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11 Ιαν 2024 · In its annual Global Risk Report, the World Economic Forum named 3 key climate risks as top global challenges: urgent action is needed to combat them. Extreme weather events, critical change to Earth systems and biodiversity loss the top three 10-year risks. While the scale of the challenge is historic, the good news is that many of the ...
17 Ιαν 2018 · Extreme weather events such as coastal storms and droughts, failure to reduce carbon emissions and build climate resilience, and natural disasters are among the top risks that pose a serious threat to global stability, according the latest Global Risks Report 2018 published by the World Economic Forum. The intensification of environmental and ...
Building on the SREX report and AR5, this Report defines an extreme weather event as ‘an event that is rare at a particular place and time of year’, and an extreme climate event as ‘a pattern of extreme weather that persists for some time, such as a season’ (see Glossary).
20 Μαρ 2023 · About half of the global population currently contends with severe water scarcity for at least one month per year, while higher temperatures are enabling the spread of vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, West Nile virus and Lyme disease.
9 Αυγ 2021 · Climate change is affecting rainfall patterns. In high latitudes, precipitation is likely to increase, while it is projected to decrease over large parts of the subtropics. Changes to monsoon precipitation are expected, which will vary by region.
5 Αυγ 2019 · Daily and seasonal weather patterns and natural climate patterns such as El Niño or La Niña affect when and where extreme weather events take place. For example, many studies have linked an increase in wildfire activity to global warming.
17 Ιουν 2024 · Forecasters predict temperatures to be 5.5-11C (10-20F) above normal, potentially posing a risk to human health and the environment from resulting wildfires.
