2023 costliest climate disasters reveal ‘global postcode lottery’ Christian Aid study finds Study identifies the year's 20 costliest extreme climate disasters by per capita cost. The cost ranges from...
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2023 costliest climate disasters reveal ‘global postcode lottery’ Christian Aid study finds Study identifies the year's 20 costliest extreme climate disasters by per capita cost. The cost ranges from...
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JOHANNESBURG, 28 November 2023 – It’s been a year of climate carnage in Africa. At least 15 700 people have lost their lives to extreme weather disasters, according to the latest report from Carbon...
The catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya is a human and environmental disaster that has claimed thousands of lives. In this report we examine the main environmental considerations in the short and...
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The disaster is Africa’s deadliest storm on record; seven of Africa’s top 30 deadliest weather disasters since 1900 have occurred in the past two years. By Bob Henson and Jeff Masters Africa’s...
Due to climate change and melting glaciers, high-altitude lake outbursts pose a serious threat to the human security in Kyrgyzstan. The list of breakthrough lakes in Kyrgyzstan for 2022 includes 320...
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Climate change impacts increase in Asia Bangkok, Thailand 27 July 2023 (WMO) – Extreme weather and climate change impacts are increasing in Asia, which ricocheted between droughts and floods in 2022,...
Overview WFP continued to address the food and nutrition needs in Tajikistan through close collaboration with the Government, United Nations (UN) partners and other cooperating partners. WFP...
A legacy of deforestation has placed Sierra Leone on a climate breakdown. This is threatening food security and incomes in both rural and urban Sierra Leone. KEY TAKEAWAYS Extreme weather-related...
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Author(s) : Simon Addison, Ritu Bharadwaj, Anna Carthy, et al. This paper presents a detailed overview of the nature of loss and damage risks affecting low-income countries, marginalised groups and...
The devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal and other parts of the country are the beginnings of South Africa feeling the effects of climate change, says Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs...
KEY MESSAGES • Tajikistan is projected to experience temperature rises significantly above the global average. Under the highest emissions pathway (RCP8.5), warming could reach 5.5°C by the 2090s,...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Study This Final Report forms the third deliverable for the World Bank funded study to assess the economic costs incurred by Tajikistan, due to the impact of disasters...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS A new World Bank report assesses the economic costs of natural disasters that affect the country’s major road network. The total economic cost of disasters impacting Tajikistan’s...
KEY MESSAGES • Temperatures in Kazakhstan are projected to rise at a faster rate than the global average and faster than most other Asian nations, with potential warming of 5.3°C by the 2090s,...
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Evolving and overlapping global crises hit the world’s most vulnerable nations the hardest. Now, more than ever, world leaders must demonstrate solidarity and support with concrete action. Question:...
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Abstract: On top of a decade of exacerbated disaster loss, exceptional global heat, retreating ice and rising sea levels, humanity and our food security face a range of new and unprecedented hazards,...
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Without drastic efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the humanitarian impacts of climate change will be far worse in the decades to come. Climate change is not a distant vision of a troubled...
Executive summary The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) of Kenya are exposed to recurrent climate shocks, especially drought and floods, which interact with local conditions to cause food, nutrition,...
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Extreme weather driven by climate change cost the world billions in 2020 - report Report identifies ten extreme events, influenced by climate change, that each caused $1.5 billion damage or more...
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African cities are among the fastest growing globally. Mass migration and the resultant urban sprawl have created cities that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. One of the primary...