Extreme events and disasters: managing the risks
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has initiated work on a Special Report entitled
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Annual disaster statistical review 2014: the numbers and trends
The 2014 annual review of disaster figures based on the EM-DAT database outlines information about the EM-DAT International Disaster Database, its definitions, criteria and content; asks: What did 2014
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Global 250 greenhouse gas emitters: a new business logic
<p>Coal India is the world’s sixth-largest polluter amongst 250 biggest listed companies that account for for a third of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions according to this new study by Thomson Reuters</p>
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GEO-5 for business: impacts of a changing environment on the corporate sector
GEO-5 for Business is written for business leaders who are responsible for ensuring that risks and opportunities are understood, addressed, and turned into long-term competitive advantage for their companies.
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BD to be among most affected countries in South Asia
Bangladesh will be among the most affected countries in South Asia with an expected two degree Celsius (2°C) rise in the world's average temperature in the next decades, according to a new scientific report
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Nepal will face a host of climate change challenges, says World Bank report
With an expected 2°C rise in the world’s average temperature in the next few decades, Nepal will face a host of challenges, including glacial lake outbursts, erratic monsoon, flooding and water insecurity,
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WB:Climate related shocks to impede SL’s economy, poverty reduction efforts
Sri Lanka will be among South Asian countries hard hit by climate change and this could undermine efforts to overcome poverty and increase economic growth, according to a new scientific report released
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Satellite based observations of devastation caused by torrential rainfall on 16th & 17th June 2013 in Kedarnath Dham and Mandakini Valley of Rudraprayag district: scientific report
In this report, the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) has compared old images of Indian satellites of National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) with the new images to assess the extent of damage in the Mandakini valley after the floods.
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Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation
This special report contributes to frame the challenge of dealing with extreme weather and climate events as an issue in decision-making under uncertainty, analysing response in the context of risk management.
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Climate resilient crop varieties for sustainable food production under aberrant weather conditions
Indian National Agricultural Research System (NARS), including various ICAR Institute of State Agricultural Universities, has been making concerted efforts over the past several decades for developing
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Climate justice and hunger top agenda for Dublin summit
Recent reports from China and the USA indicate the production of staple foods including rice, wheat and soya are likely to be hit in the coming decades due to increasing incidences of extreme weather.
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Extreme climate events in store, says expert
Meena Menon Need strong action to enforce mitigation, adaptation steps: World Climate Research Programme director Attendants use an Earth viewer on Tuesday in Cancun, Mexico, where global talks on climate change opened on Monday. CANCUN: The frequency of extreme climate events, their magnitude and extent are increasing and there is enough basis for strong action to enforce mitigation and
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Changes in extreme rainfall events and flood risk in India during the last century
The occurrences of some exceptionally very heavy rainfall during the recent years and causing flash floods in many areas forced to study the long term changes in extreme rainfall over India.
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No integrated strategy for agriculture and food security'
The budget comes in the backdrop of an emerging global food crisis, caused partly by extreme weather events in some major food producing countries including China, and partly by escalating petroleum price arising from the battle for democracy in the Middle East. It also comes in the wake of continuing food inflation.
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Warning as carbon levels hit new high
Carbon dioxide levels are about to rise to the highest they have been in five million years, triggering warnings a move towards low carbon economies is not happening quick enough. The atmospheric concentration
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2012 among top 10 warmest years: report
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said Thursday that the year 2012 was the ninth warmest on record despite the cooling influence of a La Nina episode early in the year. The WMO's Statement on
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Australia faces water crisis from global warming
Australia is likely to suffer increasing water shortages, extreme weather events and natural disasters such as floods and droughts if it fails to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2050, the
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Wildlife in a warming world: confronting the climate crisis
The climate crisis is already changing the playing field for wildlife and urgent action is needed to preserve America’s conservation legacy, according to a new report released by the National Wildlife
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Coping with weather adversity and adaptation to climatic variability: a cross-country study of smallholder farmers in South Asia
<p>Concerns over climate change and climatic variability are growing in South Asia because of the potential detrimental impacts of these phenomena on livelihoods. Such growing concerns demonstrate a need
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Global climate risk index 2011
As in previous years, the Global Climate Risk Index 2011 analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent available data from 2009 as well as for the period 1990-2009 were taken into account.