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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need is a 2021 book by Bill Gates. (wikipedia.org)
Bill Gates, from page 14 of his book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster (2021). (wikipedia.org)
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster was published in hardcover by Alfred A. Knopf on February 16, 2021. (wikipedia.org)
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday. (cnbc.com)
Ninety percent of counties across the U.S. have experienced a flood, wildfire, hurricane or other federally declared climate disaster between 2011 and 2021, according to a report published Wednesday that calls for urgent investment in climate adaptation and hazard mitigation. (cnbc.com)
In 2021 alone, the U.S. suffered from 20 separate billion-dollar disasters. (cnbc.com)
FILE - Downed power lines slump over a road in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Reserve, La. Weather disasters fueled by climate change now roll across the U.S. year-round, battering the nation's aging electric grid. (ktar.com)
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration estimates that property losses from weather and climate disasters in 2021 alone added up to roughly $145 billion . (chicagobusiness.com)
The strong recommendation to replace beef with fake meat is made in Gates' book "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," which was released in February 2021. (lifesitenews.com)
At COP26 in Glasgow in 2021 the Global Mayors Action Agenda on Climate and Migration was launched. (lu.se)
These catastrophic events have placed Puerto Rico first among the places most affected by the climate, according to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index report. (cdc.gov)

Since June of 2022, we've had nine billion-dollar disasters , with recent disasters, like Hurricane Ian , adding to that list. (rmi.org)
MADRID, Nov 17 2022 (IPS) - As much as wars -or even more-, climate disaster represents a great business opportunity, so don't bother those who pour their fortunes into fueling them with talks about stopping it. (ipsnews.net)

Below we detail the lessons learned from cities that are implementing these hubs to help others incorporate them into their climate change adaptation toolbox. (rmi.org)
Climate Change Adaptation actors within this field of study. (lu.se)
We have created a programme that has synergies between disaster risk management and climate change adaptation because these two areas are strongly interlinked. (lu.se)
Magnus Hagelsteen, Programme Director, MSc in Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation. (lu.se)
Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation will be at- universityadmissions.se. (lu.se)
The countries that are the most vulnerable tend to be poorer and this also tends to be where there is less investment in adaptation and measures to protect people from climate and weather-related disasters. (independent.co.uk)
However, it's super important that there's adequate investment in climate adaptation, particularly to protect the most vulnerable in individual countries and regions of the world. (independent.co.uk)
At previous COPs, negotiations inside the hall were focused primarily on what's come to be known as "climate mitigation"-that is, trying to keep future greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere-along with adaptation to climate disruptions, past, present, and future. (thenation.com)
It's a striking illustration of how adaptation can help reduce the impact of natural disasters. (vox.com)
It thus becomes ever clearer that there is a need to reduce and transfer risk (to another party, - i.e., the insurer - by means of an insurance policy) in ways conducive to climate change adaptation and sustainable development. (unu.edu)
To build institutional, national and regional capacities and competencies in disaster risk management, climate change adaptation, and resilience through human and infrastructural development at Makerere University and Gulu University, Uganda. (lu.se)
To improve north-south scientific collaboration through research, education, and publication that generates knowledge crucial for sustainable climate change adaptation and resilience to disaster risks. (lu.se)
African gove rnme nts have ma de firm comm itm ents at variou s forum s to ad dress climate change with emphasis on health adaptation. (who.int)
ate Change is intended to provide a scientific and evidence-based coordinated response to the climate change adaptation needs of African countries in orde r to support the commitments and priorities of African governments. (who.int)
These data can be used to document changes over place and time, monitor vulnerable areas, and evaluate the results of local climate-adaptation strategies. (cdc.gov)

In recent years, Americans have faced devastating extreme cold, record heat waves , rapidly intensifying hurricanes , and an increase in billion-dollar disasters. (rmi.org)
The study highlights how the frequency of billion-dollar disasters has now increased from once every four months in the 1980s to once every three weeks in the present. (govtech.com)

