Insular Areas Climate Change Act: Strengthen Territories’ Response to Climate Disasters and Protect the Most Vulnerable FURIA, Inc.
Juan Declet-Barreto, Climate Vulnerability Social Scientist | May 10, 2021, 6:00 am EDT
Islands and their people are more vulnerable to climate impacts than continental jurisdictions. They are more unprotected from climate ravages that are becoming more ferocious. Their vulnerability is related to climate change, but more directly to the effect of human decisions. For this reason it is urgent that their problems be addressed decisively and effectively, and that we do not skimp on resources or strategies to protect their lives and infrastructure.
Under a changing climate, islands are increasingly suffering from hurricanes or typhoons, and are hard-pressed to withstand the damage caused by the winds and storm surges that they bring with them. The amount of drinking water that islands
New NOAA Data Shows Just How Abnormal Our Climate Has Become https://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/3441813671
New NOAA Data Shows Just How Abnormal Our Climate Has Become
Kristy Dahl, senior climate scientist | May 7, 2021, 11:37 am EDT
Two seemingly disconnected announcements over the last few weeks are giving us a glimpse of what “normal” looks like right now in terms of our climate. In reflecting how profoundly we’re altering our climate system, NOAA’s new 30-year “climate normals” clearly show how “normal” ain’t what it used to be. And the latest report from the International Energy Agency reminds us that “normal” isn’t always a state we should be longing for. In fact, we should be pushing back hard against what’s normal right now to give our kids some semblance of a recognizable climate in the future. Here are four things to think about when considering what a “normal climate” me
Deanne Criswell as the new FEMA Administrator: Here’s What she Brings to the Agency and the Challenges she’ll Face
Nomination of Deanne B. Criswell to be Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Deanne Criswell as the new FEMA Administrator: Here’s What she Brings to the Agency and the Challenges she’ll Face
Shana Udvardy, Climate Resilience Analyst | April 23, 2021, 1:16 pm EDT
Early in his presidency on January 15, President Biden nominated New York City’s Emergency Department Commissioner Deanne Criswell to be administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), signaling the importance of FEMA’s role in the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency management and climate change-fueled disaster relief. A few months later, the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSG
Biden’s Earth Day Summit Is a Crucial Opportunity for Climate Action
Wildfires in California inject smoke high into the atmosphere on Sept. 9, 2020, creating a thick blanket of smoke along the West Coast.
Biden’s Earth Day Summit Is a Crucial Opportunity for Climate Action
Rachel Cleetus, Policy Director and Lead Economist, Climate & Energy | April 20, 2021, 10:04 am EDT This post is a part of a series on
This post originally appeared on Scientific American and was co-authored with Erika Spanger-Siegfried, UCS lead climate analyst.
Science has a stark message for us all. In this decade, we could lose the fight for the Paris Agreement climate goals, with profound consequences for life on Earth, now and in the future. On our current emissions trajectory with global heat-trapping emissions continuing to rise except for a brief dip due to last year’s economic crisis we’r
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