Disease

February 6, 2021

Climate change “may have played a key role” in coronavirus pandemic, study says

JEFF BERARDELLI

NG HAN GUAN / AP

Human-caused climate change “may have played a key role” in the coronavirus pandemic. That’s the conclusion of a new study which examined how changes in climate have transformed the forests of Southeast Asia, resulting in an explosion of bat species in the region.

January 18, 2021

2020: The Year When Crises Converged

istock/gdagys

Climate Change, Disease, Ecological Impacts, Economic Impacts, risk, UN SDGs, uncertainty

In 2020, Asia-Pacific saw the collision of climate extremes and COVID-19 transmission create cascading disasters with wide-ranging impacts on sectors, economies, and populations.

December 3, 2020

‘We Don’t Have To Live This Way’: Doctors Call For Climate Action

Rebecca Hersher

Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Climate Change, Disease, Health

Climate change is making people sick and leading to premature death, according to a pair of influential reports on the connections between global warming and health.

November 2, 2020

United in Science report: Climate change has not stopped for COVID19

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) under the direction of the United Nations Secretary-General to bring together the latest climate science related updates from a group of key global partner organizations – WMO, Global Carbon Project (GCP), UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Met Office.

Pixabay

Climate Change, COVID-19, Disease, Ecological Impacts, Economic Impacts

Climate change has not stopped for COVID19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of pre-pandemic levels following a temporary decline caused by the lockdown and economic slowdown. The world is set to see its warmest five years on record – in a trend which is likely to continue – and is not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 °C or at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.

September 16, 2020

UN report highlights links between ‘unprecedented biodiversity loss’ and spread of disease

LRI/Barbara Wieland

Climate Change, Disease, Ecological Impacts, Ecosystem Services, risk factor

The continued degradation of the environment is increasing the likelihood of diseases spreading from animals to humans, warns a UN report on biodiversity, released on Tuesday.

August 31, 2020

Climate Apocalypse Now

Jeff Goodall

Climate Change, Disaster, Disease, Ecological Impacts, Extreme Weather, Flooding, heatwaves, Hurricanes, risk factor, wildfires

California is burning, a Category 4 hurricane with winds of 150 mph just blasted into the Louisiana coast, and nearly 180,000 are reported dead from a viral outbreak that is just a harbinger of what one scientist calls “a new pandemic era” driven in part by our changing climate and wanton destruction of ecosystems. While there are positive indicators that people are waking up to the growing threat of climate change, a much greater pace and scale of climate action is needed to stave off its worst effects. Riskthinking.ai provides clients with forward-looking scenarios tools that render a deeper understanding of the true cost of climate risk, in order to drive timely decision-making.

August 16, 2020

How climate change could expose new epidemics

Amélie Bottollier-Depois

Climate Change, Disease, Health Impacts

Climate change could bring long-dormant viruses brought back to life and is one serious health impact for which health officials must plan.

June 28, 2020

Deforestation and land-clearing are taking a toll on Brazil’s corn yield

Dartmouth College

Agricultural Impacts, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Disease, Drought, Ecological Impacts, Economic Impacts, risk factor

Agricultural practices in the Brazilian Cerrado, which entail extensive deforestation and land-clearing, are both affecting and being impacted by climate change. This is an example of a positive feedback loop that moves a system away from equilibrium, and it has negative implications for food security in Brazilian

June 8, 2020

Guest post: How climate change could accelerate the threat of crop diseases

Dr. Helen Fones

Agricultural Impacts, Climate Change, Disease, risk factor

Global food insecurity is exacerbated by climate change.

June 7, 2020

Amid Pandemic and Upheaval, New Cyber Risks to the Presidential Election

David E. Sanger, Nicole Perlroth and Matthew Rosenberg

Decision-making, COVID-19, Cyber Attacks, Disease, risk

The pandemic has increased the push for remote voting, but with it comes the risk of cyber attack .

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