The American Red Cross ' national blood supply has dropped to critically low levels, the organization said Monday, with back-to-back climate disasters and summer activities being blamed for a recent decline in donations. (yahoo.com)
The organization is in urgent need of blood donations "in (the) wake of back-to-back climate disasters," the Red Cross wrote in a news release . (kxan.com)

Some 1.7 billion people across the world were affected by extreme weather disasters in the past decade, a report has found. (independent.co.uk)
During the two weeks of the international climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa, millions of people have been affected by extreme weather disasters. (grist.org)

Louisiana, which is positioned on the Gulf Coast and is more prone to hurricanes and tropical storms, has received more federal disaster aid per person than any other state. (cnbc.com)
If we only consider the most direct threats from climate change, for example heat waves or severe storms, we inevitably will be blindsided by even larger threats that, in combination, can have even broader societal impacts. (cbsnews.com)
Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S., as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms that cripple broad segments of the nation's aging electrical grid, according to an Associated Press analysis of government data. (ktar.com)
Unfortunately, while potential homebuyers are increasingly factoring flood risks into their decision making, this is still not the case for other climate disasters-fire, extreme heat, storms and drought. (chicagobusiness.com)
Data from the Federal Reserve's Small Business Credit Survey ( SBCS ) shed light on how small businesses in the Second District are impacted by natural disasters (such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires, droughts, and winter storms). (newyorkfed.org)
Among other things, the WMO argues that weather-related disasters - including floods, storms, droughts, heat waves, and wildfires - have become more destructive overall since the 1970s. (vox.com)
Already scientists observe that more than three-quarters of recent economic losses caused by natural hazards can be attributed to wind storms, floods, droughts and other climate related hazards, which appear to be increasing at a greater rate than geophysical disasters (i.e., earthquakes or tsunamis etc. (unu.edu)
Our poisoned climate is fueling more extreme and dangerous weather, as the super-heated atmosphere brings heavier rains, harder droughts, and fiercer storms. (grist.org)
Researchers from the University of York and Heriot-Watt University asked older people to share their experience of how storms, flooding, and heatwaves have affected their lives as part of a nationwide study on healthy ageing and climate change. (who.int)

The statement noted that the devastating flooding in Pakistan "refocused the global attention" toward the adverse impacts of climate change. (voanews.com)
She says that while the direct impacts of climate change phenomena on health are obvious, the indirect effects may have even bigger implications for society. (cbsnews.com)
Located at the tail of the Indian Ocean cyclone belt, the archipelago is also highly vulnerable to adverse impacts of climate change. (preventionweb.net)
Young activists demand a Loss and Damage Fund to compensate developing countries for the impacts of climate change at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. (thenation.com)
BREAD's research components address fundamental knowledge and scientific issues of global importance, with a focus on Uganda, which is expected to secure the country against the adverse impacts of climate change and disasters. (lu.se)
Using the pictures they took, the team also put together a book entitled, The Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in Palau. (cdc.gov)

As rental demand reaches an all-time high (and prices skyrocket in tandem), the report calls for a "permanent, fully funded housing safety net" and firm measures to protect existing housing from the next major disasters. (motherjones.com)
Losses from major disasters over the past five years have surpassed $759 billion, but the amount of federal disaster recovery funds obligated or provided during the same period totaled $103 billion - less than 14% of the losses or need for repair and replacement, the report said. (cnbc.com)
Due to the lack of insurance, combined with high levels of indebtedness and limited donor assistance, many highly exposed developing countries cannot raise sufficient capital to replace or repair damaged assets and restore livelihoods following major disasters. (unu.edu)

