Climate Change - A Natural Hazard

Author: Kininmonth W.

Source: Energy & Environment, Volume 14, Numbers 2-3, 1 May 2003 , pp. 215-232(18)

Publisher: Multi-Science Publishing Co Ltd

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Abstract:

The impacts of weather and climate extremes (floods, storms, drought, etc) have historically set back development and will continue to do so into the future, especially in developing countries. It is essential to understand how future climate change will be manifest as weather and climate extremes in order to implement policies of sustainable development. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that natural processes have caused the climate to change and it is unlikely that human influences will dominate the natural processes. Any suggestion that implementation of the Kyoto Protocol will avoid future infrastructure damage, environmental degradation and loss of life from weather and climate extremes is a grand delusion.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1260/095830503765184600

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