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Displaying 30 of about 34 results… glaciers and oceans. Impacts include extreme weather, heat waves, heavy and more frequent rainfall, droughts, fire, … water-borne diseases and many harmful effects of extreme heat. This decade is critical for effective adaptation. How … glaciers and oceans. Impacts include extreme weather, heat waves, heavy and more frequent rainfall, droughts, fire, …
… caused by more severe storms and cyclones, the effects of heat stress on domestic animals, and more insidious impacts … and relatively sheltered places include a diverse range of wave‑ and tide‑dominated estuaries, wetlands, bays, coastal … acidification, but experimental research has shown that heat stress can cause changes in metabolic processes and …
… PACIFIC .............................. 3 2.1 Extreme Heat … . . . . . . . .22 4.3 Percent of Assets Exposed to Extreme Heat in the Transport Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … baseline. The potential impact is illustrated by the heat wave in Almaty on 15 July 2019, when temperatures above 35°C …
In this report, the Subregional Office for the Pacific of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) pulled together the latest reports and evidence on climate change in the Pacific subregion. A major theme which emerged was the need to integrate climate change considerations across the various sectors, which coul…
… consequences , including droughts, floods , wildfires, heat waves, rising sea levels and biodiversity loss . … consequences , including droughts, floods , wildfires, heat waves, rising sea levels and biodiversity loss . …
… measured—likely reflecting recent experience with extreme heat, drought, forest fires, or floods. For example, the … measured—likely reflecting recent experience with extreme heat, drought, forest fires, or floods. For example, the …
… negative health implications, including vulnerability to heat stress.76 Water security in Tuvalu stems from a lack of … between hot days and hospital admissions arising from heat stress and diarrhoea; diarrhoeal diseases have been a … mid-21st century because of sea-level rise exacerbating wave-driven flooding. Science Advances, 4(4):eaap9741. 70. …
… to produce food profitably and sustainably. Intensified heat and drought will place yet more stress on our rural … to produce food profitably and sustainably. Intensified heat and drought will place yet more stress on our rural …
With hospitals under strain from COVID-19, we need to safeguard them against another threat set to increase as the world warms.
That threat? Flooding. Many Australian hospitals were built on cheap land near rivers. But as climate change loads the dice in favour of larger floods, areas previously safe may no longer be so. We must plan ah…
… as a low-lying atoll is increasingly affected by the ocean wave energy due to rising sea level and degrading fringing … are causing high sensitivity of coastal areas to the ocean wave energy and flooding events. The risk assessment … adverse impacts on the natural coastal buffers to absorb wave energy and will exacerbate destroying the cultivated …
… Direct effects Health impacts of extreme weather events Heat-related illness Indirect effects Water security and … rainfall, 1900–2100 FIGURE 3: Percentage of hot days (‘heat stress’), 1900–2100 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 24 26 28 30 … scenario RCP2.6 2085, high emissions scenario RCP8.5 Heat stress Climate change is expected to increase mean …
… RISK SuRvEIllaNCE aND EaRlY WaRNING SYSTEMS Integrate heat stress (see page 9) into existing monitoring systems and … Direct effects Health impacts of extreme weather events Heat-related illness (see page 9) Indirect effects Water … (ciguatera) and skin infections/infestations (4). Heat stress (see page 9) is increasingly being recognized as …
… Direct effects Health impacts of extreme weather events Heat-related illness Indirect effects Water security and … and ‘flood risk’) FIGURE 3: Percentage of hot days (‘heat stress’) YearYear Year Year 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 … scenario RCP2.6 2085, high emissions scenario RCP8.5 Heat stress Climate change is expected to increase the mean …
… Direct effects Health impacts of extreme weather events Heat-related illness Indirect effects Water security and … rainfall, 1900–2100 FIGURE 3: Percentage of hot days (‘heat stress’), 1900–2100 More high temperature extremes Small … scenario RCP2.6 2085, high emissions scenario RCP8.5 Heat stress Climate change is expected to increase the mean …
… in Australia since 1910, leading to an increase in extreme heat events (BoM 2022a). Southern Australia is becoming drier … in the statistical distribution of key parameters such as heat, precipitation, wind and humidity from global climate … other sectors of the economy. For example, whilst extreme heat has killed more Australians than all other natural …