The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available — for 2017 and from 1998 to 2017 — were taken into account. The countries and territories affected …
Changes in temperature and humidity due to climate change affect living and working conditions. An understanding of the effects of different global temperature changes on population health is needed to inform the continued implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and to increase global ambitions for greater cuts in emissions. By …
Climate change is a global phenomenon, but the impacts are distributed locally and unevenly in cities. The urban poor are the most affected by climate change and are more likely to live in areas that lack sufficient infrastructure to respond to climate risks. WRI has developed the Urban Community Resilience …
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 this report will help inform a range of economic, environmental and social decision-making and local vulnerability assessments, by government, …
This report reflects the data disclosed by 38 regional governments that are members of the 'RegionsAdapt' initiative. It demonstrates the awareness and huge potential of regional governments in adapting to a changing climate, their ability to integrate climate policies vertically and their ability to involve different sectors and stakeholders in …
The long-term warming trend has continued in 2018, with the average global temperature set to be the fourth highest on record. The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years, with the top four in the past four years, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). …
There is a 75-80% chance of an El Niño developing by February 2019, although it is not expected to be a strong event, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Sea surface temperatures are already at weak El Niño levels in part of the tropical Pacific, …
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 weather events in a single year in 2017. “Despite all our efforts, greenhouse …
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 been significantly influenced by climate change. Rainfall patterns are shifting and the severity of floods and droughts has increased.
Heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago, ice days are disappearing and tropical nights are starting to occur as far north as Middlesbrough, according to a Met Office report. The new report shows that warm spells – when the maximum temperature is …
Heatwaves in the UK are lasting twice as long as they did 50 years ago, ice days are disappearing and tropical nights are starting to occur as far north as Middlesbrough, according to a Met Office report. The new report shows that warm spells – when the maximum temperature is …
This book provides insights into the loss and damage (L&D;) discourse by highlighting state-of-the-art research from multiple disciplines as well as policy contexts related to L&D.; It articulates the multiple concepts, principles and methods relevant for L&D;, including those that have only recently become available. This volume is aimed at …
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, such as floods in Kerala, wildfires in Uttarakhand and heat waves in the north and east, have …
The international effort to tackle climate change must be accelerated in order to limit global temperature rises, a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has found. The IPCC report, released in South Korea, is an urgent reminder that global warming poses a grave risk to humanity. …
It is time to accept that we are beginning to see the impact of climate change in the form of increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, and this would get worse with rising temperature. The trend of extreme weather events in the last 118 years suggests that the …
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 people and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless, displaced or in need of emergency assistance. While the majority of fatalities were …
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 and industry is aware of the potential impacts of climate change on future productivity and day to day …
The UN needs a coordinated approach to assist people forced to move by floods, storms, drought and other impacts worsened by global warming, an expert panel has found. In a report released, the ‘task force on displacement’ called for better data collection and analysis on climate migration trends, and finance …
Extreme climate events such as droughts and heat waves exert strong impacts on ecosystems and human well-being. Estimations of the risks of climate extremes typically focus on one variable in isolation. In this study, we present a method to examine the likelihood of concurrent extreme temperature and precipitation modes at …
Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will be flooded dangerously. The sea rises as temperatures spike and polar ice melts. The fear is that many refuse to see the catastrophe till it strikes. Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will …
