Further Region Information

Click below for more information specific to your region:

         Africa          Asia          Australasia          Europe          South America          North America

Time Frame: Many of these changes below will be felt within the next 10 to 20 years.

Africa

- Reduced rainfall & increased evaporation resulting in: rising costs, shortages of drinking water, reduced agricultural yields, increased threat of disease, increased mortality, displacement of people.

- Increase in arid land areas resulting in: reduced agricultural yields, food shortages, displacement of people.

- Reduced agricultural yields resulting in: rising costs, food shortages, increased malnutrition and displacement of people.

- Reduced availability of fishing resources resulting in: food shortages, displacement of people.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas.

- Increased extreme weather events resulting in: damage to person and to property.


Asia

- Reduced river flows as a result of receding glaciers resulting in: shortages of drinking water, increased threat of disease, increased mortality, displacement of people.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas and delta regions in South, East and Southeast Asia.

- Reduced freshwater availability resulting in: rising costs, shortages of drinking water, reduced agricultial yields.

- Reduced agricultural crop yields in Central and South Asia resulting in: rising costs, food shortages, increased malnutrition, increased mortaility, displacement of people.

- Increased agricultural crop yields in East and South East Asia resulting in: increased food production.

- Increased extreme weather events resulting in: damage to person and to property.


Australasia

- Reduced rainfall & increased evaporaton in southern and eastern Australia and in New Zealand resulting in: rising costs, shortages of drinking water, reduced agricultural yields, increased threat of disease and displacement of people.

- Reduced agricultural yields in southern & eastern Australia and in eastern New Zealand resulting in: rising costs, food shortages, increased malnutrition and displacement of people.

- Increased salinisation resulting in: increased arid land areas and reduced agricultural yields.

- Loss of biodiversity significant loss of biodiversity and the risk of extinction of species.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas.

- Increased extreme weather events resulting in: damage to person and to property.


Europe

- Glacier retreat resulting in: reduced winter tourism.

- Flash floods resulting in: damage to person and property.

- Reduced rainfall in southern and central Europe resulting in: shortages of drinking water, reduced ability to generate hydroelectric power, increased threat of disease, increased mortality, displacement of people.

- Increased agricultural crop yields in Northern Europe resulting in: increased food production.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas.


South America

- Reduced rainfall & increased evaporation resulting in: rising costs, shortages of drinking water, reduced agricultural yields, increased threat of disease, increased motality, displacement of people.

- Reduced river flows as a result of receding glaciers resulting in: shortages of drinking water, reduced ability to generate hydroelectric power, increased threat of disease, increased mortality, displacement of people.

- Reduction of tropical rain forest resulting in: loss of biodiversity.

- Increased agricultural crop yields in temperature zones resulting in: increased food production.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas.

- Increased extreme weather events resulting in: damage to person and to property.


North America

- Increased agricultural crop yields resulting in: increased food production.

- Reduced river flows as a result of receding glaciers resulting in: shortages of drinking water, reduced water availability for agricultural purposes.

- Increased extreme weather events in particular increased heat waves resulting in: adverse health impacts.

- Sea level rise resulting in: displacement of people living in low lying coastal areas.