As expected, intensification of droughts, heat waves, floods, wildfires, and severe storms is occurring, with a mounting toll
on vulnerable ecosystems and societies.
IPCC head Dr Rajendra Pachauri says they «provide a new baseline... for understanding climate change in one of the
most vulnerable ecosystem in the world.»
The study is unique because it tests the emerging framework for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Ecosystems, which seeks to classify
vulnerable ecosystems as «safe,» «threatened» or «endangered.»
Projecting the future of extreme weather events and their impact on human life, the environment and
vulnerable ecosystems locally and across the globe remains a complex task in climate research — and one in which statisticians are increasingly playing key roles, particularly through the development of new models.
A project of this scale in a national park has implications for Gabon's wider conservation efforts, possibly leading to the declassification of the national parks system as well as
leaving vulnerable ecosystems exposed to logging and other destructive industries.
Warming of 2 degrees would not be cataclysmic for humanity as a whole but it would be a disaster for many people and also
for vulnerable ecosystems such as coral reefs.
The Convention addresses specifically the arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas, known as the drylands, where some of the
most vulnerable ecosystems and peoples can be found.
The Hershey Co. has launched the Cocoa For Good program, a comprehensive cocoa sustainability strategy designed to address the most pressing issues facing cocoa - growing communities: poverty, poor nutrition, at - risk youth and
vulnerable ecosystems.
To find out how climate change will affect one of the most precious and
vulnerable ecosystems on Earth: the humble peat bog.
Flows of money for REDD + projects and through instruments like the Green Climate Fund can make headway, but more work is needed to develop an economic alternative that reduces dependency on
these vulnerable ecosystems, Beboarimisa said.
A recent report by CarbonBrief says that we have five years until we can no longer keep global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius, the best hope for reducing impacts on food production and
vulnerable ecosystems.
Merely changing where you search seems like possibly the simplest way to contribute real money to help protect one of the world's most
vulnerable ecosystems.