Legal Planet

OCTOBER 29, 2021

California Governor Jerry Brown in Bonn for the 2018 climate summit. They are often left to deal with climate effects on the ground, from wildfires to sea level rise to drought, and they can provide a political bulwark of sorts even as U.S. Photo credit Alexandra Gay, member of the UCLA Law delegation that year.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 20, 2023

In 2018, CDI commissioned a first-of-its kind climate risk scenario analysis of California insurers, analyzing the investment portfolios of insurance companies operating in California and earning over $100 million annually in national premiums.

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Physics World

APRIL 27, 2021

In 2013, Jianli Chen and colleagues at the University of Texas, Austin showed that an eastward drift of the poles that began in 2005 is linked to melting glaciers and the associated sea-level rise. This allowed GRACE to determine the shape of the Earth and monitor changes in sea level, glaciers and groundwater.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 25, 2023

So the Ditlevsens used sea surface temperatures (SST) in a region between the tip of Greenland and Britain as an indicator, based on Caesar et al. 2018 ( PDF ; I’m a coauthor on that paper). We have direct AMOC measurements only since 2004, a time span too short for this type of study. The reanalysis data show the latter is the case.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 17, 2024

As those paying attention to agriculture know, climate impacts have become increasingly apparent since the last assessment was published in 2018. Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization. Other risks include increasing tropical cyclones and sea level rise.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

The global mean sea level has increased by 20 cm from 1901 to 2018, and the rate of increase has accelerated and is now about 3.7 A thermal expansion explained 50% of sea level rise during 1971–2018, while ice loss from glaciers contributed 22%, ice sheets 20% and changes in land water storage 8%.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

JULY 30, 2021

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 24, 2022

Add climate change and we need to keep track of which decade these flood levels were determined. For example, with expected sea level rise over the next few decades what currently would be extreme coastal floods (50-year floods or a large flood with only a 2% chance in any given year) are likely to occur annually for most coastal U.S.

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Frontiers

AUGUST 7, 2023

In addition, it stores vast quantities of freshwater that if released to the ocean would rise sea level by tens of meters and interfere with saline-driven ocean currents that transfer heat around the planet. In the ocean, 19 marine heatwaves have been recorded between 2002 and 2018. Prof Martin Siegert in Antarctica.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 4, 2021

Massachusetts pointed to the loss of coastal land from sea-level rise, while the Urgenda judgments ultimately concluded that there is a serious risk that climate change will cause the human rights of people in the Netherlands to not be met. To determine what this requires, the court turns to the 2018 Special Report on 1.5°C

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2022

Summer tourism, sea level rise, and storm surges threaten East Coast wells. Storm surge overwash in Charlestown barrier-strip island due to nor’easter storm in March 2018. Hilton Head is fast becoming a prominent test case of rising sea levels and intense coastal storms heralded by climate change.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

by 2026-27 from a 2018-19 baseline. Nagpur to cut emissions by 20% Nagpur started in 2018 with the heat action plan that was first developed in Ahmedabad and has since been adopted by many cities in South Asia. Thane is in a high-rainfall zone and also faces the impacts of sea level rise. million tonnes of CO2.

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Academy of Natural Sciences

APRIL 26, 2021

and India (2014), Brazil and Bangladesh (2015) and France (2016 and 2018). It was curated by Caitlín Doherty for the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, a cultural institute of the University of North Florida, in 2018. He photographed flooding in the U.S. Gideon Mendel: Drowning World is on view through Sunday, Oct.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Some argue that environmental degradation is best understood as a threat to human security (Barnett and Adger 2007), and others focus on the inextricable ties between human well-being and the health of ecological systems to which we belong (McDonald 2018). Critical Studies on Security , 8(3), 189-202. Chicago McDonald, M.,

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Since March 2018, a team led by Licai Deng from the National Astronomical Observatories of China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been monitoring cloudiness, night-sky brightness, air temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction at “Summit C” on Saishiteng Mountain, which lies some 4200 m above sea level. Michael Ashley.

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Acoel

JANUARY 20, 2023

The 2018 Disaster Recovery Reform Act authorized FEMA to invest six percent of its disaster costs in resilience (a 6% set-aside from post-disaster grant funds). FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program can provide funds for disaster mitigation. had disaster declarations.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

The sale follows the 2012 purchase and 2018 transfer of 16 acres of riparian land at the end of Pier 70 Boulevard by Natural Lands to DRWC. The pier and water area also afford us the opportunity to innovate and create a buffer for coastal resiliency as we plan for rising sea levels and future storms.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

It was first rebuilt in 2013, was declared overfished again in 2018, and has been rebuilt again in 2021. It’s changing more than ever with rising sea levels, warming temperatures, ocean acidification, deoxygenation and more. What does this mean? The ocean is not at a stasis.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 16, 2019

In 2018, a host of lawsuits wound their way through the courts seeking an answer, including several from localities and states alleging the responsibility of fossil fuel companies. Turning the Tide in Coastal and Riverine Energy Infrastructure Adaptation: Can an Emerging Wave of Litigation Advance Preparation for Climate Change?”

