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Severe Storms & Flooding

Home›Climate Impacts & Adaptation›Category: "Severe Storms & Flooding"
  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSoil & Natural Sequestration

    UNEP Calls for Better Funding to Speed Global Climate Adaptation

    January 17, 2021
     
    Primary Author Gaye Taylor
    January 17, 2021
    As the climate crisis accelerates and the Earth nears a fast-approaching “temperature tipping point,” the world’s nations need to speed up their adaptation planning ...
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  • AsiaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Bangladesh Moves 3,400 Rohingya to Flood-Prone Island Amid Warnings of Forced Relocation

    January 15, 2021
     
    January 15, 2021
    Bangladesh closed out 2020 by transporting at least 1,800 Rohingya refugees to the remote and flood-prone Bhasan Char island in the Bay of Bengal, ...
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  • AfricaAustraliaChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHealth & SafetyIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Insurance Industry Contends with Rising Losses as Climate Chaos Sweeps the Globe

    January 13, 2021
     
    January 13, 2021
    The climate crisis is exacting a rising price from the global insurance industry, a relief and development agency says. As the world digests the ...
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  • Biodiversity & HabitatBuildingsCanadaCitiesClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments

    B.C. Risks ‘Massive Losses’ without Better Planning for Storm Surges, Sea Level Rise

    Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

    January 10, 2021
     
    January 10, 2021
    VANCOUVER — Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternationalJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States

    ‘Baked-In’ Warming Will Push Temperature Rise Past 2°C, Adding Urgency to Net-Zero Push

    January 8, 2021
     
    January 8, 2021
    Alongside the extreme weather events of 2020, new research that shows today’s atmospheric CO2 levels pushing average global warming beyond 2.0°C makes it that ...
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  • AfricaAsiaCanadaCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreEuropeFinance & InvestmentFood SecurityHuman Rights & MigrationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseJurisdictionsOceansSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesSouth & Central America

    Doig: For 1.2 Billion People, Decarbonization is a Matter of Survival

    Full Story: Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit @ECIU_UK

    December 30, 2020
     
    Primary Author Alison Doig @AlisonDoig
    December 30, 2020
    I have sat in many long Zoom calls this year discussing climate ambition. Never once have I thought these were life or death discussions ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEncoreFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central AmericaUnited States

    Call Off ‘War on Nature’, Guterres Urges, as WMO Puts Global Warming at 1.2°C

    December 30, 2020
     
    December 30, 2020
    With the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warning that the Earth has warmed 1.2°C since the mid-1800s, and the high-stakes virtual climate summit that took ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEncoreHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States

    850,000 Trapped in Darkness as Cyclone Yasa Hits Fiji at 250 Kilometres Per Hour

    December 28, 2020
     
    December 28, 2020
    More than 850,000 Fijians were trapped in inky darkness hunkered down against the ravages of Tropical Cyclone Yasa, which slammed ashore bearing average windspeeds ...
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  • Arctic & AntarcticaBiodiversity & HabitatCanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreFirst PeoplesFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInternationalInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & Flooding

    Scientists Plead for Action as Soaring Temperatures Show Arctic in Crisis

    December 23, 2020
     
    Primary Author Compiled by Gaye Taylor
    December 23, 2020
    As temperatures soared across Canada’s Northwest Territories in early December, scientists from around the world were checking in and confirming an Arctic ecosystem in ...
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  • Carbon Levels & MeasurementCarbon-Free TransitionClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureInternational Agencies & StudiesSevere Storms & Flooding

    Faster Carbon Cuts Will Show Results Within 20 Years, New Study Concludes

    December 21, 2020
     
    December 21, 2020
    Greenhouse gas reductions that match up with a 1.5°C limit on average global warming would deliver “substantial near-term benefits” within 20 years, while reducing ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreFood SecurityHealth & SafetyHuman Rights & MigrationInsurance & LiabilityInternationalJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaSevere Storms & Flooding

    Mass Migration Looms as Central America Reels from Hurricane Damage

    December 21, 2020
     
    December 21, 2020
    As citizens battle to rebuild—again—after the destruction of November’s back-to-back Category 4 hurricanes in Central America, aid workers and political leaders are pleading for ...
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  • AfricaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationEncoreFinance & InvestmentHealth & SafetyHeat & TemperatureHuman Rights & MigrationInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America

    ‘No Vaccine for Climate Change’, Red Cross Warns, as Disasters Kill 410,000 in 10 Years

