climate change impact Articles
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Urban climate change impact and Istanbul Water Consensus
Climate change impacts especially on major cities of the world are expected to cause inter–sectoral interactions concerning environmental, socio–economic, cultural, and technological developments and their implementations. This paper presents a methodology to predict future monthly rainfall amounts and surface runoff volumes on decadal basis from 2000–2050 and accordingly interpretation of ...
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An overview of prospects and challenges in the field of climate change in Malaysia
Malaysia is realising the consequence of climate change impacts and efforts are harmonising with those of national interests. Here, we explain recent climate change experiences, several framework structures for policies and national agendas on climate change concerns undertaken in Malaysia. We attempt to identify three areas of policy concerns (a) issues (b) impacts and (c) strategies and figure ...
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Vulnerability of freshwater fisheries and impacts of climate change in south Indian states economies
We compare the vulnerability of five states in India national economies to potential climate change impacts on their capture fisheries using an indicator-based approach. States in India (e.g., Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhrapradesh, Kerala and Maharashtra) were identified as most vulnerable. This vulnerability was due to the combined effect of predicted warming, the relative importance of fisheries ...
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Climate change expected to have increasing impact on real estate market
When climate change impacts the Earth on a macro level, individual properties are being impacted on a micro level. The author says global warming has becomes less of a theoretical debate and more of a reality in the minds of most Americans, noting this already has resulted in significant real estate economic ...
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Evaluation of climate change impacts on extreme rainfall events characteristics using a synoptic weather typing-based daily precipitation downscaling model
Climate change has impacted all phenomena in the hydrologic cycle, especially extreme events. General circulation models (GCMs) are used to investigate climate change impacts but because of their low resolution, downscaling methods are developed to provide data with high enough resolution for regional studies from GCM outputs. The performance of rainfall downscaling methods is commonly ...
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Multiple Reports Forecast Dire Climate Change Impacts
A series of reports published for the UK and US governments have predicted profound consequences, should climate change continue unabated. The UK’s Environment Agency estimates that summer temperatures could be up to 5.4˚C hotter by 2070 depending on greenhouse gas emissions, while London’s sea levels may rise by up to 1.15 metres by 2100. Meanwhile, a report mandated by the US ...
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Building community resilience to climate change : Testing the adaptation coalition framework in Latin America
The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from a five-country case study which tested the application of the Adaptation Coalition Framework (ACF) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The development of the ACF is based on the belief that climate change presents challenges that many climate change adaptation models and sustainable development frameworks do not completely address. As a ...
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Food security in Ethiopia: climate–resilient pathways, quantified benefits and farmer perspectives
This paper summarises a study of a project in Ethiopia, then discusses its findings. The project aimed to address acute hunger facing small–scale farmers while also fostering longer–term food security. It was found to be highly successful, as reflected in a benefit–cost ratio of 9:1. Yet the target communities continue to struggle nonetheless due largely to emerging threats, notably worsening ...
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Climate change impact chains in the water sector: observations from projects on the East India coast
With regional variations, climate change has a significant impact on water quality deterioration and scarcity, which are serious challenges in developing countries and emerging economies. Often, effective projects to improve water management in the light of climate change are difficult to develop because of the complex interrelations between direct and indirect climate impacts and local ...
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Climate change impacts on coastal urban settlements in Nigeria
This study investigates the possible impact of climate change on the coastal cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt using the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Induced Climate Change (MAGICC-SCENGEN) and geographical information system (GIS) interpolation techniques. The results confirm that sea level rise may occur with a consequence of submerging all coastal cities of the Niger delta area ...
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Optimal rainfall temporal patterns for urban drainage design in the context of climate change
The main objective of the present study is to propose a method for estimating an optimal temporal storm pattern for urban drainage design in southern Quebec (Canada) in the context of climate change. Following a systematic evaluation of the performance of eight popular design storm models for different typical urban basins, it was found that the Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) ...
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Social networks and adaptation in rural Bangladesh
In the coming years, poor village populations in Bangladesh are expected to feel tangible climate change impacts in multiple and catastrophic forms impacting on their livelihoods and survival. Human adaptation to these impacts will thus be imperative. Research in one rural, flood-prone village in Bangladesh provides valuable information about the role of formal and informal social networks in ...
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Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2012
This European Environment Agency (EEA) report presents information on past and projected climate change and related impacts in Europe, based on a range of indicators. The report also assesses the vulnerability of society, human health and ecosystems in Europe and identifies those regions in Europe most at risk from climate change. Furthermore, the report discusses the principle sources of ...
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Eutrophication linked to disinfection - by products problem in drinking water production
Eutrophication is one of those big problems that cause water quality degradation. Presence of cyanobacterial toxins and climate change impacts would degrade water quality towards the worst. In regard to the mentioned problems, disinfection-by products strongly act as a consequence of drinking water production. Continue reading the full ...
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Producing enough food in a climate insecure world
This article focuses on the challenges related to water, climate change and food security. The article summarizes recent food production and food security trends and provides an overview of how climate change, through impacts on global hydrology, could impact food production, and consequently food security, in some key farming systems. However, as climate change is but one of many ...
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Impacts of Hurricane Sandy and the climate change connection
Extreme weather events are on the rise in the United States and globally, with growing and costly disruptions to businesses, people’s livelihoods, and critical infrastructure. Hurricane Sandy is the most recent event to expose the vulnerability of the United States to extreme weather. This fact sheet highlights the historical magnitude of the storm and estimated losses, plus statements by ...
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Environment as infrastructure: Resilience to climate change impacts on water through investments in nature
Impacts of climate change, in combination with other drivers of global change, are compromising our ability to address global economic, security and social priorities. As floods, drought and other impacts of climate change on water become more frequent or intense, economies and livelihood security ...
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Regional climate change impacts and freshwater systems: focusing the adaptation research agenda
Regional climate models can provide useful insights for research on water-sector adaptation to climate change. Results are presented from a RegCM2 study that investigates the effect of a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide upon climate for a domain centred over California. By the expected time of doubling, 2060, results show generally increasing surface temperatures, altered precipitation ...
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Climate variability and water-sharing plans: Transferability of Australian approaches to Vietnam
Water reforms in Australia have been comparatively progressive, including the agreement to the National Water Initiative (2004) and the implementation of over 130 water-sharing plans. Most of these plans include processes for dealing with climate variability, but only a few incorporate processes for addressing potential climate change impacts. Approaches include the use of scenario planning to ...
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Climate change, water and food security
This report summarizes current knowledge of the anticipated impacts of climate change on water availability for agriculture. The implications for local and national food security are examined; and the methods and approaches to assess climate change impacts on water and agriculture are discussed. The report emphasizes the need for a closer alignment between water and agricultural policies and ...
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