• In its latest review of climate science , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said it is "virtually certain" that heat waves have become more frequent and intense across most land areas since the 1950s. (vox.com)
  • John Robson has a video presentation that addresses problems with the sun that the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its followers are attempting to bury - variation in Total Solar Irradiance (TSI). (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Canada, like most jurisdictions around the world, is not adapting fast enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned in its latest report Monday. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Released Monday, the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report brought together 270 scientists from 67 countries to assess the impacts climate change is having on humans and the ecosystems they rely on. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC), atmospheric concentration of CO2 has increased from a pre-industrial concentration of about 280 parts per million to 379 parts per million in 2005. (countercurrents.org)
  • Most scientists agree on this and it's reflected in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Report . (ucdavis.edu)
  • Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects a rise in global temperatures that will cause an increase in the intensity and frequency of heat waves and the incidence of extreme weather conditions, such as flooding and droughts. (who.int)
  • The report compares the impacts of climate change with those of other global trends. (ucdavis.edu)
  • The impacts of climate change on human health are complex and are expected to vary according to geographic location, socioeconomic conditions and ecological settings. (who.int)
  • The claim to increased yield is false because yield, like climate resilience is a multi-genetic trait. (countercurrents.org)
  • Genetic engineering does not "create" climate resilience. (countercurrents.org)
  • No resilience exists to withstand the shocks that our 21st century societies are delivering with ever-greater frequency and force, whether from a changing climate or a runaway killer virus. (who.int)
  • It aims at building health systems' resilience in the face of climate change by providing a systematic agenda for mainstreaming the public health response to climate change within the health sector and other relevant sectors. (who.int)
  • UNICEF warns urgent action is needed to increase funding for adaptation to protect children and vulnerable communities from worsening heatwaves and other climate shocks. (unicef.org)
  • But the Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability report does acknowledge the relationship between climate and human security, which has been a matter of debate among researchers and policy makers. (ucdavis.edu)
  • When Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on parts of the Northeast in 2012, it exposed the dire need to strengthen New York City's infrastructure to adapt to what was then a looming threat of the climate crisis. (abc17news.com)
  • SWA identified 19 strategies to enable landscape architects, urban designers, planners and clients to shrink the carbon footprint of the built environment and help communities adapt to the effects of climate change. (swagroup.com)
  • A new U.N. study says humanity is not working fast enough to adapt to fallout from climate change. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Fallout from climate change is escalating at such a rapid pace the world now faces a "narrowing window" to adapt to a warming planet if it does not reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, a United Nations report warns. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • In assessing humanity's vulnerabilities to climate change, the report also focused on ways humans have been and can adapt in a shifting world. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • Ability to recover easily or to adapt to change and adversity. (igi-global.com)
  • It's crucial to create infrastructure in this area that can withstand and adapt to these risks. (adb.org)
  • Of the 108 million people who were forcibly displaced at the end of 2022, 70 per cent come from fragile, conflict-affected countries, which are among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and the least able to adapt. (unhcr.org)
  • This means you only have to change the tabletop to adapt to changing circumstances in the office. (lu.se)
  • Climate change is among the biggest global health threats of the 21st century. (who.int)
  • Climate change is one of the biggest global health threats of the 21st century. (who.int)
  • Prior to the mobile home invasion, steep house roofs withstood all kinds of weather. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Flexibility: Roofs often get exposed to cold and hot temperatures, and they suffer contraction and expansion due to these climate changes. (greenlodgingnews.com)
  • Roofs coated with silicone have a flexible membrane that enables them to maintain their quality and strength despite expanding and contracting due to climate change. (greenlodgingnews.com)
  • And in many parts of the country, the infrastructure in place today was built for a climate that no longer exists. (abc17news.com)
