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Displaying 15 of about 36 results… shortages, have contributed to this increase, extreme heat is already raising food prices, and it’s bound to get … 3.2 percent over the past 12 months. The link between heat and rising food prices is intuitive — if wheat starts … is going to get more expensive. When Europe broiled in heat waves in 2022 , it pushed up food prices that were …
… will spend more than double of New York's to manage urban heat generated due to massive concretisation as the summer … the need to mitigate the impacts of record-breaking heat, particularly in cities around the world subject to the urban heat island ( UHI ) effect (increase in heat due to man-made …
… but the real challenge is scaling them up. Learning from heat action plans One immediate and widespread impact of climate change is heat stress, which is triggering illness and death; the … impact. People have traditional ways to adapt to extreme heat in most tropical countries, but urbanisation has led to …
… damage and loss associated with wildfire and extreme heat are significantly lower than for other hazards, for … losses from wildfire and drought (including extreme heat as a sub-hazard of these events) are expected to be far … 4: The cost of Europe’s wildfires in 2023 21 Figure 5: Heat stress during the July 2023 heatwave 22 Figure 6: Risk …
… of just a few selected adaptation interventions—targeting heat stress, crop erosion, rain-fed crop production, and … 25 Effect of heat stress on labor productivity … 25 Effect of heat stress on health … are based on estimates of loss of labor productivity from heat stress and poor health, lower crop yields from the shift …
… as high winds, heavy rain, ice, lightning, and extreme heat. Even in areas where power lines are buried, flooding … weather, tropical cyclones (including hurricanes), extreme heat, and wildfire. During the 24-year period analyzed: … most of the longest-lasting outages through 2022. Extreme heat was responsible for 48 outages (about 3% of …
… most expensive disaster started with an unprecedented heat wave that sat over Texas for weeks over the summer and then … Midwest, helping fuel a destructive drought. The extreme heat and lack of rain dried up fields, forced ranchers to …
… of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heat waves. As policymakers commit to net-zero emissions … where rising sea levels, stronger typhoons, and prolonged heat waves are threatening many livelihoods, often in already … of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heat waves. As policymakers commit to net-zero emissions …
… Risk Management Analyst), Mikhail Sirenko (Extreme Heat Expert), Sandra Vlašic (Climate Expert), Anda Anica … costs of measures for adapting to wildfires and extreme heat 84 Romania: Improving the evidence base for … scenario-based BCA was undertaken for two heat wave adaptation measures (a green roof and a heat-health …
… Now is the time for decisive action. Angola could ride the wave of DRF momentum in Africa to develop and implement its … Now is the time for decisive action. Angola could ride the wave of DRF momentum in Africa to develop and implement its …
… strategies (coral restoration as tools to dissipate wave energy and reduce erosion) also generate benefits for … system. They contribute to the mitigation of the urban heat island effect by evapotranspiration and by increasing … or enhancing urban biodiversity and reducing the urban heat ETC-CA Technical Paper 3/2023 30 island effect as they …
… with increases in mean temperatures and the frequency of heat waves, will exacerbate existing challenges such as coral … with increases in mean temperatures and the frequency of heat waves, will exacerbate existing challenges such as coral …
… as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping blanket of gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the … as humanity continues to burn fossil fuel, padding the heat-trapping blanket of gases in Earth’s atmosphere, the …
… resulting in slow-onset changes like sea level rise, wave climatology, and sea-surface salinity (leading to higher … will be required as climate changes, and floods, extreme heat, major storms, issues with ports and canals, and …
… and increases in the frequency and severity of heat waves, which may have wide-ranging impacts, including … urban floods occur in the coming 10 years. Heat wave HIGH Prolonged exposure to extreme heat, resulting …