In a July 2020 article in Environmental Hazards reviewing the findings of 54 different disaster loss normalization studies, University of Colorado researcher Roger Pielke, Jr. reports , "A very strong, bottom-line conclusion across the normalisation literature is that evidence of a signal of human-caused climate change in the form of increased global economic losses from more frequent or more intense weather extremes has not yet been detected. (reason.com)
The University of Hawaii at Manoa, where several of the scientists are based, called the work "one of the most comprehensive assessments yet of how humanity is being impacted by the simultaneous occurrence of multiple climate hazards strengthened by increasing greenhouse gas emissions. (cbsnews.com)
The research project showed that "…projected exposure to multiple climate hazards will be very similar between rich and poor countries, but variations in adaptive capacity will probably result in different types of impacts. (cbsnews.com)
Rapid urbanization, accompanied by increased competition for land, decreased vegetation cover, changes in land use, and greater variability in climate are drivers that alter population distribution, relative wealth or impoverishment, and potential hazards and vulnerabilities over a short time horizon. (worldbank.org)
Given the significant impact that natural hazards and climate change will have on urban investments, increasing priority is now placed on proactive, adaptive planning to reduce and manage the potential for disasters and climate change. (worldbank.org)
In total, there were more than 11,000 disasters attributed to these hazards globally since 1970, causing more than two million deaths and some $3.64 trillion in losses. (ticotimes.net)
She is determined to call out climate change where it contributes to disaster but cautions that "disasters occur when hazards [such as climate change] meet vulnerability. (yale.edu)
We conjecture that recovery lending after disasters helps stabilize larger banks while smaller, local banks' knowledge of "unmarked" (flood) hazards may help them navigate disaster risk. (newyorkfed.org)
Climate-related hazards are likely to worsen in the coming years and the region needs to start putting its differences aside if it wants to be well-prepared for upcoming crises. (org.in)

Recent climate disasters from wildfires, heat waves, hurricanes, droughts and floods are also fighting the Fed. (chicagobusiness.com)
Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the Caribbean, wildfires in the western United States, flooding in parts of Pakistan, and extreme heat waves in Europe are examples of recent natural disasters that became public health emergencies. (cdc.gov)

The report argues for closer collaboration between the climate resilience and disaster risk management communities through the incorporation of climate and disaster resilience into broader development processes. (worldbank.org)
Disaster Risk Management programme and develop a new PhD programme in Resilience and Disaster Risk Management at Makerere University, Uganda. (lu.se)

In the 1980s, droughts were one of the world's deadliest natural disasters, triggering food shortages and causing at least half a million deaths in Ethiopia, Sudan, and Mozambique alone. (vox.com)

Hurricane Dorian and the unnatural disasters we're seeing worldwide, from fires in the Amazon to floods in the Midwest, are all symptoms of the intensifying climate crisis. (nwf.org)
The South Asian nation of about 225 million people experienced catastrophic floods between June and August of this year, triggered by climate change-induced torrential rains. (voanews.com)
Climate change is increasingly seen as the cause of natural catastrophes, from floods to famines. (yale.edu)
That suggested a way to prevent future floods here and elsewhere that would be much faster than fixing climate change. (yale.edu)
Of course both climate change and land drainage were important in causing the floods. (yale.edu)

Between 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded natural disaster events killing 1.23 million people with economic losses amounting to approximately $2.97 trillion. (reason.com)
Research shows that hurricanes raise house prices for a number of years, with a maximum increase of 3% to 4% three years after the natural disaster. (chicagobusiness.com)
But this wasn't entirely a "natural" disaster. (vox.com)
The bill would ensure that air conditioners, refrigerators, generators, solar batteries, and more are covered so that seniors and people with disabilities are able to safely weather any storm or natural disaster with their life-sustaining. (hmenews.com)
Water supply interruption can be caused by several types of events such as a natural disaster, a failure of the community water system, construction damage or even an act of terrorism. (cdc.gov)
Background: Drought represents a globally relevant natural disaster linked to adverse health. (cdc.gov)

