WenClims

25 Feb 19

Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs

Glacial melt spells more trouble in the Himalayan LDCs The recent landmark International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) report on glacial melt in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region paints a drastic picture, indicating that the glaciers will melt by one third even if the global temperature rise is limited…
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17 Sep 18

Floods and droughts – weather extremes beyond 1.5 Celsius

The latest research shows that exceeding the 1.5 Celsius limit that was the aim of the Paris Accord by even half a degree would have a massive, disastrous effect on vulnerable populations, especially in the developing world As the Northern Hemisphere summer advances, reports of new heat records around  the…
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02 Mar 16

El Niño: A looming disaster

The impact of a “Godzilla El Niño” is already being felt across the world, but is the Pakistani government ready? This year the world is in for a double whammy – climate change along with an El Nino effect so large, that the climatologist Bill Patzert, with NASA’s Jet Propulsion…
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