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 …
In another move to address the impact of climate change, President Barack Obama ordered a bipartisan task force on Friday to help U.S. communities brace for longer heat waves, heavier downpours, more severe wildfires and worse droughts. Friday's executive order set up a panel of governors, mayors, county officials and …
The International Conference on “Plants, People and Climate 2013” will commence today (Tuesday) with the aim to create awareness among general public, students and teachers about climate change and its effects. Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST) is organising the event from November 5-7,in collaboration with the Ministry of …
Predicted sea-level rises threaten many of the world's most important cities, write Alison Kemper and Roger Martin We owe much of our prosperity to oceans. As UK readers know best, easy access to the sea allows economies to trade and to grow. Shanghai, New York, Hong Kong, London, Sydney, Mumbai, …
Failure will mean greater costs and risks and pathway to limiting temperature rise to under 2C will close fast The chances of keeping the global temperature increase below 2C will “swiftly diminish” unless the world takes immediate action to escalate cuts in carbon emissions, the United Nations has warned. The …
India is among the 'extreme risk' countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Climate Change Vulnerability Index, risk consultancy firm Maplecroft revealed the countries most likely to suffer from the effects of warming climates by 2025. …
Bangladesh and its capital Dhaka have been listed as the 'most vulnerable' to climate change among 193 countries, and 50 cities across the world by Maplecroft, a leading environmental institution based in Britain. The country and the city are likely to suffer the most due to global warming by 2050, …
The importance of weather, climate, and water information is rising because of the need to minimize growing economic losses, serve more elaborate societal needs, and help countries adapt to climate change. Weather and Climate Resilience highlights recent World Bank experience and offers guidance on good practices that will help modernization …
New empirical evidence from nine research sites presented in this publication show that loss and damage occurs when there are barriers that impede planning and implementation of adaptation, and when physical and social limits to adaptation are reached or exceeded. Across the nine research sites, households struggle to manage climatic …
India is among the ‘extreme risk’ countries where economic impacts of climate change will be most felt by 2025, according to a report. In its sixth annual Climate Change Vulnerability Index, risk consultancy firm Maplecroft revealed the countries most likely to suffer from the effects of warming climates by 2025. …
30 October 2013 31% of global economic output forecast to face ‘high’ or ‘extreme’ climate change risks by 2025 – Maplecroft Risk Atlas The sixth annual release of Maplecroft’s Climate Change and Environmental Risk Atlas reveals that 31% of global economic output will be based in countries facing ‘high’ or …
What we desperately close our mind to is once again becoming pronounced ever more clearly: climate change is here; it is already bringing devastating extreme weather events; and it will become worse in the years to come. In late September, part I of the fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental …
A presentation by Vimal Mishra, Haider Ali, D S Pai at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
Extreme events, uninsured losses & informal sector vulnerability: a case study of Mumbai - A presentation by Archana Patankar at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
The damages from climatic extremes: Does disaster specific and generic adaptation measures matter? - A presentation by Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati & Unmesh Patnaik at the 4th National Research Conference on Climate Change, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, October 26-27, 2013.
Independent body Coalition axed challenges Tony Abbott's view that connecting global warming and blazes is 'hogwash' There is a “clear link” between climate change and bushfires, with the current New South Wales fires influenced by a rising frequency of hot, dry days, according to the climate body that had its …
A changing climate is increasing the frequency, intensity, duration and spatial extent of heat waves. These changes are associated with increased human mortality during heat extremes. At the other end of the temperature scale, it has been widely speculated that cold-related mortality could decrease in a warmer world. We aim …
New research suggests that extreme weather events will keep people poor in many parts of the world. The authors argue that where disasters like drought are prevalent, they can be the most important cause of poverty. They say that up to 325 million people will be living in countries highly …
The rapid growth in the number of people living in cities and urban landscapes is increasing the world’s susceptibility to natural disasters, according to this new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The report warns that the unprecedented influx of people to urban areas across the developing world is …
Extreme weather, sea-level rise and degraded coastal ecosystems are placing people and property at greater risk of damage from coastal hazards. The likelihood and magnitude of losses may be reduced by intact reefs and coastal vegetation1, especially when those habitats fringe vulnerable communities and infrastructure. Using five sea-level-rise scenarios, we …
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties in getting the attention of key sectors within municipal government, and how this was addressed and also served …
