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May 22, 2020

GWYNNE DYER: Boiling Frogs and Tropical Storms

Gwynne Dyer

Extreme Weather, Cyclones, Hurricanes, uncertainty

As scientists’ predictions of a climate emergency grow more urgent- and frankly bleak- the world would do well to heed their warnings. Yet it is always difficult to plan for futures that differ substantially from the recent past, and this is where a presentation of multiple future scenarios – underpinned by the latest climate science and wisdom of experts- can be tremendously useful. This is what riskthinking.AI offers

May 22, 2020

Mississippi Delta marshes in a state of irreversible collapse

Tulane University

Restore The Mississippi River Delta

Climate Change, Ecological Impacts, Ecosystem Services, Flooding, Fresh Water, Future, North America, risk factor, Sea-level Rise

Given the present-day rate of global sea-level rise, remaining marshes in the Mississippi Delta are likely to drown, according to a new Tulane University study.

May 20, 2020

Coronavirus fallout to slow global growth in renewable energy

Jillian Ambrose

COVID-19, Investment, Renewable Energy

The global growth of renewable energy will slow for the first time in 20 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, which will “hurt but not halt” the rise of clean energy.

May 20, 2020

The Trump Administration Is Reversing 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List.

Nadja Popovich, Livia Albeck-Ripka And Kendra Pierre-Louis

Ecological Impacts, Policy

Reversing environmental regulations hurts the health and well-being of Americans.

May 19, 2020

Companies Worth $2 Trillion Are Calling for a Green Recovery

Akshat Rathi and Thomas Seal

Shutterstock

Climate Action, Economic Impacts, Finance sector, Green recovery

A group of companies worth a combined $2.4 trillion have added their voice to a growing chorus calling for the economic recovery from the coronavirus to be green

May 19, 2020

A Devastating US ‘Dust Bowl’ Is Twice as Likely Now Than During The Great Depression

Marlowe Hood

Climate Change, Agricultural Impacts, Drought, Ecological Impacts, Economic Impacts, Extreme Weather, GHG emissions, heatwaves, risk

Due to global warming, the United States is today more than twice as likely to endure a devastating “dust bowl” scenario than during the Great Depression, researchers said Monday. This is one of the many impacts of climate change-which in turn will have implications for food security and human settlements- for which Riskthinking.ai’s scenarios can help plan.

May 19, 2020

Experts Think The Coal Industry May Never Recover From The Pandemic, And We’re Not Sad

Carly Cassella

Energy, COVID-19, Energy Transition

For the first time ever, official energy statistics from the US government show renewables are on track to generate more electricity than coal for the entire year of 2020, according to projections

May 18, 2020

Complex dynamics of water shortages highlighted in study

Syl Kacapyr

Water, Climate Change, Climate Modelling, Governments, Policy, risk factor

Within the Colorado River basin, management laws dictate how water is allocated to farms, businesses and homes. Those laws, along with changing climate patterns and demand for water, form a complex dynamic that has made it difficult to predict who will be hardest hit by drought.

May 18, 2020

Climate Change Is Making Hurricanes Stronger, Researchers Find

Henry Fountain

Climate Change, Climate Modelling, Extreme Weather, Hurricanes, risk factor

Hurricanes have become stronger worldwide during the past four decades, an analysis of observational data shows, supporting what theory and computer models have long suggested: climate change is making these storms more intense and destructive.

May 18, 2020

Just how hot will it get this century? It’s worse than we thought

Michael Grose and Julie Arblaster, The Conversation

Climate Change, Climate Modelling, Climate Narratives, Future, Paris Agreement, risk factor, Temperature Increase, uncertainty

Climate scientists use mathematical models to project the Earth’s future under a warming world, but a group of the latest models have included unexpectedly high values for a measure called “climate sensitivity.”

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