<p>The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001
This report takes a new approach to assessing the climate vulnerability of the world and its regions, countries and communities. Its analysis is built around: four distinct climate impact areas; five levels of vulnerability to climate change; and two points in time, 2010 and 2030.
This short note provides a brief extract from WMO's annual report on the Status of the Global Climate and a summary for 2010. It summarises significant events observed during the past year, including El Ni
This document is intended to provide an overview on why and how adaptation policies should consider the vulnerability of, and new risk elements for, health and environment arising from water services management during adverse weather episodes.
Improved energy efficiency (EE) is a critical response to the pressing climate change, economic development and energy security challenges facing many countries. This handbook draws on the experience of hundreds of energy efficiency experts around the world as well as extensive searches of energy efficiency good governance case studies and literature.
This report presents WHO guidelines for the protection of public health from risks due to a number of chemicals commonly present in indoor air. The substances considered in this review, i.e.
It won't be stopped, but its effects can be made less bad COMPARED with the extraordi nary fanfare before the global warming summit in Copenhagen a year ago, the meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Canc
<p>The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16 / CMP 6) is taking place in Cancun, Mexico, from 29 Nov to 10 Dec 2010.
Poor and wealthy nations must take concrete steps to curb carbon emissions at world climate talks in Mexico next week, rather than fall out over specific CO2 targets, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. IEA executive director Nobuo Tanaka, in an interview, said he was
GERARD WYNN and ALISTER DOYLE LONDON/OSLO Even with a possible cool end to the year, 2010 is expected to be no lower than third in a record where 1998 and 2005 are the warmest : This year is so far Nov.
Although reliable figures are often missing, considerable detrimental changes due to shrinking glaciers are universally expected for water availability in river systems under the influence of ongoing global climate change. We estimate the contribution potential of seasonally delayed glacier melt water to total water availability in large river systems.
