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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1029/2023GL105640
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Titel (primär) Higher exposure of poorer people to emerging weather whiplash in a warmer world
Autor Zhang, B.; Wang, S.; Zscheischler, J. ORCID logo ; Moradkhani, H.
Quelle Geophysical Research Letters
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
Department CHS
Band/Volume 50
Heft 21
Seite von e2023GL105640
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Daten-/Softwarelinks https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.4
https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47
https://doi.org/10.25914/5ca4c380b0d44
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.dk1j0
https://doi.org/10.5065/JV89-AH11
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7750974
https://doi.org/10.5285/10d3e3640f004c578403419aac167d82
Supplements https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1029%2F2023GL105640&file=2023GL105640-sup-0001-Supporting+Information+SI-S01.pdf
Keywords drought; pluvial; poverty
Abstract The emergence of abrupt shift from drought to downpour has attracted widespread attention in recent years, with particularly disastrous consequences in low-income regions. However, the spatiotemporal evolution and poverty exposure to such drought-to-downpour events remain poorly understood. Here, we investigate the connection between poverty and drought-to-downpour events based on three data products and climate models on a global scale. We find that the drought-to-downpour events increased by 24%–48% in the poorest 20% of the world's population from 1980 to 2010. The drought-to-downpour events do not appear to be occurring more frequently in most regions globally, just affecting regions with higher poverty rates more frequently, especially in African countries. The exposure inequality remains under future socioeconomic pathways, with a nearly fivefold increase in the exposure for the poorer populations. Poverty exposure to more frequent drought-to-downpour events demands greater support for climate adaptation in low-income countries to reduce poverty and inequality.
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Zhang, B., Wang, S., Zscheischler, J., Moradkhani, H. (2023):
Higher exposure of poorer people to emerging weather whiplash in a warmer world
Geophys. Res. Lett. 50 (21), e2023GL105640 10.1029/2023GL105640