Everyone can now see the clear and present danger the climate crisis poses to wildlife and our way of life," said Collin O'Mara , president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation. (nwf.org)
Climate change is on a collision course with the affordability crisis in U.S. housing-and renters are poised to fare the worst. (motherjones.com)
Their crisis hotline has been busier than ever in recent years because of more frequent and severe weather brought on by climate change. (npr.org)
JPMorgan said that investors can look at the crisis wrought by the coronavirus as indication of what could potentially happen should a climate disaster take place. (cnbc.com)
In fact, in some instances, the stress of a disaster can lead to a medical crisis for some individuals battling sickle cell disease. (kxan.com)
How is the 'strongest storm of 2020' linked to the climate crisis? (independent.co.uk)
People are experiencing the impacts of the climate crisis directly on their lives, from flooding in South Yorkshire at the end of last year all the way through to the extended famine in southern Africa. (independent.co.uk)
For example, a study published in July found this year's record-breaking Arctic heatwave was made 600 times more likely as a result of the climate crisis. (independent.co.uk)
Further research has shown that 2018's northern hemisphere heatwave would have been "impossible" without the climate crisis. (independent.co.uk)
Put simply, he needs to act with the urgency and courage that the climate crisis demands,' said Prakash. (commondreams.org)
The danger too, she concluded in a paper in January with Emmanuel Raju, a disaster researcher at the University of Copenhagen, and Emily Boyd of Lund University in Sweden, is that knee-jerk attribution of disasters to climate change creates "a politically convenient crisis narrative … [that] paves a subtle exit path for those responsible for creating vulnerability. (yale.edu)
A really striking example is the current food crisis in Madagascar, which has been blamed on climate change quite prominently," Otto told e360 . (yale.edu)
An injustice that makes Derna's fate an abject lesson in the unfairness of the climate crisis. (yahoo.com)
At previous climate summits, the "haves" resisted the very idea of the have-nots demanding loss-and-damage compensation for two chief reasons: First, they preferred not to admit, even implicitly, that they had created the crisis now broiling and drowning communities across the Global South, and, second, they had no interest in shelling out the humongous sums that would then be required. (thenation.com)
This public health crisis is being compounded by a swathe of climate-related disasters. (org.in)
Syed M Abu Bakar, a Lahore-based award-winning journalist covering the climate crisis from Pakistan, said: "We may divert our attention and resources to deal with COVID-19, but we must not forget that the natural disasters compounded by climate change await our response. (org.in)
The physical effects that extreme events can have on the health of agricultural workers, and the damage and social effects of public health emergencies related to the climate crisis can also impact their children, especially those who are also part of the agricultural labor force. (cdc.gov)

We then realized that places like Arizona and Nevada have experienced extreme heat, which is the top climate killer, however heat waves do not get federal disaster declarations. (cnbc.com)
As heat waves become more frequent and dangerous as the climate changes, extreme heat is the number one weather-related cause of death in the U.S. Heat events have never been the cause of a federal disaster disaster declaration since they do not cause major property damage, which is the threshold to determine such a declaration. (cnbc.com)
In humid areas like Florida, climate change is feeding more heat waves, heavier downpours, stronger hurricanes and sea level rise leading to more heat-related health issues, wind and water damage to infrastructure, water quality issues, increased algae blooms and economic loss from damage and decreased production. (cbsnews.com)

In the final part (chapters 10 through 12) Gates suggests specific steps that can be taken by government leaders, market participants and individuals to collectively avoid a climate disaster. (wikipedia.org)
The ideas in How to Avoid a Climate Disaster generated discussions and commentary on both sides of the Atlantic. (wikipedia.org)

Lending behavior for homes at risk of these types of disasters has seen little change in recent years. (chicagobusiness.com)
Such events are increasing more than other types of disasters, the report added. (independent.co.uk)

The brittle condition of the state's power grid and repeated disruptions worsened by climate change worry Courtney. (ktar.com)

More than 40 percent of Americans lived in counties that experienced a federally declared disaster, and the country faced 20 different climate catastrophes with billion-dollar price tags. (motherjones.com)
In either case, wars and climate catastrophes cause vast destruction, let alone unspeakable human suffering, and death. (ipsnews.net)
Instead, according to new research, we can expect a cascade of catastrophes, some gradual, others abrupt, all compounding as climate change takes a greater toll. (cbsnews.com)
Pandemics and climate-related catastrophes aren't only similar for the havoc they wreak on society. (cnbc.com)

