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As they expand, many of the world’s fast-growing cities end up building over floodplains, forests, and wetlands that could absorb rising waters during a storm or hold reservoirs of water during a drought.
Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
From the viewpoint of global warming activists, Pielke’s views had to be crushed.
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Extratropical storms may increase, leading to greater damage and higher building standards
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
Roger Pielke Jr. • The Politicization of Expertise
“Most people believe the alternative to cars is better transit—in truth, it’s better neighborhoods.” 71
Paul Hawken • Natural Capitalism
Rapid high-impact climate change
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
Implicitly, the policy problem is phrased as: “How much are we willing to pay to buy an improved climate for our children?”
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
an alteration of ocean circulation patterns
Bjørn Lomborg • Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits
“It’s critical to have a diversity of models,” I was told by Kerry Emanuel, an MIT meteorologist who is one of the world’s foremost theorists about hurricanes. “You do not want to put all your eggs in one basket.” One of the reasons this is so critical, Emanuel told me, is that in addition to the different assumptions these models employ, they also
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