EPC Forum speakers series, Johns Hopkins Energy Policy & Climate program, co-sponsored by the School of International Service, American University
Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extreme, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience Jane Ebinger, Manager & Kanta Kumari Rigaud, Lead Environmental Specialist, Climate Policy Team, World Bank Wednesday, August 7, 2013, 12.00-1.30pm, Room 204, 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC. *** The event will also be live streamed by Climate Nexus at: http://www.livestream.com/climatenexus About the Presentation This report focuses on the risks of climate change to development in Sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, and South Asia. Building on the 2012 report, Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4°C Warmer World Must be Avoided, this new scientific analysis examines the likely impacts of present day, 2°C and 4°C warming on agricultural production, water resources, and coastal vulnerability for affected populations. It finds many significant climate and development impacts are already being felt in some regions, and in some cases multiple threats of increasing extreme heat waves, sea-level rise, more severe storms, droughts and floods are expected to have further severe negative implications for the poorest. Climate-related extreme events could push households below the poverty trap threshold. High-temperature extremes appear likely to affect yields of rice, wheat, maize, and other important crops, adversely affecting food security. Promoting economic growth and the eradication of poverty and inequality will thus be an increasingly challenging task under future climate change. Immediate steps are needed to help countries adapt to the risks already locked in at current levels of 0.8°C warming, but with ambitious global action to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, many of the worst projected climate impacts could still be avoided by holding warming below 2°C. If you plan to attend in person, please RSVP to Dr. Wil Burns, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Dr. Wil Burns, Associate Director Master of Science, Energy Policy & Climate Program Johns Hopkins University 1717 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036 650.281.9126 (Mobile) 202.452.8713 (Fax) http://energy.jhu.edu Skype ID: Wil.Burns Blog: Teaching Climate & Energy Law & Policy, http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org <http://www.teachingclimatelaw.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
