Including the closely related terms extreme weather, and weather events.
… banks in several areas in 2019 leading to flooding of an industrial estate, golf course and other areas and suspension of services by Churnet Valley Railway. Surface water also blocked several major roads throughout the district. • Increasing temperatures and severe weather events induced by climate change will directly and indirectly result in habitat alterations and increase…
… footprint. 52 cLIMATE cHANGE – OuR STRATEGY AIMING LOW: THE WAY TO NET ZERO OuR cHALLENGE GLOBAL RISKS In 2020, the World Economic Forum (WEF) identified the top 5 global risks based on their likelihood of happening. All of the top 5 were environmental: extreme weather, climate action failure, natural disasters, biodiversity loss, and human-made environmental disasters. No environmental risk…
… made the top 5 prior to 2011. Three of the WEF’s top five global risks based on the impact that they would have were also environmental (climate action failure, biodiversity loss and extreme weather). The societal impact of water crises also featured in the top 5, alongside the risks associated with weapons of mass destruction. The Global Risks Report 2020, World Economic Forum Greenhouse…
… occur in the coming decades” Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Climate change is the changes in global weather patterns that are driven by global warming. The risks from climate change include: • Extreme weather events. • Environmental and economic damage. • Further sea level rise as major ice sheets melt. • Risks…
… to health and wellbeing from poor equality, exposure to extreme temperatures, etc. • Severe impacts on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable populations. • Disruption and irreversible loss of natural habitats and resources. A GLOBAL PROBLEM – LOcAL IMPAcTS • Extreme weather events increase the risk of flooding and damage to the transport network. For example, the River Churnet burst its…