Coastal cities are vulnerable to rising sea levels, making cities prone to flooding and storm surges. However, approximately a fifth of Japan’s population lives in low-lying coastal urban centers. Coupled with ever-more devastating typhoons and...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific and Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of ongoing environmental threats. Rising sea levels and extreme weather events there are severe issues. For example, if climate change...
The term climate change refers to a significant long-term variation in the regional or global average of weather conditions. These include temperature, humidity and rainfall patterns. It also refers to the effects of Earth’s warming, such as rising...
The increasing greenhouse gas concentration in the air accelerates heat retention, and this has led to climate change. As introduced in “Why are greenhouse gases bad for the atmosphere?” there are three major greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide...