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Displaying 30 of about 612 resultsThe effect of rising temperatures on learning will be borne by the poor and marginalised, but the matter has still not received the policy attention it needs.In the sweltering heat, no electricity, water shortages and crowded classrooms together make learning impossible as summer temperatures soars across the country through the summer months.[...]As he…
Research identifies patterns to predict co-occurrence of heat and ozone extremes in China monthsHigh temperatures exacerbate ground-level ozone production, resulting in a deadly combination of extreme heat and poor air quality that is especially dangerous for children, seniors, and people suffering from preexisting respiratory illnesses. Like most…
Three-quarters of children in South Asia are already exposed to extreme high temperature compared to only one in three globally, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, urging authorities to do more to help them beat the heat.UNICEF estimates that 76 per cent of children under 18 in the region - 460 million - are exposed to extreme high temperat…
[...]He warned that the extreme heat would later affect olive production, the primary source of livelihood for many Lebanese farmers.The agricultural production loss is mainly traced to irrigation water shortage as most rivers and springs dried up quickly amid the intense heat waves. The water level of artesian wells decreased to about half, lamented al…
In this study, the researchers build daytime and nighttime high-temperature interpolation models supported by data from 225 meteorological stations in Beijing. Against the background of global climate change, the increasing heat health risk from the combined effect of changes in high temperature, exposure, vulnerability, and other factors has become a g…
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Global warming caused by human activities raised the probability of record high temperatures across Japan this summer by 240 times compared to the expected chances in the absence of global warming, a Japanese research team announced on Sept. 6.
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The group used a method called "event attribution" to quantitively analyze how global warming h…
Described as periods of excessively high temperatures, heatwaves have a devastating impact on human life, agriculture, and water resources. Weather and atmospheric conditions can lead to two types of heatwaves: dry heatwaves occur when the skies are clear, exposing the area to large amounts of solar radiation, while moist heatwaves occur when water vapo…
This Thailand Disaster Management Reference Handbook offers an operational understanding of both the country’s disaster management capability and information on demographics, hazards, climate risks, organizational structure for disaster management, laws and policies, infrastructure, and other areas vital to a comprehensive disaster management knowledge…
An early, aggressive wildfire season in Alberta, alarming, summer-like temperatures in parts of the Mediterranean, scorching, road-melting heat to South Asia, and torrential rain causing deadly floods in Congo-Kinshasa, are all signs this spring of anthropogenic climate change and a “grim augur of things to come.”Relatively cooler weather is helping the…
This study compared the relative risks of heat days on mortalities by vulnerable groups (elderly, single-person households, less-educated) in the past decade (1999–2008) and the recent decade (2009–2018) in four cities, Seoul, Incheon, Daegu, and Gwangju, in Korea. It has been known that the health impacts of heatwaves have gradually decreased over time…
The thrust of the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) is to look for synergies in actions for securing both environmental and socio-economic benefits. The overarching goal of ICAP is to provide sustainable cooling and thermal comfort for all while securing environmental and socio-economic benefits for the society.
The development of ICAP has been a multi-…
One international human settlements and climate change expert (IE) (home based) and one international spatial planning expert (Viet Nam and home based)
Background
Viet Nam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, affecting many sectors and regions, and presenting a challenge to human development. Effects such as sea level rise and assoc…
The project Sheltering From a Gathering Storm has generated information on the costs and benefits of climate resilient shelter designs. This information is purposed to contribute to transformative changes necessary to make communities more resilient to future disasters.
Using cost-benefit analysis, this applied research project has produced outpu…
This report gives details of a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) project that was carried out in order to estimate the value of strengthening Bangladesh’s hydrometeorological services. The objective of the analysis was to verify the economic justification for the project, guide the project’s priorities and investments during implementation, pos…
This report is the first to define and quantify the magnitude of the cooling access challenge, including an assessment of countries facing the biggest risks, measured by extreme heat, food losses, and damaged or destroyed vaccines and medicines. The report illustrates the social and economic risks of ignoring the challenge and the enormous economic and…