{"id":135059,"date":"2024-11-01T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/half-of-worlds-biggest-cities-to-face-severe-climate-risks-by-2050-lseg-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T07:00:08","slug":"half-of-worlds-biggest-cities-to-face-severe-climate-risks-by-2050-lseg-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/half-of-worlds-biggest-cities-to-face-severe-climate-risks-by-2050-lseg-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Half of world\u2019s biggest cities to face severe climate risks by 2050, LSEG finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135059\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nDozens of populous cities including Dubai, which hosted last year\u2019s international climate summit, will face high physical risks from the climate crisis by 2050, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has warned. LSEG\u2019s new Net-Zero Atlas projects that half of the world\u2019s largest 49 cities will be at high risk of one or more climate hazards by 2050\u2014up from just one in five today.<\/p>\n<p>Hazards covered in the analysis include floods, cyclones, heatwaves and water stress. Cities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia are particularly vulnerable to multiple hazards, the Atlas explains. Jakarta is expected to experience at least quadruple the number of extreme heat days in 2050 as it did last year. And cities including Singapore, Surabaya, Dubai, Riyadh, and Jeddah face similar heatwave risks, which would be compounded by water stress.<\/p>\n<p>This does not mean that cities in other geographies are immune to physical climate risks. LSEG predicts that, by 2050, London will experience a 133% increase in heatwave days and a 22% rise in water stress, and Manchester will face a 93% increase in heatwaves and a 45% rise in water stress. In mainland Europe, Amsterdam\u2019s heatwave days could almost double, its water stress could soar by 83% and its flood risk could increase by 60%. In Madrid, heatwave days could more than double and water stress could climb by 63%.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as the death toll from floods in north Valencia this week rises past 140, with local authority leaders warning that scores more deaths are likely to be confirmed. LSEG\u2019s global head of SI research, Jaakko Kooroshy, said: \u201cThe cities in our study \u2013 nerve centres of the world economy that contribute almost 20% of global GDP and are home to 440 million people \u2013 are particularly exposed to climate risk. \u201cImpacts are already beginning to materialise at only 1.3\u00b0C of warming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we approach COP29, G20 countries need to urgently reduce emissions to prevent climate hazards from rapidly escalating. The next wave of national climate commitments will be critical for this. Nonetheless, even if the worst impacts of climate change can be prevented significant investment will be required to adapt cities to new climate extremes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>COP29 begins in Baku, Azerbaijan, on 11 November. Most nations will not present new climate plans there, but have been instructed to do so by midway through 2025. LSEG has outlined a range of adaptation strategies in the meantime, recommending that cities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Implement robust city adaptation plans, climate risk monitoring, and early-warning systems.<\/li>\n<li>Fast-track the development of hazard-resilient buildings and infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Enact urban planning reforms, including nature-based solutions such as green parks, green corridors, and wetlands, which can help manage flooding and reduce urban heat.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edie.net\/half-of-worlds-biggest-cities-to-face-severe-climate-risks-by-2050-lseg-finds\/\">edie.net<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vaufien\/half-of-worlds-biggest-cities-to-face-severe-climate-risks-by-2050-lseg-finds\/\">Half of world\u2019s biggest cities to face severe climate risks by 2050, LSEG finds<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[16767,16768,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-135059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-big-city","tag-climate-risks","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}