Climate Change

Impact assessment and management framework for infrastructure assets: a case study of Konkan railways

The report, titled 'Framework for Infrastructure Assets: A Case Study of Konkan Railways,' summarizes the uncertainties and risks that infrastructure assets face due to climate variability and suggests possible adaptation strategies.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Amit Garg, Prakriti Naswa, P.R. Shukla
UNEP Risø Centre
Tags:
Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Infrastructure Development, India, Rail Transport, Goa, Extreme Weather Events
Climate Change

Research priorities on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation: responding to the climate change challenge

To respond to the demand for better coordination of research, PROVIA has led the development of a set of Research Priorities on vulnerability, impacts and adaptation in consultation with both experts and policymakers.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
UNEP
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Extreme Weather Events, Developing Countries
Climate Change

State of the climate in 2012

Worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record according to this 2012 State of the Climate report released by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).

Publication Date: 
01/08/2013
Jessica Blunden, Derek S. Arndt
American Meteorological Society
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Atmosphere, Sea Level Rise, Arctic, Antarctica, Oceans and Seas, El Nina, El Nino, Ozone, Glaciers, South Asia, India, Global
Climate Change

Climate change bringing heavy rain, landslides to Siachen area: Study

Observing that extreme rainfall events in the Karakorams, which hitherto were not known in this area, have started occurring with alarming frequency, a research paper has stated that this phenomeno

Publication Date: 
31/07/2013
Vijay Mohan
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himalaya, Climate Change, Rainfall, Landslides, Floods, Earthquakes, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Extreme Weather Events
Environment

Himalayan blunders

The Himalayan region has seen unchecked construction activity, illegal mining, unscientific road building and hydropower projects built next to each other

The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. The final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages wiped out, property destroyed, roads washed away and hydropower projects damaged in the mountain state of Uttarakhand.

Publication Date: 
08/07/2013
Sunita Narain
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Himalaya, Roads, Mining, Hydroelectricity, Floods, Landslides, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Rainfall, Mountain Ecosystems, Environmentalists, Anil Agarwal, Dams, Sunita Narain, CSE, Water Harvesting, Water Management, Environment
Climate Change

World suffered unprecedented climate extremes in past decade: WMO

The world suffered unprecedented climate extremes in the decade to 2010, from heatwaves in Europe and droughts in Australia to floods in Pakistan, against a backdrop of global warming, a United Nat

Publication Date: 
05/07/2013
Alister Doyle
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, Climate Change, World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO), Heat Waves, Europe, Droughts, Floods, Australia, Pakistan, South Asia, Global Warming, Carbon Dioxide, Green House Gases, Amazon, Sea Level Rise, Russia
Climate Change

2001-2010 decade shows faster warming trend: UN

Global warming accelerated since the 1970s and broke more countries’ temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, UN climate experts said Wednesday.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2013
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Climate Change, Global Warming, World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO), Heat Waves, Africa, Europe, Russia, Droughts, Australia, Climate Impacts, Floods, India, Pakistan, South Asia, Extreme Weather Events
Climate Change

The global climate 2001-2010: a decade of climate extremes

The world experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes during the 2001-2010 decade, which was the warmest since the start of modern measurements in 1850 and continued an extended period of pronounced global warming.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2013
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Heat Waves, Cold Waves, Droughts, Floods, Storms, Cyclones, Global Warming, Global, India
Climate Change

Broadening horizons: business engagement with climate change in 2007 and today

This report, the final output of SEI’s partnership with the 3C (Combat Climate Change) initiative, examines how business engagement with climate change has changed since 2007, including business attitudes towards climate science and policy and business-initiated mitigation and adaptation efforts.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2013
Annika Varnäs, Gregor Vulturius, Magnus Benzie, & et el
Stockholm Environment Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Global Warming, Climate Adaptation, Carbon Dioxide, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Economics
Climate Change

Climate change threatening S Asian development - World Bank

Climate change will overturn hard won gains in reducing poverty in South Asia as changing weather patterns make accessing water and food resources even more difficult, according to a new report nam

Publication Date: 
26/06/2013
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
Tags:
Climate Change, South Asia, World Bank, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Drought, Floods, Cyclones, Heat Waves, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, Bangladesh, Pakistan

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