Alberta’s climate is changing: temperatures are rising, particularly in the winter; heat waves have become more frequent; and the growing season has become longer. These trends are expected to continue into the future.
Sea-level rise threatens low-lying areas around the world’s coasts with increased coastal flooding during extreme sea level events during storms.
A Climate Risk Assessment for the United States identifies the economic risks posed by a changing climate. The U.S. will likely face the effects of human-induced climate change including rising seas and more frequent bouts of extreme heat.
Fiji faces significant development challenges, and the government has set ambitious development objectives to address them. Natural hazards and climate change, however, represent a major obstacle to the achievement of these objectives.
Cities are large emitters of greenhouse gasses, but are also extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.
Regardless of average income, cities and towns have been acting as the engines of economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region, which now hosts half of the world’s mega-cities.