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The newly released report from IPCC should alert China to take actions on severe climate risks, such as melting glaciers and rising sea levels.
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) warns that the water level in many stretches has dropped below the historic rainy season-low of 1992, threatening ecosystems and the livelihoods depending on them.
Attribution science has developed the capability to assess the extent to which extreme weather events are linked to climate change. While scientific uncertainties still remain and it is not possible to make robust attribution statements about all events, this information could be of great value for informing climate adaptation.
China has 20% of the world’s population but only 7% of its water. This problem is exacerbated by pollution and inefficient use.
The Chinese government has inaugurated the new Ministry of Emergency Management, providing an opportunity to improve its disaster mitigation efforts, which have lagged behind its exemplar response and recovery sectors. By centralizing disaster management in the new ministry, there is little ambiguity surrounding which government departments must deal with DRR.
'Human error played a key role in last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan,' writes Daanish Mustafa and David Wrathall, describing the vulnerability of the Indus basin and calling for a new approach to its management....
The need for humans to adapt to climate change is clear, but the where, when and how remain fuzzy. Tan Copsey of chinadialogue reports on existing – and hotly debated – plans for financing change in vulnerable countries...
This report intends to open up a dialogue on an issue, it asserts, that could put the lives and livelihoods of millions of people at risk in the foreseeable future.
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