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Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation. Special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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In this paper, a special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) has been jointly coordinated by Working Groups I (WGI) and II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).Abstract:
This Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) has been jointly coordinated by Working Groups I (WGI) and II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report focuses on the relationship between climate change and extreme weather and climate events, the impacts of such events, and the strategies to manage the associated risks. This Special Report, in particular, contributes to frame the challenge of dealing with extreme weather and climate events as an issue in decision making under uncertainty, analyzing response in the context of risk management. The report consists of nine chapters, covering risk management; observed and projected changes in extreme weather and climate events; exposure and vulnerability to as well as losses resulting from such events; adaptation options from the local to the international scale; the role of sustainable development in modulating risks; and insights from specific case studies. (LN)read more
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Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective
Thomas C. Peterson,Lisa V. Alexander,Myles R. Allen,Juan A. Añel,Juan A. Añel,David Barriopedro,Mitchell T. Black,Trevor Carey-Smith,R. Castillo,Julien Cattiaux,Xiaolong Chen,Xiaomin Chen,Matthieu Chevallier,Nikos Christidis,Andrew Ciavarella,H. de Vries,S. M. Dean,K. Deans,Noah S. Diffenbaugh,Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes,Markus G. Donat,Buwen Dong,Gary Eilerts,Chris Funk,Gideon Galu,Ricardo García-Herrera,A. Germe,S. Gill,Luis Gimeno,Virginie Guemas,Stephanie C. Herring,Andrew Hoell,Martin P. Hoerling,Chris Huntingford,Greg Husak,Yukiko Imada,M. Ishii,David J. Karoly,Masahide Kimoto,Andrew D. King,Thomas R. Knutson,Sophie C. Lewis,Renping Lin,Bradfield Lyon,Neil Massey,E. Mazza,Joel Michaelsen,J. Mollard,Masato Mori,Philip W. Mote,Raquel Nieto,Friederike E. L. Otto,Joseph Park,Sarah E. Perkins,Suzanne M. Rosier,J. Rowland,David E. Rupp,D. Salas y Melia,Martin Scherer,Hideo Shiogama,Shraddhanand Shukla,F.F. Song,Sarah Sparrow,P.A. Scott,Rowan Sutton,William Sweet,Simon F. B. Tett,Ricardo M. Trigo,G. J. van Oldenborgh,R. M. van Westrhenen,J. P. Verdin,Masahiro Watanabe,Andrew T. Wittenberg,T. Woollings,Pascal Yiou,F.R. Zeng,C. Zervas,Rong Zhang,Tianjun Zhou +78 more
TL;DR: In this paper, 19 analyses by 18 different research groups, often using quite different methodologies, of 12 extreme events that occurred in 2012 are presented, and the differences also provide insights into the structural uncertainty of event attribution, the uncertainty that arises directly from the differences in analysis methodology.
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A review of informal volunteerism in emergencies and disasters: Definition, opportunities and challenges
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of informal volunteers in emergency and disaster management is reviewed and it is argued that there is an overemphasis on volunteering within, and for, state and formal organizations.
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The simulation of European heat waves from an ensemble of regional climate models within the EURO-CORDEX project
Robert Vautard,Andreas Gobiet,Daniela Jacob,Michal Belda,Augustin Colette,Michel Déqué,Jesús Fernández,Markel García-Díez,Klaus Goergen,Ivan Güttler,Tomas Halenka,Theodore Karacostas,Eleni Katragkou,Klaus Keuler,Sven Kotlarski,Stephanie Mayer,Erik van Meijgaard,Grigory Nikulin,Mirta Patarčić,John Scinocca,Stefan Sobolowski,Martin Suklitsch,Claas Teichmann,Kirsten Warrach-Sagi,Volker Wulfmeyer,Pascal Yiou +25 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the ability of a large ensemble of regional climate models to accurately simulate heat waves at the regional scale of Europe and found that the simulation of hot temperature is primarily sensitive to the convection and the microphysics schemes, which affect incoming energy and Bowen ratio.
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Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts,W. J. Wouter Botzen,W. J. Wouter Botzen,W. J. Wouter Botzen,Keith C. Clarke,Susan L. Cutter,Jim W. Hall,Bruno Merz,Erwann Michel-Kerjan,Jaroslav Mysiak,Jaroslav Mysiak,Swenja Surminski,Howard Kunreuther +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that although initial efforts have inevitably represented human behaviour in limited terms, innovations in flood-risk assessment that integrate societal behaviour and behavioural adaptation dynamics into such quantifications may lead to more accurate characterization of risks and improved assessment of the effectiveness of risk-management strategies and investments.
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Assessing flood risk at the global scale: model setup, results, and sensitivity
Philip J. Ward,Brenden Jongman,F. C. Sperna Weiland,Arno Bouwman,L. P. H. van Beek,Marc F. P. Bierkens,Willem Ligtvoet,Hessel Winsemius +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed and validated a model cascade for producing global flood risk maps, based on numerous flood return-periods, including hydrological and hydraulic modelling, extreme value statistics, inundation modelling, flood impact modelling, and estimating annual expected impacts.
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Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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