  • We're just coming out of Ida's devastation across the southeast US - Louisiana and Mississippi - infrastructure that is not ready for our climate of now, let alone the climate of tomorrow. (abc17news.com)
  • China is moving to upgrade its infrastructure for the advent of climate change. (basf.com)
  • Climate-ready infrastructure must be strong enough to withstand the onslaught of rain, snow, wind and hail. (basf.com)
  • The climate shocks of 2022 provided a strong wakeup call about the increasing danger hurtling towards us," said Vanessa Nakate, climate activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. (unicef.org)
  • Climate shocks and stresses - extreme and variable rainfall, floods, droughts, heat stress - cause substantial losses in food production. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Hawali's story is only one illustration of how the world's displaced are on the front line of climate change. (unhcr.org)
  • I realized air conditioning was a way to get at the very material nature of the climate crisis - but in a way that is quite unspectacular, because the refrigerant is literally invisible to all the senses. (vox.com)
  • The state is grappling with a home insurance crisis in the wake of repeated climate-driven storms. (kzyx.org)
  • While climate change affects us all, farmers are especially attuned to the impact of increasingly extreme weather conditions including drought, severe heat, flooding, or other shifting climatic trends. (bayer.com)
  • Adapting to and withstanding the worst affects of climate change. (practicalaction.org)
  • Scientists are looking at different ways to interpret the terrestrial and oceanic changes occurring in these areas, and how the change affects native wildlife. (lu.se)
  • Climatologist Kim Cobb, director of the Global Change Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology, warned that New York, like many cities, was clearly not prepared to deal with climate-related and weather disasters such as Storm Ida. (abc17news.com)
  • Mounting climate change pressures mean buildings need to better withstand natural disasters. (nar.realtor)
  • Insurance companies in states like Colorado, Louisiana and Florida are paring down business to shield themselves from ballooning losses as climate change fuels more-intense disasters. (kzyx.org)
  • Structures will withstand and thrive during disasters. (smithgroupjjr.com)
  • The impact of rapid-onset disasters such as hurricanes and cyclones and the more gradual effects of climate change - such as the receding waters of Lake Chad, rising sea levels for coastal communities, longer and harsher droughts, or the creep of desertification - can create new displaced populations and pose challenges for existing ones. (unhcr.org)
  • Forced displacement across borders can stem from the interaction between climate change and disasters with conflict and violence, or it can arise from natural or man-made disasters alone. (unhcr.org)
  • How are some corals able to withstand natural warming? (calacademy.org)
  • I believe there is hope that they will be able to identify corals that may withstand climate change," said Setter. (cbsnews.com)
  • At the end of the day, fighting climate change is really what we need to be advocating for in order to protect corals," she said. (cbsnews.com)
  • It also examines the forces and pressures that Indigenous Peoples withstand to maintain their livelihoods. (fao.org)
  • They're also associated with governance challenges, poverty, limited and unequal access to critical resources, violent conflict, and dependence on climate-sensitive livelihoods. (ucdavis.edu)
  • From the deadly heatwaves that scorched the Pacific Northwest to the damage strewn by Ida from Louisiana to New York, these floods are the latest in a string of events that have laid bare just how poorly equipped America is for what climate change has in store. (abc17news.com)
  • Catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia last fall were at least twice as likely because of climate change, suggests new research from Environment Canada. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Climate change has caused an increase in devastating floods, storms and landslides. (practicalaction.org)
  • In fact, this is the basis of Bayer's Carbon Program-an innovative business model that rewards farmers for implementing climate-smart practices in their fields. (bayer.com)
  • This publication features eight Indigenous Peoples, food systems profiles, showcasing their diverse territorial management practices, climates, culture and traditional knowledge. (fao.org)
  • Farming practices have the potential to slow climate change by pulling carbon from the air and store it in the soil. (lu.se)
  • Phasing out HFCs, which are thousands of times more powerful than carbon dioxide, is one of the most critical actions the world can take this decade to curb climate change. (vox.com)
  • Although agriculture is a contributor to climate change, the industry also plays an increasingly important role in curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to climate change, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrogen oxide. (bayer.com)
  • And with pilot programs underway in Brazil and across Europe, the Bayer Carbon Program has the potential to help make a massive positive impact in addressing the challenges of climate change on farms around the world. (bayer.com)
