Tag: Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)
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More heatwaves are coming our way. Are we prepared?
[quotes quotes_style=”bquotes” quotes_pos=”center”]While Bangladesh has a lot of experience in tackling cyclones and floods, we have not taken heat stress into consideration until now.[/quotes] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently completed its sixth assessment report (AR6), with the Synthesis Report coming out in March. The Synthesis Report carries some key messages about the…
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What does the IPCC say about Bangladesh in its Sixth Assessment Report of Working Group II?
Around 850,000 households and 250,000 hectares of harvestable lands were lost in climate-induced disasters; loss of agricultural land also resulted in crop failure, which increased the price of rice by 30% between 2014 and 2021
The Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of Working Group II (WGII) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was published on February 28, 2022. AR6 by Working Group I, published in August 2021, clearly stated that increasing anthropogenic activities have increased the global mean temperature by over 1°C, resulting in increased frequency and intensity of…