    December 21, 2020
     
    December 21, 2020
    There’s “no vaccine for climate change” in a world that has seen more than 100 climate disasters since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared, and ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHealth & SafetyJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island States

    850,000 Trapped in Darkness as Cyclone Yasa Hits Fiji at 250 Kilometres Per Hour

    December 18, 2020
     
    December 18, 2020
    More than 850,000 Fijians were trapped in inky darkness on Thursday, hunkered down against the ravages of Tropical Cyclone Yasa, which slammed ashore around ...
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  • CanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionEnergy PoliticsFinance & InvestmentJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments

    Ontario Guts Conservation Authorities, Risking ‘Irreversible Damage’ in Flood Zones

    December 18, 2020
     
    December 18, 2020
    Overreaching, unnecessary, and downright dangerous is how Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities are describing a new provincial law that limits their power to protect an ...
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  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationIce Loss & Sea Level RiseInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingUnited States

    Property Disclosure Laws Fall Behind as U.S. Flood Risk Rises

    December 16, 2020
     
    December 16, 2020
    As flood risk grows in tandem with the climate crisis, absent or weak disclosure laws are putting the safety and financial well-being of millions ...
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  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Climate Change Drives Up Cost of U.S. Flooding

    January 21, 2021
     
    January 21, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National Governments

    Extreme Weather Gaining Severity Across Nova Scotia

    January 21, 2021
     
    January 21, 2021
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCarbon Levels & MeasurementClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsIce Loss & Sea Level RiseICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSmall Island StatesWater

    Poor Countries, Small Island States Track Climate Impacts in UN Submissions

    January 21, 2021
     
    January 21, 2021
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEnergy Access & EquityHealth & SafetyICYMIIndiaJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingWind

    Cyclones Force India to Shut Down Wind Turbines, Curtail Power Production

    January 19, 2021
     
    January 19, 2021
  • BuildingsCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & DistributionDemographicsHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Rising Seas Make Miami Beach Affordable Housing Crisis Worse

    January 17, 2021
     
    January 17, 2021
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeICYMIJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySevere Storms & FloodingWind

    Storm Drives UK Wind Above 50% of Power Supply on Boxing Day

    January 10, 2021
     
    January 10, 2021
  • AustraliaCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationCulture, Curiosities, & HumourDemand & DistributionICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingTravel, Leisure & Recreation

    Storms Wash Away Iconic Tourist Spots in Australia’s Byron Bay

    January 10, 2021
     
    January 10, 2021
  • BuildingsChinaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionHealth & SafetyHydropowerICYMIIndiaInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsRenewable EnergySevere Storms & Flooding

    New Megadams in China, India Risk Catastrophic Flooding, New Study Shows

    January 7, 2021
     
    January 7, 2021
  • Climate Impacts & AdaptationHealth & SafetyICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    Landslide Leaves Two Missing, Homes Destroyed in Alaska Fishing Village

    January 4, 2021
     
    January 4, 2021
  • BuildingsCanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionFinance & InvestmentICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Greenbelt Foundation Invests $500K in Climate Preparedness

    December 15, 2020
     
    December 15, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatClimate Impacts & AdaptationICYMIJurisdictionsMexico, Caribbean & Latin AmericaOceansSevere Storms & FloodingWater

    Mexico Races Against Time to Protect Corals from Hurricane Damage

    December 15, 2020
     
    December 15, 2020
  • CanadaClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDrought, Famine & WildfiresEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsHeat & TemperatureICYMIInternational Agencies & StudiesJurisdictionsSevere Storms & Flooding

    Smart Prosperity Study Digs into Human, Economic Impacts of Climate Change

    December 10, 2020
     
    December 10, 2020
  • Climate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsHuman Rights & MigrationICYMIJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingSouth & Central America

    Honduras Looks for Help, Warns of Rising Migration After Climate Disasters

    December 10, 2020
     
    December 10, 2020
  • Biodiversity & HabitatCitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionEuropeICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsSevere Storms & FloodingTravel, Leisure & Recreation

    Barcelona Scrambles to Save Disappearing Beaches

    December 10, 2020
     
    December 10, 2020
  • CitiesClimate & SocietyClimate Impacts & AdaptationDemand & DistributionElectricity GridICYMIInsurance & LiabilityJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatorySevere Storms & FloodingSub-National GovernmentsUnited States

    New York Utilities Could Lose Licences Over Poor Hurricane Response

    December 8, 2020
     
    December 8, 2020
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