Yale E360
MAY 21, 2021
A new study estimates that roughly $8 billion of the $63 billion in damages caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012 can be attributed to sea level rise of just four inches caused by global warming. Read more on E360 ?.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 29, 2023
Over handfuls of rice that nearly 30% of the country is struggling to afford , talk of flash floods, prolonged drought, sea level rise and extreme weather dominated more than ever before. But sea level rise and pollution are threatening this critical resource and the livelihoods of over one million fishers around the country.
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Washington Nature
JANUARY 18, 2023
With climate change, these remnant marshes are further squeezed between rising sea levels and the land. In 2012, the first large-scale restoration phase removed 7,000 feet of dike that had separated the 150-acre marsh from the rest of Port Susan Bay since the 1950s.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
The issue of funding for loss and damage was first raised by the Alliance of Small Island States in the early 1990s, when the group proposed that the financial burden of sea level rise in low-lying and small island developing countries be borne by the world’s most industrialized nations. Ahead of COP18 in 2012, U.K.
Law Columbia
APRIL 24, 2023
Additionally, ITLOS can also apply rules of reference , referred to as “generally recognized international rules and standards” or “global rules and standards,” which exist in other sources of law incorporated into UNCLOS by reference ( see, e.g., Articles 207-2012 UNCLOS ). These rules are, in effect, binding norms incorporated into UNCLOS.
Real Climate
AUGUST 9, 2021
Sea level rise is a big deal Use, abuse and misuse of the CMIP6 ensemble The radiative forcing bar chart has gone full circle Droughts and floods are complicated Don’t mention the hiatus. Extremes : Back in 2012, the literature assessed by AR5 connecting changes in extremes to climate change was scant. Figure SPM 8.
A Greener Life
FEBRUARY 26, 2023
Since 2012, 14 South Asian cities have adopted or are collaborating on an Urban Low Emissions Development Strategy (Urban-LEDS). Thane is in a high-rainfall zone and also faces the impacts of sea level rise. Many cities are therefore putting together plans that combine reducing emissions with adapting to a changing climate.
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