  • Bayer's Carbon Program is one of many ways we're driving innovations to address climate change from farms around the world. (bayer.com)
  • Building on three years of research, Climate Emergency, Urban Opportunity examines the important role national governments must play in a zero-carbon urban transition and the opportunities that urban climate action presents to fuel economic growth, reduce poverty and inequality, and avert climate catastrophe. (citiesalliance.org)
  • Judith Curry's Climate Etc. posted an essay by Ross McKitrick further explaining the errors made in claiming that extreme weather events are caused by human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Climate change is a double whammy for coral, due both to ocean heating and acidification from dissolved carbon dioxide. (cbsnews.com)
  • Lindroth emphasizes the importance of building sustainable forest stands that can withstand damage and continue to absorb carbon dioxide. (lu.se)
  • Since, for purposes of his presentations, he accepts the UN IPCC claim of a solar constant, the solar question is not an issue in Howard Hayden's essays on Basic Climate Physics. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Richard Lindzen, Will Happer, and others have stated that clouds are a big unknown in climate science despite the IPCC and its followers insisting that the science is settled. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Today's IPCC report is an atlas of human suffering and a damning indictment of failed climate leadership," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • The biodiversity of coral reef habitats is rapidly declining due to the effects of anthropogenic climate change, prompting the use of active restoration as a mitigation strategy. (bvsalud.org)
  • It will entail commitment by Member States to an urgent agenda for integrating the management of health risks associated with climate change into health sector operational systems. (who.int)
  • and limited political commitment on climate change and funding for a health sector response. (who.int)
  • How much more the climate will change depends on future emissions and the sensitivity of the climate system to those emissions," the draft report states in the Times article. (asianage.com)
  • As a whole, the built environment accounts for immense embodied and operational greenhouse gas emissions, while being overwhelmingly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. (swagroup.com)
  • I don't think that what we're seeing today is emblematic of a climate-ready city in New York and, obviously, we have a story coming out from cities across the world - from communities out west grappling with wildfires that are linked to climate change," Cobb told CNN. (abc17news.com)
  • The United States just announced Friday it would still take part in international climate change negotiations in order to protect its interests, despite its planned withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming. (asianage.com)
  • Want to be a global change-maker? (tcs.com)
  • Global warming now climate change is one of the oldest. (raptureforums.com)
  • Regarding the Sept. 20 article on the opinions of global warming: While it may be possible that these so-called "skeptics" are ignoring certain aspects of climate science, the same can also be said about many of those, such as Al Gore, who adhere to the more alarmist view of anthropogenic global-warming. (csmonitor.com)
  • will they blame global warming climate change climate disruption this time? (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • With global warming levels beyond 1.5°C, it would not only be harder to achieve climate-resilient development futures, as the report shows . (ucdavis.edu)
  • Global climate change is impacting havoc on the growth and productivity of various plants. (researchgate.net)
  • Significant, accelerated signs of climate change have been reported in the Arctic and Antarctic zones, which research shows impact global climate. (lu.se)
  • Tackling climate change can also be considered the greatest global health opportunity of the century. (who.int)
  • While the effects of climate change are being increasingly felt and forecasts are presenting potentially disastrous risks to human health and welfare, tackling climate change could also be the greatest global health opportunity of the century (1,2) . (who.int)
  • The 136th session of the Executive Board endorsed the WHO global workplan on climate change and health 2014-2019. (who.int)
  • May Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussed biological invasions that resulted in establishment of nonindigenous species, their role in contemporary global change, and their subsequent economic and ecologic costs. (cdc.gov)
  • But climate scientists have warned for years that the more humans heat up the planet, these sorts of extreme rainfall events will occur with increasing frequency and intensity. (abc17news.com)