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

SIDS face a range of risks, including extreme floods, storms, droughts, unpredictability of precipitation patterns and sea-level rise, ocean acidification and deoxygenation (World Health Organization, 2018; Douglas & Cooper, 2020, Thomas, 2020). Baptiste, A., Martyr-Koller, R., Pringle, P., & Rhiney, K. Akiwumi, P.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2023

By comparing these two data sets, scientists can determine the probability that human activities are responsible for observed changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, sea level rise, and other climate change indicators. A study of a 2018 South African drought found that climate change made it three times more likely.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2022

billion annually, the equivalent of an increase between 78 percent and 480 percent, by the end of the century. -- Over 12,195 individual Federal buildings and structures could be inundated under ten feet of sea level rise, with a total combined replacement cost of over $43.7 billion and $9.60

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 5, 2023

From droughts to wildfires to rising sea levels and torrential rains, the state has felt the effects of a changing climate in a variety of ways. California has experienced a significant increase in the extent of forest fires in recent decades, with a fivefold increase in annual burned area from 1972 to 2018.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As recently as November, 21, 2018, the U.S. in October 2018. In July 2018, for example, Rhode Island filed suit against 21 fossil fuel companies, arguing that those companies should be held responsible for climate change impacts the state has experienced and will continue to experience. Martin Act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

As Pennsylvania’s climate has become warmer and there have been more swings in extreme weather, we’re already seeing more frequent flood damage to communities, businesses, homes, and crops and livestock, as well as coastal sea level rise.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Global warming is leading to sea-level rise on an unprecedented scale, according to IPCC scientists. Between 2006 and 2016 sea levels globally rose 2.5 At the same time, the seas are warmer than they used to be, which can lead to more tropical storms and a higher risk of coastal flooding. metres by 2100. (In

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In 2018, San Francisco voters approved a $425 million bond to protect the Embarcadero seawall from earthquakes and sea-level rise, which already contributes to regular flooding of the Embarcadero during extra-high tides.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The project, which is supported by Governor Newsom, seeks to safeguard California’s water supply against the challenges posed by climate change, sea-level rise, earthquakes, and extreme weather fluctuations. The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposal for a new 44.6

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JUNE 7, 2022

Take for example the Union of Concerned Scientists’ analysis on sea level rise and extreme heat. We can limit the worst of many of the climate change-related risks if we take immediate actions to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 16, 2023

In just five years, from 2018 through 2022, wildfires scorched 38.3 Phillips, who has a doctorate degree in ecology from the University of Georgia, was a Kendall fellow at UCS from 2018 to 2020 and then a researcher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. million acres across the country.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 2, 2024

From 2001 – 2019, Mr. Carême was the Mayor of Grande-Synthe, which lies below sea level along the English Channel in the north of France. France The applicant is Damien Carême , a member of the Europe Ecology – Greens Party in France, who is currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. By Jessica Wentz.

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Ocean Conservancy

JULY 20, 2023

The horrible impacts of Matthew’s rainfall would soon be repeated by others, like Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018). Coastal flooding : Sea levels are rising as the ocean heats up and polar ice melts. Higher seas mean higher storm surge and more coastal flooding leading to coastal community and ecosystem damage.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2022

Many of these are related to climate change, for example, flood zones, sea-level rise, and storm surge based on hurricane categories. Number of days until power was restored after Hurricane María by Census Tract (between February and August 2018). Map provided by Dr Marcel Castro-Sitiriche.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

Each bill addresses emissions over roughly the same period—2000 to 2018 in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New York, and 2000 to 2019 in Vermont. Each bill also limits its reach to Super-emitters with “sufficient connection with the State to satisfy the nexus requirements of the U.S.

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Law Columbia

JULY 14, 2021

Much of the existing energy infrastructure is in flood-prone areas or at risk of sea-level rise, storm surge and tsunamis. This is despite the fact that the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act allows for the use of funds for alternative technologies, such as on-site solar, plus storage that would keep the lights on at night.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The design of the port was strengthened to account for higher sea levels and stronger storms, and an emergency response plan was drafted. “I This first segment of the railway opened in 2018. The government of South Africa carried out a climate risk assessment when planning to expand the Durban harbour. Photo credit: Alamy.

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