The UN’s United in Science 2022 release their report A multi-organization high-level compilation of the most recent science related to climate change, impacts and responses. In order to avoid catastrophic climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030. Currently, greenhouse gas emissions will INCREASE by 13% by 2030. “According to […]
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Climate Plans Remain Insufficient: More Ambitious Action Needed Now
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10% of Canadian Homes Uninsurable Due to Extreme Weather and the Climate Crisis
The Guardian reports The uninsurables: how storms and rising seas are making coastlines unliveable. “In Canada, the number of uninsurable homes has reached 10%, according to industry figures. The Magdalen archipelago is losing half a metre each year to erosion, roads have fallen into the sea and the sand dunes that once offered protection from […]
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Hurricane Ian: Florida Becoming Uninhabitable
October 2, 2022 How long would it take to go 100% green? “It depends on cooperation. If we all cooperated, we could change over within 6 months. However, we don’t expect the climate deniers will cooperate. In the meantime, many countries plan to reduce fossil fuels by 2030. Some countries, such as China, are building […]
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Worldwide Droughts
August 2022 There are droughts in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. * UN lists 23 countries that are in severe drought: Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Pakistan, the United States and Zambia. * U.S. officials […]
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Climate Endgame: Exploring Catastrophic Climate Change
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America released the study Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios: Prudent risk management requires consideration of bad-to-worst-case scenarios. Yet, for climate change, such potential futures are poorly understood. Could anthropogenic climate change result in worldwide societal collapse or even eventual human extinction? […]
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Florida Insurance Regulators Taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” Step
The St. Lucie News Tribune reports: Florida insurance regulators are taking an “unprecedented” and “extraordinary” step to try and prevent tens of thousands of homeowners from being forced to look for new property insurance coverage if rating agency Demotech follows through on plans to downgrade many Florida carriers. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced […]
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Immigration and the Wage Inflation Spiral
by Daniel Brouse June 12, 2022 An important factor in our inflation situation is immigration. The US has stagnant population growth (as does the UK, EU, etc. Japan has a declining population.) During the Trump administration, the US drastically curtailed immigration. The Biden administration continues to do so today. The result has been wage inflation. […]
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Cost of Property Insurance in Florida
Florida Politics reports in their article, As climate in Florida sets ‘new normal,’ cost of property insurance will separate haves, have-nots: “Insurers believe that due to climate change, this is the new normal. They’re finding that catastrophic and non-catastrophic weather events are increasing in severity every year,” said Paul Handerhan, president of the Federal Association […]
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Homeowners Insurance and Extreme Weather Events
Homeonwers insurance is becoming more expensive or even unavailable due to the increase frequency and intensity of extreme weather events caused by climate change. NOLA newspapers reports: Louisiana’s homeowners insurance market straining under weight of 600,000 claims Two active Atlantic hurricane seasons in a row have made some insurers insolvent. It’s the latest sign of […]
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Climate Change: Adapt or Die
United Nations Press Release — UN scientists on Monday delivered a stark warning about the impact of climate change on people and the planet, saying that ecosystem collapse, species extinction, deadly heatwaves and floods are among the “unavoidable multiple climate hazards” the world will face over the next two decades due to global warming. UN-IPCC-Climate-Change-March-2022 […]
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