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2016 - Cities Climate Hazards
| Row number | Organisation | Account No | Country | City Short Name | C40 | Reporting Year | Climate hazards | Magnitude of impact | Impact description | a) Asset or service | b) Asset or service | c) Asset or service | City Location | Country Location |
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| 1551 | City of Johannesburg | 31115 | South Africa | Johannesburg | C40 | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Extremely serious | Increased Energy Demand including effects of increased humidity.Increased Occurrence of Heat-Related Deaths. | Energy | Health and community | Emergency services | (-26.2041028°, 28.0473051°) | (-30.559482°, 22.937506°) |
| 1552 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2016 | Heat wave | Extremely serious | Health and community | Emergency services | Energy | (45.5086699°, -73.5539925°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) | ||
| 1553 | Comune di Venezia | 36254 | Italy | Venezia | C40 | 2016 | Heat wave | Serious | The last major event concerns the summer 2003. However , with the increase of extreme hot days, it is likely that this type of event will occur with greater frequency and intensity. | Health and community | Residential | Energy | (45.4332515°, 12.3210704°) | (41.87194°, 12.56738°) |
| 1554 | City of Sydney | 31114 | Australia | Sydney | C40 | 2016 | Lightning/thunderstorm | Serious | An increase in intense rainfall and hail events may result in damage to properties, causing displacement and disruption of the community, businesses and other activities while clean-up and recovery occurs. In the short term this may increase the need and cost for emergency housing or shelter, rebuild skills, disaster relief and social services. In the longer term this may impact productivity and reputation. | Health and community | Commerical | Emergency services | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) |
| 1555 | Ayuntamiento de Madrid | 31171 | Spain | Madrid | C40 | 2016 | Rain storm | Less serious | Water | Emergency services | Transport | (40.1076253°, -3.3875673°) | (40.463667°, -3.74922°) | |
| 1556 | City of Sydney | 31114 | Australia | Sydney | C40 | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Serious | Rising sea levels and coastal inundation could have the potential to reduce the accessibility and aesthetics of the City's iconic cultural and tourism precinct (eg Sydney Opera House forecourt, Circular Quay and public amenities such as the Royal Botanical Gardens). This includes the potential erosion of places of indigenous cultural or community significance along the Sydney Harbour foreshore. There is potential that impacts to the foreshore may also impact events hosted in this area such as Vivid and New Year’s Eve celebrations. Rising sea levels and coastal inundation could limit transport access and egress both directly along the foreshore areas and across the wider transport network. | Health and community | Commercial | Commercial | (-33.8674869°, 151.2069902°) | (-25.274398°, 133.775136°) |
| 1557 | Comune di Venezia | 36254 | Italy | Venezia | C40 | 2016 | Tornado | Serious | in the last ten years there have been at least two major events with property damage and some wounded people . | Transport | Food and agriculture | Residential | (45.4332515°, 12.3210704°) | (41.87194°, 12.56738°) |
| 1558 | City of Los Angeles | 10894 | USA | Los Angeles | C40 | 2016 | Coastal flood | Serious | Commerical | Transport | Residential | (34.0522342°, -118.2436849°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1559 | City of Porto | 46514 | Portugal | Porto | 2016 | Heat wave | Less serious | 1. Increased mortality in the elderly population; 2.; Increase in hospital visits by the most fragile population (children, pregnant women and the elderly) 3. Negative impact on water resources, water consumption increase and irrigation; 4. Increased consumption of electricity for air conditioning;5. Conditioning of outdoor activities; 6. Increase in water costs for irrigation, street cleaning and supply system for domestic use; 7. More likely to exceed the limit value Ozone | Energy | Health and community | Emergency services | (41.1579438°, -8.6291053°) | (39.399872°, -8.224454°) | |
| 1560 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Torino | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Serious | Increased morbidity and mortality among vulnerable, exposed and poor people. | Energy | Health and community | Residential | (45.1006374°, 7.6680046°) | (41.87194°, 12.56738°) | |
| 1561 | City of Chicago | 3203 | USA | Chicago | C40 | 2016 | Heat wave | Serious | Impacts from heat wave are primarily social and public health risks. Economic impacts are minimal except when this hazard invokes energy problems. | Health and community | Energy | Residential | (41.8781136°, -87.6297982°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
| 1562 | City of Porto | 46514 | Portugal | Porto | 2016 | Rain storm | Less serious | 1. Increased frequency of damage to the pavement and storm water infrastructure and sanitation due to flooding; 2 - Damage to vegetation loss of species or part of them, including branches; 3 - Damage to electrical infrastructure; | Energy | Health and community | Water | (41.1579438°, -8.6291053°) | (39.399872°, -8.224454°) | |
