Climate Analytics Press Releases

• Published on April 24, 2024 - 17:46 GMT

  

  The impacts of multiple tropical cyclone events and associated precipitation on household income and expenditures

  Tropical cyclones are one of the most destructive natural hazards. Damages arise from strong winds, compounded by associated flood-inducing hazards such as heavy rainfall and storm surge. Recent papers have shown that the modelled tropical cyclone damage …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 24, 2024 - 12:18 GMT

  

  WA's greenhouse gas emissions continue to climb above 2005 levels despite net zero pledge

  In short: WA has been accused of holding the nation back in its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Emissions in the state increased by almost 9 million tonnes between 2021 and 2022. Queensland, another big mining state, has managed to reduce its …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 24, 2024 - 12:18 GMT

  

  Nessun paese del G7 è in linea con gli obiettivi di ridurre le emissioni climalteranti

  Parola d'ordine "accelerare". Dal 28 al 30 aprile si terrà a Torino la riunione ministeriale su clima, energia e ambiente del G7, a guida italiana. Un incontro per tracciare e percorrere la rotta degli impegni presi finora, passando anche …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 23, 2024 - 10:46 GMT

  

  Three places changing quickly to fight climate change

  Glaciers are shrinking, coral reefs are in crisis and last year was the hottest on record. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have passed a dangerous new threshold as people continue to burn fossil fuels. Is anyplace …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 23, 2024 - 01:05 GMT

  

  What good looks like: G7 climate policy 2024 update

  This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus of the report is the method, it includes …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 18, 2024 - 13:55 GMT

  

  Mapping the climate risk to urban forests at city scale

  Climate change represents a threat to the performance and persistence of urban forests and the multiple benefits they provide to city dwellers. This study uses a novel approach to identify species and areas at high risk of climate change using the city of …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 15, 2024 - 10:23 GMT

  

  Le seuil de +1,5°C et le risque de dépassement de ce seuil

  Le réchauffement climatique se poursuit à un rythme sans précédent, 2023 étant officiellement l’année la plus chaude enregistrée à ce jour. Il est donc plus important que jamais de contenir la hausse des températures et d’atténuer les conséquences …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 15, 2024 - 10:23 GMT

  

  Hydrologic interpretation of machine learning models for 10-daily streamflow simulation in climate sensitive upper Indus ...

  Machine learning for hydrologic modeling has seen significant recent development and has been suggested as a valuable augmentation to physical hydrological modeling, especially in data-scarce catchments. In Pakistan, surface water flows predominantly …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 15, 2024 - 10:23 GMT

  

  The 1.5°C limit and risks of overshoot

  Limiting warming reduces the consequences of climate change With global warming continuing at an unprecedented rate, and 2023 confirmed as the hottest year on record, it is increasingly important to limit temperature rise and reduce the multidimensional …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 10, 2024 - 18:59 GMT

  What if global emissions went down instead of up? (opinion)

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  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 10, 2024 - 14:05 GMT

  

  UN climate chief presses for faster action, says humans have 2 years left ‘to save the world’

  OXFORD, England (AP) — Humanity has only two years left “to save the world” by making dramatic changes in the way it spews heat-trapping emissions and it has even less time to act to get the finances behind such a massive shift, the head of the United …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 10, 2024 - 08:53 GMT

  

  Climate adaptation in Nepali business practices key to future growth

   As the frequency and intensity of climate-induced risks are increasing, the entire development orientation has been triangulated to the prevention, mitigation and adaptation techniques under the GRID (Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development) framework. …

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• Published on April 10, 2024 - 08:53 GMT

  

  Representing natural climate variability in an event attribution context: Indo-Pakistani heatwave of 2022

  Attribution of extreme climate events to global climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions has become increasingly important. Extreme climate events arise at the intersection of natural climate variability and a forced response of …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 10, 2024 - 08:53 GMT

  Loss and Damage already a painful reality for Fiji

  Fiji has welcomed a new project designed to strengthen Pacific countries’ resilience to climate-induced loss and damage, noting that loss and damage from climate change impacts is already a painful reality for the nation. Funded by the International …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 8, 2024 - 11:45 GMT

  

  Why maintaining ambition for 1.5°C is critical

  As someone acknowledged this morning, its contribution to climate finance is critically insufficient. It’s not good. And part of the Paris deal is that developed countries need to take action, but they also must provide resources to the poorer countries in …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 4, 2024 - 16:07 GMT

  

  Extreme terrestrial heat in 2023

  Multiple relentless heatwaves occurred in 2023, with much of the world experiencing at least 20 more heatwave days than the 1991–2020 average. Prominent and record-breaking events included exceptional wintertime and spring heat in South America, large …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on April 2, 2024 - 11:59 GMT

  

  Will climate change swing India’s election?

  As just under a billion people prepare to head for the polls amid scorching summer temperatures, to what extent will they be concerned about climate change as they cast their votes? India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, is seeking a third five-year term …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on March 25, 2024 - 13:15 GMT

  

  Experts validate guidelines for mainstreaming climate change finance in Uganda

  Financial sector experts at the validation exercise in Sharon Hotel. PHOTO URN Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial sector experts have validated draft guidelines requiring the industry to integrate climate finance into their operations to enable …

  Distribution channels: Environment
• Published on March 22, 2024 - 17:48 GMT

  

  Scientists struggle to explain ‘really weird’ spike in world temperatures

  “There has been a tendency to exaggerate the science in favour of ‘doomist’ narratives,” he told this masthead this week. “That helps nobody – except the fossil fuel industry of course.” For billions of people on Earth, the stakes of the debate could not …

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• Published on March 21, 2024 - 15:53 GMT

  

  Climate impacts in northern forests

  Forests, particularly tropical rainforests, are often called ‘the lungs of the Earth’ due to their vital role in our climate system: taking in and storing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. To date, far less attention has been paid to their northern …

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