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Sunday, October 28, 2018

In a 2 C Warmer World....

In a 2C warmer world, the summer season will be longer by 35 days and hot days will increase by 25 %.

In a 2 C warmer world, 37 % of the world's population will face a severe heatwave once every 5 years.

Warm extremes over land will increase 300 % in a 2 C warmer world.

Droughts will last longer by an average of 4 months..

Extreme precipitation events have been increasing by 1–2% per decade. Frequency of rainfall extremes over land will have increased by 36 % in a 2 C warmer world.

In a 2 C warmer world, average drought length is expected to increase as is the no. of people exposed to water scarcity and severe drought.

Drought management in most parts of the world is still reactive, responding to drought after impacts have occurred. This approach – commonly referred to as crisis management – is known to be untimely, poorly coordinated and disintegrated.
As a result, past attempts to manage drought disasters have been ineffective and its economic and social impacts have increased significantly worldwide. Indeed, because of their long-lasting socioeconomic impacts, droughts are by far considered the most damaging of all natural disasters.


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