Given his disastrous climate record, it's no surprise that the planetary consequences of another Trump term were a major topic ahead of the 2020 presidential election. (commondreams.org)

We are turning our only home into an uninhabitable hell for millions of people," assert the authors of " Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019, " a new report issued on behalf of the United Nations (U.N.) Office of Disaster Risk Reduction. (reason.com)
Pakistan welcomed an agreement Sunday at the United Nations climate conference in Egypt that would establish a fund to help developing countries ravaged by the impacts of global warming. (voanews.com)
Selected case studies are used to illustrate promising approaches, lessons learned, and remaining challenges all in contribution to the loss and damage discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (worldbank.org)
The outgoing United Nations climate chief warned Monday that a victory by Donald Trump--or any other Republican ally of the fossil fuel industry--in the 2024 U.S. presidential election would represent a fatal setback for efforts to limit global warming to 1.5degC by the end of the century. (commondreams.org)
Well, yes,' Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), told Politico when asked whether Trump or another Republican president similarly hostile to climate action would spell doom for the Paris Agreement's lower-end warming target. (commondreams.org)
In recent rounds of negotiations, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) delegates have recognized the need for the international community to address the cost and damages from weather-related extremes. (unu.edu)
The urgency for such action was further underscored by a new joint report from the World Bank and the United Nations that says annual global losses from natural disasters could triple to US$185 billion by the end of this century, with climate change potentially bumping that up by $28-$68 billion each year from tropical cyclones alone. (unu.edu)
In May 2008, the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General of WHO to continue close cooperation with Member States, appropriate United Nations agencies and other partners in order to develop capacity to assess the risks of climate change to human health. (who.int)

In it, Gates presents what he learned in over a decade of studying climate change and investing in innovations to address global warming and recommends technological strategies to tackle it. (wikipedia.org)

The financial losses resulting from recent disasters are also greater than the amount of federal recovery funds provided for recovery efforts, the report said. (cnbc.com)

Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. (penguin.co.uk)
Concurrently addressing disaster risk and the effects of climate change delivers both immediate and longer term development gains, while also reducing fragmentation of the limited human and financial capacity found in many developing countries. (worldbank.org)
Think Pacific Islands-the focus of a unique NCEH photojournalism project studying the effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
The project focused on the Republic of Palau and aimed to raise global awareness of the public health effects of climate change on all Pacific Islanders. (cdc.gov)
Palau was ideal for studying the effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
The team took thousands of pictures documenting the locally identified effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)
Learn what CDC is doing to prevent and adapt to the possible health effects of climate change. (cdc.gov)

During that same period, 29 states on average endured at least one federally declared disaster, according to the report by Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit that helps communities prepare for and recover from disasters. (cnbc.com)

Improving the resilience of local communities and wildlife habitat by restoring natural defenses, making more funding available for flood mitigation measures before disaster strikes, and reforming the National Flood Insurance Program (discourage risky coastal and floodplain development, require more accurate flood maps, etc. (nwf.org)
Their research article, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions , is unique in the way it has reached, and is continuing to reach, a very large audience. (lu.se)
changes in attitudes of how individual behavior can impact the climate, initiating societal dialogue on climate change mitigation, environmental and policy impact. (lu.se)
With North American climate anticipated to become hotter and drier, these findings could provide important health effects data for federal drought early warning systems and mitigation plans. (cdc.gov)

The goal of BREAD is to enhance societal resilience to disasters and climate change under varied ecological conditions in Uganda. (lu.se)
Climate poses many threats to biological, ecological, and societal systems. (cdc.gov)

Conservation professionals learn how to respond to cultural heritage emergencies following disasters at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Sept. 20. (npr.org)
WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., has introduced the Survival Aid for Emergencies (SAFE) through Medicare Act, a bill that would require Medicare to cover the full cost of equipment medically necessary for those at-risk in the event of a climate disaster. (hmenews.com)

Sadly, the impact of climate disruptions will likely hurt everyone-not just those who have already suffered immense losses. (chicagobusiness.com)
This is because climate disruptions are supply shocks that exacerbate supply chain issues and destroy crops and desperately needed productive infrastructure, adding upward pressure on prices. (chicagobusiness.com)

