Climate

[New] Climate change: Sea level rise to affect 'three times more people'.
[New] ADB will accelerate its efforts to tackle climate change in order to reach the goals established in its long-term Strategy 2030-to reach $80 billion in cumulative climate investments and 75% of the total number of committed operations by 2030.
[New] Greenland would contribute 3.1 to 10.6 inches (8 to 27 cm) to global sea level rise between 2000-2100 and Antarctica could contribute 1.2 to 11 inches (3 to 28 cm).
[New] With water scarcity becoming an increasingly real threat for millions of people in the world, it makes sense that a number of 2020's GSEA competitors focused their efforts on creating new ways to provide clean, drinkable water.
[New] On the environment and climate change, Joe Biden wants to spend $2 trillion on an emissions-free power sector by 2035, build energy-efficient structures and vehicles, push solar and wind power, establish research agencies to develop safe nuclear power and carbon capture technologies, and more.
[New] Investments to decarbonize the international maritime shipping sector could deliver a net discounted benefit over 30 years (2020-50) of $1.2 trillion to $9 trillion, with a benefit-cost ratio of 2:1 and 5:1 in 2050.
[New] The air temperatures over the ocean will enter a new climate during the first half or middle of this century, with air temperatures over land warming substantially later in the century.
[New] If the world is to achieve the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by the middle of this century, maximising the efficiency of renewable energy generation, storage and distribution will be essential.
[New] The first UK-wide citizens' assembly on climate change, Climate Assembly UK, has issued a list of recommendations as to how travel, diets, power generation and building use can be revamped to help society transition to net-emissions by 2050.
[New] Delaying emissions reductions now and having to deploy carbon removal at large scale in the coming decades could worsen water stress at the same time that water is already expected to become scarcer in some regions and seasons due to warming temperatures.
[New] The first UK-wide citizens' assembly on climate change said today it has set out a clear, internally consistent and timely path for how the UK can reach its legally binding target of net-zero emissions by 2050.
[New] The world had 60% less fresh water available than it did 50 years ago, while demand for food was predicted to rise by 50% by 2050 and natural disasters were only likely to increase in frequency because of the climate crisis, meaning even some stable states would become vulnerable by 2050.
[New] Economy Recovery, finds that as water infrastructure deteriorates and service disruptions increase, annual costs to American households due to water and wastewater failures will be seven times higher in 20 years than they are today - from $2 billion in 2019 to $14 billion by 2039.
[New] The UAE has laid out a target to divert 75% of the waste from its landfills by 2021 as a way of supporting the Energy Strategy 2050, which aims to increase the contribution of clean energy from 25% to 50% by 2050 and reduce carbon footprint of power generation by 70%.
[New] The transition to electric vehicles would help avoid the worst impacts of climate change, with avoided climate impacts valued at up to $113 billion in 2050.
[New] Ambitious action to tackle climate change could create millions of extra jobs, aiding Europe's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
[New] In the next 30 years the effects of climate change could induce up to 30 million Central American migrants to head for the United States.
[New] To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the United States must adopt aggressive policies to achieve net-zero carbon emissions from the mobile sector by 2050.
[New] Heat waves and wildfires are among the many extreme weather events in Europe that are expected to cause up to 2% of GDP losses per year by 2050.
[New] The world now has 60% less fresh water available than it did 50 years ago, while demand for food is forecast to rise by 50% in the next 30 years, driven in large part by the expansion of the middle class in Asia.
[New] By 2040, a total of 5.4 billion people - more than half of the world's projected population - will live in the 59 countries experiencing high or extreme water stress, including India and China.
[New] Ethiopia's leaders understand that their country, which is quickly losing its vast forests, will be on the frontline of the impacts of extreme weather brought on by climate change.

See full forecast

Last updated: 21 September 2020