  • But spending a majority of public resources on wildfire suppression is a strategy that will get overwhelmed if more preventative action isn't taken to slow mega-fires in the first place, wrote over 60 climate and fire scientists in a special supplementary report looking at wildfire. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • When the scientists factored in the other contributors to the disaster, they concluded that the odds of what happened to B.C. had been at least doubled by climate change, and may have been quadrupled. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Scientists estimated up to 10,000 penguin chicks , too young to withstand the freezing waters, died as a result. (businessinsider.com)
  • Farmers are taking steps today to decarbonize agriculture and reduce the effects of climate change and create a more sustainable future. (bayer.com)
  • Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now," said the report by 13 federal agencies not yet released or approved by President Donald Trump's administration. (asianage.com)
  • The report "directly contradicts claims by President Trump and members of his cabinet who say that the human contribution to climate change is uncertain and that the ability to predict the effects is limited," the Times said. (asianage.com)
  • In the vast, remoteness of the Arctic, few have the opportunity to gather data on the environmental conditions over time or decipher the long-term effects of climate change. (lu.se)
  • Climate change poses serious, yet preventable, effects on human health and exacerbates morbidity and mortality, especially among vulnerable populations (the poor, the elderly, children, women and outdoor workers). (who.int)
  • Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, opened the conference with a presentation about the effects of deforestation and climate on infectious diseases in the northern region of the Peruvian Amazon. (cdc.gov)
  • Gillett and his colleagues wanted to estimate the contribution of climate change to the disaster while it was still fresh in public memory. (ctvnews.ca)
  • This allows quicker turn around for small things needed now pertinent to the climate and environmental issues. (change.org)
  • Rio Conventions Pavilion TV, CBD COP11 (16/10/2012) - Hon. Kedrick D. Pickering, Deputy Premier and Minister of Natural Resources and Labour of the British Virgin Islands, explains the impact of environmental degradation and climate change on the islands. (climate-change.tv)
  • Key talking points were centered around tackling the climate emergency, crafting a clean energy future and promoting environmental justice. (fxcm.com)
  • We explain ~ 21% of the total variation, of which depth and temperature variability were the most significant environmental drivers of Symbiodiniaceae community composition by site regardless of bleaching intensity or change in relative proportion of Durusdinium. (bvsalud.org)
  • Montipora capitata, one of the main reef-building coral species in Hawai'i, is known to host a diversity of symbionts, but it remains unclear how they change spatially and whether environmental factors drive those changes. (bvsalud.org)
  • The 60th session of the Regional Committee in resolution EM/RC60/R.5 endorsed the regional strategy on health and the environment, and identified action on protecting health from climate change as one of the seven environmental health priorities in the Region. (who.int)
  • That's why Bayer is devoted to decarbonizing agriculture by developing new solutions that help farmers withstand the impacts and address the causes of climate change. (bayer.com)
  • Along with improved crop management, proper use of technology through extension work and the support of national institutions, these improved varieties or "climate change-ready rice" are showing substantial, positive impacts in the lives of poor farmers. (irri.org)
  • Pratt, like hundreds of thousands of other homeowners in California, now faces the state's growing climate threats with a weaker safety net. (kzyx.org)
  • Climate change is adding to and worsening the threats that force people to flee across international borders. (unhcr.org)
  • This is why Monsanto's attempt to use the climate negotiations to introduce Round Up and Round Up resistant crops as a climate solution is scientifically and ecologically wrong. (countercurrents.org)
  • He discusses their pioneering climate change policy and trust fund, investing in sustainable development and conservation regionally and nationally, and their partnerships with influential residents such as Sir Richard Branson. (climate-change.tv)
  • WHO can also offer support in facilitating partnerships and accessing financial resources and funding mechanisms in order to augment the health sector response to climate change. (who.int)
  • The Ebola outbreak has pushed the process of WHO reform into high gear, giving top priority to changes in WHO emergency operations. (who.int)
  • Extreme rainfall rates such as the one Henri and Ida exhibited - as well as other recent deadly flooding events in Tennessee, Germany and China - are happening more frequently due to human-caused climate change. (abc17news.com)
  • Permanent changes to temperature and rainfall are making farming almost impossible. (practicalaction.org)
  • The uncertainties around geopolitical boundaries and policies, and changing tax reforms in some parts of the world may urge life sciences companies to develop action plans to mitigate potential risks, revisit their investment decisions, and take advantage of potential opportunities. (deloitte.com)
