Climate Change

Australian authorities warn about heat as temperature soars

Australians have been warned to avoid exerting themselves outdoors and to drink lots of water as record temperatures in parts of the country look set to linger, and even increase, over coming days.

Publication Date: 
15/01/2019
Reuters
Tags:
Australia, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Crops
Environment

National records melt in 'prolonged spell of heat' with more to come

A huge swathe of Australia baked in mid-40 degree heat on Friday, with more records likely to be broken at the tail-end of a heatwave that set a slew of national highs last month.

Publication Date: 
04/01/2019
Age (Australia)
Tags:
Australia, Heat Waves
Climate Change

Extreme temperatures and crop yields in Karnataka, India

This paper investigates the impact of exposure to extreme temperature on crop yields of a range of crops cultivated in the State of Karnataka, India. The crops examined in this study are rice, sorghum (jowar), finger millet (ragi), and pigeon pea.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2019
Kamal Kumar Murari, Sandeep Mahato, T. Jayaraman & et al
Review of Agrarian Studies
1-18
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Climate Impacts, Karnataka, Heat Waves, Extreme Weather Events, Rainfall Pattern, Rice, Sorghum, Millets, Legumes
Natural Disasters

Multi-hazard risks in New York City

Megacities are predominantly concentrated along coastlines, making them exposed to a diverse mix of natural hazards. The assessment of climatic hazard risk to cities rarely has captured the multiple interactions that occur in complex urban systems. We present an improved method for urban multi-hazard risk assessment.

Publication Date: 
21/12/2018
Yaella Depietri, Khila Dahal, Timon McPhearson
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
3363-3381
Tags:
Urban Habitat, New York, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Heat Waves, Extreme Weather Events, Storms, Floods, Rainfall Pattern
Climate Change

Explaining extreme events of 2017 from a climate perspective

This BAMS special report presents assessments of how human-caused climate change may have affected the strength and likelihood of individual extreme events. This is the second year that scientists have identified extreme weather events that they said could not have happened without warming of the climate through human-induced climate change.

Publication Date: 
10/12/2018
American Meteorological Society
Tags:
Extreme Weather Events, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Droughts, Heat Waves
Climate Change

Global Climate Risk Index 2019

The Global Climate Risk Index 2019 analyses to what extent countries and regions have been affected by impacts of weather-related loss events (storms, fl

Publication Date: 
04/12/2018
David Eckstein, Marie-Lena Hutfils, Maik Winges
Germanwatch
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, India, Global, Storms, Floods, Heat Waves
Climate Change

RegionsAdapt 2018 report: multi-level governance in climate change adaptation

This report reflects the data disclosed by 38 regional governments that are members of the 'RegionsAdapt' initiative.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2018
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Governance, Extreme Weather Events, Heat Waves, Sea Level Rise
Climate Change

Implications for workability and survivability in populations exposed to extreme heat under climate change: a modelling study

Changes in temperature and humidity due to climate change affect living and working conditions.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2018
Oliver Andrews, Corinne Le Quéré, Tord Kjellstrom & et al
Lancet Planetary Health
2
1-8
Tags:
Climate Change, Heat Waves, Health Effects, Global Warming, Urban Habitat, Extreme Weather Events, Emission Targets, Green House Gases
Climate Change

40 million more Indians hit by heatwaves in 5 years: Report

Climate change is hitting home.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, India, Heat Waves, Ahmedabad Municipal
Climate Change

Heatwaves: Farms hit as India accounts for half of global labour loss

India experienced an additional 40 million heatwave exposure events in 2016 as compared to 2012, raising concerns over a “dangerous surge” in negative health impacts, according to a new study.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2018
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Heat Waves, Health Effects, Climate Change, IPCC

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