State of the climate 2018
This report is a synthesis of the science informing our understanding of climate in Australia and includes new information about Australia’s climate of the past, present and future. The science underpinning
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$320 billion lost to climate change events in 2017, says UN report
A UN body on climate change has indicated that emission of greenhouse gases and global warming are still on the rise despite current efforts and the world had lost an estimated $ 320 billion due to extreme
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The trade and climate change nexus: the urgency and opportunities for Developing Countries
While trade exacerbates climate change, it is also a central part of the solution because it has the potential to enhance mitigation and adaptation. This timely report explores the different ways in which
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Weather dataset choice introduces uncertainty to estimates of crop yield responses to climate variability and change
Extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, and excess rainfall, are a major cause of crop yield losses and food insecurity worldwide. Statistical or process-based crop models can be used to quantify
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Deluge & drought: water security in a changing climate
The report, “Deluge & Drought: Water Security in a Changing Climate”, has found the severe drought gripping much of Australia has been exacerbated by climate change. Australia’s water security has already
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Protect a generation: climate security for India’s children
The growing instances of extreme weather events like floods, cyclones, erosions in disaster prone areas increases the socio economic and psychosocial vulnerabilities of children living in these geographies
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Interconnected disaster risks 2020/2021
A new report, Interconnected Disaster Risks 2020/2021, was released by United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). The report analyses 10 different disasters from
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Critical climate stress moments: Evidence from the Teesta River basin in India and Bangladesh
Critical climate stress moments may be defined as those moments when households, communities, and their livelihood systems are vulnerable to climate related risks and hazards. This working paper examines
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Half-degree less warming can avoid precipitation extremes
Just a half-degree Celsius could make a major difference when it comes to global warming, according to a new paper published by a collaborative research team based in China. The study, which appears
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Erratic weather shapes 2018 as one of worst years for Kenyan farmers
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- A majority of Kenyan farmers cannot wait for 2018 to end as the year shapes out to be one of the toughest, thanks to erratic weather. The weather in the East African nation has been
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Japan faces 'frequent' disasters as flood toll reaches 200
Japan risks more severe weather and must find ways to alleviate disasters, a government spokesman said on Thursday, as intense heat and water shortages raised fear of disease among survivors of last week’s
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The cost of climate change
For Global Spotlight Report, Climate Scorecard asked Country Managers to provide information on how climate change is impacting the most vulnerable population groups in the leading greenhouse gas emitting
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Who takes the heat? Untold stories of climate crisis in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique
This brief focuses on the extreme weather and humanitarian crises that have hit the Horn of Africa and Mozambique. It shows how the countries that have done little to fuel the climate crisis already face
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Thunder storms alert: How extreme weather is costing India $80 billion every year
India remains the fastest growing economy in the world, a poll by Reuters said recently. The finding also found mention in Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s latest blog, where he lauded the ‘phenomenal
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All three extreme events and the cause common
The bouts of rainfall that battered Houston, Mumbai and Calcutta last week, albeit in vastly different amounts, may earn tags of extreme rain events that weather scientists say are becoming more common
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Rising CO2 may increase dangerous weather extremes, whatever happens to global temperatures
New research from the University of Oxford and collaborators at several other institutions, including the University of Bristol, provides compelling evidence that meeting the global warming target of 1.5°C
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India, world's second-largest coal consumer, awaits grim climate report
Here is the problem for India: It is the second-largest coal consumer after China, putting at risk the lives of 600 million Indians to disasters caused by climate change Recent extreme weather events,
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UK must be more proactive in tackling climate change
The UK is "unprepared" for climate change, an expert from the University of Surrey has concluded following an extensive study. University of Surrey academic Dr. Candice Howarth says that while the Government
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Half of climate action plans neglect people in danger, say researchers
Governments are failing those most at risk from climate change by not placing them at the heart of efforts to adapt to more extreme weather and rising seas, researchers said in a report on the U.N. development
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State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020
Climate change and extreme weather are threatening human health and safety, food, water and energy security and the environment in Latin America and the Caribbean. The impacts span the entire region, including