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As the planet slowly cooks, people will do what they have done for thousands of years in response to changes in their environment: they will move.
Abrahm Lustgarten • On the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America
Insurers face tipping point as climate losses climb and capital strains deepen
insurancebusinessmag.com
If industry prevails and we stick with a business-as-usual scenario — and pretty much all data indicates this is what we are doing — we’ll blow through our carbon budget in less than seven years.9 Global temperature rise will continue on its trajectory of 3°C10 increase or worse by the end of the century, and, in environmentalist Bill McKibben’s wo
... See moreAndrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
amazon.com
nations facing a climate cataclysm might be tempted to invest their hopes in desperate technological gambles. Humankind has a lot of justifiable concerns about AI and bioengineering, but in times of crisis people do risky things. Whatever you think about regulating disruptive technologies, ask yourself whether these regulations are likely to hold e
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
As Zarrilli knows better than anyone, Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York City in October 2012, flooding more than 88,000 buildings in the city, killing 44 people, and causing over $19 billion in damages and lost economic activity, was a transformative event.
Jeff Goodell • The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet