This profile was written by MacKenzie Dove (Senior Climate Change Consultant, WBG). Additional support was provided by Yunziyi Lang (Climate Change Analyst, WBG) and Fernanda Zermoglio (Senior...
This profile was written by MacKenzie Dove (Senior Climate Change Consultant, WBG). Additional support was provided by Yunziyi Lang (Climate Change Analyst, WBG). COUNTRY OVERVIEW The Republic of...
Introduction Within the Red Cross Red Crescent, ambition and capacity to take climate action addressing the needs of the most vulnerable are rapidly growing. Climate change is now a key driver of...
Extreme weather driven by climate change cost the world billions in 2020 - report A new report by Christian Aid, Counting the cost 2020: a year of climate breakdown identifies 15 of the most...
Over the last twenty years, 7,348 disaster events were recorded worldwide by EM-DAT, one of the foremost international databases of such events. In total, as seen in Figure 1, disasters claimed...
'Contra calor y marea', nuevo Informe Mundial de Desastres La pandemia de COVID-19 ha puesto de manifiesto la vulnerabilidad del mundo ante una catástrofe de patente envergadura mundial. No obstante,...
New InsuRisk report analyzes disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions in Small Island Developing States Last night at the 4th InsuResilience Global Partnership Forum, UNU-EHS and the...
KEY MESSAGES Afghanistan faces rates of warming higher than the global average with a potential rise of 1.4°C–5.4°C by the 2080s and the 2090s, compared with the baseline of 1986–2005. The range in...
Les phénomènes météorologiques extrêmes aggravent l’impact de la COVID-19 Genève, le 2 décembre 2020 (OMM) – Le changement climatique a continué sa progression inexorable pendant l’année 2020, qui...
2020 on track to be one of three warmest years on record Geneva, 2 December 2020 (WMO) - Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years...