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This article documents events, research findings, scientific and technological advances, and human actions to measure, predict, mitigate, and adapt to the effects of global warming and climate change—during the year 2023.
The final synthesis report was finished in March 2023. It includes a summary for policymakers and was the basis for the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai. [1] The first of the three working groups published its report on 9 August 2021, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis.
Climate change is putting an ever-growing number of people “under threat from extreme weather, food insecurity, and humanitarian disasters, fueling migration flows and increasing the risks of ...
Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy – preceding body from 2016 to 2023. Department of Energy and Climate Change – similar body from 2008 to 2016. Department of Energy – historic body with similar responsibilities from 1974 to 1992.
In 2023, an agreement between seven states was achieved, aiming to preserve the Colorado River water system from collapse due to poor management and climate change; the country is heavily dependent on this river. Meanwhile, some states would reduce water use, receiving compensation for it ($1.2 billion), from the federal government.
The Second National Climate Assessment, entitled "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States", was published in 2009. [6] In addition to synthesizing, evaluating, and reporting on what was known about the potential consequences of climate change , the report also sought to identify potential measures to adapt to climate change and to ...
"2023, 2024 climate change records defy scientific explanation". Axios. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Pare, Sascha (26 December 2024). "The most important and shocking climate stories of 2024". Live Science. Archived from the original on 29 December 2024. Horn, Paul (29 December 2024).
The targets include to strengthening resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters (Target 13.1), integrate climate change measures into policies and planning (Target 13.2), build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change (Target 13.3), implement the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Target 13.a), and promote ...