  • There isn't a straight line between climate-related risks and conflict-related outcomes. (ucdavis.edu)
  • And it provides insights about how climate can, under certain conditions, amplify security risks, with implications for lasting peace. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Climate-related risks cross boundaries too. (ucdavis.edu)
  • The climate panel report acknowledges that even actions that are intended to reduce risks can have adverse consequences that magnify inequity and marginalise people. (ucdavis.edu)
  • It could be harder to achieve peace - especially in hotspots where climate-related risks overlap with conflict-related fragility. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Insurance is a highly data-driven business and uses some of the most sophisticated climate and risk modeling in the world to forecast future risks, including the likelihood a property will be damaged by wildfire or other natural hazards. (preventionweb.net)
  • and through anticipating, preventing, preparing for and managing climate-related health risks. (who.int)
  • This region is nearing a threshold of rapid landscape change," researchers noted in 2017. (businessinsider.com)
  • Last summer, researchers at Oxford concluded the heat dome that brought unprecedented temperatures to B.C. and set the table for a wildfire that destroyed the village of Lytton would have been all but impossible without climate change. (ctvnews.ca)
  • That's why some researchers are working on varieties of hops that can better withstand summer heat. (yahoo.com)
  • These stresses can be caused by extreme climatic changes like drought, flooding, or rising sea levels. (irri.org)
  • Among different abiotic stresses mainly caused by climate change, the thermo-stresses, that is, stresses caused by heat and cold, are of prime importance in influencing the physiological and metabolic activities of plants. (researchgate.net)
  • IRRI is developing rice varieties that can withstand conditions forecast to become more frequent and intense with climate change. (irri.org)
  • We do find substantial ongoing increases in the probability of these kinds of events," said Nathan Gillett, an atmospheric physicist and manager of the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Entire marine ecosystems are affected by such changes in sea ice cover," Eric Rignot, a distinguished professor of Earth system science at the University of California, Irvine, told Insider. (businessinsider.com)
  • It finds that compared to other socioeconomic factors the influence of climate on conflict is assessed as relatively weak. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Signed by 195 countries, the nearly 3,700-word collection of research is considered the gold standard of climate science. (vancouverisawesome.com)
  • In the first term, Biden pledges to commit US$2 trillion to "set us (United States) on an irreversible course to meet the ambitious climate progress that science demands. (fxcm.com)
  • They turned to the science of climate attribution, which uses climate models to estimate the influence of one or more factors on weather events. (ctvnews.ca)
  • I would think that because the Metrodome roof did not collapse during MWP or even during the warming period of the 1920's-1940's, proves that the current warming period is more intense and causing greater climate disruption. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Climate change isn't a direct driver of conflict. (ucdavis.edu)
  • The interplay between climate, conflict, poverty and persecution greatly increases the complexity of refugee emergencies. (unhcr.org)
  • Those vulnerabilities in many cases are leading to conflict, competition over resources, forcing people to move," said Andrew Harper, the Special Advisor on Climate Action for UNHCR. (unhcr.org)
  • The World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews published a paper by Michael Jonas investigating changes in cloud cover, which may explain the warming since 1983. (wattsupwiththat.com)
  • Monsanto claims that Genetically Modified Organisms are a cure for both food insecurity and climate change and has been putting the following advertisement across the world in recent months. (countercurrents.org)
  • You can help people change their world. (practicalaction.org)
  • The Conversation: Why is Tackling Climate Change Critical in Ensuring World Peace and Security? (ucdavis.edu)
  • In 2008, the 61st World Health Assembly endorsed resolution WHA61.19, establishing a joint mandate for work on climate change and health by WHO and Member States. (who.int)
  • But, companies are taking measures to withstand these challenges. (deloitte.com)
  • How devastating these changes will be depends on the actions we take now. (unicef.org)
  • Just a little Web research would have revealed that the apparent warming reported on other planets is much more easily explained by regular seasonal changes and elliptical orbits than by atmospheric changes, such as those we are experiencing on Earth. (csmonitor.com)
  • The team concluded that climate change had increased the odds of an atmospheric river like the one that swamped B.C. by at least 60 per cent. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Nearly a decade later, the city is picking up the pieces after another climate whiplash it was unprepared for. (abc17news.com)