry spell in the United States, a scientist said on Wednesday.
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Drought hits suburban areas of Karachi
People of several suburban areas of Karachi are dependent for their water needs on rainwater which refills their wells and ponds, but the areas have received no rain over the past some years. The drought has left 20 per cent of the wells at their lowest level, while water of 80 per cent wells has turned brackish, according to a recent survey of the affected areas.