2008 Global warming Politics Sea level rise 
DeSmogBlog
JULY 29, 2022
A few years later, I interviewed someone who attended the event and he said, ‘We all knew it was real, but it was too political to talk about on TV.’”. Al Gore at the World Economic Forum in 2008. Many companies were aware of the potential effects of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures on climate.
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 22, 2021
I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. External costs include everything from pre-mature deaths due to air pollution to the sky-rocketing insurance costs for properties vulnerable to sea level rise.
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DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Like a chicken and egg dilemma, who came up with these goals first, politics or science? For the first time, it proposed encompassing all the gases that cause global warming in a single indicator. Political Origins of 2°C. The next key moment in the 2°C story is no longer scientific, but political.
Mr. Sustainability
DECEMBER 25, 2020
An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. In fact, physics tells us that for every 1 degree Celsius of warming, our atmosphere can hold about seven percent more moisture.
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 10, 2022
On the website of CAR26 the group questions whether carbon dioxide is a “significant factor in global warming” and suggests that teaching children about the dangers of climate change is “borderline child abuse”. If you were worried about sea level rises, you’d be better investing the money in defences.”
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