Global Climate Risk Index 2016
The Global Climate Risk Index 2016 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available -
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Climate Change Responses To Shape Asia's Future
Challenges such as extreme weather, rising seas and worsening scarcity of drinking water are forcing many Asian governments to confront the changes being wrought by a warming planet even as some point
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Greening the economy with agriculture
Greening the Economy with Agriculture (GEA) seeks to contribute to the definition and implementation of the green economy in the context of sustainable development, food security and poverty alleviation
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Solar pacing of storm surges, coastal flooding and agricultural losses in the Central Mediterranean
<p>Storm surges, leading to catastrophic coastal flooding, are amongst the most feared natural hazards due to the high population densities and economic importance of littoral areas. Using the Central
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Differential climate impacts for policy-relevant limits to global warming: the case of 1.5 °C and 2 °C
<p>Robust appraisals of climate impacts at different levels of global-mean temperature increase are vital to guide assessments of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The 2015
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Climate models at their limit?
Estimates of climate-change impacts will get less, rather than more, certain. But this should not excuse inaction, say Mark Maslin and Patrick Austin.
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Climate Change Deemed Growing Security Threat by Military Researchers
The accelerating rate of climate change poses a severe risk to national security and acts as a catalyst for global political conflict, a report published Tuesday by a leading government-funded military
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A chance to blame extreme weather on climate change
When extreme weather strikes, somebody, somewhere always asks about a link to climate change. It's time we gave straight answers.
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Connecting the global climate change and public health agendas
Climate change is a public health problem. Evidence from many sectors shows substantial health impacts of climate change, particularly for the most vulnerable: the poorest, the youngest, and the oldest.
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How to scale out community-based adaptation to climate change
This new working paper from CDKN explores how to scale out community-based adaptation to climate change based on learning from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Around the world, hundreds
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2015–2016 El Niño: early action and response for agriculture, food security and nutrition
The impact of the 2015‒2016 El Niño weather phenomenon has been one of the most intense and widespread in the past one hundred years. The agriculture, food security and nutritional status of 60 million
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Climate change: implications for cities
This 16-page summary report published by the European Climate Foundation (ECF) lists and highlights the impact of climate change particularly on cities and urban areas presented in the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report.
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Natural catastrophe and man-made disasters in 2015: Asia suffers substantial losses
This edition of Swiss Re's flagship sigma series presents the annual review of natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the last year. The publication includes two feature chapters, one on the Tianjin
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Climate change: Best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments at all levels that address the risk of loss and damage
This document compiles submissions made by several Parties and organizations, with the aim to encourage comprehensive risk management by the diffusion of information related to financial instruments and
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Climate change: Best practices, challenges and lessons learned from existing financial instruments at all levels that address the risk of loss and damage
This document compiles submissions made by several Parties and organizations, with the aim to encourage comprehensive risk management by the diffusion of information related to financial instruments and
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Reducing adverse impact of climate change
BHUBANESWAR: Coastal erosion, rising sea level and natural calamities have proved to be Orissa
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World energy perspective: the road to resilience − managing and financing extreme weather risks
Energy grids, power stations and distribution networks are vulnerable to storms, flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change, say World Energy Council. The world’s energy infrastructure is at risk
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Step up action to curb global warming, or risks rise - UN
A United Nations report said on Sunday that governments must act faster to keep global warming in check and delays until 2030 could force them to use little-tested technologies to extract greenhouse gases
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South Asia's hotspots: how climate change will affect living standards- report preview
South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change. Given that many of the poor live in areas prone to climactic shifts and in occupations that are highly climate-sensitive, such as agriculture and fisheries,
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Extending medium-range predictability of extreme hydrological events in Europe
Widespread flooding occurred across northwest Europe during the winter of 2013/14, resulting in large socioeconomic damages. In the historical record, extreme hydrological events have been connected with