ISDR Briefing Note 01 Geneva‚ September 2008 Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Weather‚ climate and climate change Defining climate change For most people‚ the expression “climate change” means the alteration of the world’s climate that we humans are causing‚ through fossil fuel burning‚ clearing forests and other practices that increase the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHG)1 in the atmosphere. This is in line with the official definition by the United Nations Framework Convention
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2000). In addition‚ it can be also defined as the series or event which disrupts the normal activities seriously. Disaster means a sudden or great misfortune. This may include tsunami; fires; floods; droughts; flood and many others. The major disasters naturally may include earthquake‚ cyclone‚ flood‚ and drought. Minor disasters naturally include storm‚ heat waves‚ cold wave‚ mud slides‚ and thunderstorm. The major disasters that may occur in man made activities include deforestation‚ fires‚ setting
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and Chinese Civilizations are both examples of societies that used their geography to help them as civilizations. These civilizations were able to develop based on the resources they had‚ and were able to become complex civilizations by irrigating floods and devising early plumbing systems. Geography had a dramatic influence on the lives of people in the Indus River Valley. Primarily centered along the Indus and the Punjab region‚ the civilization extended into the Ghaggar-Hakra River valley and
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Regular annual flooding is essential to people who live on the flood plain of these rivers‚ the farming season is planned around the floods‚ rice is a main crop and requires large quantities of water. Also‚ when the river floods it leaves behind fertile silt. write about how soils‚ vegetation and climate influence surface runoff which influences flooding or water shortage in the stupid drainage basin.. 1. Flood - Like droughts‚ flood are a naturally occurring phenomenon. Flooding is a result of
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REPORT On Environment Degradation & Climate Change Date of Submission: 21/11/2011 Definition: Environmental degradation is a result of the dynamic interplay of socio-economic‚ institutional and technological activities. Environmental changes may be driven by many factors including economic growth
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including‚ enlargement and increased numbers of glacial lakes‚ settlements in mountain regions are at high risk of outburst floods caused by melting glaciers. Governmental institutions in some areas are responding to the problems caused by global climate changes by building drainage networks and dams. The climate changes also lead to increasing volatility in storms and wild fires‚ droughts‚ and reduced energy demand’s and increasing sea levels. The aspects of climate change we are certain of are as
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layer has big holes. Those big holes are increasing the temperature of the earth because the sun’s rays came to the earth with more intensity. These high temperatures on the earth are making hotter days‚ rainfall‚ flood‚ wildfires‚ earthquakes‚ tornados F4 or F5‚ stronger hurricanes‚ droughts more severe‚ melting glaciers‚ and rise seas levels. As a result‚ each year those natural Phenomena are stronger and powerful causing many death and destructions. A lot intense climate is already occurring.
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settlers of this area met with many challenges. The semiarid Great Plains offer lush farm land during wet years but it also alternates between wet years and years of drought. The cold winters initially presented the settlers with challenges. However‚ the settler’s response to the cold winters ensured their demise when the years of drought presented a new challenge. During the harsh winters of the Great Plains‚ the fields were left unplanted when winds were most prevalent. Additionally‚ deep plowing
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The Indian Monsoon The monsoon is a yearly cycle‚ where the direction of the wind changes‚ bringing storms and rainfall to the land‚ and when the wind changes again it brings drought to the land. This creates a wet and a dry season in some areas‚ such as the Indian region. However‚ this is not a set of wet and dry seasons‚ the monsoon varies from year to year and even from day to day. The word “monsoon” is believed to have originated from the Arabic word mausem‚ which itself means “season” (Fein
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possible consequences of global warming at international‚ national (UK‚ Bangladesh) and local (London) scales. Over recent years global warming has been causing climate change through rising sea levels and many extreme events such as floods‚ heat waves‚ and droughts and storms these events could have massive consequences economically‚ socially‚ environmentally and politically on a large scale‚ from international level down to local areas. One of the biggest concerns on an international scale
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