Natural catastrophes in 2020
This publication discusses how 2020 will be remembered for the global health and economic crisis triggered by COVID-19. Against the backdrop of the disruption and upheaval caused by the pandemic, millions
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How the US are teaching children about the environment two years after Trump abandoned Paris climate agreement
"Weather is chaotic," said Melissa Lau, a sixth-grade teacher in this bedroom community outside of Oklahoma City. "What does that mean to you?" Another boy addedf: "It's another word for 'crazy. My
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One climate crisis disaster happening every week, UN warns
Climate crisis disasters are happening at the rate of one a week, though most draw little international attention and work is urgently needed to prepare developing countries for the profound impacts, the
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Governments face 'wave of legal action' over climate change inaction as natural disasters worsen, activists warn
A "wave of legal action" over climate change has already begun and cases will become more likely to succeed as the scientists get better at attributing extreme weather events to global warming, activists
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Averting the unfolding historic food crisis in the Sahel
Without urgent action, 35 million people in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and Niger will have virtually no food to eat during the next lean season, according to Sahel: Averting Another Historic
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Officials blame climate change as Mumbai goes under again
Water-world: Vehicles stuck in the water-logged King’s Circle in Sion in Mumbai on Monday morning. 540 mm of rain in 48 hours leaves city inundated; Met Dept forecasts more rain With 540 mm of rainfall
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Telangana State Heatwave Action Plan – 2021
The heat wave action plan is formulated in line with the guidelines from NDMA to enable administrators to take appropriate measures and action for being in a state of preparedness for the heat wave season
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Quantifying statistical uncertainty in the attribution of human influence on severe weather
<p>Event attribution in the context of climate change seeks to understand the role of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on extreme weather events, either specific events or classes of events. A common
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Significant 2018 climate change events in leading Greenhouse Gas Emitting Countries
Climate Scorecard asked the Country Managers to submit posts that describe the most significant climate change event in their countries in 2018. The posts that were submitted suggest a number of significant
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Climate change is an undeniable reality
In May, the Toronto Star launched an in-depth series on climate change in Canada, with a straightforward title: “Undeniable.” It’s an apt description of the evidence within the reporting and elsewhere
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Urban forestry and urban greening in drylands
<p>Rapidly expanding cities in very dry parts of the world must be turned into "green urban oases" to ensure they become both healthier places to live in and more resilient to climate change, according to this new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).</p>
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Extreme weather events the new normal? Experts take stock
From Houston all the way to Mumbai and from Nepal to the desert state of Rajasthan, rains have cut a swathe of destruction with flooded streets and thousands marooned as their cities and villages go under.
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Economic losses, poverty & disasters: 1998-2017
This report evaluates total disaster-related economic losses and fatalities between 1998 and 2017. The report finds that between 1998 and 2017, climate-related and geophysical disasters killed 1.3 million
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FAO helps countries measure climate’s impacts on agriculture
In developing countries, the agriculture sector absorbs 26 percent of the total economic damage and loss caused by climate-induced disasters, according to one recent FAO study . Smallholder farmers, which
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South Africa: Draft National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Introduces Measures to Adapt to Effects of Climate Change
The increased occurrence of disastrous weather conditions has moved our country to intensify its actions in the fight against climate change. South Africa has developed an adaptation strategy that will
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What is the new U.N. climate risk protocol, and what necessitated it?
Why U.N.-led investors have drawn up a guide for firms to rethink threat to companies. The story so far: On May 10, 20 institutional investors from 11 countries convened by the U.N. Environment Finance
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Climate, conflicts set to plunge millions into food crisis
Food crises will affect tens of millions of people across the world this year, researchers warned on Tuesday, after war, extreme weather and economic woes in 2018 left more than 113 million in dire need
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Climate change costs India $10 billion every year: Government
NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events are costing India $9-10 billion annually and climate change is projected to impact agricultural productivity with increasing severity from 2020 to the end of the century.
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UN report: Indian economy faces climate change perils
UNITED NATIONS, GENEVA: A Global Assessment Report (GAR), launched by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) here on Wednesday, has warned of new and much larger threats due to extreme
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Weather gone wild: climate change-fuellled extreme weather in 2018
Temperatures nudging 50 degrees, bushfires ravaging rainforests and people at increased risk of cardiac arrests because of heatwaves — this is the new normal for Australia and it’s being driven by climate