Climate Change

This report examines how trade policy can help governments anticipate and respond to food system shocks while avoiding harm to producers and consumers in other countries. It also makes the …

Group of 20 IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change LDC least-developed countries OECD Organisation … intense as a result of climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2019).1 Trade … history and reviews the available analysis on climate change to consider the implications of more frequent … Frequency and Severity of Extreme Weather Events Climate change is expected to have significant implications … important also to note that the impacts of climate change are expected to differ considerably across …

future of the Earth system as a whole; and the scale and pace of the human dimension have caused climate change, rapid loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities, and loss of resilience to deal with uncertainty …

and pace of the human dimension have caused climate change, rapid loss of biodiversity, growing inequalities … Prize Summit—Our Planet, Our Future, namely climate change and biodiversity loss, inequality and global … Sci- entific evidence makes clear that both climate change and biodiversity loss are symptoms of the … will it be critical to curb human-induced climate change but also to enhance the regenerative capacity … civilization: mitigate and adapt to the threat posed by climate change and biodiversity loss, reduce inequalities …

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has been severe; however, countries are weathering the storm so far. Real GDP is estimated to contract by 2.0 percent …

Sub-Saharan Africa, especially those most affected by climate change or conflict. Lost incomes, compounded in some …

plan really does target similarly urgent — perhaps even existential — global priorities like climate change and China, one must ask why the president insists on impeding such efforts (and potentially alienating …

even existential — global priorities like climate change and China, one must ask why the president insists …

This compilation of recommendations are made to seven of the states under review in the 38th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review (Belgium, Denmark, Mozambique, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Singapore …

UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change. In compliance with its obligations under … claims of human rights violations resulting from climate change or climate-related projects and measures, … International: Recommendations ahead of COP24 of the Climate Change Convention, 23 November 2018, https://www … the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2-13 December 2019, 25 November 2019, https://www … UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change In compliance with its obligations under …

investors established through Mexico’s energy reforms (passed in 2014), as well as efforts to combat climate change and transition to clean sources of energy. It’s not so much “reform” as an energy policy “regression” …

(passed in 2014), as well as efforts to combat climate change and transition to clean sources of energy …

The semi-arid Sahel is a global hotspot for poverty and malnutrition. Rainfed agriculture is the main source of food and income, making the well-being of rural population highly sensitive to …

Zampaligré N, Dossa L H and Schlecht E 2014 Climate change and variability: perception and adaptation … Gaye A T and Ndiaye O 2013 A unifying view of climate change in the Sahel linking intra-seasonal, interannual … more intense rainfall over Africa under future climate change J. Clim. 31 9719–38 [40] Sultan B, Guan K … and Lobell D B 2014 Robust features of future climate change impacts on sorghum yields in West Africa Environ … in central Africa from CMIP5 climate models: climate change in Central Africa J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121 …

livelihoods of millions of people across the world and yet climate change risk and impacts assessments are predominantly on cropping systems. Climate change has significant impacts on Net Primary Production (NPP) … (2009–2019) and future (2050). The vulnerable areas whose NPP is mostly likely to get affected by climate change in 2050 were identified. The number of livestock units in grasslands was estimated according … correlated with Tmax and ET and projected increases in these variables will be beneficial to NPP under climate change. Increases of 17% in 2050 under RCP8.5 scenario are projected, with the southern parts of the …

Evaluating the grassland NPP dynamics in response to climate change in Tanzania Azin Zarei *, Abel Chemura … Grassland dynamics Net Primary Production (NPP) Climate change impacts Emission scenarios Livestock units … millions of people across the world and yet climate change risk and impacts assessments are predominantly … predominantly on cropping systems. Climate change has significant impacts on Net Primary Production (NPP) which … whose NPP is mostly likely to get affected by climate change in 2050 were iden- tified. The number of livestock …

Increasing global connectivity has brought with it a new range of security threats that were unfathomable just decades ago. Global reliance on the internet and on virtual networks has revealed …

to support programmes concerned with development, climate change and security. Multinational scientific and … as the effects of global warming and climate change. Due to climate change, the Arctic has become ice-free …

In the U.S., concerns about political corruption are especially widespread. Two-in-three Americans agree that the phrase “most politicians are corrupt” describes their country well.

nationally in France and the UK to debate climate change policy, and they have become increasingly common … to debate Scottish independence, Brexit and climate change policy, there are significant political differences …