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Recent floods can't be directly attributed to global warming but it's still vital we refine our projections of what the future holds. There is compelling evidence that warming will start to climb again and most likely will change the hydrological cycle. Hence there remains a desperate need for refinement of projections as to how rainfall patterns might evolve in to the future...
"Massive" and ongoing cuts to the budget of the department of environment, food and rural affairs mean its ability to respond to extreme weather emergencies such as flooding is in danger, according to a report by UK Members of Parliament, reports The Guardian...
'4C would likely be catastrophic rather than simply dangerous,' Sherwood said. 'For example, it would make life difficult, if not impossible, in much of the tropics, and would guarantee the eventual melting of the Greenland ice sheet and some of the Antarctic ice sheet' - causing sea levels to rise by many metres as a result'...
'Addressing climate change needs an approach where concrete experiences and strategic thinking in navigating the issues becomes the core of decision making. Harnessing and aggregating knowledge for adaptation could therefore be a crucial key to unleashing the adaptation potential for Africa,' states Dr Richard Munang of UNEP...
A new disaster risk report, released by Germanwatch during COP19, highlights the problem of accurately predicting impact of extreme weather events such as typhoon Haiyan. According to UNISDR's Jerry Velasquez, fewer people are dying worldwide due to climate-related disasters, but far more are exposed than a decade ago, and the economic impact is soaring...
Business needs to step up when it comes to tackling climate challenges, writes UN Global Compact director Georg Kell on the pages of The Guardian at the time when policy makers and influencial business leaders gather at COP19...
In December 2012, Jessica Scholl wrote: 'Hurricane Sandy and climate change: a wake-up call for collective, cross-sector adaptation efforts?' As the world rallies behind the government and people of the Philippines following another disaster, typhoon Haiyan, far more deadly than Sandy, perhaps it's time to answer Scholl's question once and for all...
In the aftermath of climate chaos, The Guardian poses the question: "What could we have done differently?
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