Typhoons

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for almost one-third of the world's annual tropical cyclones. For organizational purposes, the northern Pacific Ocean is divided into three regions: the eastern (North America to 140°W), central (140°W to 180°), and western (180° to 100°E). The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) for tropical cyclone forecasts is in Japan, with other tropical cyclone warning centers for the northwest Pacific in Hawaii (the …

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CCEIA: Cyprus Center for Department of European Studies and International Relations · 19 April 2024 English

The Cypriot Factor in the Region The Cyprus question and the ongoing occupation of the northern portion8 has been treated as a peripheral issue, a one-time only provocation by a, …

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PIK: Potsdam-Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung · 11 April 2024 English

While it is widely assumed that poor countries will suffer more from climate change, and that climate change will exacerbate inequalities within countries, systematic and large-scale evidence on this issue …

to floods or river flow; extreme events include typhoons, storms, coastal storms, extreme temperature;


ADB: Asian Development Bank · 2 April 2024 English

While governments and authorities look for technical solutions to water resources management, they can often overlook local knowledge and cultural aspects.

Reconstruction After the Second World War, large typhoons struck the already devastated country, resulting


World Bank Group · 28 March 2024 English

There is a rapidly growing literature on the link between climate change and poverty. This study reviews the existing literature on whether the poor are more exposed to climate shocks …

natural disasters, temperature changes, heatwaves, typhoons, rainfall, floods, droughts, earthquakes, and on flood, drought, extreme heat, cyclones, or typhoons—because these events have been widely studied 10 percent of studies focusing on landslides, typhoons/cyclones, or earthquakes (Table 1). These indicators long-term consequences. Indeed, evidence from typhoons suggests that climate shocks reduce per-capita families in the poorest decile increases after typhoons and this increase persists (Anttila-Hughes and


World Bank Group · 27 March 2024 English

Majuro. The country is vulnerable to occasional typhoons and its 370km coastline renders it particularly and, to a lesser extent, typhoons. The Average Annual Loss related to typhoons and tsunami is 3.1% of of GDP (2.8% is attributed to typhoons and 0.3% to tsunami)1. Climate change could lead to more damaging


World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English

demonstrated a positive result due to the onslaught of typhoons and other natural calamities, production-related


CIEL: Center for International Environmental Law · 26 March 2024 English

The first memo examines the body of international law applicable to the questions before the Court, and demonstrates that multiple sources of law define the scope of State duties in …

catastrophic wildfires, increased hurricanes and typhoons, and droughts—along with ongoing impacts like events” like the above-described hurricanes and typhoons, “slow-onset events (such as drought or sea-level


World Bank Group · 26 March 2024 English

unique geography, lying within the path of Pacific typhoons and along the Pacific Ring of Fire. It is also are highly exposed to natural disasters such as typhoons and floods and tend to have limited resources


CIEL: Center for International Environmental Law · 26 March 2024 English

3/2021, Climate Emergency: Scope of Inter-American Human Rights Obligations, (2021), at 8 (“Emphasizing that climate change is one of the greatest threats to the full enjoyment and exercise of human …

catastrophic wildfires, increased hurricanes and typhoons, and droughts—along with ongoing impacts like events” like the above-described hurricanes and typhoons, “slow-onset events (such as drought or sea-level


World Bank Group · 20 March 2024 English

Adapting to climate change is an increasingly urgent policy priority in lower- and middle-income countries. This systematic review summarizes the current state of the literature on adaptation to climate change, …

reallocated away from domestic buyers following typhoons (Elliott et al. 2019), while in Japan, transactions study the performance of Chinese firms following typhoons, showing that increases in debt serve as a buffer “Estimating the Direct and Indirect Impact of Typhoons on Plant Performance: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturers “Estimating the Direct and Indirect Impact of Typhoons on Plant Performance: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturers


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