| 1563 | Prefeitura de Sorocaba | 50383 | Brazil | Sorocaba | 2016 | River flood | Serious | transport | Transport | Residential | Water | (-23.4774899°, -47.4220615°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1564 | Tokyo Metropolitan Government | 31111 | Japan | Tokyo | C40 | 2016 | Storm surge | (35.6896342°, 139.6921007°) | (36.204824°, 138.252924°) | |||||
| 1565 | City of Boston | 35268 | USA | Boston | C40 | 2016 | Rain storm | Serious | See river flood. | Transport | Water | Residential | (42.3584308°, -71.0597732°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
| 1566 | City of Johannesburg | 31115 | South Africa | Johannesburg | C40 | 2016 | Hail | Extremely serious | Damage to private vehicles. Damage to traffic signalling, causing traffic chaos. | Transport | Emergency services | (-26.2041028°, 28.0473051°) | (-30.559482°, 22.937506°) | |
| 1567 | City of Pittsburgh | 35877 | USA | Pittsburgh | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Serious | In 2011 a flash flood claimed four lives. As rain events become more frequent and more severe, roads that were paved over streams are more prone to flooding which endangers citizens and emergency responders | Transport | Emergency services | Health and community | (40.4406248°, -79.9958864°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1568 | City of Oslo | 14088 | Norway | Oslo | C40 | 2016 | Vector-borne disease | Serious | Health and community | Emergency services | (59.9138688°, 10.7522454°) | (60.472024°, 8.468946°) | ||
| 1569 | City of Baltimore | 35853 | USA | Baltimore | 2016 | Coastal flood | Less serious | (39.2903848°, -76.6121893°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |||||
| 1570 | City of Cleveland | 35859 | USA | Cleveland | 2016 | Heat wave | Extremely serious | From 1956 to 2012, the average annual temperature in Cleveland increased by 2.4°F. By 2070, the average annual temperature may warm by an additional 4°F. These higher temperatures will increase the number of heat-related deaths, reduce water quality in Lake Erie, strain food systems, degrade air quality, and put pressure on native plants and animals. Warmer temperatures will reduce building heating loads, but these gains may be offset by increased reliance on air-conditioning. Increasing intensity of heat waves also increases the chances of another blackout in Northeast Ohio. | Energy | Residential | Health and community | (41.49932°, -81.6943605°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1571 | District of Columbia | 31090 | USA | District of Columbia | C40 | 2016 | Coastal flood | Serious | The District is located at the confluence of two tidal rivers. Local sea levels have risen on average 3.2 mm per year over the last century due to a combination of global sea level rise and local subsidence. Sea level is project to increase as much as (high scenario) 1.4 feet by 2050 and 3.4 feet by 2080 according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The District is already experience an increase in tidal nuisance flooding due to sea level rise. Higher sea levels coupled with more severe coastal storms, will cause more serious coastal flooding in the future. Coastal floods pose a serious risk to the District’s critical infrastructure systems including transportation and water systems as well as significant cultural resources on the National Mall. | Health and community | Water | Transport | (38.9071923°, -77.0368707°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
| 1572 | City of Vancouver | 20113 | Canada | Vancouver | C40 | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Less serious | Street flooding, sewer back-ups, increased claims against the City | Residential | Transport | (49.261226°, -123.1139268°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) | |
| 1573 | City of Vancouver | 20113 | Canada | Vancouver | C40 | 2016 | Vector-borne disease | Less serious | Health and community | (49.261226°, -123.1139268°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) | |||
| 1574 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Torino | 2016 | Drought | (45.1006374°, 7.6680046°) | (41.87194°, 12.56738°) | ||||||
| 1575 | Suwon City | 44185 | South Korea | Suwon | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Serious | Residential | Health and community | Transport | (37.2635727°, 127.0286009°) | (35.907757°, 127.766922°) | ||
| 1576 | City of Houston | 31108 | USA | Houston | C40 | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Serious | Flooding can disrupt mobility, damage buildings and assets in the community and increase risk of a water-borne illnesses. | Transport | Health and community | Water | (29.7601927°, -95.3693896°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) |
| 1577 | Cascais | 50680 | Portugal | Cascais | 2016 | River flood | Serious | River floods will impact urban centers of local communities as they are mostly located near the rivers' mouth. This will impact the infrastructures and increase security hazards | Residential | Emergency services | Health and community | (38.6970565°, -9.4222945°) | (39.399872°, -8.224454°) | |
