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Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment: Past, Present, and Future Climate Change in Greater Yellowstone Watersheds

Published:June 2021

Author(s):Steven Hostetler, Cathy Whitlock, Bryan Shuman, David Liefert, Charles Wolf Drimal, and Scott Bischke

Publisher:Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment

This assessment presents an in-depth summary of past, historical, and projected future changes to temperature, precipitation, and water in the Greater Yellowstone Area.Read More →

Heat Waves, Climate Change, and Economic Output

Published:February 2021

Author(s):Steve Miller, Kenn Chua, Jay Coggins, Hamid Mohtadi

Publisher:Oxford Academic

Using a global dataset spanning 1979–2016, the authors show agricultural losses from past heat waves are up to an order of magnitude larger than suggested by standard approaches.Read More →

Extreme Climate and Absence from Work: Evidence from Jamaica

Published:January 2021

Author(s):Nekeisha Spencer, Mikhail-Ann Urquhart

Publisher:Springer

This study investigated the impact of extreme climate events on work absence in Jamaica.Read More →

State of the Climate in Africa 2020

Published:January 2021

Author(s):World Meteorological Organization

Publisher:World Meteorological Organization

This report summarizes climate trends, observed high-impact events, and associated risks and impacts on key sensitive sectors in Africa during the year 2020.Read More →

2021 State of Climate Services: Water

Published:January 2021

Author(s):World Meteorological Organization

Publisher:World Meteorological Organization

This report explores the progress made by WMO Members in using climate services to address water-related challenges.Read More →

Climate change risk to global port operations

Published:November 2020

Author(s):C. Izaguirre, I. J. Losada, P. Camus, J. L. Vigh, V. Stenek

Publisher:Nature

This study presents an analysis of historical global risk to port operations under a high-end warming scenario.Read More →

LEGAL RESOURCE – Supporting Technical Report of Dr. Carlos Afonso Nobre – Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

Published:September 2020

Author(s):Carlos Afonso Nobre

Publisher:Legal Document - Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Brazil

This Expert Report filed by plaintiffs in a Brazilian Federal District Court assesses the impact of Amazon deforestation on global climate change, and on climate change impacts in Brazil.Read More →

LEGAL RESOURCE – Independent Expert Report of Dr. Karl Mallon – Sharma & Others v. Minister for the Environment

Published:September 2020

Author(s):Karl Mallon

Publisher:Legal Document - Sharma & Others v. Minister for the Environment

This Independent Expert Report, submitted in Sharma v. Minister for the Environment, assesses the foreseeable future impacts of a new coal mine in Australia on people in Australia between the ages of zero and 18 in the year 2020.Read More →

Extreme heat and stock market activity

Published:September 2020

Author(s):Jonathan Peillex, Imane El Ouadghiri, Mathieu Gomes, Jamil Jaballah

Publisher:Elsevier

Empirical analyses show that, on average, trading volumes fall significantly (between 4% and 10%) when maximum daily temperatures exceed 30 °C (86 °F).Read More →

Uncertainties in Climate and Weather Extremes Increase the Cost of Carbon

Published:June 2020

Author(s):Cristian Proistosescu, Gernot Wagner

Publisher:Cell Press

Climate change has myriad physical and economic impacts. This study argues that uncertainties in climate and weather extremes only further increase the social cost of carbon emissions.Read More →

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