Sentences with phrase «effects of extreme weather»
OxfamAmerica said that a «major contributor» to this price surge has been the disastrous effect of extreme weather events on harvests of certain crops.
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Analysis of insurance data convinces environmental economists that climate change is pushing up the cost of dealing with the disastrous effects of extreme weather events.
«It's very encouraging because it suggests that we may be able to make smart management decisions to mitigate the damaging effects of extreme weather events on urban ecosystems.»
The ugly will include the need, for example, to brace for the ever more jarring effects of extreme weather patterns, the extinction of a huge range of animal and plant species, and the invasion into new latitudes of predators and pests.
Furthermore, the results gave evidence to suggest «that individuals more often perceive effects of extreme weather events when the objective costs or damage to their communities are higher, but may not be as sensitive to the frequency of extreme events.»
When ocean temperatures climb, powerful new storm tracks and jet streams follow suit, creating a ripple effect of extreme weather felt worldwide.
«New Yorkers know too well the devastation caused by climate change, and in order to slow the effects of extreme weather and build our communities to be stronger and more resilient, we must make significant investments in renewable energy,» Cuomo said.
According to the Rutgers - Camden researcher, the study supports the hypothesis that organisms living in high - stress urban medians possess adaptions to disturbance, making them more resilient to the effects of extreme weather events than organisms living in relatively low - stress city parks.
Instead, food prices are soaring as the effects of extreme weather kick in
• In support of food security and climate change objectives, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will work with India's Ministry of Earth Sciences to more accurately forecast monsoons, and thereby reduce risks associated with climate change and to develop early warning systems to protect people and crops from the adverse effects of extreme weather.
«New Yorkers know too well the devastation caused by climate change, and in order to slow the effects of extreme weather and build our communities to be stronger and more resilient, we must make significant investments in renewable energy,» Cuomo said in a statement.
The latest assessment also did not account for the effects of extreme weather except for coastal flooding due to sea - level rise and storm surge.
A study of this type is integral to understanding the effects of extreme weather on a sociological level, allowing for an enhanced understanding of human interaction within our changing environment.
There is a case to suggest that the social, economic or political background of an individual affects the way that you deal with, and acknowledge, the effects of extreme weather in both your neighbourhood and on a national level.
Internationally, with developing countries especially vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather events, I recommend support for adaptation on the same scale as the president's $ 15bn five - year plan for aids relief.
It focuses on the effects of extreme weather events on agriculture, looking at examples from the recent past and to future projections.
With a ton of land and plenty of weather variability, it will take much longer before a majority of the public feels the effects of extreme weather.
The paper further examines public policy's role in minimizing the effects of extreme weather.
Tukuitonga told the gathering the South Pacific countries, through climate change alone, had been taking massive losses to annual gross domestic product (GDP)-- 20 - 30 % or more — due to the effects of extreme weather events, especially cyclones.
Mullin and Egan said their study could not incorporate the effect of extreme weather on people's preferences, adding that a key message is that scientists should talk more about extreme weather than average temperatures.
More and more cities are citing the need to contend with the effects of extreme weather and changing rainfall patterns.