Climate change risk to global port operations
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
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
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
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 →
Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk
This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →
Anthropogenic Climate Change and Glacier Lake Outburst Flood Risk: Local and Global Drivers and Responsibilities for the Case of Lake Palcacocha, Peru
Analysis of lake Palcacocha's case in the Andes of Peru, which offers a representative model for other glacier lakes and related risks around the world because it features a dynamic evolution of flood risk driven by physical and socioeconomic factorsRead More →
Extinction risk assessment of a Patagonian ungulate using population dynamics models under climate change scenarios
Huemul population is currently in a quasi-extinction process, with extinction probabilities increasing with climate change.These results are crucial for conservation of species like huemul that have low densities and are threatened by climate change.Read More →
Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident
This study suggests that unusually warm temperatures during winter atmospheric river storms in the Western United States are associated with flood risk due to substantial rainfall and snowmelt. Read More →
Uncertainties in Climate and Weather Extremes Increase the Cost of Carbon
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 →
The Economic Costs of Hurricane Harvey Attributable to Climate Change
This paper uses a probabilistic event attribution framework to estimate the costs associated with Hurricane Harvey that are attributable to anthropogenic influence on the climate system.Read More →