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One of the consequences of global warming is the frequent occurrence of extreme weather , such as torrential rains or “a belt zone of heavy precipitation” , which can cause water-related disasters in urban areas. According to the United Nations (September 2021), extreme weather-induced natural hazards have increased fivefold within the last 50 years.
Oct 2, 2024 · Managing disasters amid an intensifying climate crisis. As the climate crisis worsens, it is important to adapt how we manage risk and respond to extreme events. Natural hazards are deeply intertwined, and if managed separately, can feed off of each other to drive more extreme damage. That’s because the climate crisis acts as a threat multiplier.
The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C also identifies green infrastructure, sustainable land use and planning, and sustainable water management as key adaptation options that can reduce risks in urban areas (SPM C2.4; C2.5), and highlights ‘urban and infrastructure’ as one of four system transitions required to limit warming to 1.5°C to create an enabling environment for ...
Climate change is a global phenomenon that largely impacts urban life. Rising global temperatures causes sea levels to rise, increases the number of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and storms, and increases the spread of tropical diseases. All these have costly impacts on cities' basic services, infrastructure, housing, human livelihoods and health. At the same time, cities are ...
Jun 14, 2021 · Record climate extremes are reducing urban liveability, compounding inequality, and threatening infrastructure. Adaptation measures that integrate technological, nature-based, and social solutions can provide multiple co-benefits to address complex socioecological issues in cities while increasing resilience to potential impacts. However, there remain many challenges to developing and ...
- Brenda B Lin, Alessandro Ossola, Alessandro Ossola, Alessandro Ossola, Marina Alberti, Erik Andersso...
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Aug 31, 2022 · A 2021 joint report by the World Bank Group and the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery indicates that the global cost of climate adaptation could reach US$300 billion per year by 2030, while the State of Cities Climate Finance report (2021) estimates an annual investment on adaptation of US$11–20 billion by 2050 to protect urban infrastructure from climate risks.
May 1, 2024 · Therefore, trade-offs likely caused by natural ecosystems in urban areas are a concern that future research should consider. Exploring likely spatial trade-offs should not be ignored when implementing interventions and assessing their performance ( Rodriguez et al., 2021 , Sharifi et al., 2021 ) and their equal distribution for adaptation capacity across cities or urban areas ( Song et al ...