| 1578 | City of Burlington | 2430 | USA | Burlington | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Less serious | Extreme hot days that are out of season (primarily in the winter) may cause increased risk of river flooding due to melting snow, which was an issue this winter. In addition this loss in snow has negatively effected the Ski resort industry which is a large portion of Vermont's tourism sector. In addition extreme hot days increase the amount of energy use primarily due to air conditioners used during the summer months. Furthermore extreme hot days pose a health risk as heat stress becomes more prominent, especially in vulnerable populations such as children and senior citizens. | Food and agriculture | Health and community | Energy | (44.4758825°, -73.212072°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1579 | City of Johannesburg | 31115 | South Africa | Johannesburg | C40 | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Extremely serious | Damage to property, personal injury and loss of livelihood.Increased traffic congestion and road accidents.Damage to Electricity & IT infrastructure. | Transport | Energy | Emergency services | (-26.2041028°, 28.0473051°) | (-30.559482°, 22.937506°) |
| 1580 | City of Columbus | 43910 | USA | Columbus | 2016 | Other: Deteriorated water quality | Serious | With stronger storms comes flashier flows, more runoff and greater chances of sewer overflows that can contaminate water supplies. There is an increased need for water treatment due to deteriorated water quality. | Water | Health and community | Food and agriculture | (39.9611755°, -82.9987942°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1581 | Ayuntamiento de Madrid | 31171 | Spain | Madrid | C40 | 2016 | Heat wave | Serious | Health and community | Energy | Residential | (40.1076253°, -3.3875673°) | (40.463667°, -3.74922°) | |
| 1582 | Comune di Torino | 35886 | Italy | Torino | 2016 | Air-borne disease | (45.1006374°, 7.6680046°) | (41.87194°, 12.56738°) | ||||||
| 1583 | Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro | 31176 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | C40 | 2016 | Drought | Extremely serious | Climate change is provoking weather extremes, challenging existing meteorological models. Prolonged droughts can cause dramatic decrease in reservoir level, a fact that has come true in the second half of 2014 in São Paulo, affecting the water supply of 12 million people. | Water | Food and agriculture | Energy | (-22.9054389°, -43.5614471°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) |
| 1584 | City of Lisbon | 36159 | Portugal | Lisbon | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Serious | It affects the quality of life, disruption of economic activities and damage to buildings, infrastructure and public space | Transport | Commercial | Residential | (38.7222524°, -9.1393366°) | (39.399872°, -8.224454°) | |
| 1585 | City of Durban | 35863 | South Africa | Durban | C40 | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Extremely serious | Given the location of a growing number of informal settlements in vulnerable locations, this is a serious risk. | Residential | Emergency services | Water | (-29.8586804°, 31.0218404°) | (-30.559482°, 22.937506°) |
| 1586 | City of Los Angeles | 10894 | USA | Los Angeles | C40 | 2016 | Rain storm | Serious | Energy | Transport | Emergency services | (34.0522342°, -118.2436849°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1587 | City of Toronto | 31117 | Canada | Toronto | C40 | 2016 | Rain storm | Serious | In recent years, Toronto has experienced extreme rainfall resulting in widespread basement flooding; untreated sewage entering Lake Ontario; debris and hazardous material clean-up costing millions of dollars; electrical disruption affecting hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents; and, transportation disruption affecting thousands of commuters due to road closures, and public transport delays. | Water | Transport | Emergency services | (43.653226°, -79.3831843°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) |
| 1588 | Prefeitura de Florianópolis | 50384 | Brazil | Florianópolis | 2016 | Flash/surface flood | Less serious | Não ocorrem sérios problemas de inundação ou drenagem. O fato de ser uma ilha facilita ou favorece a drenagem, porém em locais específicos ocasionalmente ocorrem problemas de alagamentos. Ao mesmo tempo, em bairros mais próximos ao mar, podem ocorrer inundações se coincidirem períodos de maior pluviosidade e maré alta. | Energy | Water | Health and community | (-27.5949884°, -48.5481743°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1589 | City of Los Angeles | 10894 | USA | Los Angeles | C40 | 2016 | Ocean acidification | Serious | Commerical | Health and community | Food and agriculture | (34.0522342°, -118.2436849°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1590 | Ville de Montreal | 35894 | Canada | Montreal | 2016 | Rain storm | Extremely serious | Residential | Commerical | Transport | (45.5086699°, -73.5539925°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) | ||