Climate change poses the most serious development challenge to countries whose livelihoods are largely ecosystem dependent. (lu.se)

A report from the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) examined mortality and economic losses from weather, climate and water extremes between 1970 and 2019. (ticotimes.net)
The WMO report looked at climate and weather disasters between 1970 and 2010. (vox.com)

What about the upward trend in economic losses from natural disasters? (reason.com)
Until now, Katrina, which killed more than 1,800 people and destroyed large parts of New Orleans, had been considered by far the costliest weather-related disaster, racking up nearly $164 billion in economic losses. (ticotimes.net)
Mauritius' disaster risk profile by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery highlights that flooding is the second largest risk after cyclones, causing 20 per cent of the direct economic losses associated with disasters. (preventionweb.net)
In the past quarter-century, over 95% of deaths from natural disasters occurred in developing countries and direct economic losses (averaging US$100 billion per annum in the last decade) in relation to national income were more than twice as high in low-income as opposed to high-income countries. (unu.edu)
This is the case of Puerto Rico, which has experienced several significant climate-related events in the past 10 years that caused millions of dollars in economic losses and the deaths of thousands of people. (cdc.gov)

Climate- and weather-related disasters killed 410,000 people in the past 10 years, with those living in Asia and Africa being the most affected by such events, according to a report by the International Federation of the Red Cross . (independent.co.uk)

Pakistan led a group of developing countries known as the G-77 to push for compensation in the form of climate reparations from wealthy nations for being the biggest contributors to global warming. (voanews.com)
The initiative is a global partnership of 20 organizations working towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by developing countries' capacity to reduce climate and disaster risk. (preventionweb.net)
Not only are there considerable differences in the human and economic burden of disasters in developed versus developing countries, but also in relation to insurance coverage. (unu.edu)

Section two describes the impacts of globally increasing weather-related disasters in recent decades. (worldbank.org)

It is challenging to assess the direct impact of climate on fungal diseases. (cdc.gov)
Although the impact of climate on fungal infections is not fully understood, there are several ways that changes in the environment can lead to changes in fungi, where fungi live, and how fungi interact with humans, animals, and plants. (cdc.gov)

It was the worst flood disaster in Western Europe in several decades. (yale.edu)
While politicians may want to blame crises on climate change, members of the public may prefer to hold government accountable for inadequate investments in flood or drought prevention and precarious living conditions," they write in a paper published in December. (yale.edu)
That's not to say climate change 'caused' Derna to flood. (yahoo.com)

Flexible and predictable financing as part of long-term development programmes can address climate and disaster risk, meet the needs of countries, and reduce poverty in the most vulnerable communities and countries. (worldbank.org)

