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The research perspective of cities and climate change, started in the 1990s as the international community became increasingly aware of the potential impacts of climate change. [27] Urban studies scholars Michael Hebbert and Vladmir Jankovic argue that this field of research grew out of a larger body of research on the effects of urban ...
Drivers, processes, and impacts of sinking cities [1]. Sinking cities are urban environments that are in danger of disappearing due to their rapidly changing landscapes.The largest contributors to these cities becoming unlivable are the combined effects of climate change (manifested through sea level rise, intensifying storms, and storm surge), land subsidence, and accelerated urbanization. [2]
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group is a group of 96 cities that represents one twelfth of the world's population and one quarter of the global economy. [3] Created and led by cities, C40 is focused on fighting the climate crisis and driving urban action that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and climate risks, while increasing the health, wellbeing and economic opportunities of urban residents.
September: stating that climate change is already "an important threat", with "climate change and severe weather" endangering 34% of species, BirdLife International's State of the World's Birds 2022 reported that 49% of bird species worldwide have declining populations (only 6% are increasing). [77]
Through its Committee on the Science of Climate Change in 2001, the United States National Research Council published Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions. This report explicitly endorses the IPCC view of attribution of recent climate change as representing the view of the scientific community: [5]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. 22 March: "Longer Report of the Synthesis Report of the IPCC Six Assessment Report (AR6)" (PDF). IPCC.ch. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2023. 23 March: Gilmore, Anna B; et al ...
The second part of the report, a contribution of working group II (WGII), was published on 28 February 2022. Entitled Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation & Vulnerability, the full report is 3675 pages, plus a 37-page summary for policymakers. [29] It contains information on the impacts of climate change on nature and human activity. [30]
IPCC Third Assessment Report Climate Change 2001 – IPCC (2001) IPCC Fourth Assessment Report Climate Change 2007 – IPCC (2007) IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (2014) Leopold Report ("Wildlife Management in the National Parks") – Special Advisory Board on Wildlife Management (1963) Livestock's Long Shadow – Environmental Issues and Options ...