By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist28 September 2012 Jelawat in the Western Pacific is forecast to curve across Okinawa and the Japan mainland, bringing flooding rain, monstrous seas, and damaging winds. According to World Weather Expert Jason Nicholls, “It has turned northward as forecast and is projected to turn northeastward this weekend with direct, dangerous […]
Contact: Gisela Speidel, gspeidel@hawaii.edu, 808-956-9252, University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST21 September 2012 The tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea during the pre-monsoon season (May – June) have intensified since 1997 compared to 1979 – 1997. This has been attributed to decreased vertical wind shear due to the dimming effects of increased anthropogenic black carbon and […]
Contact: Peyton Fleming, fleming@ceres.org, 617-247-0700 x 120, 617-733-666020 September 2012 Worsening weather in a warming world poses a growing risk to the financial stability of insurance companies and has broad ramifications for the economy and society, according to a new report. Stormy Future for U.S. Property and Casualty Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of […]
Islamabad, 22 September 2012 (The International News) – Increasing threats due to negative impacts of climate change are the cause of major survival concerns for Pakistan, particularly in terms of its water security, food security, and energy security considerations. An official of Climate Change Ministry said the government has taken short- and long-term measures that […]
By Stephen Leahy, www.guardian.co.uk14 September 2012 Uxbridge, Canada – The record loss of Arctic sea ice this summer may mean a cold winter for the UK and northern Europe. The region has been prone to bad winters after summers with very low sea ice, such as 2011 and 2007, said Jennifer Francis, a researcher at […]
By Brittany Wallman13 September 2012 (Sun Sentinel) – By 2060, residents of the posh Las Olas Boulevard community in Fort Lauderdale could find seawater lapping at their doors. Parts of Hollywood, Hallandale Beach and Dania Beach also could be wading in water at high tide, county officials warn. Agreeing that Broward County is at risk […]
Satellite view of Benue River, Nigeria in 2009 Satellite view of Benue River, Nigeria in 2012 KANO, Nigeria, 10 September 2012 (AFP) – The death toll from flooding in eastern Nigeria after heavy rain and the release of water from a dam in Cameroon has risen to 30, with some 120,000 people displaced, an […]
By MIREYA NAVARRO10 September 2012 With a 520-mile-long coast lined largely by teeming roads and fragile infrastructure, New York City is gingerly facing up to the intertwined threats posed by rising seas and ever-more-severe storm flooding. So far, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has commissioned exhaustive research on the challenge of climate change. His administration is […]
By Nastassia Astrasheuskaya; Editing by Alister Doyle and Pravin Char13 September 2012 Moscow says Kyoto extension ineffective Says developing nations must be involved in emissions deal MOSCOW, 13 September 2012 (Reuters) – Russia confirmed on Thursday it would not make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 under the U.N.’s Kyoto Protocol, joining Canada and […]
Contact: Lisa Lee, Director of Communications, CDP Headquarters, London +44 (0)7554 430 962 / +44 (0) 20 7415 7196 lisa.lee@cdproject.net Catherine von Altheer, Communications Manager, CDP Headquarters, London+44 (0) 7794 003 903 | +44 (0) 20 7970 5682 Catherine.vonAltheer@cdproject.net 12 September 2012 London – Following increasing incidents of extreme weather events which disrupted business operations […]
