PART 3

How does climate change

cause DISASTERS &
HUMANITARIAN IMPACTS?
 ↑ Rain and snow in wet regions ↑Temperature
↑ Tropical storms ↑ Heat waves
↓ Rain, snow in dry regions
↑ Sea level
↓Snow / ice/ glacier

Source: IPCC 2014, AR5

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 HAZARDS

IMPACTS
MELTING GLACIERS & POLAR ICE

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Much reduced sea ice in the Arctic ocean

Source: GlobaleChange.gov

Source: NOAAClimate
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SEA LEVEL RISE

HAZARDS

IMPACTS
Sea level rise

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HEAT

RCCC. Heat Wave Guide. 2019. IFRC. Climate Centre. Climate Training Kit: Module youth: Let’s LEARN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S25w0EfTfJM&feature=youtu.be
 Vulnerable

Older people Infants Pregnant and

lactating women

People working People with

outside pre-existing illness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S25w0EfTfJM&feature=youtu.be
 HAZARDS

IMPACTS
DROUGHT
Drier & longer droughts

Photos: IFRC

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Drought

ICRC. When Rain Turns To Dust

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Wildfires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ECG4qmP_iI
 Extreme winds & stronger storms

HAZARDS

IMPACTS
EXTREME WINDS & STORMS

Source: NASA

Satellite image: 3 cyclones in the Pacific 2015 HKRC. HEO. 無聲災難「氣候危難」 ( 教材套簡報 )
(source NASA/NOAA GOES Project)
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China

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/RR_5puwV9hOypM_GRSNmfw
FLOODS

IMPACTS
https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/messages-disaster-prevention/floods/ HAZARDS
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Photo: IFRC
17.5 million affected by floods and threatened by disease in South Asia

IFRC. https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/press-release/17-5-million-affected-floods-threatened-disease-south-asia/
 Floods

Flooding, Nigeria, 2018 Floods, Kenya, 2018. © Kenya Red Cross Society
© Corrie Butler – IFRC
https://youtu.be/7rKPqilCJgA
 Challenge

What is the difference between

Climate Change and Climate Disaster?

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 Climate Hazards ⇢ Disaster

Disaster = hazard causes human suffering, loss or other impacts

Climate Change → Changes disaster patterns and risks

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 Health Impacts

WHO (2018) conservatively estimates that:

250 000 extra deaths between 2030 and 2050 will be related to climate change

WHO. Climate change and health. Feb 2018.

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 Unequal impacts on the Vulnerable

• Children
• Girls and women, especially if pregnant or lactating
• Elderly,
• People with disabilities or chronic illness
• Poorer populations
• Lack stable home e.g. migrants, displaced, homeless
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Creating inclusive and enabling environments
Climate change impacts can be different for girls & boys(3)

GIRLS BOYS
Care for siblings & becoming parents themselves;
More likely to help search & rescue activities during disasters -
Less access to basic needs and healthcare. benefits and risks

May miss school Some people expect boys to be strong and to look after themselves,
which can have a negative impact on boys’ mental health
Cultural aspects that limits their status and harm their protection.

Children who don’t think of themselves as a girl or a boy, may be at greater risk from social discrimination, abuse & sufficient shelter and
health options during disasters.

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Reference
• What is a disaster, IFRC, https://
www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/what-is-a-di
saster
• Climate Training Kit, IFRC Climate Centre, https://www.climatecentre.org/training
• Melting Ice, U.S. Global Change Research Program, https://
nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/melting-ice
• Watch 25 Years of Arctic Sea Ice Disappear in 1 Minute, Climate Central, https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fw7GfNR5PLA
• Hong Kong – mega cities, mega heat, Red Cross Red Crescent Magazine,
https://www.rcrcmagazine.org/2018/10/hk-megacities-megaheat/
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• Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change
adaptation, IPCC, https://
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• Global Warming and Hurricanes – An Overview of Current Research Results,
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/
• Climate change and health, WHO, https://
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