Author(s): Kai Ernn Gan, Upmanu Lall, Thian Yew Gan, Taikan Oki, Shuyu Zhang, Gengxi Zhang and Xuezhi Tan
Linked Author(s): Shuyuan Zhang
Keywords: Hydrolink; Climate warming; global greenhouse gas emissions; extreme events; flood risk and mitigation; climate resilience pathways
Abstract:
It is indisputable that the world has been getting warmer since the mid-Twentieth Century and the frequency of extreme weather events and climate change impacts occurring across all continents has increased. Climate warming due to unprecedented rising anthropogenic concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) such as CO2 and CH4 are intensifying, are widespread and have affected every region on earth in many ways (Figure 1). Modifications of Earth’s energy budget by anthropogenic GHG drive significant changes in the global water cycle.
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