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How Do ‘Future Climate Scenarios’ Shape Climate Science and Inform Policy? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

If you live in a coastal zone and have looked at maps of future sea level rise or have read about how climate change could be slowed with policy changes to reduce emissions, youve likely seen these scenarios in action. These pathways describe different global socioeconomic conditions (e.g.,

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The Stream, October 7, 2021: Global Water Stress Will Rise, WMO Report Finds

Circle of Blue

A new report finds tidal marshes in New Jersey are not elevating fast enough to keep up with rising sea levels. The report, titled The State of Climate Services 2021: Water , said that overall, the world is not on track to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal No.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

Working Group 3: Mitigation of Climate Change Evaluates pathways for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable development strategies, and the role of finance, technology, and policy in achieving net-zero emissions.

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Climate Change, Danger Seasons and the Need for Global Action

Union of Concerned Scientists

Danger season, together with ongoing slow-moving disasters like sea level rise, is pushing people and ecosystems to their limits in many places. These climate-fueled disasters are undermining economic development and hard-won gains in public health and poverty eradication. Source: IPCC Working Group II Report, AR6.

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Building a More Resilient, Just City

Academy of Natural Sciences

As extreme storms become more ubiquitous, Philadelphia is among numerous cities grappling with flooding issues against the backdrop of aging infrastructure, rising sea levels and more extreme precipitation events. chance of happening in any given year, respectively. Flooding on the Schuylkill River from Hurricane Irene, 2011.

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Europe’s top eleven nature hotspots

A Greener Life

The island recently signed up in support of the UN’s sustainable development goals. Towering just over 3,350 metres above sea level, Mount Etna is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe. Researchers have been looking at using the ash from volcanic eruptions as a sustainable building material.