That's the conclusion of a new report from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, which found that renters face the greatest risk from climate-related disasters striking their homes. (motherjones.com)
Tens of thousands of rental units in the city are at risk of being destroyed or severely damaged by climate disasters, according to the Harvard center's analysis of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index. (motherjones.com)
Management (7.5), Capacity Development (7.5),Introduction national and international authorities, NGOs, UN agencies, and to Disaster Response Management (7.5), Risk Based Land Use the Red Cross/ Red Crescent movement. (lu.se)
Mami Mizutori, who heads the UN office for disaster risk reduction, also hailed the life-saving impact of the improved early warning systems. (ticotimes.net)
But she warned that "the number of people exposed to disaster risk is increasing due to population growth in hazard-exposed areas and the growing intensity and frequency of weather events. (ticotimes.net)
Early lessons indicate the need to pursue the disaster risk management pillars of risk identification, risk reduction, preparedness, financial and social protection, and resilient reconstruction. (worldbank.org)
Section five builds upon the processes and instruments developed by the climate resilience and the disaster risk management communities of practice to provide some early lessons learned in this increasingly merging field. (worldbank.org)
Historically, real estate markets have failed to capitalize climate risk. (chicagobusiness.com)
So much so that the 2018 World Risk Report ranks it 16th among the highest disaster risk countries. (preventionweb.net)
But climate change is not the only risk driver. (preventionweb.net)
The scheme encompasses the whole spectrum of the disaster management cycle, with emphasis on a coordinated multi-agency approach and a greater focus on disaster risk. (preventionweb.net)
Access to sewerage infrastructure and drainage systems are some of the most urgent issues that need to be addressed in order to lower disaster risk, since only about 29 per cent of the population is connected to the sewerage network in the country. (preventionweb.net)
The communities in Mauritius are committed to disaster-risk reduction and the government has established an environmental police unit as first responder when a disaster occurs, which works closely with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center. (preventionweb.net)
In summary, it says, "'The things Americans value most are at risk,' the National Climate Assessment authors, who represent a broad range of federal agencies, write in the draft report. (govtech.com)
Acting ahead of an event and preparing for a potential loss through disaster risk reduction (DRR) measures or insurance - as opposed to dealing with such losses by responding to the impact after it has happened - is beneficial for both governments and communities. (unu.edu)
To develop a dynamic and interactive Spatial Decision Support System (SDSS) to support practitioners and government agencies on disaster risk management. (lu.se)
For minors who participate in agricultural work, the effect of disasters adds to the damage and general impact of high-risk exposures and lack of labor protection that are already of concern because of the effect on their health and development. (cdc.gov)
In addition to the characteristics and vulnerabilities of individuals, there are geographic regions where the risk and vulnerability to extreme climate-related is higher. (cdc.gov)
While all communities are vulnerable to health effects associated with climate change, not everyone is equally at risk. (cdc.gov)

In August 2019, at the request of the Mauritius government, the Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative deployed a team of 11 experts to support a multisectoral approach to the archipelago's efforts to withstand climate change and disaster impacts. (preventionweb.net)

The Atlanta-based book and paper conservator is a longtime heritage responder volunteer with more than three decades of experience helping out cultural institutions after disasters. (npr.org)
In total, the researchers identified 467 distinct ways in which society is already being impacted by increasing climate extremes, and then laid out how these threats are likely to compound on top of each other in the decades ahead. (cbsnews.com)
During his confirmation hearings, the oil baron only offered to recuse himself for a year from diplomatic decisions that could impact Exxon, downplayed the urgency of climate change, and danced around questions over what Exxon knew about global warming decades ago. (truthdig.com)
Climate change is any significant variation in temperature, precipitation, wind, or other type of weather that lasts for decades or longer. (cdc.gov)

Before this summer of climate disasters, housing affordability across the country was already at an all-time low, and many markets in Florida were feeling the tightest squeeze due to a large deficit of available housing. (chicagobusiness.com)

Institutional arrangements that bring together multiple sectors and stakeholders with support at the highest level of government is needed for sustained climate resilient development effort and outcomes. (worldbank.org)
This report presents the World Bank Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient development and contends that it is essential to eliminate extreme poverty and achieve shared prosperity by 2030. (worldbank.org)
The introduction provides an overview of the UNFCCC and also introduces key concepts and definitions relevant to climate and disaster resilient development. (worldbank.org)
Section four discusses the issue of attribution in weather-related disasters, and the additional start-up costs involved in climate and disaster resilient development. (worldbank.org)
Section six highlights case studies and emerging good practices in climate and disaster resilient development. (worldbank.org)
This article considers the means by which communities can become increasingly resilient through shared best practices across a range of climate change measures. (ssrn.com)

As climate-fueled disasters increase in frequency and intensity - taking a heavy toll on human lives, infrastructure, and the power grid - communities are being forced to prioritize resilience. (rmi.org)

Stop blaming the climate for disasters," says Friederike Otto of Imperial College London, a climatologist who is co-founder of World Weather Attribution, an international collaboration of scientists dedicated to identifying the underlying causes of weather-related disasters. (yale.edu)

Stacey said: "It is so important that the region comes together and works on solutions, disaster management, and preparedness for coming challenges together. (org.in)

