Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation

CEADs Research: The Multiple Impacts of Export Industries on Ozone Pollution in China

# Research Background Tropospheric ozone is an important air pollutant that harms human health and ecosystem productivity. Since China included ozone in the national air quality monitoring network in 2013, it has become one of the key pollution control targets after PM2.5. However, the chemical formation of ozone is complex, involving a series of nonlinear reactions among nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NM...

CEADs Collaboration: Strong global joint action is needed to prepare for future COVID-19 pandemics

Research Brief The possibility of another resurgence of COVID-19 in the coming years is very high. Therefore, it is essential to optimize epidemic control measures and plan routine COVID-19 prevention from a broader and more integrated perspective. The infectious disease mathematical model developed in this study incorporates future COVID-19 outbreaks and intervention scenarios, including climate-driven changes in community transmission...

CEADs Study: Assessing the Economic Impacts of Global Pandemic Control Policies

On June 3, 2020, the CEADs team, led by Professor Guan Dabo of Tsinghua University and Dr. Wang Daoping of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, together with Tsinghua University members Huo Jingwen, Lei Tianyang, and Cheng Danyang; Li Shuping, Bai Yangchun, and Xue Qianyu from Shandong University (Weihai); and Chen Peipei and others from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, worked closely with collabo...

Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures

Countries have sought to stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by severely restricting travel and in-person commercial activities. Here, we analyse the supply-chain effects of a set of idealized lockdown scenarios, using the latest global trade modelling framework. We find that supply-chain losses that are related to initial COVID-19 lockdowns are largely dependent on the number of countries imposing restrictions and th...

CEADs Research: Applying a Multiregional Flood Footprint Model to Assess the Economic Impacts of the 20

In recent years, extreme hydrological disasters have occurred frequently across Europe, causing substantial economic losses. Data from Munich Re show that direct losses from floods in Europe during 2001-2010 increased by 192% compared with the 1980s, reaching 0.03% of European GDP over the same period. Because of direct damage to physical capital, economic production and other activities in flooded areas are further disrupted. Output lo...

Flood Footprint Assessment: A Multiregional Case of 2009 Central European Floods

Hydrometeorological phenomena have increased in intensity and frequency in last decades, with Europe as one of the most affected areas. This accounts for considerable economic losses in the region. Regional adaptation strategies for costs minimization require a comprehensive assessment of the disasters ’ economic impacts at a multiple ‐ region scale. This article adapts the flood footprint method for multiple-region assessment of to...

CEADS Research: A Flood Footprint Accounting Methodological Framework for Compound Natural Disasters

In recent years, compound natural disasters have occurred frequently, posing serious threats to human life, safety, and production activities. Compound natural disasters mainly include two types: one in which multiple independent natural disasters occur concurrently, and another in which one natural disaster triggers or induces subsequent disaster events. A comprehensive assessment of the economic impacts of compound natural disasters a...

Methodology and application of flood footprint accounting in a hypothetical multiple two-flood event378

Multiple natural disasters are becoming ever more frequent around the world, with both climate change and rapid urbanization increasing the risk of such disasters in human society. Comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of multiple disasters on the industrial and economic system has become an urgent and essential part of urban recovery and sustainable development. However, there is a lack of studies that focus on assessing the in...

Flood footprint assessment: a new approach for flood-induced indirect economic impact measurement and p

Flooding in one location can impact the entire production chain of a regional economy. Neglecting the knock-on costs of this risks ignoring the economic benefits and beneficiaries of flood risk management interventions. However, economic consequence assessments in the existing studies are restricted to direct economic impact as there is not a generally accepted quantitative method to assess indirect economic impacts. This paper presents...

CEADs Study: Exploring the Impact of Air Pollution on Subjective Well-Being Using Psychophysical Method

Air pollution is a global environmental issue. In some rapidly industrializing developing countries in particular, severe air pollution has become one of the major threats to public health. Airborne pollutants can enter the human body through the respiratory system, increasing disease and mortality risks, and they can also directly affect psychological feelings and mood pleasantness through visual perception, reducing subjective well-be...