Climate Change

Powering our future with weather, climate and water

Each year, on 23 March, World Meteorological Day commemorates the entry into force, in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. The theme for World Meteorological Day 2012 is Powering our future with weather, climate and water.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2012
World Meteorological Organization
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Food Security, Water Resources, Health, Transport, Tourism, Trade, Energy, Urbanisation, India, Global
Climate Change

Climate change in Indo-Gangetic agriculture: recent trends, current projections, crop-climate suitability, and prospects for improved climate model information

This is an assessment of recent trends and projected future changes in climate, specifically focused on the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP).

Publication Date: 
01/02/2012
Mark New, Muhammad Rahiz, Jagadishwor Karmacharya
the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Tags:
Climate Change, Indo-Gangetic Plains, Agriculture, Monsoons, South Asia, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Extreme Weather Events, Crops, Climate
Environment

UNEP year book 2012

The UNEP Year Book 2012 depicts the status of key environmental indicators, shows that we have been experiencing an exceptional level of ecological extremes and highlights the benefits of soil carbon and decommissioning nuclear power plants.

 

Publication Date: 
01/02/2012
UNEP
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, India, Global, Nuclear Power Plants, Soil Erosion, Disaster Management, Climate Mitigation, Energy, Biodiversity Conservation, Ozone Layer, Carbon Dioxide, Ecosystem Services
Economy

World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel As Population Soars: U.N.

The world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.

Publication Date: 
31/01/2012
Nina Chestney
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Population Trends, Food Security, Energy, Drinking Water, Water Resources, Poverty, Unemployment, Forests, Carbon Dioxide, Sea Level Rise, Extreme Weather Events, Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Emissions Trading, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies
Climate Change

Consistent pattern of local adaptation during an experimental heat wave in a pipefish-trematode host-parasite system

Extreme climate events such as heat waves are expected to increase in frequency under global change. As one indirect effect, they can alter magnitude and direction of species interactions, for example those between hosts and parasites. We simulated a summer heat wave to investigate how a changing environment affects the interaction between the broad-nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) as a host and its digenean trematode parasite (Cryptocotyle lingua).

Publication Date: 
27/01/2012
Susanne H. Landis, Martin Kalbe, Thorsten B. H. Reusch & et al
PLoS ONE
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1-7
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Heat Waves, Climate Impacts, Fish, Europe, Global Warming
Climate Change

Gilani urges global approach for responding to climate risks

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday called for a global approach to respond to climate risks in view of vulnerability and inability of developing nation to cope with the challenge.

Publication Date: 
27/01/2012
Business Recorder (Pakistan)
Tags:
Pakistan, Climate Change, Developing Countries, Natural Disasters, Climate Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Drought, Adaptation Fund, Tsunami, Energy Efficiency
Climate Change

The impact of climate change on global tropical cyclone damage

One potential impact from greenhouse-gas emissions is increasing damage from extreme events. Here, we quantify how climate
change may affect tropical cyclone damage. We find that future increases in income are likely to double tropical cyclone damage
even without climate change. Climate change is predicted to increase the frequency of high-intensity storms in selected ocean
basins depending on the climate model. Climate change doubles economic damage, but the result depends on the parameters of

Publication Date: 
15/01/2012
Robert Mendelsohn, Kerry Emanuel, Shun Chonabayashi & et al
Nature Climate Change
1-5
Tags:
Climate Change, Cyclones, Climate Impacts, Green House Gases, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, Sea Level Rise, Climate Adaptation, Atmosphere Science, Climate Science, Asia, South America, N C America
Climate Change

Cold and heat waves in the United States

Extreme cold and heat waves, characterized by a number of cold or hot days in succession, place a strain on people's cardiovascular and respiratory systems. The increase in deaths due to these waves may be greater than that predicted by extreme temperatures alone.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
A.G. Barnett, S. Hajat, A. Gasparrini & et al
Environmental Research
112
218–224
Tags:
Heat Waves, United States Of America (US), Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change
Climate Change

Annual climate summary 2011

Climate during 2011 was relatively moderate in respect of both temperature and precipitation. Although the year ranked ninth warmest since 1901 there were less heat wave events during the peak summer months. Southwest monsoon season rainfall for the country as a whole was normal. However, it was marked with large spatial variability.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
India Meteorological Department
Tags:
Climate, Extreme Weather Events, India, Rainfall

Forests and landslides: the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia

The FAO and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) have released a brief that describes the role of forests and forestry in the prevention and rehabilitation of landslides in Asia, noting that landslides may increase over the coming decades, in part due to climate change.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2012
FAO
Tags:
Forests, Landslides, Asia, Climate Change, Rehabilitation, Extreme Weather Events

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