Towards an inventory of the impacts of human-induced climate change
<p>Currently no systematic assessment of loss and damage due to climate change exists. Towards such an inventory we present a transparent way to ascertain the quality of evidence for such assessments.</p> <p>Current levels of global warming (Haustein et al. 2017) have already inte...
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| author | Otto, F Harrington, L Frame, D Boyd, E Lauta, K Wehner, M Clarke, B Raju, E Boda, C Hauser, M James, R Jones, R |
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| description | <p>Currently no systematic assessment of loss and damage due to climate change exists. Towards such an inventory we present a transparent way to ascertain the quality of evidence for such assessments.</p>
<p>Current levels of global warming (Haustein et al. 2017) have already intensified heatwaves, droughts and floods, with many recent events exhibiting evidence of being exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change (e.g., Herring et al. 2018, 2016). Recent improvements in understanding demonstrate that half a degree of additional warming will have further severe impacts (Masson-Delmotte et al. 2018). In the context of this rapid and damaging change, there is a clear need to quantify and address both the losses and damages from impacts we have not adapted to today, as well as to adapt to those that will emerge in the next few decades. To do this, it is essential to understand the impacts of man-made climate change on the scales that climate adaptation decisions are made. Drivers of disasters, ultimately responsible for much loss and damage, are unfolding in an ever-changing socio-economic context, which also alters exposure and vulnerability. While various case studies exist (discussed below), there is to date no comprehensive or comparable database quantifying anthropogenic contributions to climate change loss and damage. We suggest that this needs to change.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:8ecd1e18-f549-46db-8c34-6e3b706cb9d12022-03-26T23:00:05ZTowards an inventory of the impacts of human-induced climate changeJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:8ecd1e18-f549-46db-8c34-6e3b706cb9d1EnglishSymplectic ElementsAmerican Meteorological Society2020Otto, FHarrington, LFrame, DBoyd, ELauta, KWehner, MClarke, BRaju, EBoda, CHauser, MJames, RJones, R<p>Currently no systematic assessment of loss and damage due to climate change exists. Towards such an inventory we present a transparent way to ascertain the quality of evidence for such assessments.</p> <p>Current levels of global warming (Haustein et al. 2017) have already intensified heatwaves, droughts and floods, with many recent events exhibiting evidence of being exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change (e.g., Herring et al. 2018, 2016). Recent improvements in understanding demonstrate that half a degree of additional warming will have further severe impacts (Masson-Delmotte et al. 2018). In the context of this rapid and damaging change, there is a clear need to quantify and address both the losses and damages from impacts we have not adapted to today, as well as to adapt to those that will emerge in the next few decades. To do this, it is essential to understand the impacts of man-made climate change on the scales that climate adaptation decisions are made. Drivers of disasters, ultimately responsible for much loss and damage, are unfolding in an ever-changing socio-economic context, which also alters exposure and vulnerability. While various case studies exist (discussed below), there is to date no comprehensive or comparable database quantifying anthropogenic contributions to climate change loss and damage. We suggest that this needs to change.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Otto, F Harrington, L Frame, D Boyd, E Lauta, K Wehner, M Clarke, B Raju, E Boda, C Hauser, M James, R Jones, R Towards an inventory of the impacts of human-induced climate change |
| title | Towards an inventory of the impacts of human-induced climate change |
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