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Desertification and Climate Change
… HUMAN AND NATURAL DRIVERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Human activities—primarily burning of fossil fuels and … con- centration of carbon dioxide since the pre-industrial Climate change and desertifi cation World Meteorological … Climate and Atmosphere … Desertification and Climate Change …
World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 2: Five wetlands that help us cope with extreme weather events
… Mangroves also store carbon dioxide, helping to fight climate change. 2. Coral reefs Coral reefs are solid structures found … they play an important role in mitigating some effects of climate change. Yangtze River: ‘soft’ flood control with a …
World Wetlands Day 2017 Factsheet 1: Wetlands: A natural safeguard against disasters
… has more than doubled in just 35 years, driven by climate- and weather- related hazards like flooding, tropical … are water-related. And the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts even more extreme events going …