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Displaying 60 of about 147 resultsThis publication presents a summary of Practical Action's experience in Peru in the development of alternative climate change adaptation technologies using appropriate practices. It synthesises learning and outcomes of experiences looking at fostering adaptive capacity and building resilience, as well as reducing vulnerability to a wide range of hazards…
This study finds that 17 million people were newly displaced by sudden-onset disasters worldwide in 2009, and over 42 million people in 2010. To meet this challenge, the study recommends that greater collaboration is required between those working in the fields of humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and development. I…
This extreme events technical report represents one of five major components of research undertaken as part of the Climate Futures for Tasmania project. It (i) covers projected changes to the frequency, magnitude and duration of temperature and precipitation extremes across Tasmania for the 21st century; (ii) describes extreme events in the Tasmanian re…
By Jeannette Cwienk
As Germans shiver through double-digit negative temperatures and more than 80 centimeters (30 inches) of snow in parts of the country, climate science deniers have taken to social media to argue that global warming is a hoax.
Their claim — which has been repeatedly debunked by climate scientists — is that extremely cold weather sho…
By Erik D. Olson
Earlier this week, 1 in 22 Americans didn’t have water or was on a boil water alert. Nearly 15 million people in Texas alone were without safe drinking water in the wake of the massive storm, cold snap, and power outages. Many more in Oklahoma, Louisiana, and other hard-hit Southern states also lost water or were on “voluntary” or mand…
Millions of people in the Pacific are affected by the consequences of a powerful El Niño - the climate phenomenon that develops in the tropical Pacific and brings extreme weather to several regions of the world.
Papua New Guinea is currently the worst hit country in the region. Rainfall there has been below average for almost a year which, along with f…
Ulaanbaatar - World Bank in Mongolia, together with the National Disaster Management Agency (NEMA) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (DRMS), hosted a training program on “Disaster Risk Reduction” February 3-6, 2015. Over 30 participants from NEMA, National Security Council, government agencies, and city and aimag (province) administrations partici…
Over 350 thousand people are still without power following an ice storm that splintered trees and turned roads into fields of ice over the weekend. According to officials, it may take until Wednesday until the power will be restored in every effected home, reports Huffington Post.
Anthony Haines, CEO of Toronto Hydro said that "We've been cognizant of…
Johannesburg (IRIN) - In 2010, five of the most devastating disasters, measured in loss of lives, goods and infrastructure, occurred in Asia. Investing in disaster planning could go a long way to keeping the number of casualties down, experts said.
"Disasters in Asia are largely due to floods and, in the second instance, storms. I think there is an awa…
Several major catastrophes in 2010 resulted in substantial losses and an exceptionally high number of fatalities. The overall picture last year was dominated by an accumulation of severe earthquakes to an extent seldom experienced in recent decades. The high number of weather-related natural catastrophes and record temperatures both globally and in diff…
Le projet CHEDAR étudie la capacité des modèles numériques à simuler les épisodes météorologiques remarquables (vagues de chaleur ou de froid, impact des éruptions volcaniques…) des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, avant la création des réseaux météorologiques. Les chercheurs ont pour ce faire collecté et numérisé les données climatiques observées en France dura…
2021 must be the year for climate action – “the make it or break it year,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of WMO’s report on the State of the Global Climate 2020 which highlighted accelerating climate change indicators and worsening impacts.
“This is a frightening report. It needs to be read by all lea…
By Matthew Fielding, Julia Barrott and Annika Flensburg
The amount of soil carbon locked in northern permafrost is about double the amount of carbon currently in the atmosphere. If the permafrost carbon pool was to (even partially) thaw, the chances of meeting the targets in the Paris Agreement would be significantly reduced, or even lost completely.…
ULAANBAATAR, 12 April 2017 – The Prime Minister of Mongolia, Mr. Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat, says his country is ready to share its vast experience of managing extreme hazards to support greater implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction across Asia.
The Prime Minister revealed that this was one of the key motivations behind Mongoli…
This report highlights the 10 most financially devastating climate events of 2021, from hurricanes in the US, China and India to floods in Australia, Europe and Canada. All cost over 1.5 billion dollars of damage. It also looks at five events which, while carrying a lower financial cost, brought devastating human impacts such as drought in Africa and La…