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SDG 13:Climate Change & Extreme Weather

Explore a curated selection of publications on extreme weather and natural disasters, exploring their causes, inclusion in adaptation and mitigation strategies, consideration in climate risk analysis and climate policy, and more.

 This special selection is part of PվƵ’s SDG 13 hub: A clearinghouse for UN Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Acton (SDG 13) research from across PվƵ’s journals, special issues and collections, as well as selected books and book chapters.

Expert Blog

00G7Y_LP-SDG13_Visual Creation © PվƵ_2023"Towards understanding regional extreme weather and climate events

by Panmao Zhai

We have been observing the obvious increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and consequential natural disasters. The blog discusses the situation of extreme weather events across the globe and recent scientific discoveries to understand their attributions. 

Dr Zhai is a research professor at the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences and Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I.

Research highlights

Articles and Chapters

from Natural Hazards

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from Nature Climate Change

Nature Research 25 px © PվƵ 2020

from Climate Dynamics

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from Nature Geoscience

Nature Research 25 px © PվƵ 2020

from SN Applied Sciences

from Climate Change Adaptation in Southeast Asia

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from Scientific Reports

Nature Research 25 px © PվƵ 2020

from Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from Landslides

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from npj Climate Action

Nature Research 25 px © PվƵ 2020

from Regional Environmental Change

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

from Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Springer 20 px © PվƵ 2020

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Article collections

Selected Books

Journal Highlights

Call for papers

(Environmental Sciences Europe)

(Discover Sustainability)

(Theoretical and Applied Climatology)

(Scientific Reports)

(Discover Water)

(Discover Water)

Sustainability Community Blogs

Information for Authors

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