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Displaying 105 of about 147 resultsThis book demonstrates how science and innovation can be harnessed to tackle today’s biggest challenges in poor countries. Its scope includes: (i) the impact of climate change and other future threats and how science can contribute to building sustainability and resilience; (ii) three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - reducing hunger, improvi…
Canadian assessment of natural hazards project, ICLR research paper series – number 48:
This document aims to inform people about the risks they face, some of the ways to adapt to them and actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability to them. It is intended for Canadians—political leaders and bureaucrats, business leaders and the public—to better…
This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and parts of Europe and Central Asia. For each region, the report addresses the regional patterns of climate change, such as heat extremes, extreme precipitation, droughts, tropical cyclones/hurricanes, and sea-level ri…
This report takes an in-depth look at whether and how companies are responding to the increased risks and pressures presented by climate changes and extreme weather risks, such as cold and heat waves, droughts, floods, hurricanes, cyclones, storms, wildfires. It examines how companies perceive and manage these risks as well as potential business opportu…
Washington - The record cold U.S. temperatures may have a silver lining - killing off some tree-eating forest pests that have spread dangerously as the general climate warms up, scientists said.
The deep freeze that shattered decades-old records this week - causing fatalities and snarling air, road and rail traffic - could adversely affect pests such a…
"While the ongoing cold snap is breaking records from Minnesota to Florida, it will not go down in history as the most significant Arctic outbreak in U.S. history, not even by a longshot. Scientists said the deep freeze gripping the U.S. does not indicate a halt or reversal in global warming trends, either. In fact, it may be a counterintuitive example…
This report focuses on a way to foster the growth of explaining the causes of specific extreme disaster events in near-real time. It provides an assessment on causes of historical changes in temperature and precipitation extremes worldwide to provide a long-term perspective for the events discussed in 2011. It encourages the development of an objective…
This second edition significantly expands the existing evidence base to help shift policy and practice within the climate change domain. The climate section on environmental disasters, using drought, floods, landslides, storms, wildfires, heating, cooling, sea-level rise and water as indicators, among others, raises the following questions: (i) is the h…
Exposure to extreme temperatures is one primary cause of weather-related human mortality and morbidity. Global climate change raises the concern of public health under future extreme events, yet spatiotemporal population dynamics have been long overlooked in health risk assessments. Here, we show that the diurnal intra-urban movement alters residents’ e…
The purpose of the international conference organized by the WMO in Madrid, Spain, from 19 to 22 March 2007, was to contribute to secure and sustainable living for all the peoples of the world by evaluating and demonstrating, and hence ultimately enhancing, the social and economic benefits of weather, climate and water services.
Taking into account any…
Joint Press Release N° 953
Geneva/Zagreb - The United Nations, European Commission and national authorities have launched a new project in the Western Balkans and Turkey that will reduce disaster risks and increase resilience to climate change.
The project launch is planned for 30 August in Zagreb, Croatia and it is aimed at high-level participants fr…
By Somini Sengupta
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Heat and drought extremes are consistent with scientific consensus: More greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere bring a greater likelihood of abnormally high temperatures. Also, broadly speaking, scientists say, a hotter planet makes extreme weather more frequent and more intense.
The real-life numbers bear out the climat…
By Christian Durand
In early July 2018, Quebec experienced a deadly heat wave that caused more than 90 deaths across the province. A few months later, temperatures in Montreal dipped to a frigid -16.3 C on November 22, the lowest ever on record for that day.
This spring, several regions of Quebec, Ontario and the Maritimes are dealing with massive flo…
In a changing climate, there is an ever-increasing societal demand for accurate and reliable interannual predictions. Accurate and reliable interannual predictions of global temperatures are key for determining the regional climate change impacts that scale with global temperature, such as precipitation extremes, severe droughts, or intense hurricane ac…
By Roshanak Nateghi
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s deregulated electricity market, arguing that Texas prioritized cheap power over reliability.
But climate extremes are wreaking…