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This research paper examines the projected financial impact of climate change on road infrastructure in Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia within the Zambezi River Basin between 2010 and 2050.

This fact sheet describes research using Polylepis tarapacana tree rings to reconstruct precipitation on the Bolivian Altiplano, linking a severe drought starting in 1316 to a shift from vulnerable valley villages to fortified hilltop settlements (Pukaras) due to social conflict over water.

The report details the second year of project CRN-2094, which investigates how land cover and land use changes (LCLUC) affect the hydroclimate and extreme weather events in the La Plata Basin. Key activities include the development of a Land Data Assimilation System, the use of Ecosystem Functional Types (EFTs) to improve regional climate models, and the implementation of agricultural monitoring tools in Paraguay.

This case study uses the Caribbean Assessment of Regional Drought (CARiDRO) tool to analyze the 2009-2010 drought in the Eastern Caribbean and project future drought risks between 2011 and 2070. The analysis indicates that droughts similar to the 2009-2010 event will become significantly more frequent and intense, with projections showing an increase in the affected area after the mid-21st century.

This fact sheet from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research details the probability of burns and forest fires in South American protected areas from August to October 2020, based on a report by Cemaden, INPE, and the Met Office Hadley Center.

This report describes a series of three regional workshops held between October 1997 and January 1998 to provide climate outlooks and design pilot application projects to mitigate the socioeconomic disruptions caused by the 1997-98 El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).

This briefing examines how climate change is currently altering seasonality in the Americas, leading to increased soil erosion in Cuba, year-round dengue risks in tropical regions, and challenges for hydroelectric dam management in Argentina due to changing snowmelt and precipitation patterns.

This briefing sheet from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) summarizes water quality and nutrient loading in the lower Winnipeg River basin (LWRB) based on data from 2018 and 2019. It details assessments of four monitoring sites, highlighting exceedances in total phosphorus and certain metals, and analyzes the river's role as a major nutrient contributor to Lake Winnipeg.

This research paper describes a dataset of 14 temperature- and precipitation-related climate hazard indicators for 996 large cities, analyzed under global warming scenarios of 1.5°C, 2.0°C, and 3.0°C above a 1994-2014 historical baseline.