Compound weather and climate extremes in the Asian region: science-informed recommendations for policy

Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6

Published: Jan. 3, 2025

Anthropogenic climate change has led to rapid and widespread changes in the atmosphere, land, ocean, cryosphere, biosphere, leading more pronounced weather extremes globally. Recent IPCC reports have highlighted that probability of compound extreme events, which can amplify risk, risen multiple regions. However, significant gaps remain our understanding drivers mechanisms behind these events. This concept paper discusses events Asian region context its unique diverse geographical settings, regional climatic features including seasonal monsoons. Notably, Asia is world’s most disaster-affected due weather, climate, water-related hazards. Therefore, an integrated how will impact this essential for effective forewarning risk mitigation. analyzes three typologies region, illustrating their complexity potential linkages change. The first typology pertains floods, example, devastating floods Indus River Basin adjoining Western Himalayas during 2022 caused by combined effects heavy monsoon rainfall, intense pre-monsoon heatwaves, glacier melt, modes variability. second relates heatwave-drought prominently manifested East South Asia, are linked large-scale land-atmosphere–ocean coupled system local feedbacks. third marine involving compounding ocean warming, sea-level rise, intensifying tropical cyclones. We identify key knowledge predicting over discuss advances required science technology address gaps. also provide recommendations utilization information towards improving early warning systems disaster reduction.

Language: Английский

An analysis of the causes of Kenya’s extreme drought event in May 2023

Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 18(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

Research on methodology for assessing social vulnerability to urban flooding: A case study in China

Journal of Hydrology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 132177 - 132177

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Language: Английский