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Rushing To The Coast – The Wrong Way To Adapt To Global Warming

Jim Conca

You’d think climate-influenced human migration would be away from coastal areas flooded by sea level rise. But that’s not what researchers from across the United States and Europe are projecting. Low-lying areas like Bangladesh will probably gain more residents than they lose as flooding gets worse.

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A vital Atlantic Ocean system could collapse sooner than previously thought

Grist

That collapse could eventually spell catastrophe for the people who live in countries that border the Atlantic Ocean, leading to increased sea-level rise in the United States, decreased temperatures and altered storm patterns over western Europe, rejiggered climate and agricultural zones, and hotter ocean temperatures in the Caribbean.

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5 Priorities for Urban Climate Action in 2023 and Beyond

The City Fix

We now have less than seven years to cut emissions in half in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees C, the limit scientists say is necessary for averting some of the most dangerous climate impacts. 2022 saw flooding, drought and severe.

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How great is the risk of economic collapse from climate change?

Business Green

While much of the climate community considers global warming beyond 2C to be highly dangerous, William Nordhaus in his 2018 Nobel in Economics acceptance lecture called 4C "optimal". If Greenland melts, it can also shut down the ocean currents that keep northern Europe warm, destroying the agricultural potential of places like the UK.

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2019 is Another Data Point in the Constellation of Hot Data

Green Market Oracle

The heat records keep adding to the mountain of data points that demonstrate that we are suffering from ever worsening global warming. Europe suffered through brutal heatwaves that broke records in more than a dozen countries. It is know to be related to wildfires , drought, extreme weather, sea level rise and crop failures.

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When Extreme Weather Reigns, Disinformation Pours

DeSmogBlog

Recent extreme weather across the globe is showing us how rapidly the climate is changing in an increasingly warming world. Heatwaves are scorching Europe, the United States, North Africa, Siberia, and some parts of the Middle East and China. The world was silent because it was in global south. Have a tip or idea? Get in touch.

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'A survival guide for humanity': The green economy reacts to the IPCC Synthesis Report

Business Green

We must fight to stop every fraction of a degree increase in global warming. Fossil fuel companies have access to infrastructure and reserves that will force global warming beyond dangerous limits. The world's scientists tell us that we must bring down emissions rapidly to limit global warming and keep 1.5C