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SEI Senior Research Fellow and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) coordinating lead author, Richard Klein, briefed members of the Swedish parliament on the latest IPCC report at a seminar on 2 April 2014.
Team Leader: International Climate Risk and Adaptation; Senior Research Fellow
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On March 31, the IPCC presented the second part of its fifth assessment report. It focuses on the effects of climate change and assesses risks and opportunities for societies, economies, and ecosystems around the world. This builds on the first part of the fifth assessment report report, which focused on the state of scientific knowledge on climate change.
“Now we have much more information, data and research. And it confirms previous hypotheses. We can see that people around the world are already affected by climate change,” said Richard Klein. “The poorest are the most affected. Those who can not relocate, or can not afford to protect themselves from storms and floods. They also hit hardest when food prices increase due to reductions in the ability to grow staple crops such as wheat and corn. And these impacts indirectly affect countries and regions, such as Sweden and the EU, that are very dependent on imports.”
Full programme available from Rifo (Sällskapet Riksdagsledamöter och Forskare).
Feature / SEI was invited to share research insights with the International Development Association and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Event on 22 April – 23 April / SEI's Diane Archer and Raja Asvanon will be speakers at this international seminar on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of CUSRI.
Project / This project aims to facilitate a dialogue and document inputs on the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights.
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