Negotiators from about 200 countries agreed at the conference known as COP27 to set up the dedicated "fund for loss and damage" to pay developing nations for the catastrophic consequences of climate change. (voanews.com)
If we are going to avert ever more catastrophic climate change impacts, we need to limit warming below a degree and a half Celsius, a little less than three degrees Fahrenheit,' Mann said. (commondreams.org)
To limit catastrophic levels of warming, climate scientists estimate annual reductions of between 1 and 2 billion tons are necessary. (upi.com)
Climate scientists estimate 2 degrees Celsius of warming above preindustrial averages is the threshold where warming and climate instability is likely to trigger catastrophic amounts of intolerable heat, prolonged drought, extreme weather and devastating sea level rise. (upi.com)

But just like there had been local warnings, internationally the connection between climate-related disasters and vulnerable countries has been known for a long time. (yahoo.com)
For the first time in official negotiations, COP27 would also feature the demands of low-income, vulnerable countries eager to be compensated for the devastating impacts they, like flooded Pakistan, have already suffered or will suffer thanks to climate change. (thenation.com)
The chart above does suggest one bright spot here, however - it is possible for vulnerable countries to adapt and reduce the damage from natural disasters, as countries like Ethiopia have done with drought since the 1980s. (vox.com)

Two centuries of fossil fuel burning have driven the global warming that contributes to disasters like Derna. (yahoo.com)

Weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even as better warning systems have meant fewer deaths, the UN said Wednesday. (ticotimes.net)
Since the 1990s, the number of recorded climate- and weather-related disasters has risen by an average of 35 per cent, according to the report. (independent.co.uk)
In the 1960s, 76 per cent of reported disasters were climate- or weather-related. (independent.co.uk)
The new report found that, over the past decade, 46 per cent of all climate- and weather-related disasters occurred in Asia. (independent.co.uk)

The number of weather, climate and water extremes are increasing and will become more frequent and severe in many parts of the world as a result of climate change," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas. (ticotimes.net)
And with climate-related disasters expected to become both more frequent and intense, the firm identified the best ways for investors to hedge their exposure. (cnbc.com)
Models predict that Mediterranean cyclones will become less frequent as the climate warms. (yahoo.com)
The frequent and ongoing mentions of the research in media also illustrate how the research is contributing to changes in attitudes and to an emerging discourse on what responsibility we have as individuals, and how our individual choices can connect to larger communities and systems in stabilizing the climate. (lu.se)

Yet in the case of Libya, profits from the fossil fuel industry appear to have done nothing to help protect its people from the increasing risks of climate change. (yahoo.com)

The ongoing locust swarms across parts of South and Central Asia, a result of climate change, recently pushed India and Pakistan to work together to fight the crop-devouring insects. (org.in)

Broadly speaking, policymakers have two strategies for dealing with climate change. (northwestern.edu)

Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that, of America's largest cities, Houston faces some of the most acute threats from climate change . (motherjones.com)
While most studies focus on one or two threats from climate change, this paper aggregates the impacts and shows how the threats are not isolated, but rather compound on top of each other. (cbsnews.com)

Countries of the African Region are ill-prepared to cope with the negative consequences of climate change, particularly on health, because their health systems are weak and already over-stretched. (who.int)

Students come from all over the world and from various ac- processes of change such as climate change, urbanisation, ademic disciplines, such as engineering science, social science, and the increasing complexity of modern society poses major political science, natural science and environmental science. (lu.se)

It is worth noting that 58 percent of disaster deaths between 2000 and 2019 were the result of earthquakes. (reason.com)
First, the report observes that between 2000 and 2019, there were 510,837 deaths associated with 6,681 climate -related disasters. (reason.com)

Working with older people's groups and key climate change experts, the project explored how to tackle extreme weather by co-designing potential solutions at the local, community, and city level. (who.int)
Climate change and not enough access to food and safe water are also global problems which can affect people's health. (medlineplus.gov)

We find even the most destructive disasters had insignificant or small effects on bank stability and small and positive effects on bank income. (newyorkfed.org)

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