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Displaying 120 of about 5008 resultsA report into the impact of climate change on cities, which is becoming increasingly important as more and more people live in them. One of the most severe impacts, which is already starting to bite, is cities running out of water. Urban areas make up just 1% of the earth’s surface yet more than 55% of the world’s population live in them and by 2050 nea…
New report reveals drought is a present danger to some of the poorest people in the world and it threatens their lives and livelihoods, from Harare in Zimbabwe to London and the South East.
Without action to cut emissions and better management of freshwater resources, Christian Aid warns the toll will be felt acutely by the poor. Christian Aid is calli…
India faces a growing risk of compound extremes with some central and northern Indian states likely to be most exposed to these correlated extreme events, such as simultaneous heatwave and heavy rains or droughts swiftly followed by extreme rain, a study predicts.
A rethink is needed on traditional ways of categorising extremes and assessing their ri…
Climate scientists found that many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions in the coming decades, under modern definitions. The findings reveal the importance of rethinking classification as well as response to these events.
Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors i…
Prolonged droughts and heat waves have negative consequences both for people and the environment. If both of these extreme events occur at the same time, the impacts, in the form of wild fires, tree mortality or crop losses - to name a few examples - can be even more severe. Climate researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) ha…
This study analyses the perceptions of migration consequences from the viewpoint of migrants as well as the sending community. Migration is often considered a form of climate change adaptation by which individuals, households, and communities seek to reduce the risks associated with climate change. Through a set of 52 qualitative interviews, this s…
Thousands of people from Central America traveled through Mexico bound for the United States while world leaders met at COP26. Forced migration from Central America is driven by violence, corruption, lack of opportunity, and—increasingly—climate change. The concurrence of this migration event with COP26 underlines the growing reality that…
The editorial captures how climate change is putting food production at risk, and how disasters affect food security in and the agriculture sector as a whole. The articles in this report detail climate impacts in the fisher sector, small cities during COVID-19-associated lockdowns, building climate-resilient food systems in coastal areas, the impact of…
According to new research from the University of Illinois, crops that experience drought conditions or extreme temperatures during their early stages of growth and survive are better able to deal with those same conditions later in their growth cycle. This ‘memory,’ or adaptation by the plant, could help reduce yield loss that year and help researc…
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Fiji. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geograp…
This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Samoa. This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on communities, livelihoods and economies, many of which are already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing research and analyses, focusing on the geogra…
At first glance, USAID and NASA seem like an unlikely pair. NASA’s satellites watch the world from above; USAID helps farmers around the world grow crops from the ground up. But through a 15-year partnership, we’re helping solve one of the greatest threats to Earth — the climate crisis — and simultaneously strengthening resilience against poverty, hunge…
This report addresses the urgent issue of climate-related losses and damages. Climate change is driving fundamental changes to the planet with adverse impacts on human livelihoods and well-being, putting development gains at risk. The scale and extent of future risks for a given location is, however, subject to uncertainties in predicting complex climat…
Livestock farmers in Kenya will now have the option to be protected under a $140-million expanded insurance scheme to cushion them against climate change-related frequent droughts.The insurance is part of a project, De-risking, Inclusion and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies (DRIVE), sponsored through a credit facility by the World Bank targeting…
Experts at COP 27 have made apocalyptic forecasts of weather under climate change if urgent action is not taken. In South Asia, the anticipated ‘climate chaos’ is already a reality for many, with extreme droughts and floods increasingly affecting the region. According to the World Bank, losses will average USD 160 billion per year by the…