| 1591 | Bornova Municipality | 44132 | Turkey | Bornova | 2016 | Rain storm | (35.2141598°, 33.2947541°) | (38.963745°, 35.243322°) | ||||||
| 1592 | City of Toronto | 31117 | Canada | Toronto | C40 | 2016 | Extreme cold days | Serious | Extreme cold days can pose a variety of risks including increased demand on the energy sector resulting in potential brownouts and blackouts. Various health effects arise from periods of cold weather exposure, including frostnip, frostbite and hypothermia. Vulnerable populations are at particular risk, including those with pre-existing illness (e.g. cardiovascular disease), infants and young children, the elderly, the marginally housed, homeless and people who work outside. It also puts stress on public infrastructure including roads, transportation services, and the electrical system as a whole. The cumulative impact of these extreme events is a concern. | Energy | Health and community | Emergency services | (43.653226°, -79.3831843°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) |
| 1593 | City of Benicia | 49787 | USA | Benicia | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Serious | Cause or exacerbate health conditions in young, elderly or vulnerable populations due to air quality conditions and heat-related illnesses. Potential for increased loss of heat sensitive inventory and cargo. Road impacts due to asphalt softening and rutting in extreme temperatures. Loss of productivity for outdoor workers. Potential damage to electricity transmission lines, loss of transmission capacity. Increased energy demand for cooling. | Transport | Energy | Health and community | (38.049365°, -122.1585777°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1594 | City of Las Vegas | 10495 | USA | Las Vegas | 2016 | Drought | Extremely serious | Southern Nevada continues to endure through over a decade of drought. In the long term Southern Nevada’s community, economy, and agricultural sector would be affected by the availability of water. | Water | Food and agriculture | Commercial | (36.1699412°, -115.1398296°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1595 | City of Burlington | 2430 | USA | Burlington | 2016 | Vector-borne disease | Serious | The Greater Champlain area has seen a steady increase in the amount of reported cases of lyme disease since 2005. This poses a health risk to the greater community as more adults and children are affected each year. | Health and community | Water | (44.4758825°, -73.212072°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | ||
| 1596 | City of Buenos Aires | 31155 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | C40 | 2016 | Vector-borne disease | Extremely serious | Average temperatures, as well as maximum average temperatures, have increased in the last decades and will keep on increasing at different levels depending on the future scenario studied. As a consequence, Buenos Aires has come to have beneficial conditions for developing of the mosquito that spreads some disease vectors such as dengue, zika. The risk of exposure to these deseses is increased, producing a larger demand for health services, and the need of prevention activities such as ovitraps and fumigations. | Health and community | Emergency services | Water | (-34.6037232°, -58.3815931°) | (-38.416097°, -63.616672°) |
| 1597 | Prefeitura de Florianópolis | 50384 | Brazil | Florianópolis | 2016 | Extreme hot days | Less serious | O problema é sentido ainda de maneira muito esporádica, como em outros países, não sendo um problema apenas local. | Energy | Water | Health and community | (-27.5949884°, -48.5481743°) | (-14.235004°, -51.92528°) | |
| 1598 | City of Denver | 32550 | USA | Denver | 2016 | Drought | Extremely serious | Drought that impacts the mountain regions of our state would directly impact our water supply and availability. State water plans also point to a future shortage of water availability for a our growing communities. | Water | Health and community | Food and agriculture | (39.737567°, -104.9847179°) | (37.09024°, -95.712891°) | |
| 1599 | City of Helsinki | 8242 | Finland | Helsinki | 2016 | Heat wave | Less serious | Human health, need more airconditioning | (60.1733244°, 24.9410248°) | (61.92411°, 25.748151°) | ||||
| 1600 | City of Toronto | 31117 | Canada | Toronto | C40 | 2016 | River flood | Less serious | In recent years, Toronto has experienced extreme rainfall resulting in thousands of basement floods; untreated sewage entering Lake Ontario; debris and hazardous material clean-up costing millions of dollars; electrical disruption affecting hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents; and, transportation disruption affecting thousands of commuters due to road closures, and public transport delays. | Residential | Emergency services | Transport | (43.653226°, -79.3831843°) | (56.130366°, -106.346771°) |
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In 2016, cities reported over 2,000 climate hazards that are impacting their cities. Globally, cities are reporting that health and community will be most impacted by climate change.
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