A United Nations panel has ruled refugees fleeing the effects of the climate crisis cannot be forced to return home by their adoptive countries: [CNN Report: Climate refugees cannot be sent back home, United Nations rules in landmark decision] Factual background 2.1 The author claims that the effects of climate change and sea level rise […]
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Climate Change Refugees Seeking Asylum
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Netherlands Double Whammy
Molly Quell reports: Blowing in the Wind: Why the Netherlands Is Sinking Over the centuries, windmills built to drain peatland for agriculture have been causing the ground to steadily sink. This subsidence means that in a low-lying nation famous for engineering its way around rising seas, the ground is also sinking lower, creating huge problems […]
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Sea Level Rise and Real Estate in Florida
The Tampa Bay Times reports: Your Florida coastal home could lose 15% of its value by 2030 due to sea rise Increasing sea rise is going to water down the value of some of the most coveted and expensive real estate in Florida, and insurance rates will go up too. That’s the conclusion of […]
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Bittle at the Baffler on Floods and Sea Level Impacts in the USA
Bittle at the Baffler on flood and sea level impacts in the USA: “a neighborhood that feels more like an unclaimed frontier than a subdivision in one of the nation’s fastest-growing metropolitan areas. Dogs run free across acres of empty land, the sound of a falling acorn echoes for blocks” “Funded by the federal government, […]
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Climate Crisis Update
Florida town dealing with sea level rise “Our risk is undeniable. The modelers get it. The mortgage institutions get it. Insurance gets it.” https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2019/12/27/a-south-florida-towns-pioneering-plan-to-fund-retreat-from-sea-rise/ sea level rise and storm surge “every 10cm of sea level rise increases the frequency of a given coastal flood by a factor of three.” “This means that 10cm of sea […]
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Sea Level Rise in New Jersey
A report by Rutgers University documents the greater than average rise in sea level along the New Jersey shore. Not only is the sea level rising, but the land is also sinking. Among the report’s findings: Sea levels rose an average of 1.5 feet along the New Jersey coast from 1911 to 2019, compared with […]
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Sea Level Rising Faster
Articles The New York Times “Rising Seas Will Erase More Cities by 2050, New Research Shows” and
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Mortgage-backed Securities Exposed to Coastal Flooding Risk
An article in the Business Telegraph entitled “Climate change: the CMBS angle” explains: “… $56bn in commercial mortgage-backed securities that are exposed to coastal flooding risk in the US, and it’s not pretty viewing.” “It is often asked why US politicians are blasé about climate change, but we may suggest that will all change if […]
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Chesapeake Bay and Sea Level Rise
The Capital Gazette reports: Fox Island has been washed away by sea level rise, forcing end of Chesapeake Bay education program “After 40 years there offering magical teaching moments, environmental educators are saying goodbye to Fox Island as it sinks into the Chesapeake Bay. Foundation educators say sea level rise and erosion are destroying the […]
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Climate Change Disasters Scare Off Insurance Industry
Australian insurance companies are becoming leery of insuring high risk properties. Climate change disasters could scare off the Australian home insurance industry “The idea of parts of Australia being so exposed to natural disasters that they aren’t able to get home insurance seems scary but that’s exactly what insurers are warning of as climate change […]
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