Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

With the high-end risk scenarios, the IPCC is catching up with other assessments such as the US National Climate Assessment of 2017, which already showed a “high” scenario of 2 meters and an “extreme” scenario of 2.5 We would see massive coastal erosion happening all around. meters of rise by 2100.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020). For example, in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by hurricane Irma and Maria.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The lawsuit relies on attribution science , which marshals evidence linking such impacts as wildfires, coastal erosion, drought, and heat waves to climate change. Gavin Newsom said that fossil fuel climate accountability litigation could be a gamechanger and he’s eager to work with other governors to pursue this strategy.

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