Global climate risk index 2020
The Global Climate Risk Index 2020 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, floods, heat waves etc.). The most recent data available
Climate Impacts
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2018 WHO health and climate change survey report: tracking global progress
Safeguarding human health from climate change impacts is more urgent than ever, yet most countries are not acting fully on their own plans to achieve this, according to the first global snapshot of progress
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2018 WHO health and climate change survey report: tracking global progress
Safeguarding human health from climate change impacts is more urgent than ever, yet most countries are not acting fully on their own plans to achieve this, according to the first global snapshot of progress
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Marginal climate and air quality costs of aviation emissions
<p>Aviation emissions have been found to cause 5% of global anthropogenic radiative forcing and ~16 000 premature deaths annually due to impaired air quality.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/aviation-emissions.pdf"
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New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding
<p>Most estimates of global mean sea-level rise this century fall below 2 m. This quantity is comparable to the positive vertical bias of the principle digital elevation model (DEM) used to assess
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India in a warming world: integrating climate change and development
Riven with scientific uncertainty, contending interests, and competing interpretations, the problem of climate change poses an existential challenge. For India, such a challenge is compounded by the immediate
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Climate change in Nigeria: impacts and responses
Nigeria’s climate has been changing, evident in: increases in temperature; variable rainfall; rise in sea level and flooding; drought and desertification; land degradation; more frequent extreme weather
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The emperor penguin- Vulnerable to projected rates of warming and sea ice loss
<p>We argue the need to improve climate change forecasting for ecology, and importantly, how to relate long-term projections to conservation. As an example, we discuss the need for effective management
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Safe climate: a report of the special rapporteur on human rights and the environment
This is a report of good practices demonstrating that effective actions are available to simultaneously address climate change and protect human rights. Drawn from every continent and featuring more than
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National Biodiversity Assessment 2018: the status of South Africa’s ecosystems and biodiversity
Ninety scientific institutions led by the South African National Biodiversity Institute have released a shock report that unveils waves of unprecedented climate impacts tearing across South Africa's globally