Emissions Cut Hiatus Slows Work To Limit Warming
Reluctance to raise ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions due to economic constraints is threatening progress towards limiting global warming, delegates at United Nations' climate talks in Germany
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No if on next Ice Age, only when
Ahmedabad: Recent blizzards in eastern United States not only broke century old records of high snow fall dating back to 1899, but also added
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Extreme Rain Doubled In Midwest: Climate Study
The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S. Midwest over the last half-century, causing billions of dollars in flood damage in a trend climate advocates
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Do weather fluctuations cause people to seek information about climate change?
Learning about the causes and consequences of climate change can be an important avenue for supporting mitigation policy and efficient adaptation. This paper uses internet search activity data, a distinctly
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Mumbai, Miami on list for big weather disasters
Global warming is leading to such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations should prepare for an unprecedented onslaught of deadly and costly weather disasters, an international panel of climate
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Plan Now For Climate-Related Disasters: U.N. Report
A future on Earth of more extreme weather and rising seas will require better planning for natural disasters to save lives and limit deepening economic losses, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a
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Community based vulnerability assessment: building capacity on climate change in coastal areas of Pakistan
This report attempts to highlight the risks facing coastal communities that inhabit Jiwani (Gwader District of Balochistan), and Kharo Chan and Keti Bunder (Thatta District of Sindh). The CVA intends to
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Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival
<p>Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and survival via weather extremes and climatic impacts on food yields, fresh water, infectious diseases, conflict, and displacement. Paradoxically,
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Climate change in Central and South America: recent trends, future projections, and impacts on regional agriculture
This report investigates the climate of two target regions of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): Central and South America (CA and SA, respectively). The
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Attribution of climate extreme events
There is a tremendous desire to attribute causes to weather and climate events that is often challenging from a physical standpoint. Headlines attributing an event solely to either human-induced climate
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Quantifying greenhouse gas fluxes in agriculture and forestry: methods for entity-scale inventory
America’s farm, ranch and forest managers are stewards of the land, and have long recognized the significance of managing soil health, plant productivity and animal nutrition. Conservation practices and
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Partners with nature: how healthy ecosystems are helping the worlds most vulnerable adapt to climate change
This report includes 14 case studies from different countries around the world. They provide compelling evidence of the roles that ecosystems play in climate change adaptation through protecting the natural resource base, providing alternative livelihood options, and maintaining resilience to future climate
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO): review of possible impact on agricultural production in 2014/15
This update from FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) reviews the possible impacts of an El Niño event on agricultural production during the 2014-15 period.
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The effects of summer temperature and heat waves on heat-related illness in a coastal city of China, 2011-2013
Devastating health effects from recent heat waves in China have highlighted the importance of understanding health consequences from extreme heat stress. Despite the increasing mortality from extreme heat,
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Report of the indigenous peoples global summit on climate change
This report contains the proceedings of an Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change - hosted by the Inuit Circumpolar Council in collaboration with the UN University - Institute of Advanced Studies Traditional Knowledge Initiative (UNU-IAS TKI) and other partners. The Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change was held in Anchorage, Alaska, from 20
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Explaining extreme events of 2012 from a climate perspective
This new analysis published by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society links human-caused climate change to half of 2012′s extreme weather.
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Annual disaster statistical review 2015: the numbers and trends
The 2015 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 2015
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Addressing climate change and migration in Asia and the Pacific
Climate change will increase the frequency of extreme weather events, making more geographic places inhospitable to human habitation and secure livelihoods. This report presents a detailed picture of the
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Consistent pattern of local adaptation during an experimental heat wave in a pipefish-trematode host-parasite system
<p>Extreme climate events such as heat waves are expected to increase in frequency under global change. As one indirect effect, they can alter magnitude and direction of species interactions, for example
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New priorities
Development takes a backseat as states combat extreme weather spending on disaster management has exceeded spending on agriculture and rural development in some states. A World Bank report said extreme weather events like floods, cyclones and droughts forced Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh to spend more on relief and damages than on development schemes between 2002 and 2007.