2019 in the environment
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This is a article of notable issues relating to the environment in 2019. They relate to environmental law, conservation, environmentalism and environmental issues.
Christian Aid report December 2019 evaluated the costs of floods, fires and storms in 2019. Climate crisis was linked to at least 15 over 1 billion cost destructions in 2019.[1]
Events
- March
Extreme weather includes Storm Eberhard across the Netherlands, Belgium and central Germany in Europe in March 2019.
- August
Typhoon Lekima (2019) was the second costliest typhoon in Chinese history.
- September
The typhoons Typhoon Faxai (2019) and Typhoon Hagibis (2019) in Japan in September and October 2019. Hurricane Dorian in the US east coast, killing 673 people. Hurricane Dorian was the most intense tropical cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas, and is regarded as the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
- November
Venice Italy had the highest water levels for more than 50 years caused hundreds of millions of euros of possibly irreparable damage in Venice.[2]
- December
The 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Madrid, Spain, from 2 to 13 December 2019.
2019 California wildfires had over $25bn cost in damage.[1]
The Australian wildfires in December 2019 were intense. Record low rainfall contributed to a continent-scale emergency that burned more than 5m hectares and alarmed scientists, doctors and firefighters.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Climate crisis linked to at least 15 $1bn-plus disasters in 2019 Guardian 27 Dec 2019
- ^ Two people die as Venice floods at highest level in 50 years Guardian 24 Nov 2019
- ^ Yes, Australia has always had bushfires: but 2019 is like nothing we've seen before Guardian 24 Dec 2019